Energy Is Intelligence: Nina Schick Warns Power-Poor Nations Will Lose the AI Race
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-09-15
Author Nina Schick lays out a stark thesis: we are converting energy into intelligence, and countries that cannot power it will grow poorer and weaker.
Key points:
- Electricity demand projections never anticipated manufacturing non-biological intelligence at industrial scale
- Training is only the start — inference requires 24/7 power across the economy, and demand for useful intelligence has no obvious ceiling while supply does
- The power gap becomes an intelligence gap, and ultimately a sovereignty gap
- Europe is critically exposed: Germany shut its nuclear fleet; Britain wants to be an AI superpower while its industries already struggle with electricity costs
She also argues building capability is the best path to AI security — fighting rogue agent swarms takes compute and electricity, not parliamentary letters banning superintelligence.
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