byebye bitter lesson
Brute force computation is not enough for intelligence. Clever new methods are needed. The science of AI is far from finished. IMHOView quoted post on X
@aphysicist
Brute force computation is not enough for intelligence. Clever new methods are needed. The science of AI is far from finished. IMHOView quoted post on X
Nothing @elonmusk has done has stopped anybody else attempting to do the same. So he is not hoarding any kind of power.View quoted post on X
The only areas in which the operations of SpaceX impinge on others in a zero sum way are through things like spectrum use and access to launch sites like KSC - and in both cases they face proper legal regulation, and others have successfully got their share of the limited resource.
The handwringing about his supposed unilateral power ignores the fact that other people with plenty of resources could have done what SpaceX has done, but haven’t done so for various reasons that are nothing to do with SpaceX. Why is that?
US industrial capacity has been eroding for decades, and with it the fortunes of our middle class and to an extent, our national security. Data center development and our leadership in AI can reverse that trend, finally. Current hysteria to block all projects everywhere is a gift to China.View quoted post on X
Top of the Democratic agenda on day 1 needs to be a pause on advanced AI development, regulation of this out of control industry, and a ban on artificial superintelligence.View quoted post on X
Two OpenAI team members worked with GPT-6 Astra to design a prototype device for talking to Codex in under a week, as a side project.View quoted post on X
Astra designed the enclosure, circuit board, interface, and software. Getting it manufactured still required several rounds of review and iteration.