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What are the risks of building a big data centre near a town, according to ChatGPT: Power strain – Data centres use a massive amount of electricity. That can put pressure on the local grid, driving up energy prices or causing outages during
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If you're selling nicotine patches, you have to tell people how harmful smoking is.
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Read the article, not just the headline. LLMs require substantial electricity and water due to the immense computational power needed for training and operation [1], as well as the cooling systems in data centers. [1] https://e36
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Facts matter: - Inequality: Research from 2025 has found that the popularity and application of cryptocurrencies have not only promoted financial innovation, but also exacerbated wealth inequality. In other words, blockchain developers have
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"I think it's pretty likely the entire surface of the earth will be covered with solar panels and data centers." - Open AI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever I'm surprised the future of technology is in the hands of a few pe
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Is this info correct? - 2.4 million bitcoins are lost forever. Their owners, for one reason or another, can't access their wallets. No insurance, no guarantees, nothing. - 1.1 million are owned by a mysterious person who sits at the to
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How do you know this is fraud and not the actions of former employees in Kenya [1] who were exploited [2] to train the models? [1] https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ai-work-kenya-exploitation-... [2] https:/&
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Please stop giving OpenAI ideas on where to find and download more data! $ Downloading 64M transcripts...
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I was expecting more from him, given his wealth and power.
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I'm not sure what your expectations are when it comes to billionaires. Tim's definitely not Linus Torvalds, that's for sure. But he's one of the few actually pushing back.
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Politics is funded by the rich. It's the only way to win an election. Just like a VC investment is the only way to build AI.
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That's your opinion, and I respect it. But let's look at the facts: - He sued Apple and Google for monopolistic behaviour. He's been fighting for fair access and better deals for all developers, not just Epic Games Store. - H
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Hi Paul ;)
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My biggest fear is that UBI can turn into a tool for control, give people just enough to survive, to eat, keep the lights on, and afford some AI tokens to stay productive in the system.
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Yeah, this affects everyone who isn't rich. Some billionaires are even running UBI trials, fully aware that the tech they're building or funding is going to cause social chaos: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/a
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Note: I know some folks working in big tech won't like this comment, but it's time we talk about the elephant in the room. Tim Sweeney is the only billionaire and computer scientist who's actually fighting against inequality.
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Having said that, I honestly believe the world needs more founders like Vladimir Prelovac. Once this product is out, I'll be more than happy to pay for it and support it.
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Kagi doesn't have ads because people pay for it. Google Search has ads because it's a free service. https://kagi.com/pricing
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The best way to avoid echo chambers is to actively seek out a mix of perspectives, even the ones you don’t agree with. But only very intelligent people do this. A tool like this can help by providing multiple sources and showing different
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> and it is all for free, I'm guessing it's free for now so people can test it and give feedback, since it's still an MVP. But based on the website, once the app is fully released, you'll have to pay for it. So don&#x
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Also, how's the Orion browser connected to all this? The https://kagi.com homepage has a mix of everything: search, AI assistant, browser, now news. Are these separate products? Will I have to pay for this? It's not ve
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I love it. This is the only site I want to read the news on. Feature request: Mark the headline as read once I tap or click on it. When I collapse a headline, would it be possible to change the text colour to grey? I don't like having
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Steve Jobs predicted LLMs in 1985. He was 40 years ahead of everyone else. (Search: Steve Jobs predicted the future of AI)
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Impressive. I rehearsed for a month before a gig where I played 12 songs. So, unfortunately, I can't relate.
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Associative learning
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One student built a page that lets others convert the JSON to a Google Doc and upload it to a shared Google Drive
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Sorry, I wasn’t clear. One student built a page that lets others convert the JSON to a Google Doc and upload it to a shared Google Drive
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The most tech-savvy students built their own publishing system using ChatGPT. It lets others turn their message into a JSON object, tag it, and add it to the system, which then gets published and shared with everyone using Google Docs. The
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I was saying the same thing a year ago, but now more students are using it and creating all sorts of documents: summaries of transcripts and articles, flashcards, quizzes, mock exams and interviews, research, role plays, study and fitness p
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The fact that they navigate by memorising visual landmarks like trees, buildings, and flowers to recognise familiar routes is unbelievable
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