Other ways for GI?

Hi, I was wondering if lubos ever looked at or considered using radiance probes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mECv52eSjBo&t=92s

As nice as the fps and GPU ms rates are, the precomputation time of 45 minutes for the sponza scene doesn’t seem too appealing. Regardless, the paper behind it is an interesting read and the results looks stunning considering real time GI.