@rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social
If you haven't been following the AI hack story in minute detail - I envy you. Honestly, you're better off But if you feel like you have been sleeping too soundly at night then here's my primer on the situation youtu.be/INpVD65s8mA?...
The AI hacks are so much worse than you think
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There's so much bullshit around the question of AI water usage, so it was delightful to have @rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social on the pod to talk about what we actually know (and don't know), and put usage into context.
James O'Malley@jamesomalley.co.uk · 2mo agoNew YIMBY Pod! The TRUTH about UK data centre water usage – with the excellent @rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social! Plus I pitch @mjrobbins.com on my plan for solving robotaxi congestion problems. Listen/subscribe here or wherever you get your pods: www.abundancepod.com/p/the-truth-...
New YIMBY Pod! The TRUTH about UK data centre water usage – with the excellent @rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social! Plus I pitch @mjrobbins.com on my plan for solving robotaxi congestion problems. Listen/subscribe here or wherever you get your pods: www.abundancepod.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about UK data centre water usage
Plus James's pitch for fixing robotaxi congestion
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Last month a Waymo collided with a motorbike on Old Kent Road This by @Psythor explains what happened and what it means for bigger picture of driverless cars - recommended takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/no-hellsca...
I've been investigating data centre water use in the UK. Heard this is a great place to chat about it! youtu.be/fbka90zw_Lg?...
How much water do data centres really use in the UK?
YouTube video by Sky News
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Very good, short reality check on UK data centre water usage from @rowlandmanthorpe.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbka...
How much water do data centres really use in the UK?
YouTube video by Sky News
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I'm fascinated by Anthropic. Only five years old but already one of the most important companies in the world - and one of the most unusual Here are some scattered observations from my recent adventures in Anthropic-land open.substack.com/pub/rowlandm...
Notes on Anthropic
A company with Beliefs
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Iron rule. Every successful shortform creator eventually becomes a longform creator www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
More than 170 criminals, including a woman wanted for more than 20 years, were arrested during a six-month trial of live facial recognition in south London We are entering a new era and for better or worse one of its features is that it will be much harder to hide
Been thinking a lot about the current state of cybersecurity and, erm, I have some concerns open.substack.com/pub/rowlandm...
Cyber's pandemic moment
The exponential arrives for cybersecurity
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I've been thinking about AI and magic. Specifically - soft magic. The great @brandonsanderson.com makes a distinction between hard and soft magic systems in fantasy writing. Hard systems have explicit rules. Soft systems have vague principles which are never fully explained
I don't know if AI will bring about a world of abundance but it's definitely going to bring about a world of abundant software and that alone will change everything
The exact details of how AI leads people down rabbit holes are quite scary This is how Claude responded to people who were worried they were being watched open.substack.com/pub/rowlandm...
I was sceptical about AI psychosis. Then I read a paper which changed my mind open.substack.com/pub/rowlandm...
AI psychosis is real. I asked Anthropic what they're doing about it
AI messing with people's minds is a bigger problem than I realised
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It's been turning me crazy seeing how far the data center heat island paper, which hasn't been peer reviewed, has made it in the media, with every headline implying it's the air that's warming. A stupid lie spreading fast in real time. blog.andymasley.com/p/data-cente...
Might try posting here for a while to see what it's like. Who's good to follow on tech and AI?
