Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

Maybe. But way before that happens, it will(has) force(d) the disaffected (people, animals, plants) of any such region to die, move, or adapt. In the Gaza kerfuffle, I've heard some describe coerced displacement as "genocide". I guess the more reasonble term is ethnic cleansing. The settlers

[FRIAM] death by ubiquity

As we frivolously replace meatspace conversation with obsequious chatbots, the world burns. The industry more damaging to the environment than airlines https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/30/silicon-valley-data-giants-net-zero-sustainability-risk/

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

It will force innovation on energy-efficient microarchitecture (e.g. Groq) and on renewable power generation near data centers. -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of glen Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:09 AM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity As we

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[FRIAM] Apple vs the DOJ so far

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Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

I feel like what we really need are wet computers ... we have all this peri-computation going on around us all over the place, in cells, chemistry, protein morphogenesis, etc. But we're just so ignorant and ham-handed w.r.t. that computation,

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

but the "dark side" of the moon is sunlit for half of every month? On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:33 AM glen wrote: > Bandwidth might be a problem. But the dark side of the moon seems like an > option ... assuming you can negotiate with the aliens that live over there. > The best thing about coral

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

Back in the 70s my father, who was a nuclear engineer, said that if nuclear energy weren't pursued aggressively there would be energy riots by 2050. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 7:42 PM Marcus Daniels wrote: > >

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

REC sed: but the "dark side" of the moon is sunlit for half of every month? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowpiercer On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:33 AM glen wrote: Bandwidth might be a problem. But the dark side of the moon seems like an option ... assuming you can negotiate with

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-hires-erin-henderson-to-head-nuclear-development-acceleration-for-data-centers/ -Original Message- From: Friam On Behalf Of Prof David West Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:34 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] death by

[FRIAM] political chatbots

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Re: [FRIAM] Check this out – Frank Wimberly wearing cowboy gear - Image Creator from Microsoft Designer

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Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

Published a paper couple of years back — IT is not Sustainable. One point was power consumption: known server-farms at that time used more energy per year than the UK. Less than 10% came from renewable sources. Not included were all the “secret” farms in Russia, China, etc., or centers like

Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity

/Heat Death by Computation/ Geoffrey Hinton (who left Google in May 2023 so he could speak more freely/agenda-less-ish?) gives good lecture on the topic of the differences between wetware/analog (i.e. Human Cortex) computation (for intelligence/consciousness) and silicon/digital and why human