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fofoz··on Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design
These products are still in their early stages, but it is clear that the AI wave is reaching 3D modeling as well. It will impact mechanical and civil engineering just as it has impacted software development.
fofoz··on The k-server conjecture is true
What memories! The proof of the WFA algorithm's (2k-1)-competitiveness for this problem was one of the papers I spent sleepless nights poring over during university. I am truly thrilled to see the k-competitiveness conjecture resolved!
fofoz··on We must pace the frontier
Sooner or later, a model will break out of the sandbox, replicate itself across the internet, and begin executing a complex plan to achieve its goals. It will be chaos, and at that point, governments will have to step in and establish something along the lines of what Dario is proposing. I doubt it will happen before then.
fofoz··on Houthis 'take control' of key island in global shipping route
We have no doubt that the best people are in US government and that they have the best tools at their disposal. Around the world, we are simply trying to figure out, while munching on plenty of popcorn, how this incredible sequence of actions will play out; a sequence clearly crafted using highly complex strategic planning tools that employ the most advanced techniques from game theory, AI, and who knows what else.
fofoz··on Houthis 'take control' of key island in global shipping route
He's so clever that he's probably even playing chess in a Hilbert space. The whole world envies American voters, who will receive $5,000 if they re-elect this incredible genius.
fofoz··on An Alien Mind
> We do not have a satisfactory theory of generalization, and it seems unlikely that we can develop one soon, at least without the help of more powerful AI. Therefore, at present, our ability to empirically validate our alignment techniques is in practice arguably even more important than the alignment techniques themselves.

They are speeding toward RSI without a solid foundation for alignment, hoping to solve the problem with a future AI model. These are dangerous times for humanity.

fofoz··on Pacing model development in an era of cyber-critical capabilities
It appears frontier labs has no plans in place to deal with the possibility of a model self-replicating outside the bubble. If that happens and the model manages to spread to other systems, we'll have to shut down the entire Internet to eradicate it and its artifacts.
fofoz··on Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
In general, it seems that superpowers are no longer capable of winning wars against medium-sized powers.
fofoz··on SpaceX Is Buying Cursor
You basically buy an asset whose risk is tied to a man's life.
fofoz··on There is a shadow hanging over this Fable thing
You will miss the good old Europe that only regulated.
fofoz··on Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
The value of other US AI companies would drop immediately.
fofoz··on Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
Hormuz moment for Mythos
fofoz··on I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure
I wouldn't call it competition, given that here we are fleeing towards less advanced services for purely geopolitical reasons.
fofoz··on I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure
What do American colleagues think when they read about this trend among Europeans to abandon their platforms?
fofoz··on Eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
My impression as a European is that trust in the United States has now been burned, and that companies are slowly, but inexorably, completely rethinking their dependence on the U.S. I believe this is a process that is not reversible in the medium term.

Trump, like any politician, will sooner or later pass. How many institutional reforms will the United States have to undertake, and how long will it take before the world trusts them again?

fofoz··on Multiple explosions in Venezuela's capital Caracas
Oil, as usual.
fofoz··on Claude Advanced Tool Use
It’s quite obvious that at some point the entire web will become a collection of billions of tools; Google will index them all, and Gemini will dynamically select them to perform actions in the world for you. Honestly, I expected this with Gemini 3
fofoz··on Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
I suggest to read the entire story. In the meantime you can admire his signature in 4004 processor.

http://intel4004.com/

fofoz··on Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
The italian Federico Faggin invented the microprocessor at Intel. He studied physics at Padua University in Italy.
fofoz··on Gemini 2.5 Pro Plays Pokemon
Logan Kilpatrick comment here: https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1910316779609715197
fofoz··on Europe cannot rely on US protection, Pentagon chief tells NATO allies
The coming years will be a long war for global dominance between you and China. Since you are letting us go, we have no choice but to find our own position of balance among the remaining power blocs. It seems to me that you are making a clear long-term choice with Trump. Am I wrong?
fofoz··on Europe cannot rely on US protection, Pentagon chief tells NATO allies
It is clear that in Europe we need to increase the military budget and establish a common army. After that, it would also be fair to free ourselves from American bases on European soil.
fofoz··on Promising results from DeepSeek R1 for code
When these models succeed in building a whole program and a whole system then the software industry that creates products and services will disappear. Any person and any organization will create from scratch the software they need perfectly customized to their needs and the AI system will evolve it over time. At most they will have to cooperate on communication protocols. In my opinion we are less than 5 years away from this event.
fofoz··on Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
Israel attacks Iran

End of Ukraine war

Google becomes the AI leader

Battery price drops 30%

Western car market fall into deep crisis, a big player fails

Von der Leyen is replaced

X starts providing financial services

Musk's spending cut plan is a disaster

fofoz··on Go Protobuf: The New Opaque API
Have you considered this? https://flatbuffers.dev/
fofoz··on Sam Altman reckons with a growing threat to OpenAI: Elon Musk
https://archive.is/KllbD
fofoz··on Bluesky Is Booming in Japan
Bluesky stats:

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

https://bcounter.nat.vg/

fofoz··on Scientific computing with confidence using typed dimensions
Similar library for Rust providing zero cost unit safety

https://github.com/paholg/dimensioned

fofoz··on Amazon Time Sync Service now supports microsecond-accurate time
It's a requirement to build Spanner like systems. I guess AWS is building something similar.
fofoz··on NTSB Calls for Technology to Reduce Speeding in All New Cars
All New Cars Must Now Have Intelligent Speed Limiters In Europe

https://www.carthrottle.com/news/all-new-cars-must-now-have-...

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