Quite possible. I'd expect my current employer to add more responsibilities to my role first, there's so many 'somewhat important' activities floating around that are simply not done right now due to lack of resources to do them. I would expect natural attrition to perform most downsizing, and the top of the list of people leaving would be those that can boast they automated their (and others) role and can perform similar work at their next organisation.

Short term we're seeing a blitzing of code updating as AI discovers bugs and they're fixed - hopefully with the new code also AI reviewed prior to commit, so that future bugs are cut right down. After the current storm we're in this should settle down to a cadence that I expect will align with the release cycles of new AI models...

The problem is the old code that isn't getting updated - operating systems no longer receiving updates, obsolete firmware on hardware still in use, perpetually licensed software no longer maintained but nursed along for as long as possible, and of course organisations lacking resources to update as new versions become available.

My problem here is personified in Facebook itself - there are so many sponsored posts and suggested Follows that it's a struggle to see what my friends have posted. You can be sure that an AI agent that created your own feed based purely on what you want to see would be instantly blocked by Facebook as well, even though that's precisely how Facebook picked up so many users in the first place.

Imagine going somewhere to catchup with some friends, only to find out that you have to watch a 5 sec ad for every step you take in a premise.

I'd be fine with a pair of these glasses with nil recording capability, though there still needs to be some sort of data capturing facility - when I meet people, I find it hard to remember names, especially when there's something of importance to discuss or a number of people introduced quickly (like when I started a new job). If the glasses just stuck a name tag over people I had been introduced to at least once, that would be damn useful.

Happening in Australia also - the energy companies are backing renewables as the cheapest new generation systems, but conservative governments are throwing $$$ at keeping old coal plants running, so they'll take those dollars as well.

We've also got gas in the mix for peaker plants but batteries are reducing their spot prices considerably...

Yes, but we know that the US government has been given customer data that was housed on servers outside what everyone would call US jurisdiction, overriding local data sovereignty. The rest would be speculation.

Trump might be temporary, but a nation willing to vote in a person like Trump twice means long term that country is no longer trustworthy to deal with.

To get only 30 years from a roof makes it seem like it's built from laminated cardboard. Our house was built in 1910 and I can believe it has been reroofed at least once - but certainly not in the last 50 years or so.
I had solar installed a couple years back, 12.x kW system. Installed a 20kWh battery at easter. We pay a connection fee only, and that's offset by the little bit of return from our feed back into the grid.

Maybe they should just state that and release a HL3 creator tool, let the modders make their own versions. Valve can back some of the solid ones.

The problem here of course is that using a bittorrent client for downloading by default offers that same product up for download by other parties - and that's the copyright infringement that Anthropic are being hit with.Should've used an alternative where you download only.

Manufacturers are just now releasing cars design to meet requirements several years old, such as when the Chinese were heavily into foreign cars. Only the Chinese can pivot at speed.

Glass and metal cans have a 10c refundable deposit in Australia. There are quite a few places where you can dump bags of these and get $$$ in return. Or you can leave them in the recycling bin that is collected and let the council get those $$$ (which theoretically reduces rates).

Enough $$$$ to buy his own island (looks like he gets to write it off as a corporate expense too, what with having company retreats there) and a jet to take him there if/when SHTF. He's probably got a bunker over in NZ too, and I reckon a few more scattered around so that he's no more than a few hours from the closest.

OTOH, if this delays DC construction then it may be useful for those areas trying to stop construction of DCs because of increasing costs of electricity.

Any insights to the above?

It could be any number of investors sold some piece of ownership of the output. Whack that ownership in with some CDS, some residential and commercial property mortgages, some payday loans and maybe a bit of gambling on whether POTUS will get the ballroom built before he carks it, and there's your investment portfolio wrapped up into some institutional investment fund with a TLA.