August 2027 News
August 2027 Gwern.net newsletter with links on TODO
August 2027’s Gwern.net newsletter is now out; previous, July 2027 (archives). This is a collation of links and summary of major changes, overlapping with my Changelog; brought to you by my donors on Patreon.
Writings
Links
AI
“Larry Ellison Bet It All on the AI Boom. Will He Be the Face of the AI Bubble? Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an AI juggernaut.” (how has the incredible capex of the DL scale-out been funded? In considerable part, on the back of Oracle and Google’s debt/cashflow, and Nvidia equity)
Genetics
Everything Is Heritable:
Recent Evolution:
Engineering:
Statistics/Meta-Science
Politics/Religion
Psychology/Biology
Technology
Economics
Philosophy
Fiction
Books
Fiction:
Film/TV
Live-action:
Animated: