Błażej Osiński

Here’s a clear explanation of why Trump attacked Iran, and why I think the war will end soon. The war isn't about nuclear weapons. It's not about helping the Iranian people. It’s not about doing Israel’s bidding. And it's not about Iran being a threat to the U.S. It's about China. China imports 45-57% of its oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has the capacity to shut it down. A U.S.-aligned Iran means an Iran that would choke off that strait if there's ever a real power struggle between Washington and Beijing. And there already is one. The U.S. and China have been locked in a tariff war for over a year now. Also remember when China threatened export controls on rare earths, encompassing any company anywhere in the world that uses Chinese rare earths? Yes, China essentially said that any company that uses their rare earths (China refines 85-90% of the world’s supply) must seek their permission before exporting their products. This means if a German manufacturer uses rare earths fro China to create chips for American companies, China can block the export of these chips. That’s how much leverage China has over the U.S., and that’s dangerous, especially if China finally decides to reunify with Taiwan. So controlling the Strait of Hormuz becomes critical for the U.S. It's the same reason Trump wants China out of the Panama Canal. The same reason Venezuela matters. The same reason he's eyeing Greenland, where shipping routes to China pass through melting Arctic ice. Energy is everything now. The AI arms race is the most important strategic competition on the planet. Limiting China's access to energy is how the U.S. wins that race, and anyone who believes in freedom and democracy should want America to win. China is investing heavily in domestic energy, building nuclear reactors, solar farms, wind power. They're leapfrogging the rest of the world. But they still import the majority of their oil. And a significant chunk of it comes through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran was reportedly nearing a deal for supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles from China, which would make it easier for Iran to threaten shipping in the Strait and strike U.S. naval vessels. That accelerated the timeline. Trump's comment today about doing in Iran what he did in Venezuela makes perfect sense in this context. He wants influence over who comes next. A regime that's workable for Washington. If he succeeds, this would be a massive strategic win for the U.S. and for Trump.

2/ Our method: test them on esoteric programming languages. Brainfuck. Befunge-98. Whitespace. Unlambda. Shakespeare. All Turing-complete. All requiring identical reasoning to Python. All with 1,000-100,000x fewer GitHub repos than mainstream languages. Same problems. Radically less training data.

There are two categories of people: those who quickly figure out that chatbots give you the answer you expect when you ask questions in a biased way, and the ascended polymaths currently out-thinking every expert on Earth

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For about as long as I've been in AI, it has always been overhyped in some way -- shrouded in a cloud of bullshit. No matter the year, many commentators have assumed that it had incredible capabilities that it clearly didn't, and that it would soon pose risks that were clearly not real. The trap is to think that, just because dim-witted people hype it up, AI isn't real. It's extremely real, and it will be a much bigger thing in 5 years than it is today, and then an even bigger thing in 10 years. It was already real and well on its way in, say, 2016 -- back when everyone assumed that no one would be driving their own car by the year 2020, back when some VCs were claiming that LSTM text generators were already good enough to replace journalists, back when doomers were already panicking about Bostromian fantasies. The claims may be BS, but the tech is real, it's moving fast, and it drives an increasing fraction of the global GDP every year. That overarching trend is showing no sign of slowing down.

In 1999, Google’s revenue was $200,000. Today, it’s $200,000 every 24 seconds.

In 1999, Google’s revenue was $200,000. Today, it’s $200,000 every 24 seconds.