> ...the research progresses before the inevitable nationalization of the frontier.
replyHacker News has been telling me America beats China at "innovation" because of the "freedoms" - especially frew enterprise. I wonder how a nationalized frontier lab would perform.... Andhow the non-citizen researchers would feel about working for the US government that doesn't trust them to use frontier models.
N-1? N-2?
replyBest-possible-model (N) - Two Generations (2), same with N-1, N is the SOTA in this example. I'm not sure that actually clarifies what the comment is trying to say other than they think the models will be nationalized (can't even imagine what that would look like).
replybasically imagine the Manhattan project, but instead of blowing up the desert they're building the biggest datacenter you've ever seen.
replyIsn't this the beginning of the plot of "I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream"? The exceptionally disturbing dystopian horror?
replythe possible futures after the thing is built are uncountable, but hoping the thing won't get built at this point is naive.
replyin general I agree people should be reading a lot more sci-fi nowadays than they used to.
I read the popular ones, but itch for more. Which sci fi most applies today?
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