Gustav Lagerbielke, saved you a click

I'd say quantum computing. It's not as though this will all be happening quickly, if you want to work with high end hardware before it reaches consumers you'd need to find some sort of company like Samsung's R&D department. But that'll only be chip manufacturing, memory, stuff like that.

CPU's in x86 architecture are on their way out, Arm is becoming more popular (SoC) but the other way really is quantum computing. That's a field they want, something they've not yet cracked. Tever transferred some qubits, but it's just a big boom waiting to happen that will really accelerate AI as well.

Come on and

I actually think the tech is mostly there, all we really need is application. Once there's a real world need for quantum computers, they will get more developed over time. If there is nothing to be gained by making them quicker, more efficient, et cetera, then it will remain niche.

Which is partly why I mentioned AI. Currently, of course, most of AI applications run on very powerful GPUs with a huge amount of bandwidth. At some point, it will no longer be profitable to increase scale (not to mention the already disastrous environmental impact). I am hoping that quantum can solve both scale up and evolutionary issues that AI is facing.

Mind that I'm not just talking about LLMs, AI is much broader than just coding assistants or silly chatbots. AI has been around long before ChatGPT, it's just that LLMs have provided a real world use that appeals to a much wider audience (scale up).

When it comes to its evolution, it's mostly about 'putting AI in everything', something that on this platform is a bad thing about which most people here say they don't want it. I can sort of see why for some aspects, but there's always been a voice of resistance for disruptive tech. Combining computers with agriculture was long seen as nonsense, until they started seeing how much data they actually could process in a much shorter time. Enabling internet access on a lot of home appliances was seen as daft until home automation became more widespread. Putting excellent camera tech on portable devices seemed a weird combination until social media required you to share photos all the time. It's unclear which field will benefit most from AI integration at this point, but I'm fairly confident there will be one. Quantum computing can help solve efficiency issues that will give us the opportunity to combine AI with all kinds of applications to see which one might benefit most.

If we stop trying to see the dystopian part of all these developments, I think AI evolution will solve a lot of our issues pertaining to energy usage and transition away from fossil fuels, climate change and the way we live with environmental shifts, language barriers and other sociological challenges that cause friction, space travel and exploration, our understanding of the planet and the universe, education...

But we need to be wary of power struggles, privacy, fascism, time (in the event our ecosystem collapses before AI can help us solve our issues), inequity of access to improvements gained by AI (ie how will the poorest of us benefit. Computers were once only for the elite, now almost everyone has something like a pc, laptop or smartphone).

I'm split 50/50 between optimistic and pessimistic about the future of AI but if we can leverage quantum the way science has promised us quantum may help, that tips the scale to 70/30.

Nice visual but Belgium and the Netherlands are the wrong way round

Waar hebben we polders voor? Trek anders nog een paar polders uit het water. Ik snap dat er infrastructuur nodig is, maar je zou zeggen dat er rondom Lelystad infra en ruimte zat is

I've been using Ecosia since Google turned to absolute dogshit because of SEO and sponsored links. Now I don't even use search engines anymore, I just ask an LLM immediately and tell it to link its sources so I can verify for myself

Should we point out that in this context it's 'save', not 'safe'? If you're going to correct someone's spelling, make sure your own is impeccable.

Imagine having worked there for years. You follow all those opsec and cybersecurity rules painstakingly because it's all so important and everything. And then some student waltzes in and just does whatever.

Maybe this is this Yugoslavia I've been hearing about. I can never find it on the map.

A-lu-min-i-um

Zero personal scandals? Are we sure about that? Wasn't he an alcoholic with a coke habit?

I've seen unproductive people succeed simply because they show up early and leave late while doing less than average work. It's all about appearances.

Dude has a point though. In cinemas in the Netherlands you can just buy big ass beer bottles anyway so what's the bfd

It was the FBI who released this info. You'd kinda think there'd be no need to publicly share this kind of info because it is not relevant and not great for surviving family members.

I understand the why of this but this is not an improvement. I suppose search engines should ask you which maps provider you want and then show results based on that.

Yes only deport the other illegals, not the ones I know and love.

No humans are illegal, it's sad how selfish people are these days

If only batteries where still that easy to replace. I'd never buy a new phone again.

My two cents: bottom line she needs the cash, and fast. Don't worry about pride. Don't have her do your garden work if you're not hiring her because of her skills.

You can ask if there is anything you can do to help and don't be vague about wanting to give financial support. If she says she won't take your money, call it a loan. Make it very clear the the first priority is that this cat is healthy and the kid has a nice birthday. Money, pride, all that stuff comes not even second. Not even third.

And then in the end tell all of them the position has been filled, leaving you with all the cash