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AI nationalism, Europe included

Most of my Free Press column deals with Mythos, but here are some remarks on Europe: There is yet another huge problem behind all these first-order problems. Let us say, for instance, that France’s Mistral AI develops very nicely and serves as an EU counterpart of Anthropic and OpenAI. Well, then the other European countries […] The post AI nationalism, Europe included appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsFrance needs Pétainism. by AnonSuppose that at any given moment you can buy el...

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Culture

*Disclosure Day* (doubt if there are net spoilers in this post)

Perhaps rewatching The Omen is better prep for this movie than thinking about UFOs? In this regard Disclosure Day is somewhat more interesting than I had been expecting. Peter Thiel, Ross Douthat, telephone! And yet I have plenty of quibbles. It was a little too long. The acting is entirely serviceable, but none of the […] The post Disclosure Day (doubt if there are net spoilers in this post) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsAnyone else thinking of Childhood's End by Clarke, w...

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Politics

Belfast Riots & Migrant Stabbing Live Reaction with Peter Bleksley and Patrick Christys

Thanks to our sponsor Quo: Business Phone System for Startups. Try Quo for free, PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://quo.com/TRIG A shocking stabbing, days of riots, growing tensions over immigration, and renewed questions about policing, integration, and political leadership have pushed the issue to the top of the national conversation. Konstantin and Francis are joined by Peter Bleksley and Patrick Christys to unpack what happened, why it happened, and what it means ...

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Technology

Why do South Koreans love AI so much?

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. When I landed in Seoul after a grueling 12-hour flight from San Francisco, I walked through an unmanned immigration checkpoint, where a machine scanned my face and passport. On the subway home,…

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Technology

The Download: cutting AC emissions, and nature’s drug designer

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure. After three years of record-­breaking heat and another scorcher underway, air-conditioning isn’t going anywhere. That’s good for our health,…

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