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The new year 2025
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0Taking time out from scrolling … Perspectives it was a time of hope, it was a time of fear,it was an age of science, it was an age of ignorance,it was an epoch of climate change, it was an epoch of disbelief,it was a period of dreams, it was a period of politics,it was a spring of recovery, it was a season of collapse
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Merry Christmas 2024
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2My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. What another year … how to handle relaying relief?so, Santa’s upgraded, beyond beliefamidst all the muddle & trouble,broadcasting to every bubble the latest AI may help betterbut sometimes Claus will pen a letterto artfully craft a crisp replyand clarify what’s wise in his eye the firm challenge of cheerforever remains dearon an enduring questand…
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AI regulation faces a test in California
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1Benefits and costs of the new AI gold rush. Move fast and break things … vying for supremacy (“America’s AI edge,” like another Manhattan Project) … but … who’s a developer, and what are their responsibilities in some type of regulatory framework? Who does AI safety testing? Are there 3rd party evaluations? Certifications? Kill switches? Incident logging and reporting? AI “meltdowns” and lawsuits? Collateral damage…
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The darkside of AI – outages and shortages
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3Another gold rush is underway. Recast as the AI tech boom. Yet, AI is power hungry, a voracious beast consuming vast amounts of electricity. And water [1]. And those gas-fired power plants [2] … Generative AI data centers are expensive to build, expensive to operate, and tax the electric grid and our limited water resources (like the Colorado River). Companies that invest in AI see…