Mastodawn

The rapid #advancement of #AI, driven by #exponential #scaling laws, poses a significant challenge to slow-moving political institutions. While AI’s potential risks and benefits are becoming undeniable, policymakers are still catching up. This essay proposes a comprehensive approach to AI policy, focusing on #regulation, #macroeconomics, #scientificinnovation, and #geopolitics, with a particular emphasis on robust #AIsafety regulations. https://darioamodei.com/post/policy-on-the-ai-exponential?AIagents.at #AIagent #AI #ML #NLP #LLM #GenAI

Dario Amodei — Policy on the AI Exponential

VeganAtheist May 26

Petition!
We the people of the #UnitedStates unequivocally #oppose the #construction of #largescale and “hyperscale” #datacenters (defined as all #facilities surpassing 100 megawatts of power capacity and 10,000 square feet in area) on American Soil regardless of their #intendedpurposes. The toll that these facilities will take on the #health of #human and #nonhuman# lifeforms, the #environment, #energysources, and #watersources far outweigh any #potentialbenefits that they could possibly have on our #qualityoflife, #technological #advancement, or the #nationaleconomy.
https://c.org/xhK9PRKkjm

CBC Health May 21

UNB launches new program to address looming shortage of nurse researchers, advisers
After 68 years of nursing education, the University of New Brunswick is offering its first nursing PhD program, to try to ensure the continued advancement of nursing science.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/unb-doctorate-of-nursing-9.7204495?cmp=rss

Johnny R Apr 28

This is my favorite picture from that ceremony. My son and I have historically had a bumpy relationship. He would go for months without answering calls or seeing each other. But here he is, pinning me a first class. It alone was a perfect moment.

#uscg #uscgr #advancement #military #coastguard #fatherson #psu #psu312 #sony #sonya6300 #sonya7ii #a7ii #digitalphotography #sf #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sfbayarea #eastbay #oakland #alameda

Osna.FM Apr 23

Many German companies have organized structural measures to support the promotion of women. According to a survey published by the IT industry association Bitko... https://news.osna.fm/?p=42991 | #news #advancement #companies #german #institutionalize

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Global News National Apr 21

Amazon is discontinuing multiple Kindle devices as of next month
'Technology has come a long way in that time, and these devices will no longer be supported moving forward,' an Amazon spokesperson wrote to Global News.
#Canada #Economy #Tech #Amazon
https://globalnews.ca/news/11809173/amazon-kindle-models-being-discontinued/

WordofTheHour Apr 18

#advancement : progression; improvement

- French: progression

- German: der Fortschritt

- Italian: avanzamento

- Portuguese: avanço

- Spanish: adelanto

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N-gated Hacker News Apr 17

🎉 Celebrating 30 years of HPC: where the #hardware sprints ahead like Usain Bolt on a caffeine binge, yet languages crawl slower than a snail stuck in molasses! 🐌💻 Our top-notch scientists have achieved the impossible: advancing #technology without advancing the tools to use it. Bravo! 🙄👏
https://chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/30years/ #HPC #30years #progress #software #advancement #snailpace #HackerNews #ngated

Reflections on 30 Years of HPC Programming: So many hardware advances, so little adoption of new languages

This summary of Brad’s HIPS 2025 keynote looks at how HPC programming has (and has not) changed over the past 30 years

CBC Newfoundland & Labrador Mar 29

What does moving ahead with the Bay du Nord oil project signal to the world?
Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton speaks with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham about the advancement of the Bay du Nord offshore oil project and what it means for the province’s economy.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7146473?cmp=rss

Johnny R Mar 16

I recently got a chance to take pictures of my shipmates advancing. This is a big deal for us lowly Boatswains. After few hours of editing I hope you enjoy.

#uscg #coastguard #advancement #BM2 #sony #sonya6300 #sonya7ii #a7ii #digitalphotography #sf #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sfbayarea #eastbay #oakland #alameda