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We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

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inopinatus · 1790396688 · focus · HN ↗
> Imagine that a future AI system proposes a radically new design for a one terawatt nuclear fusion power plant
This is an unfortunate example to choose, being as it is entirely confounded by the canonical illustration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality.
1. etrautmann · 1790399228 · focus · HN ↗
  How is that relevant at all?
  1. inopinatus · 1790403633 · focus · HN ↗
    How is it not relevant? The construction directly contradicts what Sahai imagines happening, and the worked example is the nuclear power plant.

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