Homicide is a serious problem that calls for effective policy responses built on accurate information. Unfortunately, prominent politicians are again propagating the inaccurate notion that immigrants disproportionately contribute to crime, especially murder. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Here's the real reason Musk is supporting Trump.
U.S. Agencies Fund, and Fight With, Elon Musk. A Trump Presidency Could Give Him Power Over Them.
By Eric...
Homicide is a serious problem that calls for effective policy responses built on accurate information. Unfortunately, prominent politicians are again propagating the inaccurate notion that immigrants disproportionately contribute to crime, especially murder. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Anthropic, the AI vendor second in size only to OpenAI, has a powerful family of generative AI models called Claude. These models can perform a range of tasks, from captioning images and writing emails to solving math and coding challenges. With Anthropic’s model ecosystem growing so quickly, it can …
Tesla WTF
Courtesy of Scott Galloway, No Mercy/No Malice, @profgalloway
The most impressive, and unimpressive, product displays of 2024 occurred last week — from companies headed...
Tech executives are setting deadlines for the arrival of superintelligence. They might regret it. Over the past few months, some of the most prominent people in AI have fashioned themselves as modern messiahs and their products as deities. Top executives and respected researchers at the world’s …
Information & Social Order
A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari
Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari discuss Harari's new book "Nexus" and its relevance to current...
The researchers used machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges. The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John …
China, Navy, Nukes, Tech, and Politics
By Peter Zeihan
Our focus turns toward China today, specifically at the technological struggles facing the Chinese military and manufacturing...
Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels …