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The year is 2074...Fifty years have passed since Europeans, originally forbidden by regulation to use US AI services, were forced to rely on their cognitive abi
by belter 2y ago
The year is 2074...Fifty years have passed since Europeans, originally forbidden by regulation to use US AI services, were forced to rely on their cognitive abilities...This led to an astonishing increase in their average IQ, now at 184, and noticeable physical changes, including enlarged heads.
Meanwhile, in the United States, citizens are under the strict rule of Elon Musk The Third. Dependent on their mandatory Neuralink implants and the Elon Cloud, they find themselves helpless when the network connections fail...This vulnerability was exposed after the Kessler Syndrome event of 2045, which disrupted the line of sight from Starlink satellites, leaving the population unable to perform even the most basic tasks...
- falcor84 2y agoI'm a big fan of satire in general, but in this particular case it failed to land with me - TFA is about not allowing an EU release of powerful open models that can be run locally (or at least on the edge). In the meantime, the cloud-hosted LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude (that would be affected by a Kessler Syndrome event) are fully available in the EU.