Lugh

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[–] Lugh 39 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Some people are naively amazed at AI scoring 99% in bar and medical exams, when all it is doing is reproducing correct answers from internet discussions on the exam questions. A new AI benchmark called "Humanity's Last Exam" has stumped top models. It will take independent reasoning to get 100% on this test, when that day comes does it mean AGI will be here?

[–] Lugh 22 points 7 months ago (11 children)

Trumpism will pass, and gasoline cars go the way of the horse and buggy. The US will just take longer to catch up with the rest of the world's progress.

[–] Lugh 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I don't know if its what you are looking for but futurology.today is the fediverse sibling (same Mods) as r/futurology on Reddit.

(Disclaimer I'm a Mod on it & the subreddit)

[–] Lugh 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I know the de facto attitude in the fediverse is to slag off Reddit, but I worry that they have a target on their back now. They are one of the last few big places online for Americans where left leaning and progressive thought predominates. It won't surprise me if Ketamine Nazi/Trump and the MAGA crowd make them a public enemy soon.

[–] Lugh 1 points 7 months ago

You jest, but given you how much the accelerationist crowd hate oversight, safety and regulation .......

[–] Lugh 3 points 7 months ago

The EU has set itself ambitious decarbonization targets. It aims for Europe to have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and has enshrined those targets in law in the territory's 27 countries.

The bloc has used its European Green Deal to speed up decarbonization, and while these results are impressive, this report points out they will need to accelerate further to meet the 2050 targets.

[–] Lugh 15 points 7 months ago

This was done under the auspices of the ITER international consortium funded by China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

[–] Lugh 2 points 7 months ago

This was done under the auspices of the ITER international consortium funded by China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States.

[–] Lugh 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The report highlighted a continued decline in fossil fuel dependency, with gas generation falling for the fifth consecutive year and overall fossil-fueled power dropping to a historic low of 29%.

Even when Russia makes it back to international markets with their natural gas, no one in Europe is going to want it.

[–] Lugh 5 points 7 months ago

I don’t expect the EU or India, or other countries to catch up soon on the level and price of green tech that China now has.

Europe would be smart to mandate some of the billions they are going to spend on this, come from Euro-sources. It makes it much easier to match Chinese manufacturing economies for Euro-exports elsewhere.

[–] Lugh 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yes, the US political system is now even more corrupt than before. At least the Democrats were making some effort, and I'm sure blue states like California still will.

[–] Lugh 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

The US is just 16% of Chinese exports. Any tariff disruption will be made up for many, many times over by being OPEC of 21st century renewable energy to the rest of the world.

https://wits.worldbank.org/countrysnapshot/en/chn

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