I also feel like there has been very little discussion of a localized benefit of data centers compared to the negative impacts. As someone who uses AI and other services that need data centers, I certainly understand…
I can't speak for the person you're replying to, but data center growth wasn't massively exploding 20 years ago.
At the very least they take limited land in a community that could instead be used for any number of different things. If they're not taxed, they provide essentially no benefit, economic or otherwise, to the community…
That seems too broad of an age range since you end up comparing 34 year old high school graduates to people with undergraduate degrees a decade earlier in their careers. Only looking at the first few years of a career…
A significant difference in lifetime earnings doesn't necessarily imply a large jump in early career earnings. For example the difference in lifetime earnings could come entirely from significantly higher income later…
Unless I'm misunderstanding, that calculation sounds fundamentally wrong if it's comparing median college graduate earnings after 4 years against high school graduate earnings in general. After 4 years the median…
This is almost always the right answer to people who claim the government should be run like a business in a tone that suggests they believe they're the first person to ever have thoughts. Businesses and governments…
Given that the most universally agreed to counter examples are diplomats and invading armies, I'd say a reasonable non-lawyer interpretation is that "subject to the jurisdiction" excludes people who are in some way…
Government regulation around conditions of employment has a very long history, because "the market" has a long history of producing things like Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire when it's allowed to. While in theory the…
But in a case where either treatment choice could be reasonable, doesn't it seem like a better answer for the insurance company to defer to your doctor rather than their own assessment? Whoever is making that…
> So, not a supply problem. What do you mean it's not a supply problem? Suburbs and the housing within them aren't naturally occurring features with limited supply. They're not oil deposits. You can just build more of…
Edit: Per a comment below, this does not seem like a regular feature of the game, just an oddity of today. It would still be worth figuring out a way to eliminate the tie issue or at least ensure it's less of a factor…
The problem you're describing is non-scientific interests putting their thumb on the scale of scientific questions. The solution to that problem is more science, not more politicized control of science. Elsewhere in…
It's mostly, but not entirely, a combination of biases working in a feedback loop. Because of the 737 MAX crashes, which were legitimately at least partially Boeing's fault, stories about incidents involving Boeing…
I like to think I'm generally more optimistic than average that AI growth will be a a net benefit to the economy, standard of living, and employment, but "AI creates jobs building AI data centers" is a terrible argument…
That might be a valid solution on the individual level, but it seems problematic if we want the kinds of things only a large organization can realistically produce. In addition to small organizations that can act as a…
I'd be curious if there was research in the opposite direction able to prove that hierarchy is necessary in large organizations if you want to do BigCorp scale things. Intuitively it seems like this might be both a…
> You can't compare batteries to actual power plants. Sure you can. It makes as much sense as comparing EVs to gasoline powered cars. Which is to say that it's perfectly fine if the question you're trying to answer is…
I have generally moved from bearish to bullish on the future of current AI technology, but the continued inaccuracy with basic facts all while the models significantly improve continues to give me significant pause. As…
> Uncle Sam should sunset SSI and allow citizens to select from and move freely between a number of accredited funds. But how does the government actually do that? This feels like one of those ideas that sounds OK right…
I think the right analogy here is that I'm a renter and the person who built my house (builder) is different from the person who paid for the house (landlord). The builder said the roof needed trusses but the landlord…
Sorry, but this feels like a lot of weasel lawyer doublespeak nonsense. Denying insurance coverage for a specific procedure for a specific patient based on whether you think that procedure is necessary is absolutely…
Words do in fact have meaning, which is why if you want your decision to be viewed as an insurance one rather than a medical one, you probably should avoid using phrases like "medically necessary" as justification for…
I suspect many people during the Industrial Revolution weren't seeing those end products either, only a total upending of their way of life and means of earning a living. And to be fair, many of them probably didn't…
I am by no means defending Sam Altman here, but it's roughly the same value proposition as every productivity enhancing technology. Creating more even if you don't end up working less means at the end of the day we all…
I also feel like there has been very little discussion of a localized benefit of data centers compared to the negative impacts. As someone who uses AI and other services that need data centers, I certainly understand…
I can't speak for the person you're replying to, but data center growth wasn't massively exploding 20 years ago.
