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inopinatus 16 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians

> 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality.

etrautmann 16 days ago [–]

How is that relevant at all?

inopinatus 16 days ago | [–]

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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