On how we missed the moment AGI arrived, why this changes everything about our priorities, and why cold fusion must come before
immortality.

The breakthrough we missed

We’ve been waiting for AGI like it would arrive with fanfare and fireworks. A press conference. A dramatic announcement. Instead,
it slipped in quietly, model after model, capability after capability, until one day we woke up with systems that write code, diagnose
diseases, conduct research, and solve problems no single human could grasp.

AGI – in the functional sense – is already here. Not as a hypothetical superintelligent being from science fiction. As a tool
billions of people use every day without realizing they’re wielding something that would have seemed like magic a decade ago.

We were looking for lightning. We got a sunrise.

Why definitions blinded us

Academics still debate whether these systems “truly understand” or merely “simulate understanding.” An airplane doesn’t fly like a
bird – no feathers, no nest-building, different wing mechanics entirely. Does that mean it doesn’t “really fly”?

Functional AGI is a system that performs tasks requiring general intelligence – regardless of internal mechanisms.
By this measure, the threshold has been crossed.

The goalposts kept moving. Chess was the test, then Go, then coding, then creative writing. Now it’s “true understanding” – a
concept we can’t even define for humans. Meanwhile, the revolution happened and most people missed it.

Now the real question begins

If AGI is here, the debate shifts from “when” to “what now.” And this is where most people get it catastrophically wrong.

The dominant narrative says: let’s pursue longevity. Let people live forever, upload minds, defeat death itself. It sounds
romantic. It’s also a recipe for eternal war.

Here’s the problem with immortality-first: immortal people still need energy. Still need resources. And if energy remains scarce
while lifespans become infinite, you get the worst possible outcome – wars over resources that literally never end. Imagine World War
III, but the same people are still fighting it in 2126.

Abundance of energy prevents conflict. Scarcity of energy guarantees it. The math is brutal and
simple.

The sequence matters

AGI gives us unprecedented capability to solve humanity’s hardest problems. But capability without direction is dangerous. We need
to solve things in the right order.

First: Energy. Cold fusion – or more precisely, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions – changes everything. Not incremental
improvements in renewables, important as they are. Something that makes energy so cheap it’s practically free. When anyone can power
their entire life for the cost of a cup of coffee per year, there’s nothing left worth fighting over.

Then: Longevity. Once energy abundance eliminates resource conflicts, extended lifespans become a gift rather than
a curse. Immortality in a world of plenty is utopia. Immortality in a world of scarcity is hell.

AGI can accelerate both. But we must choose the sequence deliberately.

LENR: not dead, just disorganized

Low Energy Nuclear Reactions – what we called cold fusion before the PR disaster of 1989 – has quietly progressed for decades.
Multiple independent laboratories observe anomalous heat production. The effects are real, even if the theory remains chaotic.

The problem isn’t scientific anymore. It’s organizational. LENR research is scattered across dozens of small teams, working in
isolation, sharing results through academic papers published months or years after breakthroughs. This is exactly the kind of
coordination problem that modern tools can solve.

We’re building that coordination layer at cold-fusion.org. Not another lab. Not another
funding mechanism. A place where every LENR team can share data in real-time, where successful protocols get replicated immediately,
where negative results get published instead of hidden. Think GitHub for cold fusion research – collaborative, transparent, designed
for rapid iteration.

Why this, why now

AGI amplifies whatever we point it at. Point it at longevity research while energy remains scarce, and you accelerate toward a
future of eternal conflict. Point it at energy abundance first, and you create the foundation for everything else.

This is the most important sequencing decision in human history. And now that AGI is here – whether we’ve officially acknowledged
it or not – the clock is ticking faster than ever.

Peace through abundance, not through balance of power. This is the only path forward that doesn’t end in eternal
war.

An invitation

If you work on LENR, we want to talk. If you know someone who does, connect us. If you think this sounds insane but important,
you’re right on both counts. The most important problems always sound crazy until they’re solved.

The site is live at cold-fusion.org. Research is open-source on GitHub. Join us, contribute, or at least watch what we’re building.

Because AGI is already here. The only question is what we do with it. And the sequence matters more than ever.

Energy first. Longevity second. Abundance before immortality. This is the plan.