I’m gonna call it – selling equity dollar-for-dollar in exchange for compute is such a blunt instrument that’s got to go. It’s sets insane “valuations”, which are bad for founders (crazy expectations and pref stack) and bad for investors (poor returns). Moreover, it’s a pretty
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Government Investment in AI Infrastructure Critical Says Benaich
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.@nathanbenaich speaking about the need for govt to grab the reigns and invest in infrastructure & procurement – citing examples from internet roll out in previous decades “ the govt has has a big role to play”. #LondonTechWeek #FutureOfBritain @InstituteGC
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Bold UK AI Report from Institute GC
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Another bold report from @InstituteGC on AI and the UK, which I’m excited to have contributed. Please read and share your thoughts!
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UAE Appointed First AI Minister in 2017
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Just nit-picking here @klarnaseb
, but the UAE was the first to appoint an AI Minister, and that back in 2017 https://
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Dogmas Evolution: When Established Beliefs Become Obsolete
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Dogmas are so, until aren’t anymore. https://t.co/ZbG8QTpHcn
— Nathan Benaich (@nathanbenaich) 12 juin 2023Dogmas are so, until aren’t anymore.
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London Tech Week Dominated by US Venture Capital and LP Networks
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London Tech Week is more like “my US VC and LP friends come visit London” week 🙂
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UK Universities Accused of Aiding Iranian Drone Technology Development
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Even though the UK has sanctions on Iran, researchers at a dozen UK universities "have helped the Iranian regime to develop sophisticated technology that can be used in its drone programme and fighter jets." What the beep. "Key pieces of research have been conducted by
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Big Tech Manipulation and AI Future Control Concerns
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"I would claim we are already manipulated by a machine. It consists of the corporate interests of a handful of companies that make vast profits on the back of our personal information." "Relying on Big Tech companies to tell us how this [AI] future should look is like turkeys
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Does One AI Model Rule Them All? Expert Analysis
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Along the lines of @maithra_raghu
’s “does one model rule them all? https://
maithraraghu.com/blog/2023/does
-one-model-rule-them-all/
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Gorilla: Open Source Base Model Outperforms Larger AI Models
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The Gorilla project is a great example of how open source base model + fine tuning through self-instruction instruction + document retrieval can outperform a larger model for an economically-useful task.