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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by SoftTalker on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:19PM (#42788560)
They plan to have 100,000s of people employed to run on treadmills to generate the power.
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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by HPMOR on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:42PM (#42788725)
Well I currently pay to do this work for free. More than happy to __get__ paid doing it.

Edit: Hey we can solve the obesity crisis AND preserve jobs during the singularity!! Win win!

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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by hrfister on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @11:32PM (#42789027)
"solve the obesity crisis" ? what exactly do you mean by this?
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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by shigawire on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:18AM (#42791191)
Probably referring to how many Americans are obese to an unhealthy degree as part of the joke.
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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by rad_gruchalski on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:13AM (#42789975)
Wow. What an idea you guys have there. Look - you maybe could sit homeless and mentally disabled on such power-generating bicycles, hmmm... what about convicts! Let them contribute to society, no free lunch! What an innovation!
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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by jajko on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:42AM (#42790160)
Plus its ecological, which for trump is not by intention but still a win.

There is this pesky detail about manufacturing 100k treadmills but lets not get bothered by details now, the current must flow

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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by bsnsxd on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @04:34AM (#42790899)
Damn, 6 hours too slow to make this comment
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Re:Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build ... by nejsjsjsbsb on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @07:03AM (#42791846)
A hamster wheel would work better?
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