Kardashev Type One needs 500x today's energy; AI is the new fire
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“Every great leap is lit by a new kind of fire. Steam ushered in the industrial age. Electricity powered cities. The internet connected the minds… Now AI is lighting a new kind of fire. To reach [Kardashev] level one, we need 10 quadrillion watts. That’s about 500 times our global current energy use.” — 00:00:04
Context: Opening framing, identical to his Akash Accelerate 2025 keynote days later.