Elon Musk
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Is that right?
Is that right?
If ultimately there's a Tesla fleet that is 100 million vehicles, which I think we probably will get to at some point, 100 million vehicle fleet, and they have mostly state-of-the-art inference computers in them that each say are a kilowatt inference computer.
If ultimately there's a Tesla fleet that is 100 million vehicles, which I think we probably will get to at some point, 100 million vehicle fleet, and they have mostly state-of-the-art inference computers in them that each say are a kilowatt inference computer.
And they have built-in power and cooling and connect to the Wi-Fi.
And they have built-in power and cooling and connect to the Wi-Fi.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, exactly.
And you'd have 100 gigawatts of inference compute.
And you'd have 100 gigawatts of inference compute.
Well, we have a clear example of power efficient compute, which is the human brain.
Well, we have a clear example of power efficient compute, which is the human brain.
Um, so, um, our brains use about 20 Watts, um, of power, but, and all that only about 10 Watts is higher brain function.
Um, so, um, our brains use about 20 Watts, um, of power, but, and all that only about 10 Watts is higher brain function.
Most of it's, you know, half of it is just housekeeping functions, you know, keeping your heart going and breathing and that kind of thing.
Most of it's, you know, half of it is just housekeeping functions, you know, keeping your heart going and breathing and that kind of thing.
Um, so, so you've got maybe 10 Watts of, uh, higher brain function in a human.
Um, so, so you've got maybe 10 Watts of, uh, higher brain function in a human.
And we've managed to build civilization with 10 watts of a biological computer.
And we've managed to build civilization with 10 watts of a biological computer.