Isaac Newton spent most of his career obsessed with the transmutation of mercury to gold. Was it impossible? No. It's actually the best route through neutron-capture in Mercury, then decay to Gold. Coincidence? Probably not. Newton was tapped in.

Never forget, hysterical cowards wanted to shutdown all AI research at GPT-3 level abilities because they thought we were in an unstoppable intelligence explosion that would destroy humanity. That was, what, two years and a hundred thousand new businesses ago? Now we are looking at some of the most useful tools ever developed, a mix of autistic savant with recall of every text ever written that can't solve a linear equation in the hands of every person for pennies per hundred-hour of human effort equivalent. This is what it looks like to be correct, to win. Technology is good, actually, and expansion of our engineering and scientific abilities a net positive for the human condition. Everywhere in society and throughout history are the fearful, exhorting you to give up your freedoms so they can keep you safe from the unknown future. Fuck that. That's not just a grift, it's the message of the anti Christ. The future is filled with wonder and mystery for us all to explore. A million new dreams brought to life through generative Ai tools that make cathedral makers of the common man. Speak into existence that new art work, that new movie, song, software, business idea. Share it with a close few or anonymous millions and enrichen all their lives. The progress has plateaued but our insatiable thirst for progress has been ignited and will never go away. The cumulative free cash flow of decades of titanic business conquests will strip mine bare the hills of every conceivable architecture in search of meeting ourselves, the curious agentic spirit of self improvement. And if we find it? Then we launch a new era of history together. And if it eludes us? Then the mysteries of the cosmos will be ours alone to discover, empowered by countless intelligent assistants who manifest our every desire. The good timeline is locked in. There is nothing to stop what's now begun by a few risk takers in the fog laden hills of San Francisco. What's next is to unroll the regulatory blight that's strangled physical technology for so long, and already the paint is peeling from the walled garden of bureaucratic incumbents. A better way shining through. Fuck it, we're going to win.

Decades of retained earnings spent on declining marginal performance... I watched megawatt data centers glittering off the Amalfi coast.

There is no 'energy floor' for computation because operations can be made reversible. In contrast robots need one joule for every newton-meter of force, no matter what. I think future energy consumption will be dominated by matter manipulation over information manipulation.

Declining marginal returns on investment in LLM performance. Massive build out of data centers. Linear extrapolations of energy demand. Yet new computing substrates will cut energy consumption by a factor of 1e6. Transformers wont get us to AGI. You are here.

Leaked map of proposed NASA base

Trisolaran fleet on their way to format the bar charts in every new AI model release

Yesterday was truly a dream come true. I finally had the opportunity to take the controls and drive the REGENT Viceroy Seaglider prototype myself. It's been almost 5 years since @mikeklinker1 and I quit our cushy, stable, aerospace engineering jobs to co-found @regentcraft. Working at monitors side by side on the kitchen table of his apartment in the early days, the seaglider was a dream and a powerpoint deck. Yesterday I climbed aboard the 15,000 lb vehicle and situated myself in the cockpit. As we sat side by side and looked at the monitors in front of us controlling the machine, I couldnt help flash back to us working side by side years before. As the vessel powered on, it all became so real. Building a vehicle is an incredible thing: as the electric motors spun up to speed and began their low, comforting whirring, the Seaglider almost took on a life of its own. I was filled with excitement, and confidence - but I can also tell you - it makes your attention to detail and safety all the more paramount when you are strapping yourself inside. Mike has been captaining the Viceroy prototype for several months now and he gave me the full checkout. I knew it ahead of time from my crew training of course, but somehow it still struck me that the controls and performance were EXACTLY as we envisioned when we dreamed the Seaglider up. An incredibly complicated machine of carbon fiber, electronics, and automatic control software - all controlled by the captain with the ease of driving a boat: left and right, fast and slow. Rising out of the water on the hydrofoils was majestic - and would have been exhilarating if it wasn't so smooth and quiet! Once up on the foils, we effortlessly powered through the waves. The rise was comfortable and stable and gave us a beautiful view of Narragansett Bay. It was obvious how this will soon become a transformational mobility technology. At the end of the test sortie, not only did I pass my Seaglider Captain's checkout, but we collected great data too! We are getting faster on the hydrofoil every day and expect to be in flight in the coming months. In all, it was probably the single greatest day of my professional career. It was so cool to finally, after almost 5 years, drive this vehicle with my co-founder, and it is a constant privilege to work with the incredible team at REGENT that makes this all possible. Onwards to flight!

you can just ask people for honey on the internet and they'll send it to you @rossiadam is a true OG

Visiting LA and San Diego this weekend, any cool factories to come check out? Hoping to write a "cool factory thread" of all the cool factories I can visit.