OpenAI pursues self-replicating data centers, echoing Ilya's 2019 'Earth covered in solar panels' warning
Confident_Salt_8108 · reddit · 2026-10-30
Sam Altman said OpenAI will point its robotics program at building data centers, calling self-replicating OpenAI data centers — AI-controlled robots running fabs, building solar panels, and constructing more data centers — 'within grasp.' The post juxtaposes this with Ilya Sutskever's 2019 remark that the entire surface of the Earth will likely be covered with solar panels and data centers.
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