Cheers for the observations Fred. I too think we are in for another AI winter, but the AGI cat will not stay in the bag much longer. Energy eh, did you ever read Georgesu-Roegen (thermodynamic economics). Note: Georgescu-Roegen, N. (1975). Energy and economic myths. Southern Economic Journal, 347-381.

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