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The Case for Boycotting Generative AI
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (1148+ words) It has become clear by now that the frontier labs are knowingly and by their own admission doing something irreversible and incredibly dangerous without public consent. They are already causing harm, and things could conceivably get much worse. They have…...
Excellent new Bill Gates essay on the urgency of having a coherent AI plan
2+ week, 4+ day ago (243+ words) Excellent new essay by Bill Gates, echoing many of the themes I have been writing about here and in my 2024 book Taming Silicon Valley: The critical, lasting importance of the decisions we make now. The risks that AI creates, around…...
Two ways it might all fall apart
2+ week, 6+ day ago (152+ words) “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” “What brought it on?” “Friends,” said Mike. “I had a lot of friends. False friends. Then I had creditors, too. Probably had more creditors than…...
Data center madness - by Gary Marcus
3+ week, 2+ day ago (335+ words) Part I: costs and how much revenue you would need to justify those costs. Estimate #1 comes from Peter Berezin, Chief Economist at BCA Research. (You can read his full post, with some graphs and a link to a longer report, here.)…...