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Multiple readings Gop data center memo ai election Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings Former Obama Admin Official Says It's Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’ Questions & unknowns · 3 attributable reactions
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New Compute & infrastructure Signal 7h ago
⚡ 99 h early

Gop data center memo ai election

8 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

8 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Mike Masnick Hypervisible Paris Marx Karl Bode Dare Obasanjo Alex Ip 葉清霖 Andrew Curran Peter Kafka
2 experts discussed this · 2 posts
Hypervisible : Can’t wait for the uptick in articles about how the constant hum from data centers is soothing and good for your health, actually.
Amy Hoy: this is neither here nor there but i don't think they know what "a sleeper" means
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Primary source axios.com ↗
Developing Compute & infrastructure Development 2d ago
⚡ 6 h early
official proposes strikes Chinese data centers

Former Obama Admin Official Says It's Time To Consider Military Strikes on Chinese Data Centers to Prevent Them From Reaching AGI

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Hypervisible Karl Bode Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Hagen Blix
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Why worry about the magic computer god killing us all when a bunch of cultists are dead set on that path anyway.”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence”

3 experts discussed this · 4 posts
Karl Bode: they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence
Mél Hogan / The Data Fix: they're all just huffing the farts of their own madness the next 12 months of US AI policy is going to be bipartisan xenophobic incoherence
Karl Bode: best to pre-emptively napalm the entirety of civilization because our biggest companies don't want to compete and we spooked ourselves with sci fi campfire tales
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Primary source futurism.com ↗
Established Models & releases Development 3d ago
OpenAI GPT-6 Astra launch

OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Karl Bode Hayden Field Chris
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Questions & unknowns

2 experts

What remains unresolved or contested.

“can we just please not put lies and false claims in headlines? I feel like that's not a lot a lot to ask given like 80% of Americans only read headlines”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“Man, I'll believe it when I see it. I use these models for hours every day. They are impressive, but always foil the breathless marketing. On the plus side, labs keep doubling down on approaches my diss says won't work, as @liedra.net confidently predicted …”

2 experts discussed this · 4 posts
Chris: Man, I'll believe it when I see it. I use these models for hours every day. They are impressive, but always foil the breathless marketing. On the plus side, labs keep doubling down on approaches my…
Prof. Catherine Flick: What can I say, I’m a very good futurist! 🤣
Chris: You're too positive to be a cynic, so I guess you are a realist. ;-)
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Primary source theverge.com ↗
Established Policy & governance Development 4d ago
⚡ 102 h early
AI used in Paramount antitrust pressure campaign

Pro-Paramount Group Uses AI to Pressure Bonta to Drop Antitrust Case

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Karl Bode Todd Spangler

“Larry Ellison is using fake consumer groups to generate fake support for his shitty merger definitely the kind of people you want owning the lion's share of U.S. media”

“Pro-Paramount Group Uses AI to Pressure Rob Bonta to Drop Antitrust Case https://t.co/QIoHnE6l4s via @variety”

Primary source variety.com ↗
Debates gaining attention

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4 experts · 19 posts · 4d ago
Anil Dash Luke Stark Karl Bode Mary Branscombe
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Building & implementation · 1
Anil Dash: I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise …
Luke Stark: I'll add some nuance here — most local pushback against data centers is actually quite fluent, and not grounded in the more wild-eyed rhetoric you see on social media. Very often, the core premise …
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