Weekend Edition 44: AI Actually Stupid?

Weekend Edition 44

WE 1 – Apple Troubles
1-1 – TSMC AZ Plant Pushes 5 NM fab production back
· Apple partnered with them to produce their US-made M-series and A-series chips
· US gets further from made in America i-devices
· Why?
· Education rant
· Homelessness rant
· Corruption rant
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/20/tsmc-delays-start-of-arizona-chip-factory-that-will-build-apple-chips.html

1-2 – UK Online Safety Bill Has Tech Companies On Edge
· Bill would force encrypted messaging apps to install a back door for UK authorities
· Why?
· Who?
· What do they threaten if it passes?
· Smoke? Fire?
· On principle, I agree with their stand
· What is E2E encryption?
· We’ll see who blinks, here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66256081

2 – More News on Microsoft-Activision Merger
· Deadline extended 3 months
· Restructured deal
· UK CMA fast tracking process
· Etymological rants
· Government
· entertainment
· Balance rant
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/19/microsoft-activision-agree-to-extend-deal-deadline-to-oct-18.html

3 – Ripple Expects More Use By US Banks Soon
· On-Demand Liquidity product
· Cross-border transactions
· SWIFT aging, slow, possibly corrupt
· XRP instant, cheap, secure from tampering
· Depending on demand, Ripple Labs may file as a security
· If it grows into what they hope, the sky is the limit for the token valuation, from where I sit
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/ripple-hopes-judge-ruling-in-sec-case-will-lead-to-us-banks-using-xrp.html

4-1 - Nick Clegg, of Meta, calls “AI Quite Stupid”
· Clegg is the VP of Global Affairs at the tech giant
· Said things that I’ve been saying about these Large Language Models
· Meta to open source Llama 2
· I know what I’ve said about open source projects...
· Still don’t trust it if Meta will be prime beneficiary of development work
· Meta partnered with MS Azure cloud for hosting
· Yikes
· Regulatory concerns
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66238004

4-2 – Investing Bubble for AI?
· CEO of StabilityAI (maker of Stable Diffusion)
· Thinks that the investment craze has just begun
· Foresees the largest bubble in history
· Thinks that wise companies will do well
· Sees companies which misuse the tech being punished on the stock market
· I think it is too early to make all of these pronouncements
· Matt’s AI reminders
· It’s a tool
· Keep it in perspective
· Nothing mission-critical
· Check its work
· Privacy concerns
· Microsoft/Meta & Llama 2: yikes
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/17/ai-will-be-the-biggest-bubble-of-all-time-stability-ai-ceo.html

4-3 – British Computer Society Open Letter About AI
· 1300 experts and business people signed this one
· Counterweight to doom & gloom
· Still hype-y
· Doesn’t see dire threat
· Generally AI will benefit us if developed responsibly and regulated well
· ChatGPT “Like an overly knowledgeable and very excitable 12 year old”
· See privacy and intellectual property issues
· Is care necessary?
· Is this a hair-on-fire moment?
· How much do you use these tools?
· How much do you trust them?
· What about the hype in either direction?
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66218709

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