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The speaker says computation is probably among humanity’s most fundamental activities and argues that maximizing its energy efficiency matters because energy is a fundamental resource.
Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“Because that means now we're doing computation is probably one of the most fundamental things we do as humanity, but as efficiently as possible from energy perspective,”
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