California bans legacy admissions at all colleges. That's a good step. Honestly outrageous that such a thing even existed at US colleges to begin with. It doesn't get much more "let's admit by privilege rather than merit" than legacy admissions. www.politico.com/news/2024/09...
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a prohibition on the practice.
Governor Newsom's veto message on SB 1047 argues that regulation of AI should be triggered by specific risks rather than an abstract threshold of model size. #machinelearningwww.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...
This was close. One of the most stupid bills around AI, California SB 1047, luckily stopped by Gavin Newsom. I still don't get how lawmakers in California's chambers possibly thought this bill was good. www.reuters.com/technology/a...
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed a hotly contested artificial intelligence safety bill after the tech industry raised objections, saying it could drive AI companies from the state and hinder innovation.
Good time to remember when Bluesky was a place where you'd discuss skeet vs post, and where you'd go to talk to ducks. On to 100M users!
These folks did some fantastic research into the computer behind Chernobyl's Dugar radar system (aka The Woodpecker): youtu.be/kHiCHRB-RlA?...
YouTube video by Chornobyl Family 🇺🇦
New Waymo safety report shows once again that their self-driving cars are already safer than human drivers. 73% fewer incidents with injuries. waymo.com/safety/impact/
We're voluntarily sharing our safety data to demonstrate how the Waymo Driver is making roads safer in the places we currently operate. See the stats.
I think Biden should step down. His chances of winning the electoral college were a good bit under 50% according to leading models prior to the debate. Debate was a chance to make up ground, but he did so much worse than anyone had thought possible. Went from dire to hopeless.
The by far biggest challenge in achieving safe AGI remains the AGI part, not the safe part.
Redis says they want to add persistence to Redis so it can use SSDs for persistent storage. We actually implemented a Redis protocol layer for RethinkDB a while ago that did just that... Unfortunately it was pre open sourcing, so the code likely got lost when RethinkDB shut down.
In my new blog post, I explore the "puddle of doom", and why getting bored is important for effectively learning a world model. amongai.com/2024/04/06/o...
Imagine an artificial organism living in a complex environment. The organism is not just a passive observer. It can decide which parts of its environment it wants to explore next. It might even be abl...