Readit NewsLeary commented on U.S. Emissions Rise 4.2%, China's Fall 2.7% theenergymix.com/u-s-emis... · Posted by u/triceratops
My take is if you look at Chinese people anywhere outside China, say in the US, Singapore or wherever they are hard working, educated and prosperous, it's a cultural thing to a large extent. In China they were reduced to poverty by communism and are now catching up with their brethren elsewhere and still a fair way behind the US, Singa etc on a per capita basis.
Amazing analysis, except for the fact China was dirt poor before communism.
No way. I read Noah Smith (number 1 economist on substack) every week and he says one must measure China in per capita terms for all the good stuff: GDP (preferably nominal), and in aggregate terms for all the bad stuff (pollution, carbon dioxide emissions).
Also, it's logically impossible for China to be good. I have found a mathematical proof:
1: Democracy is good
2: China is not a democracy
Therefore, obviously China is not good.
Leary commented on Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future danwang.co/breakneck/... · Posted by u/mooreds
One of the sharper PRC writers, great yearly essays when he was on the ground. Unfortunately still (seemingly) retardedly liberal pilled form latest Chinatalk interview (TBH just like Jordan). Humorless engineering governance can't beat very funny US governance is... certainly a take.
But how are you gonna foresee the total annihilation of the Chinese semi industry without Jordan the necromancer interpreting party documents for you?
Does anyone know which technology on this tree has the most descendents?
Leary commented on GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and system card simonwillison.net/2025/Au... · Posted by u/Philpax
What is METR?
Leary commented on GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and system card simonwillison.net/2025/Au... · Posted by u/Philpax
METR of only 2 hours and 15 minutes. Fast takeoff less likely.
So any large company training LLMs, no matter the capability, is considered a frontier developer?