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Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But it would be extremely cool if the entire world's all power grids could be switched off with a button

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You just need a large enough geomagnetic storm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event

There's always a bigger power switch upstream somewhere.

[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 5 months ago

So the storm is the switch?