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America’s Big City Brain Drain
The Rise of Remote Work Migrants: Understanding the Migration Trends of College Educated Workers
AI Key Takeaways
- College-educated workers are leaving high-cost superstar cities like San Francisco, New York, and Washington D.C. for more affordable cities like Austin, Salt Lake City, Tampa, and Houston.
- The pandemic has accelerated this trend as remote work allows workers to relocate while keeping their high-paying jobs in expensive cities.
- Affordability and housing affordability, in particular, are significant factors driving workers to these new destination cities.
- The growth and redevelopment of downtown areas and tech hubs are also drawing educated workers to these new cities.
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Justin Moy - Finding real estate investing through a career in sales
"The Power of One More" is Key when Overcoming Adversity
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker is 18 years old and has made a significant amount of money in a short period of time.
- The speaker has adopted a mindset of not quitting and pushing through challenges.
- There is power in doing 'one more' especially in difficult situations.
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#371 – Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development
Artificial General Intelligence will hopefully enable human experiences to flourish
AI Key Takeaways
- Challenge is important for personal growth
- Striving for self-improvement is essential
- AI could enhance human performance but not replace human experiences
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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI copilots, disagreeing with OpenAI, and Sydney making a comeback
Microsoft and OpenAI's Partnership in Developing Core AI Technology
AI Key Takeaways
- OpenAI is developing core AI technology that Microsoft depends on
- Microsoft builds a lot of the AI components themselves
- Microsoft partners with OpenAI on implementation and deployment
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Issue 9346 - May 13th 2023 - Peak China?
"We Have no Most": What a leaked memo from Google reveals about the economics of AI
AI Key Takeaways
- A leaked memo from Google titled We Have No Vote details the tremendous progress being made in AI and challenges long held assumptions about the balance of power in the industry.
- Techies in the industry are known for composing lengthy memos, with some becoming turning points in computing history.
- The launch of chatbot GPT in late 2022 powered by a large language model (LLM) by Open AI prompted other tech firms like Google to release their own LLM powered chatbots.
- AI has had a significant impact on the world through software development.
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The Cost of ChatGPT, Why OpenAI Spends $540M a Year
New report exposes potential environmental costs of creating AI models 🚰🚱💦💧
AI Key Takeaways
- GPT-3 requires massive amounts of water for training
- 185,000 gallons of water were used for training GPT-3
- Every conversation with chat GPT-3 is equivalent to dumping out a large bottle of fresh water onto the ground
- Environmental concerns are emphasized in the study
- Companies like Google training Google bar have servers in states prone to drought and require more water due to evaporation
- The study specifically focused on water that was evaporated or lost
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Writing the Book on FTX’s Downfall: ‘It Was All Just Sam’ - Ep. 490
Understanding Sam's Nuanced Approach to Probabilities vs what's Right and what's Wrong
AI Key Takeaways
- The speaker acknowledges that everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
- Understanding how Sam and those in his world think in probabilities is crucial.
- Sam approaches things in a much more nuanced and numeric way.
- Sam tries to make decisions based on real value and the potential positive impact they could have.
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Writing the Book on FTX’s Downfall: ‘It Was All Just Sam’ - Ep. 490
SBF's cult of personality
AI Key Takeaways
- Sam became a leader in the crypto world after a specific event
- The book explores philosophy as a unique theme in the space
- The book also contains humor and jokes
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Apple’s headset, Humane’s weird demo, and the pretty Prius
BMW Sells the same car 3 Times over, so why are car companies trying to be subscription service companies?
AI Key Takeaways
- Companies like Apple and Android are potential competitors for car companies who are restricting access to carplay and Android Auto despite customer demand for phone integration.
- The car industry sees the potential in taking a cut of all transactions, similar to how Apple makes money taking a 30% cut of transactions made on their devices.
- Car companies want to lock users into their own systems, like phone companies, to have a captive audience.
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Apple’s headset, Humane’s weird demo, and the pretty Prius
The Apple Headset: Pre-launch Predictions
AI Key Takeaways
- Mark German's piece on the new Apple headset provides insight into a product that even Apple may not fully understand
- Apple's concerns internally about the headset's launch highlight ambiguity surrounding its purpose and potential success
- There are questions about the headset's price point and whether it will have a killer app, as well as concerns over timing given the souring interest in the metaverse
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Issue 9343 - April 22nd 2023 - How to worry wisely about AI
China's Artificial Intelligence Challenges the Communist Party
AI Key Takeaways
- Chinese tech giants such as Alibaba, Baidu, Huawei, and Sensetime have been showing off their Artificial Intelligence models in the past month.
- AI poses a challenge for Chinese rulers as the generative sort holds great promise.
- Chinese tech firms have been hit hard in recent years by a regulatory crackdown and sluggish sales.
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