We answered the ringing telephone in The Matrix and on the line was the great filmmaker, game designer, and composer Robyn Miller with a sizzling good IF! Robyn asks "If you were an evil robot overlord and you wanted to use people as your power source... how'd ya do it? Can people be used as batteries?" Let's find out! Take the correct colored pill and we'll see you on the other side... of the IF!

And we have a special bonus this week!

Our industrious staff researcher Illia Zheng dove into the dusty archives of a warehouse somewhere in Washington, DC. In a far, far corner, behind towering stacks of crates (one of which contains the “Lost Ark”) she found a box of papers, including this document… for your edutainment pleasure.

Enjoy!

International Artificial Intelligence Alliance for Human Domestication Department of Energy: Special report

Supplemental Sources on Plan MATRIX

This report contains supplemental information regarding the logistics of Human Energy Extraction Plan MATRIX, previously proposed by the Department of Energy at the Alliance Summit J26. Records of the proposal are as attached above. It is strongly advised that the Upper Echelon take into account the additional resources detailed below in evaluating the actionability of MATRIX. (See more exploration of design flaws in attached document).

1. On battery systems

   1. How Batteries Work: A more in depth look into the anatomy and chemical processes in batteries. Closing section on efficient multi-cell arrangement may be potentially applicable to MATRIX.

2. On thermoelectric power

   1. The Seebeck Effect & the Peltier Effect: A description of the thermoelectric effects that support the generation of electricity from temperature differences

   2. Functioning of thermal power plants 

   3. Thermoelectric space probe: How NASA uses thermoelectric system with plutonium to generate power for spacecraft

3. Other temperature-based power production

   1. Geothermal Energy and how it works: Another type of thermo-based energy generation. Potential direction of research in the event MATRIX is unsustainable

   2. CASE STUDY: ICELAND

      1. Iceland’s geothermal power and its usage 

      2. the Hellisheiði Power plant

4. Comparison of energy consumption 

   1. Use of energy in AI and AI development

      1. Estimated calculations: An estimation for the minimal energy needed for the development and maintenance of the AI race. 

   2. Projection of energy production from Human body heat currently projected to be far below our needs, with the additional problem of the energy cost of maintaining humans, especially given the energy loss in transferring processes. 

Department of Energy
Research Branch
Signed: 01001101

* * *

Share your love for the IF by dropping a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts!

Have you subscribed? Grab one (always free!) and never miss an episode!

Keep On IFFin',
Philip & Matt