

If you don’t eat cheesecake you’ll be left behind, Luddite


If you don’t eat cheesecake you’ll be left behind, Luddite


In case anyone is confused, this is referring to 15 years of the US’s progress, not 15 years of global progress (see here)


Doing a little of my own math:
Article says the US will emit 2.1 billion metric tons of carbon by 2030.
Using a metric tons to gigatons conversion gives us 2.1 gigatons.
Using this as a reference, these projected AI emissions shouldn’t even come close to scratching the global average


New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Somewhat misleading title, as they are referring to pollution reduction efforts solely in the US, not worldwide.
Nearly 15 years worth of hard-won pollution reduction efforts are set to be undone in the United States, as a wave of data centers powered by gas plants enters construction.
Unpaywalled version of the Bloomberg article here: https://archive.li/9Ts5f
This is only if all the planned data centre buildouts go ahead, mind you


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the website famously against AI integrates the AI famous for being evil


apparently MIRI doesn’t offer any of its employees 401K


Dumbass AI bros will probably still merrily buy away anyways. Because think about the Machine God and all those digital slaves instead of making any financial sense


He released a book earlier this month called ‘the AGI Chronicles’ too


More OpenAI math ‘proofs’ https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1xgc62m/more_openai_math_proofs/
they claim they got halfway to solving another millennium prize problem, but issues with Lean translation make it sketchy at best


There is also this gem:
We encourage you, as a prospective owner of our stock, not to think of your purchase in purely transaction terms


“If a bunch of kids who have just started a company can do this, then potentially, the Chinese aren’t far behind,”
my eyes rolled so far back they ended up in the back of my head


The AI bubble has already burst in China the article is paywalled but the full thing is in the comments
Anthropic released amended IPO-aaand its even worse!
https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/comments/1xlz9x1/anthropic_releases_amended_ipo_prospectus_with/
‘b-but the convertible notes!!!’