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by dadzilla·2y ago·view on hn ↗
From Groq using Llama 2 70b: To calculate the volume of space required to contain the world's population, we need to first convert the area calculated earlier to square feet.

Area (square feet) = 600 square miles × 5,280 square feet/square mile = 3,160,000,000 square feet

Next, we need to assume a height at which the population can comfortably stand. Let's assume an average height of 5 feet.

Volume = Area (square feet) × Height (feet) Volume = 3,160,000,000 square feet × 5 feet Volume = 15,800,000,000 cubic feet

Now, we need to convert the volume from cubic feet to cubic miles. There are 1,476,333,333 cubic feet in a cubic mile, so:

Volume (cubic miles) = Volume (cubic feet) ÷ 1,476,333,333 Volume (cubic miles) = 15,800,000,000 ÷ 1,476,333,333 Volume (cubic miles) = 10.7 cubic miles

Therefore, to contain the entire world population, we would need a volume of approximately 10.7 cubic miles, assuming an average height of 5 feet and a density similar to that of a solid object.

Please note that this calculation is purely theoretical and doesn't take into account factors like personal space, comfort, and actual population density.

2 comments
Please don't just paste AI-generated summaries into a low-effort comment. I don't know why your summary only picked up on the first half of the first paragraph, but estimating global population volume has nothing to do with the article.

Also, even taking the assumptions at face value, your model's calculations are wrong by several orders of magnitude. There are not 5,280 square feet in one square mile and 600*5280 is not 3,160,000,000.

If you weren't concerned with preserving life, you could take the current population of Earth, multiply by the average weight of a human (69kg according to Wolfram Alpha's sources), assume that we have the same density as water, and find that we could all fit in a 0.5km³ box.