I'm a principal SW developer, making pretty good money. Counting my all-in cost as twice my salary, a SW development agent would cost about 1/3rd of that. Assuming you need someone like me to get the most out of it, you'd be increasing my cost by 33%. To be a slam dunk value for the company, OpenAI would have to prove - pretty conclusively - that they'd be increasing my productivity by 50% to make it worth the investment. 33% would only be break even. Less than that and you're losing money over all.

That seems like a tough sell to me. Make me more productive? Probably. 50% more? That's a steep hill to climb.

Both may be correct. If the chickens on your friends farm felt safe everywhere, then maybe they lay eggs anywhere. On another farm maybe the chickens feel safe in the chicken coop, and not as safe outside it. I could see those chickens laying only inside the coop.

Just musing though - IDNRC - I have no evidence one way or the other.

Will we ever get there? I give it a gold-plated Scmaybe.

"If you ain't cheatin', you ain't trying hard enough!"

I'm sure that "governments should consolidate all national data for consumption by AI models, calling this step the "missing link" for them to take full advantage of ... " is all correct.

"Technology" is not the correct next word, however. He wants to take full advantage of something, but technology is not it.

Obviously there is the heat death of the universe. So ... eventually ... the photos will be "deleted" ... "after" (they specifically don't say how long after). So, they aren't lying.

I would assume that this would be entirely expected. We've entered an age in civilization that has, in effect, united the entire planet. Whether through design or accident, ALL species on the planet are now in contact with each other to some extent.

So we're going from a planet with a huge number of geographically separated regions, with no competition between them, to one region, with all species in competition. Hence all the panic and regulations trying to stem the tide of "invasive species".

What should be expected is that survival of the fittest will take place and a lot of "inferior" species will be wiped out as they can't compete successfully on a global basis. A great extinction even caused by removing all the barriers preventing species competing against each other. That will upset a lot of local ecologies in the short run, but eventually it will even out again - life always finds a balance.

Do we need 130 species of sparrow? If they all have to compete with each other, we'll end up with a lot fewer. I'm not sure we should be concerned when that happens. It's even possible there will be no sparrows at all in the end - that some other species will be better at that niche.

Countless species have gone extinct since life began here. With todays connected world (for better or worse) we should expect a lot more.

Thanks for the info! I'd looked at them a couple of times in passing, but the functionality they provide always seemed not worth what they were asking. Knowing they went to a subscription model? Now I won't touch them with a 10 foot pole.

Thanks again Martin!

I understand the confusion, as both are about equal in their ability to help you reach orbit.

Small point - the home office deduction CAN be done per room (vs. number of rooms in your home), but can also be done per square foot (vs. total square footage of your home), and you get to pick whichever works to your benefit. The space just has to be used for nothing else, but can be a workshop, a space for packing and shipping, an office, etc.

Interesting stuff on European AI adoption. Thanks for that.

Also makes me think - is there a basic limitation to languages for AIs? If there is not enough "source material" existing in a particular language, is it then impossible to train generative AI in that language? Or even if there is enough material to train one, would a lack of technical material limit the usefulness of an AI?

Would love to hear someone in the know reply to these questions.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth was a call for leniency. Respond to an attack upon you in kind, and then stop - calling the matter settled.

Prevailing mood at the time (and basically to this day still in the region) is best summed up by a quote from Untouchables:
"They pull out a knife, you pull out a gun. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue. That's the Chicago way"
 

Please tell your 9 year old that I applaud his dietary choices and would like to subscribe to his newsletter.

And if he understands THAT, I will be very worried for you.

I can see it now.

This will do amazing things for teen self confidence - "Even the fake AI characters have more interesting lives than I do!"

Maybe the next "Tide Challenge" will be spread by AIs instead.

Will AI Influencers take all the human one's followers and leave them starving?

Film at 11!

Actually, I can see a great new twist on the James Bond movies: have him forced to train two new agents to follow in his footsteps. Could even have a new "Q" to make gadgets for the new agents vs. the existing "Q" 'who may be just a tad too old school'.

I could see that being a blast - especially when they are all sent on a "minor" mission that turns out to be anything but.

Yeah, I could see that.