From an AI safety perspective, it could make sense to use primarily small, specialized AI, but economic and structural incentives might lead to a world where every toaster, car and camera is part of the same, fully integrated overmind.
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US-China Competition: Democracy vs Authoritarianism in AI Era
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The competition between the US and China is not merely about economic growth, control of birth rates and military power, it is about whether liberalism is able to hold its own against authoritarianism. If China can create better living conditions than the US, democracy may end.
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Major internet outage impacts worldwide connectivity and services
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whole internet is basically down rn sorry
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Global web outage signals approaching technological winter
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Une grande partie du web mondial est à l’arrêt ce soir. Ce black-out sonne comme un rappel brutal de notre dépendance à la technologie. Un jour viendra, plus vite qu’on ne le croit, où surviendra ce que j’appelle un «hiver technologique». Ses conséquences seront plus
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AI Job Replacement: Economic Impact of Automation
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The $100 Trillion Question: What Happens When AI Replaces Every Job? https://
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California AI Employment Law Claims Face Tens Billions Settlement
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Not sure where we as an industry go from here but, assuming standard rates in California for employment law claims, the right magnitude to think of is “tens of billions of dollars” in settlements.
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Small AI Teams Building Massive Revenue Per Head
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This data shows small AI teams are building massive empires. Startup revenue per head is hitting all-time highs. And it's cutting across multiple types (powerpoint decks, code writing, voice generation, image generation), though not all types are performant (ex: AI detection).
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Manufacturing Delusion: Why Reindustrialization Myths Threaten Progress
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Just read an Economist article that got my interest titled: "The World Must Escape the Manufacturing Delusion" It argues that the obsession many of us have with reindustrializing is built on myths and this movement will doom us all because it is totally self defeating. Would
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AI Disrupts Human Cognitive Monopoly and Elite Power Structures
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10 choses qui me sautent aux yeux 1. L’Homme perd son monopole cognitif. L’intelligence devient gratuite et non-humaine.
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AI Company Seeks to Automate Jobs in Workforce
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This #AI Company Wants to Take Your Job
#RiseoftheRobots