Karpathy definitely knows what he’s talking about, his GPT from scratch video is pretty good. His explanation here really resonates with how current models can be so good at many difficult tasks while still struggling a lot with basic things. I think there definitely needs to be a few breakthroughs more before we could discuss whether actual AGI can be reached.
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If the dispute drags on, a drop in Chinese visitors, such as the fall of roughly 25% seen during an island dispute in 2012, could deliver a significant economic hit for Japan, said Takahide Kiuchi, executive economist at Nomura Research Institute.
Worries about such a hit caused a dip in tourism-sensitive shares in Tokyo, with department store operator Isetan Mitsukoshi falling 11.3%, while Japan Airlines gave up 3.7%.
Yeah, the Japanese corpos probably got annoyed and yanked her leash a bit. Bourgeois dictatorship remains a bourgeois dictatorship.
Clearly, the best way to support tech long term is to improve educational standards, provide equal opportunities to students all across the country, foster scientific curiosity, expand sustainable energy infrastructure, and invest in the pure sciences. So that's what you're going to do, right?
...right?
I’ve read the report and the data is pretty interesting, the US and Europe have actually increased carbon emissions this year, but it was offset by decreases mostly in China and India. India’s reduction is considered an outlier because of an unusually cool summer, but China may have already crossed peak fossil energy.
Here’s the report if you’d like to read it: https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/q3-global-power-report-no-fossil-fuel-growth-expected-in-2025/
It’s honestly kind of absurd that direct military intervention in another country’s civil war is considered not only normal but heroic. Nevermind the horrific track record of US military interventions in general.
Does it say in what time range the growth/loss is measured? Is it from 2000 to 2018 or something?
Honestly, even Huggingface downloads are underestimating the dominance of Chinese open-weight models. Modelscope is generally the platform of choice in China, so Huggingface downloads reflect popularity in the west.
This is also a big problem for proprietary model makers. Companies like OpenAI or Anthropic are losing money right now and are banking on being able to dominate the market and jack up prices, but that’s not going to happen with all these free, downloadable models from China that can go toe-to-toe with the big proprietary models.
Can't believe Trump shut down the insidious, pervasive propaganda funded by USAID for this ham-fisted replacement. It seems even US propaganda got enshittified.
Really, data centers? They're some of the most rapidly depreciating assets you can build, and not at all comparable to the infrastructure and industrial expansion you would actually need to revitalize manufacturing. The problem with letting private companies dictate national policy is that they would always put their own profits above national interests.
There’s a pretty nice report on the global energy transition here: https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/
They also have a writeup on the future of battery storage here: https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/silos-for-sunshine-weve-mastered-harvesting-the-sun-but-storage-is-the-gamechanger/
The Solar + Battery combo is so, so valuable to many people with unreliable and/or expensive power. It really is the first time that households and small communities can have control over their own energy, when people can just stand up and do something about their power needs. The bottom-up solar boom in Pakistan is a prime example of this, and at least in this area I'm really hopeful.
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As someone who has been following solar energy recently, it truly keeps me hopeful about the future of our planet and the Global South. Looking at China's solar PV exports, you can see that the total value of exports has actually been dropping since May 2023, but the amount being sold has just kept increasing. This means that the cost of solar is dropping basically month over month, to the point where individuals in Pakistan, Myanmar, and Afghanistan have all suddenly gained the power to control their energy supply for the first time ever.
From a broader perspective, Solar is the fastest growing energy source by far, and is the reason why the COP28 renewables tripling goal is still plausible. It also ruins the profit model of oil imperialists who chain struggling countries to buy their fossil fuels every month. Now that even battery costs are plummeting and stuff is increasingly being electrified, I actually think we have a fighting chance of saving our climate.