Dwarkesh Patel
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Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x
This is a video version of a post I wrote last week.
Why compute might get 10x+ more expensive in coming years
If a human-level software engineer that could run on an H100 equivalent, at current market rates for software engineers, that H100 should rent for over $250k a year. That’s 15x today’s spot price.
General relativity from first principles – Adam Brown
Adam Brown is back! General relativity is said to be the most beautiful idea the human mind has ever produced.
The Winning Essays for the Big Questions About AI
Abolishing pandemics/ Getting out of the way of AI automation/ Learning from Honk Kong MTR's business…
Grant Sanderson – AI and the future of math
Watch now (94 mins) | Math is where we’ll see superintelligence first. What will it look like?
The next big breakthrough will be AIs learning on the job
Labs are throwing away the most valuable data.
The data black hole at the center of AI
"We see these AIs as a galaxy glittering with capabilities, but at their center, invisible to the naked eye, holding all the constellations together, is an unimaginably massive black hole of data."
Ada Palmer – Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all time
"He begged to work for the regime that tortured him."
Alex Imas and Phil Trammell – What remains scarce after AGI?
“One robot now turns into many robots next year, but the number of ballerinas is the…