# Wants humanity to reach Kardashev Type One in his lifetime

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-08-02
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Solving the AI energy crisis \| Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog)
- **Watch at:** 00:52:29 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OOQfY5cqU&t=3149s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2025-08-02-wants-humanity-to-reach-kardashev-type-one-in-his-3svw/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Wants humanity to reach Kardashev Type One in his lifetime," Solving the AI energy crisis \| Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog), 2 Aug 2025, 00:52:29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OOQfY5cqU&t=3149s

## Quote — verbatim

> Cardashev level one civilization is a civilization that figured out how to capture all sources of energy on the home planet... We're currently at 0.7 level... In my lifetime, I'd like to see us go towards a type one at least. That would be my dream and that's something I want to work towards.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Framing AI's energy demand as a civilizational challenge; he notes the sun delivers ~100x more energy than the entire ~1.9 TW US grid.