Solving AI’s Energy Problem with Kathryn Huff

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**SPEAKER_2** (0:35)
Hola, si tengo una reservación para Carlos.
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Just la hora, amigos.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (2:42)
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This is StarTalk, special edition. Neil deGrasse Tyson, you're a personal astrophysicist, and if it's special edition, you know what that means. We've got Gary O'Reilly.

**Gary O'Reilly** (3:30)
Hi, Neil.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (3:31)
Hey, former soccer pro.

**Gary O'Reilly** (3:32)
Yes.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (3:33)
Soccer announcer. And we're borrowing you from your soccer people.

**Gary O'Reilly** (3:36)
Yes. Okay.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (3:38)
And at special edition, we think all about the human condition and all that matters to make that work. And since you have been an injured soccer player in your life, you know about the human condition.

**Gary O'Reilly** (3:52)
I do. And the suffering therein. Though I'm not going to place it above or beyond anyone else's suffering, but we get a chance on special edition just to gaze into some interesting topics.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:04)
Yes. Yes. And I love it. And I've got with us Paul Mecurio.

**Paul Mecurio** (4:07)
Nice to see you, guys. He's back. Yeah.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:09)
Yes. Oh, he's fine. All right. You were a former stockbroker or attorney?

**Kathryn Huff** (4:14)
Attorney.

**Paul Mecurio** (4:14)
Mergers and acquisitions, which is hilarious.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:17)
And you became a comedian after you were mergers and acquisitions.

**Paul Mecurio** (4:21)
Well, I'm like, how can I give my mother an instant heart attack?

**Kathryn Huff** (4:24)
I know.

**Paul Mecurio** (4:25)
When I did say it, she said to me, I said, I'm going to leave Wall Street to be a comedian. She looked me right in the eye and she said, that better be your first joke.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:32)
Oh, come on.

**Kathryn Huff** (4:34)
Oh, clever mom.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:36)
I like that.

**Paul Mecurio** (4:37)
And then made a right turn and got in the comedy.

**Neil deGrasse Tyson** (4:40)
So Emmy and Peabody award-winning. I mean, at Peabody, that's coveted.