Canadian assembled a fusion reactor in his kitchen using AI

A Twitter user shared an amazing experience of creating a fusion reactor at home. The development took a long time, but the result exceeded expectations.

He spoke about this on his X (Twitter) page.

How did he manage to create a nuclear reactor in the kitchen?

HudZah used a 30-kilovolt electrostatic precipitator with a current of 10 mA. The pressure in the system was 3 mTorr, which is 253,333 times less than atmospheric pressure. A special bubble counter was used to count neutrons, and a hydrolysis cell was used to produce deuterium.

The scientist created his own gaseous deuterium (D2) by electrolyzing heavy water (D2O) using a hydrocarbon with a PEM cell (mini-electrolyzer). The costs were minimal — $32 for the hydrocar and $80 for 50 grams of heavy water. This amount made it possible to produce 56 liters of deuterium.

During the development process, HudZah relied on Claude's large-scale chatbot project, which included forums, call transcripts, emails, and more. This information helped him with system debugging, safety precautions, and assembly instructions.

He began his work at the Socratica coworking space in San Francisco, where he presented only a document with his initial plans. During the following sessions, however, he managed to complete the reactor.

As a reminder, OpenAI has released a new AI agent called Operator. It can perform routine tasks on the Internet instead of the user, including using a browser, filling out forms, ordering tickets and products.

We also wrote that Mark Zuckerberg shared his forecast for the massive emergence of artificial intelligence in the labor market. He claims that in 2025, neural networks will be able to reach the level of middle-class engineers in programming.