As for Anthropic specifically, I’m not up on the details, either of Anthropic’s history or this specific spat. But if Hegseth is upset, that strongly suggests that Anthropic is on the side of the angels, at least on this one.
I believe the line Anthropic (and OpenAI too, I think) have drawn is at autonomous killing machines at a retail level. "Retail" meaning the AI has decided this person is an enemy combatant that should be killed, and that person is not. I may have missed something, but they don't seem as opposed to wholesale level stuff, as in the AI has decided this is a Chinese landing ship with 1,000 marines attacking Taiwan, or not.
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And now they are trying to bury us in carbon on top of that by consuming as much energy as a small city.
I would have said medium-sized. The four cities served by my local power authority have a combined population of 354000. If we were one city, that would put us at 55th on the US list. During peak summer usage, the four cities occasionally draw 600 MW. The new data center complex being built up the road from us in Cheyenne, WY will draw 1,200 MW almost continuously when finished.
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I donated blood yesterday. The phlebotomist felt around the scar tissue for a whole, then asked, "Is it okay with you if I use the vein over here?" pointing about an inch away. That worked out well, since the undamaged vein stopped quickly when the needle was pulled. The vein with all the scar tissue can be reluctant to stop.
Partly because of wj's example, I signed up to be an election judge. The county only has the one job title, but it covers positions with all sorts of part-time assignments (everything from collecting from the mail ballot drop boxes to face-to-face stuff at the vote centers to working in the counting bunker). I won't know what they'll need until closer to the primaries. "Job title" is intentional; they don't use unpaid volunteers.
Earlier this afternoon California's CAISO electricity supply was >75% renewables; Texas' ERCOT was >65% renewables; my local power authority was nearly 100% renewables. The local PA was also running a bunch of excess coal and even natural gas. We're having another wind event. My understanding is that excess is because someone else in the region has lost a transmission line and we're the backup (coal for bulk power, NG for frequency control).
As for Anthropic specifically, I’m not up on the details, either of Anthropic’s history or this specific spat. But if Hegseth is upset, that strongly suggests that Anthropic is on the side of the angels, at least on this one.
I believe the line Anthropic (and OpenAI too, I think) have drawn is at autonomous killing machines at a retail level. "Retail" meaning the AI has decided this person is an enemy combatant that should be killed, and that person is not. I may have missed something, but they don't seem as opposed to wholesale level stuff, as in the AI has decided this is a Chinese landing ship with 1,000 marines attacking Taiwan, or not.
And now they are trying to bury us in carbon on top of that by consuming as much energy as a small city.
I would have said medium-sized. The four cities served by my local power authority have a combined population of 354000. If we were one city, that would put us at 55th on the US list. During peak summer usage, the four cities occasionally draw 600 MW. The new data center complex being built up the road from us in Cheyenne, WY will draw 1,200 MW almost continuously when finished.
I donated blood yesterday. The phlebotomist felt around the scar tissue for a whole, then asked, "Is it okay with you if I use the vein over here?" pointing about an inch away. That worked out well, since the undamaged vein stopped quickly when the needle was pulled. The vein with all the scar tissue can be reluctant to stop.
Partly because of wj's example, I signed up to be an election judge. The county only has the one job title, but it covers positions with all sorts of part-time assignments (everything from collecting from the mail ballot drop boxes to face-to-face stuff at the vote centers to working in the counting bunker). I won't know what they'll need until closer to the primaries. "Job title" is intentional; they don't use unpaid volunteers.
Earlier this afternoon California's CAISO electricity supply was >75% renewables; Texas' ERCOT was >65% renewables; my local power authority was nearly 100% renewables. The local PA was also running a bunch of excess coal and even natural gas. We're having another wind event. My understanding is that excess is because someone else in the region has lost a transmission line and we're the backup (coal for bulk power, NG for frequency control).