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I'm guessing if you were going to be able to travel at Mach 16, an entirely new type of airplane architecture, built with new types of material is going to be needed.

The lacklustre performance of ChatGPT 4.5 provides further evidence that the era of steady pretraining scaling is over. This has many implications for AI governance. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Yes, I think that is what the problem is here. Some people used to have the idea that more scaling would be enough for reasoning to appear, but that hasn't happened.

Alibaba's Wan2.1, an open-source suite of powerful video generation models that outperform SOTA open-source & closed models such as Sora on key benchmarks — while generating videos at 2.5x the speed. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 6 points 4 months ago

More bad news for investors pouring hundreds of billions into AI companies like OpenAI, and wishing and hoping for moats.

Singapore's biggest bank DBS to cut 4,000 roles as it embraces AI in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Global banks will cut as many as 200,000 jobs in the next three to five years as artificial intelligence encroaches on tasks currently carried out by human workers, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.

I wonder when all this will become a major issue for voters in developed countries?

Dongfang Hour - These Chinese Startups Are Building Their Own Starship in c/futurology_youtube

[–] Lugh 1 points 4 months ago

Chinese space technology tends to get very under reported in western media, but this guy is an excellent source.

The CEA’s WEST tokamak in France maintained plasma for 22 minutes, setting a new world record and surpassing previous benchmarks by 25%. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 1 points 4 months ago

30% of global electricity was from renewables in 2024. It's already cheaper than most other sources, and keeps getting cheaper.

Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 9 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I've always wondered, if decades in the future, a terrorist attack might occur by somebody nudging an asteroid towards Earth. I'm not the only person thinking this, it was a major plot point in the TV show 'The Expanse'.

The CEA’s WEST tokamak in France maintained plasma for 22 minutes, setting a new world record and surpassing previous benchmarks by 25%. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I wonder if fusion powers true usefulness will be when humans are in space? Because you are correct in saying renewables will probably be enough to supply all our needs and more by the 2030s.

Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to be trialed in Britain. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 3 points 4 months ago

We are used to the idea of drugs being recreationally misused, I wonder will that ever happen to tech like this?

Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we're not alone. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That behavior among "advanced" species has always been forward as one solution to the Fermi Paradox.

A California-based company is transforming stored heat into electricity. Heat2Power (H2P) leverages thermophotovoltaic (TPV) technology through a modular panel. in c/futurology

[–] Lugh 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am no expert in any of this, but why do you think it couldn't work at scale? This company says their tech has advantages in cheapness and efficiency over existing solutions. What is it about what they are doing that will not scale?