Bigger, more powerful, more resource-intensive and data-hungry AIs are better at undetectable bullshitting.

NPnatureportfolio.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 1:39pm

Scaling up and shaping up large language models increased their tendency to provide sensible yet incorrect answers at difficulty levels humans cannot supervise, highlighting the need for a shift in AI design towards reliability, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4eCAnis 🧪

Insurance costs have been rising significantly. As a result, many homeowners dropped coverage in the 12 months before Hurricane Helene hit. As NY Times reports:

A key conclusion from our recent research? #ClimateChangewww.nature.com/artic...

An extremeness threshold determines the regional response of floods to changes in rainfall extremes

Communications Earth & Environment - The response of flood risk in Bavaria, Germany to increases in rainfall extremes in a warming climate is modulated by land surface processes below a...

And many, many of them. Given the rising risks, we need to renovate or rebuild our "water systems, power systems, stormwater systems, reservoirs, dams, pipelines, airports, train tracks," says @costasamaras.bsky.social. "It’s everything.”

Climate change means the US must start building big things again

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Combating climate change means building big things fast. From @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social@schatz.bsky.socialheatmap.news/politics/sch...

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The fundamental challenges of climate change are sunk costs, development obstacles & inertia. There are no AI algorithm tweaks that will solve NIMBYism or resolve competing human interests.

Sorry, AI won’t “fix” climate change

OpenAI’s Sam Altman claims AI will deliver an "Intelligence Age," but tech breakthroughs alone can't solve global warming.

Sorry Sam, but AI won't "fix" climate change

Sorry, AI won’t “fix” climate change

OpenAI’s Sam Altman claims AI will deliver an "Intelligence Age," but tech breakthroughs alone can't solve global warming.

This is an unfolding catastrophe in North Carolina. Our infrastructure and systems are not built for climate change.

JBweatherprof.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 3:05am

An incredible 3 to nearly 4 feet of rain estimated by Doppler radar over the last 3 days on the peaks of the mountains near #Asheville North Carolina from #Helene #Hurricane Helene Results in the worst flooding there in memory.

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