Seems like George is inching towards learning about Triffin Dilemma[0].
To meet global demand, the issuer must supply enough currency, potentially weakening its own economy, but restricting supply would harm international trade and finance
https://x.com/ylecun/status/1845956992898150855
Before "OpenAI" was a thing, there was "Open AI" (with a space.
In 2015, Guy Ravine circulated the idea of an open and collaborative non-profit AI research org.
He registered the domain http://open.ai and filed a trademark.
Then, OpenAI was created without him...
Yep, those are just forms of batteries though so I think my point stands? There is lots of cool stuff you can do with PV+TES without even needing true thermal batteries, just using smart electric hot water heaters and dispatch, and even cooler things if you set up a peer-to-peer network of them! But again, that just goes to the point that other challenges have overtaken solar efficiency in urgency (which is a great thing to reflect on!)
https://www.corteidh.or.cr/tablas/r31206.pdf
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