Comment by s1artibartfast
8 hours ago
The point is not to run longer than 15 min. They knew this before even launching it.
Part of development is prototyping and testing. This is part of a process to learn and inform the design of later versions.
We would have very little science or technology if we did not do such tests.
Did they actually have to launch the thing to do that testing? I think a much simpler and more direct explanation is that it is simply a deceptive marketing stunt. "Hey look we're solving the power problem, don't worry we'll be able to build all these megawatts of compute we promised" when in reality it will never happen and they had no intention of even trying. It's a short term con to try to calm fears in the market that the promises exceed their capabilities.