You think owning a Tesla is being green. Think again. And I'm not even talking about the hidden diesel generators that power the charging stations you'll visit.
Oh, and speaking of Tesla – it finally happened. A driver who had his Tesla on autopilot, just killed a motorcycle rider. As if Elon Musk didn't have enough on his hands already. Teslas are apparently easy to mess around with.
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In a similar vein, Britain is committing economic suicide as it pursues Net Zero carbon dioxide emission goals. See what happens with the political science majors think they know enough physics to run the country?
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Does light truly have an infinite lifetime? Can a photon last forever? Who knows? And I can't believe that's only NOW that scientists have discovered that light itself (without heat) can cause water to vaporize.
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Bookmark this! How to land a plane in an emergency. When you don't have any actual experience, you know. Hint: Play Flight Simulator a lot!
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This is beginning to be a huge problem. AI needs data centers, and data center consume a LOT of energy. So AI company CEOs have to immerse themselves in energy technology and get involved in energy policy. But how do you get a LOT of energy quickly? You can use unreliable solar or wind for this. You need hydroelectricity, nuclear or good old petroleum-based energy sources. Yes, it's all and well to say you support green energy efforts, but when rubber meets the road, you have to listen to people other than Al Gore or John Kerry.
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Even Nate Silver has noticed that many are avoiding Ivy League schools, and are enrolling in state universities? Why?
The Left calls it "unconscious bias" and wish you would stop it. Heh.I expect an increasing number of hiring managers to look at two resumes — say, one from a recent graduate of Columbia, and one from a recent graduate of the University of the North Carolina — and potentially see advantages for the UNC student. They’ll regard the Columbia grad as:
More likely to be coddled;
More likely to hold strong political opinions that will distract from their work;
More likely to have benefited from grade inflation and perhaps dubious admissions policies.
GPT-4 is as good as a human radiologist. Yeah, computer vision is one area that has progressed a LOT recently. But there will still be a need for a human radiologist, and a human radiologist with AI will be better than one without AI.
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Oh my. Larry Ellison is moving Oracle's global headquarters from the Bay Area peninsula to Nashville, TN. Oracle's HQ was one of the sights to see as you cruise down 101. I can't imagine not seeing it anymore. Wow, this is huge, and may signal more high profile exits from the Bay Area.
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What to do? Do you fine-tune? Or just use RAG for your AI model? Well, it's getting to be that RAG is more practical. Fine-tuning with LoRA may be just for the big guys.
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Curious to know how far you are from shopping and the library? Someone created a map for you called Close. Although libraries are far less necessary than they used to be. Now, they're becoming a place for the homeless to hangout in the daytime, so that they can use the free WiFi and bathrooms. At least that's the case in Portland and other major cities in the West.
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Interesting table I found recently:
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Man, this is sad, and encapsulates all the B.S. with the COVID vaxxes.
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