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Data centers are the physical infrastructure behind cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software. The rapid diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) is intensifying demand for compute, accelerating investment in data centers, and raising concerns about the local economic and environmental footprint of these facilities. Their expansion creates a local policy tradeoff. A data center can […] The post Data centers are good appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related Stori...
There’s a growing idea I’ve seen in some circles that college could be replaced by conversations between an A.I. tutor and a student. When I think about your model, I wonder why college even needs to exist. If I can just seek out a tutor, somebody that I like, and they just charge me a […] The post Hollis Robbins on AI and higher education appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Engineer. I have never understood the connection . by carlosplnIn reply to Blackthorne. When I r...
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The Anthropic xAI deal is shocking but not surprising: Musk should double down on serving other companies
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On Friday, I moderated a forum with the top Democratic candidates for California governor, focusing on the state’s housing crisis. California’s current governor, Gavin Newsom, came into office in 2019 promising to build millions of homes. And in the years since, dozens of pro-housing laws have passed, designed to cut red tape and spur more construction. And yet the number of homes being built in California is basically the same as when he took office, and the state’s housing crisis remains, a...
Yascha Mounk and Al Roth discuss what we miss when we separate economics from human emotion