The Hillsberg ReportEdition 8 - February 23, 2025 |
Quote of the week
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.”
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AI Legal Battles
If you weren't aware, there are many lawsuits in progress that could set the stage for boundaries on the web content available for use in training LLMs. The most recent update came from a judge walking back his previous ruling in the Thompson Reuters v. ROSS case.
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The New iPhone
On February 19 Apple introduced the newest iPhone to their lineup, the 16e. But I don't want to talk about the iPhone at all. |
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AI In the Physical World
Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed an incredibly strong yet lightweight nanomaterial using AI. |
Those Damn Plastics
You likely can't go more than a minute without interacting with some kind of plastic, it's everywhere! Researchers are starting to investigate the health implications of this and they are bleak. |
Good News!
Nine Asian countries have halved child mortality since 2000: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Myanmar, India, Nepal, Indonesia and China, and Cambodia, which witnessed the biggest drop, from 11% in 2000 to just 2% today. Key reasons for the decline include improved nutrition, clean water, sanitation, vaccinations, and poverty reduction efforts. |
Dollar Supremacy in the Digital World
I've read a lot of Ray Dalio's stuff and watched enough of his content to understand the basics of how large economies work, and how they collapse. A multitude of factors coalesce to start the forcing function of economic collapse, and the US is staring into the face of almost all of them right now. However, with significant reductions in spending and strong, sustained economic growth, we can certainly make it through. |
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