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LLMs as lossy compression algorithms

Resilience in a planet-scale system cannot exist in a monoculture

Reducing carbon emissions saves money. Staying within 2C scenario will cost six times less than allowing emissions to rise unchecked.

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Stefan Czerniawski National Audit Office In short, any prescription of "AI" to fix public sector ills has to tackle purpose and priorities; adoption and exclusion; fairness; accountability; data governance; legacy data quality; value exchange; private sector power; environmental costs; and internal culture change.

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Good to have another economics lesson from Mariana Mazzucato From #r4today pre 7am news slot to a better, decent chunk of time on #C4News this evening with Cathy Newman It's especially useful to point out government spending on consultants 💰💰 channel4.com/news/labours-i…

Morning - I'm at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry day 186 where we're hearing evidence from Missing Mike Young, the Man The Inquiry Could Not Find. Young was one of the five execs blamed by Paula Vennells for not telling her the PO's Horizon IT system didn't work and...

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"We conclude that a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation cannot be considered a low-probability event anymore." - Prof. Sybren Drijfhout et al. #ClimateEmergency

David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5000 Years." Page 13.

What are software technologies you find interesting / promising these days - outside anything GenAI? (I feel LLMs have kind of sucked the air out of the room for many other tech developments)

As the last independent institution, I cannot recognize these elections - it would legitimize Russia’s takeover of Georgia. Our ancestors endured too much for us to surrender our European future.

one of the most dangerous tipping points in the climate system could be reached in the next decades

Interesting thread about the performance of North Korean soldiers in Kursk.

The goal there is to decrease Zelenskyy’s popularity, and try to promote a pro-Kremlin and pro-Trump leader in the country. This process was already started by Trump, who said that Zelenskyy’s approval rate is “down at 4%,” and that he shouldn’t have “started the war”. 13/23

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce a former Ukrainian politician and president, Viktor Yanukovych. He’s best known for selling his country to Russia, trying to turn it into an authoritarian state, and eventually fleeing to Moscow once his plan failed. 1/22

Three years of resistance. Three years of gratitude. Three years of absolute heroism of Ukrainians. I am proud of Ukraine! I thank everyone who defends and supports it. Everyone who works for Ukraine. And may the memory of all those who gave their lives for our state and people

This is hard to believe, but is happening: the CVE program to end later today? CVE has been the de facto way to track software vulnerabilities - from disclosure to fixing - globally. Feels like everyone will be worse off - and I wonder what will replace this, if anything will