Conor McGarrigle

@stunned
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Artist-academic
Worlds colliding, a University Challenge contestant called Schuyler Colfax #Colfax #Denver
#AuroraBorealis on my street in Dun Laoghaire, second time seeing it in the city, less spectacular than last time but still fantastic
Worth reading NYT article on OpenAI's plans to spend trillions of dollars to expand energy hungry AI infrastructure even as the company burns through billions. Not sure what point in the hype cycle this is.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/business/openai-plan-electricity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk4.boiZ.DvECWsCbFSZ7&smid=url-share
Behind OpenAI’s Audacious Plan to Make A.I. Flow Like Electricity

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, is talking to the United Arab Emirates, Asian chipmakers and U.S. officials to expand the computing power needed to build artificial intelligence.

The New York Times
Art project or real product? Getting harder to tell these days with AI grift all around
Worlds colliding. Bowie and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell hanging out on the set of The Man Who Fell to Earth. I've seen the film too many times but never realised they got a real astronaut for that scene.
Double Blind, a tense psychological thriller made by young Irish filmakers in Irish cinemas now. Highly recommended #supportindiefilms #IrishFilm
Jim Larkin looking good on O'Connell St, your reminder that Dublin is and always will be a proud union city. Solidarity beats fascists and greedy anti union bosses.
A great turn out of local people at #refugeeswelcome rally in Dun Laoghaire send a clear message in response to the recent far right protest.