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Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65tn on opaque AI funding - Nikkei Asia
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/five-us-tech-giants-hidden-debts-soar-to-1.65tn-on-opaque-ai-funding

Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65tn on opaque AI funding
Data center leases, GPU supply contracts raise liabilities at Meta, Oracle, Nikkei study shows

I riffed on the news a bit, hoping it would get the angst out of me. Instead I have this short article and a headache. Oops.
#USpol

War's Going Great
Brilliant gambit: the U.S. will now allow Iran to hit some of what they shoot at because that will surely lead Iran to capitulation. It has nothing to do with the fact we are running of of air defense interceptors (that's exactly what it is). Thankfully, the U.

I feel vindicated in my instablock triggered by seriously presenting RB as a warning. @… https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117158692293130486

David Gerard (@davidgerard@circumstances.run)
Attached: 1 image from ex-bsky-staff rationalist who turned a bot loose on bsky and demanded people take it seriously: you should not use "clanker" because the basilisk might take offence https://bsky.app/profile/hailey.at/post/3mtwjoqdvik26 later in the thread, she states that "techbro" is a slur

Absolutely fascinating piece by David Oks connecting language model oddities to human cultural development. Picked this up courtesy of Deena Mousa's "Under Development" newsletter.
https://davidoks.blog/p/language-models-are-weird-for-the

Language models are weird for the same reason human cultures are weird
You can’t have adaptive learning without strange tics

Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström defends the company's expansion into AI-generated music, arguing that "controlled" products are superior to unregulated AI "slop" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/dbdec57b-1e24-455b-b9e8-81fd3efe85da

This street looks a little empty. Something is missing. 🤔

Spotify co-CEO Alex Norström defends the company's expansion into AI-generated music, arguing that "controlled" products are superior to unregulated AI "slop" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/dbdec57b-1e24-455b-b9e8-81fd3efe85da

RE: https://mastodon.social/@davidzipper/116811091230575779
Erste Reaktion: Typisch USA, sp ein Quatsch fällt auch nur denen ein.
Zweite Reaktion: Hm, wie ist es wohl in der Schweiz? Evtl. auch so blöd. 🤔

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Wir sind jeden Tag für Seeleute da
Praktisch - z.B. durch Infos und Hilfe beim Landgang
Seelsorgerisch - wir hören zu und geben Halt
Politisch - im Einsatz für die Rechte der Seeleute
#TagDerSeeleute #DayOfTheSeafarer

An #acting #coaching client just delivered a line in scene with such heartfelt candor, the material came alive in new ways. So good to see the work we're doing, the different layers, grow and infuse the performance with new depths. Happy coach moment.