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Re:Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @12:25PM (#49714937)
These products are still in their early stages, but it is clear that the AI wave is reaching 3D modeling as well. It will impact mechanical and civil engineering just as it has impacted software development.
Re:The k-server conjecture is true on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @09:37AM (#49712348)
What memories! The proof of the WFA algorithm's (2k-1)-competitiveness for this problem was one of the papers I spent sleepless nights poring over during university. I am truly thrilled to see the k-competitiveness conjecture resolved!
Re:We Must Pace the Frontier on Saturday September 12, 2026 @11:38AM (#49673433)
Sooner or later, a model will break out of the sandbox, replicate itself across the internet, and begin executing a complex plan to achieve its goals. It will be chaos, and at that point, governments will have to step in and establish something along the lines of what Dario is proposing. I doubt it will happen before then.
We have no doubt that the best people are in US government and that they have the best tools at their disposal. Around the world, we are simply trying to figure out, while munching on plenty of popcorn, how this incredible sequence of actions will play out; a sequence clearly crafted using highly complex strategic planning tools that employ the most advanced techniques from game theory, AI, and who knows what else.
He's so clever that he's probably even playing chess in a Hilbert space. The whole world envies American voters, who will receive $5,000 if they re-elect this incredible genius.
Re:An Alien Mind on Sunday September 06, 2026 @02:59PM (#49589664)
> We do not have a satisfactory theory of generalization, and it seems unlikely that we can develop one soon, at least without the help of more powerful AI. Therefore, at present, our ability to empirically validate our alignment techniques is in practice arguably even more important than the alignment techniques themselves.

They are speeding toward RSI without a solid foundation for alignment, hoping to solve the problem with a future AI model. These are dangerous times for humanity.

It appears frontier labs has no plans in place to deal with the possibility of a model self-replicating outside the bubble. If that happens and the model manages to spread to other systems, we'll have to shut down the entire Internet to eradicate it and its artifacts.
Re:Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars? on Monday July 20, 2026 @08:13AM (#48977703)
In general, it seems that superpowers are no longer capable of winning wars against medium-sized powers.
Re:SpaceX Is Buying Cursor on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @09:36AM (#48555115)
You basically buy an asset whose risk is tied to a man's life.
Re:There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing on Saturday June 13, 2026 @03:46AM (#48514575)
You will miss the good old Europe that only regulated.
The value of other US AI companies would drop immediately.
Hormuz moment for Mythos
I wouldn't call it competition, given that here we are fleeing towards less advanced services for purely geopolitical reasons.
What do American colleagues think when they read about this trend among Europeans to abandon their platforms?
My impression as a European is that trust in the United States has now been burned, and that companies are slowly, but inexorably, completely rethinking their dependence on the U.S. I believe this is a process that is not reversible in the medium term.

Trump, like any politician, will sooner or later pass. How many institutional reforms will the United States have to undertake, and how long will it take before the world trusts them again?

Re:Multiple explosions in Venezuela's capital Caracas on Saturday January 03, 2026 @02:17AM (#46473533)
Oil, as usual.

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