alt Hacker NewsBack then things were centered around "can we even do this?" and now it's more of "how do we keep this running more than 5 minutes?".
Back then things were centered around "can we even do this?" and now it's more of "how do we keep this running more than 5 minutes?".
My impression back then from those profs was that it (fusion) would be inevitable but you do have to think long term, really long term. I'm old enough now (55) to understand that mentality.
I'd put money on something useful fusion related happening within the next 10 years or perhaps 20. I'm not up on the current state of experiments etc but it will happen.
AGI? - lol!