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Re:Machine intelligence, part 2 by api on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @12:45AM (#9136303)
Curious for a reference on fusion bombs. If you are referring to laser inertial, that takes buildings full of lasers.
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Re:Machine intelligence, part 2 by _delirium on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @12:06PM (#9138824)
I was just thinking of regular old hydrogen fusion bombs aka thermonuclear bombs.
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Re:Machine intelligence, part 2 by api on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @01:14PM (#9139432)
Those require a fission trigger and have existed for a long time. The proliferation nightmare would be if we could figure out how to build one that didn't need fission, but I have never heard even a hint of success with that. If there is, it's classified -- and in this case for good reason.
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