sandover.bsky.social
@sandover.bsky.social
Product team at Supernatural
The US has prohibited foreign ownership of communication infrastructure (radio, TV) forever, for a great reason -- in a democracy, open communication is how the decisions get made. Foreign control of the media is foreign control of the democracy.
January 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Here's my end-of-year review of things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 - we learned a LOT of things simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...

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December 31, 2024 at 6:10 PM
It took 68 years for the world to install the first terawatt of solar energy, and just two more to add the second
November 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM
AI is not a waste of energy, not even a little bit.

Data centers use a tiny proportion of worldwide energy — like 2%, which is a crazy bargain, considering that they unlock way more than 2% of world GDP.

AI is a quite small fraction of even that small fraction.
November 24, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Podcasts are slow and mostly filler.

We need an AI summary tool that will consume all our chosen media on our behalf and give it to us in our chosen format.

20 minute drive to work? All my stuff in 20 minutes of audio.
November 21, 2024 at 10:50 PM