links, etc Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector it’s a deliciously snarky read and brings the science. The mainstream press is failing America – and people are understandably upset | Rebecca Solnit this hits on so much of what’s been gallling me lately. tags: #uspolitics, #spacekaren
links, etc Without Talent Agility, America May Lose - War on the Rocks talent agility seems like an immigration issue to me. at what point does it become a national security issue to not bring as many of the brightest minds in your direction as possible? tags: #links, #2024, #uspolitics,
links, etc Far Fewer in U.S. Regard Childhood Vaccinations as Important we’re not moving in the right direction here folks. unsurprisingly, this breaks down along partisan lines. tags: #links #2024 #uspolitics
links, etc An Insider’s View of the Love Affair Between Hungary and the American Right - TPM – Talking Points Memo much has been made of the conservative love with orban and hungary. none of that is encouraging. what’s less covered in much of the reporting on this that you see in the US is the environment that this was allowed to take place in, within hungary. there are a number of interesting things to take away from in this article which looks at this from the perspective of an actual hungarian with some context....
links, etc Smaller, Cheaper, Faster, Sober | Drew Breunig i’ve been intrigued by the small models that run fast and are increasingly useful for mission specific tasks. this seems like the thing that will be durably useful in all of this AI flotsam. Enterprises are foregoing general models for open ones trained for single tasks. And it’s not just foundation training, but fine-tuning training. Teams are learning that small models trained for a single purpose can outperform the best general models out-of-the-box....