At the very least they take limited land in a community that could instead be used for any number of different things. If they're not taxed, they provide essentially no benefit, economic or otherwise, to the community…
That seems too broad of an age range since you end up comparing 34 year old high school graduates to people with undergraduate degrees a decade earlier in their careers. Only looking at the first few years of a career…
A significant difference in lifetime earnings doesn't necessarily imply a large jump in early career earnings. For example the difference in lifetime earnings could come entirely from significantly higher income later…
Unless I'm misunderstanding, that calculation sounds fundamentally wrong if it's comparing median college graduate earnings after 4 years against high school graduate earnings in general. After 4 years the median…
This is almost always the right answer to people who claim the government should be run like a business in a tone that suggests they believe they're the first person to ever have thoughts. Businesses and governments…
Given that the most universally agreed to counter examples are diplomats and invading armies, I'd say a reasonable non-lawyer interpretation is that "subject to the jurisdiction" excludes people who are in some way…
Government regulation around conditions of employment has a very long history, because "the market" has a long history of producing things like Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire when it's allowed to. While in theory the…
But in a case where either treatment choice could be reasonable, doesn't it seem like a better answer for the insurance company to defer to your doctor rather than their own assessment? Whoever is making that…
> So, not a supply problem. What do you mean it's not a supply problem? Suburbs and the housing within them aren't naturally occurring features with limited supply. They're not oil deposits. You can just build more of…
Edit: Per a comment below, this does not seem like a regular feature of the game, just an oddity of today. It would still be worth figuring out a way to eliminate the tie issue or at least ensure it's less of a factor…
The problem you're describing is non-scientific interests putting their thumb on the scale of scientific questions. The solution to that problem is more science, not more politicized control of science. Elsewhere in…
It's mostly, but not entirely, a combination of biases working in a feedback loop. Because of the 737 MAX crashes, which were legitimately at least partially Boeing's fault, stories about incidents involving Boeing…
I like to think I'm generally more optimistic than average that AI growth will be a a net benefit to the economy, standard of living, and employment, but "AI creates jobs building AI data centers" is a terrible argument…
That might be a valid solution on the individual level, but it seems problematic if we want the kinds of things only a large organization can realistically produce. In addition to small organizations that can act as a…
I'd be curious if there was research in the opposite direction able to prove that hierarchy is necessary in large organizations if you want to do BigCorp scale things. Intuitively it seems like this might be both a…
> You can't compare batteries to actual power plants. Sure you can. It makes as much sense as comparing EVs to gasoline powered cars. Which is to say that it's perfectly fine if the question you're trying to answer is…
I have generally moved from bearish to bullish on the future of current AI technology, but the continued inaccuracy with basic facts all while the models significantly improve continues to give me significant pause. As…
> Uncle Sam should sunset SSI and allow citizens to select from and move freely between a number of accredited funds. But how does the government actually do that? This feels like one of those ideas that sounds OK right…
I think the right analogy here is that I'm a renter and the person who built my house (builder) is different from the person who paid for the house (landlord). The builder said the roof needed trusses but the landlord…
Sorry, but this feels like a lot of weasel lawyer doublespeak nonsense. Denying insurance coverage for a specific procedure for a specific patient based on whether you think that procedure is necessary is absolutely…
Words do in fact have meaning, which is why if you want your decision to be viewed as an insurance one rather than a medical one, you probably should avoid using phrases like "medically necessary" as justification for…
I suspect many people during the Industrial Revolution weren't seeing those end products either, only a total upending of their way of life and means of earning a living. And to be fair, many of them probably didn't…
I am by no means defending Sam Altman here, but it's roughly the same value proposition as every productivity enhancing technology. Creating more even if you don't end up working less means at the end of the day we all…