matteoraso

I imagine that there's a lot of variance there based on what frontier model you want to run. Besides that, there's probably economies of scale that make it difficult to really ask how much it costs to run a single instance.

Anti-monopoly laws would make this very difficult.

It's very rare for the senate to kill a bill. I would say that we alreadt ran out of time.

>it has an extremely distinct culture that's quite alien to much of the rest of the world.

It's not that distinct. Their language has heavy Chinese influence, their religion originated in India, their cuisine has heavy Portuguese influence, and that isn't even getting into the massive amount of influence that America has had on Japanese culture. Besides, cultures always change over time, with or without immigration.

The problem is is that whatever party does this will never win again, at any level of government.

I wrote an article about youth mental health for my substack recently that touched on this. The suicide rate for the 50-59 demographic is far higher than the general population, but it collapses once you hit retirement age. If I had to guess, social supports for seniors plays a role.

AGI isn't magic. Not even an excellent oncologist can reliably diagnose you without actually looking at you first.

I'm liking and commenting under my real name. Fuck ICE.

That was unexpected. He was so young, too. RIP.

I wouldn't be upset, actually.

>While that may be useful, there should never be a necessity to move out of a house you’ve paid off

This line of logic doesn't follow. There's plenty of old people who need to move out for non-financial reasons (e.g. can't live independently anymore), and it doesn't really make sense to me that having to move out because you can't afford your mortgage is okay while not being able to afford your taxes isn't. In any case, we can have our cake and eat it too by building more housing. Homes become affordable for young people if supply increases and the tax base broadens enough that taxes go down for established homeowners.

>Surely the state can throw some weight around to say enough is enough?

How do you know that it's enough? Baby boomers are old now, which means demand for healthcare has skyrocketed. There's an odd thing I've noticed in political commentary where nobody really thinks that healthcare is expensive, but it absolutely costs a ton to keep people alive. America might have problems with too much overhead, but even here in Ontario, healthcare is by far the province's biggest expense.