rmijic
Re:Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @06:54PM (#47644383)
it is
Re:Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @04:31PM (#47643070)
That video is describing the generic concept of building a Dyson sphere from Mercury but lacks a proper account of waste heat removal and energy. It also lacks a specific timeline.
Re:Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @04:03PM (#47642815)
Author here: just noting that this is a first-draft and still evolving.
Also, it is LLM output and I have updated the readme to show that. But I didn't just ask an LLM to one-shot this. It was a process of iteratively throwing ideas at it, doing calculations, and getting other LLMs to critique. Probably ~100-200 calls to top of the line consumer reasoning models went into this so far.
Re:Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @04:02PM (#47642796)
I have plenty of long-form content on my blog at transhumanaxiology Less Wrong profile roko and X/rokomijic
Re:Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @03:58PM (#47642752)
Actually, it is LLM output and I have updated the readme to show that. But I didn't just ask an LLM to one-shot this. It was a process of iteratively throwing ideas at it, doing calculations, and getting other LLMs to critique. Probably ~100-200 calls to top of the line consumer reasoning models went into this so far.
Re:Mercurial Dyson – a plan for the disassembly of planet Mercury
on Saturday April 04, 2026 @03:50PM (#47642662)
The whole reason for this project is to show that a few years is in fact realistic.
Re:Ask HN: The best way to put technical skills to the greater good?
on Thursday January 07, 2010 @05:36PM (#1038196)
http://lesswrong.com/lw/1hn/call_for_new_siai_visiting_fello...
"At bottom, we’re looking for anyone who:
* Is capable (strong ability to get things done);
* Seriously aspires to rationality; and
* Is passionate about reducing existential risk.
"
Re:Review our webapp- The Uncertain Future (future world modeling)
on Sunday December 06, 2009 @09:44PM (#980589)
"What if I don't care about AI?"
- maybe making AI explicit in the title would be good.