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I've been mostly using substack of late to do writing, I don't really have any apps to share though https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/

lmfao yes!

I don't have any specific recommendations. For me, the key part is how this tech is developed going forward. I'd like to see open source models we can run locally, or operate similarly to SETI@home or bittorrent for ones that are to big to run on a single machine. I want the training for the models to happen transparently, and to be community driven. This tech has value and it's good to see that at least some artists are starting to dabble with it, but unless there are open implementations of it then corps will be the landlords who own the tools that people are forced to pay subscription to use. And they will decide what these tools can be used for. That's the general danger I see going forward.

Incidentally, Chinese companies have been doing a lot of great work both open sourcing top end models, but also making them less resource intensive. I'm optimistic that the open approach will win over walled gardens that US companies are erecting.

Thing is that this tech will continue to be developed, and there's no putting toothpaste back in the tube at this point. In my view, it's better if this tech is at least developed in the open with public oversight than solely by corps.

Exactly, the US created a model of offloading the financial burden of education onto other countries and then luring away top global talent to fill gaps in its domestic education pipeline. Now that the appeal of the US as a destination for tech workers and scientists is eroding, reliance on foreign talent is becoming a huge vulnerability. The atrophied domestic education system is not capable of producing homegrown talent to offset the outflow of experts. In fact, this is a self-reinforcing phenomenon. On top of that, the financialization of the economy makes STEM degrees less attractive. What's the point of paying huge sums of money to get a degree in engineering if there aren't many engineering jobs to go around. It's a perfect storm where the US loses its grip on global talent, and it's left with an education system ill-equipped to replenish its workforce or sustain its technological edge. The era of poaching talent without cultivating it at home is over.

Finally, even when the decision makers start to realize there is a problem, it's going to take years to implement the necessary changes and produce new talent. All the while, the US will be falling further behind nations like China.

birds of a feather and all that

The key part is that this is a self reinforcing phenomenon. It's not a linear progression where things are deteriorating in a predictable manner. All the different factors work together creating an accelerating crisis. Eventually tipping points will be reached when the whole house of cards struts to crumble. The catalyst will be when there's a critical mass of people who can't make ends meet and aren't able to paper over that with credit. This has little to do with the dollar being the reserve currency. What matters far more are things like cost of energy, cost of imports, and the state of the domestic economy. All these things are now unravelling due to the proxy war with Russia and the tariff war with the whole world. Europe can't keep the US economy afloat, and European economies are now collapsing even faster than the US is.

TIL

I'd love to know as well, as well as which ones I'd be able to run most common apps on. Unfortunately, you're also tied into an ecosystem here. For example, I end up having to use stuff like Slack for work.

libs will lib

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