by Jonathan | Feb 4, 2025 | AI
This is amazing: big tech is spending more on AI than big oil spent on their own infrastructure during the last boom. Surely there is a warning somewhere in this, although I’m a huge AI proponent and think that most of the spend will be justified.
by Jonathan | Jan 24, 2025 | AI
The Information just published results of a reader survey that shows that nearly 60% of its readers believe that OpenAI, another company, or both, will achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) within three years. A really short definition of AGI is, AI that is as...
by Jonathan | Nov 25, 2024 | Short Takes
Interesting to see TN and TX increasing female lawmakers in the southeast. Seeing the current ratio would be more informative. From Axios.
by Jonathan | Nov 1, 2024 | Short Takes
I mean really, who could have possibly seen that prolifers had made a deal with the devil? in 2023 [Trump] disparaged advocates’ ability to succeed on their agenda. “Pro lifers had absolutely zero status on the subject of abortion until I came along,” Trump wrote....
by Jonathan | Sep 30, 2024 | Short Takes
A few years ago I heard that putting organ donor on your driver’s license was a bad idea, that some people might call you dead before you were to take your organs. I considered this fanciful and paid no heed. WSJ has an article that says exactly this happens. An...