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Open Source AI Is the Path Forward #Meta about.fb.com/news/2024/07/o…

Negative sentiment toward AI is a luxury belief

I think I realized why I actually stopped reading The Verge: it feels like they just don’t like tech Life is stressful enough, just let me enjoy it

@kimmonismus @NVIDIAAI Nice! Have fun at I/O. I recommend @NotebookLM for notes, especially since you can use the posted videos of sessions after the fact to fill in any gaps.

Bye bye, San Francisco! And thank you @NVIDIAAI for inviting me to this years GTC. A recap will follow in a few days :) (Now I have to travel 12hours back to germany)

Carwow just released a new video to its 11 million YouTube subscribers titled: "Why Tesla Full Self Drive is Pointless!" @carwowuk misleads its viewers into thinking Tesla’s Autopilot is FSD, even though FSD hasn’t been approved in the UK yet. Autopilot isn’t meant for city driving, yet they test of bunch of scenarios that Autopilot wasn't built to do in the first place....

I hate when people say @SpaceX is simply handed government contracts. No, SpaceX earns those contracts. They offer the lowest price, the best product and they execute. The Pentagon said last year that SpaceX has saved the government over $40 billion. One SLS launch costs billions, while one SpaceX launch costs ~$75M. SpaceX is an example of great American innovation, something that all Americans should cheer on.

As someone who worked at Reality Labs: the Metaverse had real legs but was obliterated by middle management completely out of touch with how young people actually use technology. I built a V1 tool that game developers genuinely needed, and the moment it was done, it got shipped to a team in London (to die), and I was reassigned to a "higher-priority project" that zero developers asked for. Multiply that by every team, and you'll understand why this never took off yet cost 80 billion.

I’ve always wondered Apple’s tolerance on apps where the features and business logic are rendered on server side, that allows shipping/changing product features w/o waiting for App Store’s approval (e.g. X has JetFuel, Meta has Bloks, Expo has RSC) Now we know the threshold…

This is what "bully harder" turns into. Journalists and creators tell people it's okay to mock anyone who likes DLSS 5. The audience runs with it. Now Digital Foundry is getting death threats for covering a graphics feature. Death threats....Over upscaling?? The anti AI crowd has become insane.

How the red-hot AI data center boom is igniting demand for a new, lucrative career path: trade workers cnbc.com/2026/03/18/ai-…

@kimmonismus It’s the same with Google I/O, surprisingly.

NVIDIA GTC should be called Apple con. Never seen so many MacBooks and iPhones in one place.

@DriveTeslaca @cybertruck I want to know what goes through these People’s head to justify vandalizing some stranger’s vehicle.

Can't believe this is still happening 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ A 67-year-old woman, Karen Lewis, has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor damage to property after using a board with nails on it to vandalize a Tesla @Cybertruck in Collettsville, North Carolina. "She was placed in the Caldwell County Detention Center under a $1000.00 secured bond," according to the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office.

@xDaily So people get mad when their bills go up. They also get mad when these companies bring solutions

NEWS: Mississippi regulators have granted xAI a permit to build a 41-turbine methane gas power plant in Southaven, despite fierce local opposition over pollution and noise concerns. The plant will supply electricity to xAI's data centers across the state line in Memphis, Tennessee. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality approved the permit over objections from the NAACP and the Southern Environmental Law Center. "We are outraged that MDEQ chose to bulldoze through a decision that silenced the very residents most harmed by it," said Abre' Connor, director of environmental and climate justice at NAACP. SELC attorney Patrick Anderson said regulators appear "more interested in fast-tracking xAI's personal power plant than conducting a thorough review of its impacts." yahoo.com/news/articles/…

Bro, this state can’t be real

Canada is an oligopoly, where the government creates legislation to prop up giant corporations in media, banking, grocery, and telecom, either through carve-outs or rules they can withstand while smaller competitors are ruined.

@SawyerMerritt “Mount Everest heights of his bank accounts” It’s this type of wording that cases people to conflate between worth with cash in the bank.

Opinion in USA Today: "If fighting climate change is your thing, Elon Musk is your friend ‒ no matter what you think of his politics or personal life; The whole “frak the 1%” tempest is a distraction used to manipulate the masses by politicians who want their votes and activists who want their money. What really matters is what the rich contribute to society through their work, just like the rest of us. And Musk has given us electric vehicles that are among the world’s best, space exploration that is pushing the boundaries of where we can go and how we’ll get there, satellite internet that defies dictators and empowers the impoverished, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence that may deliver wonders that transform how we live and work. Not bad for a troll. I can’t help but admire the companies he’s launched and the innovations he’s driven. If you have never had the privilege of watching a SpaceX rocket take off and land at Cape Canaveral, then get yourself to Florida. It’s an amazing sight. Another of Musk’s wonders, Starlink, delivers high-speed internet access around the globe, including in places where rampant poverty or government oppression used to make online connections difficult. And Tesla, despite liberals’ dirty looks, is still the most successful electric carmaker in the nation with the world’s largest economy. The progressive boycott of Tesla always seemed shortsighted to me for that reason."

Energy is the multiplier that allows human ingenuity to scale. Every step up the energy ladder—from muscle and wood to oil, gas, and electricity—has made us healthier, wealthier, and more resilient. From @ziontree: humanprogress.org/energy-isnt-ju…

@reddit_lies Scrooge McDuck gives a better lesson on how the economy works than most MBA programs. youtu.be/p9d8l-Gkweg?fe…

Redditors’ entire understanding of billionaires is based on Scrooge McDuck and it shows

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