Computerspeak by Alexandru Voica

Will AGI transform humanity into a multiplanetary species?

6 min · 21 feb 2025
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During a media tour to hype up Grok 3 ahead of its release, Elon Musk appeared at Welt’s Economic Forum in Germany where he put superintelligence among the top 10 most important milestones in the history of life on Earth.I explain the consequences of his statement in this week's newsletter: https://www.computerspeak.co/p/agi-making-humanity-multiplanetary

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Doing the math on the Stargate Project

During a press conference held on Tuesday at the White House, Donald Trump, together with Larry Ellison from Oracle, Masayoshi Son from SoftBank and Sam Altman from OpenAI, announced the Stargate Project, a new company set to invest $500 billion over the next four years to build AI infrastructure in the United States. So what exactly does that get you in terms of real-world infrastructure? We do the math in this week’s Computerspeak: https://www.computerspeak.co/p/the-math-on-stargate-project [https://www.computerspeak.co/p/the-math-on-stargate-project] Also in the news this week: [*] Business Insider: Trump announces an AI infrastructure investment of up to $500 billion involving OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank [https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-ai-stargate-openai-oracle-softbank-technology-investment-2025-1] [*] Bloomberg: Stargate’s First Data Center Site is Size of Central Park, With At Least 57 Jobs [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-23/stargate-s-first-data-center-to-be-located-in-texas-with-at-least-57-jobs?srnd=phx-ai] [*] Fortune: OpenAI’s Stargate may be tech’s biggest gamble ever, but here’s what’s really at stake [https://fortune.com/2025/01/22/openai-stargate-ai-sam-altman-donald-trump/] [*] WSJ: How Oracle Plays Cheaply in AI [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-oracle-plays-cheaply-in-ai-30d84030?mod=ai_lead_pos1] [*] Sifted: ‘This must be a wake-up call for Europe’: Tech leaders urge EU to match Trump’s $500bn AI investment plan [https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-reaction-trumps-500bn-ai-plan] [*] The Information: Behind the OpenAI-Oracle Pact, an Elon Musk Threat Loomed [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/why-sam-altman-joined-forces-with-larry-ellison-and-took-a-step-back-from-microsoft?rc=xcohoi] [*] Bloomberg: AI’s $100 Billion Stargate Venture Touted by Trump Will Tap Solar Power [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-23/ai-s-100-billion-stargate-venture-touted-by-trump-will-tap-solar-power?srnd=phx-ai] [*] Sifted: Winning in AI will require millions more GPUs. Can Europe get there? [https://sifted.eu/articles/karim-beguir-instadeep-interview] [*] TechCrunch: Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts ‘new paradigm of AI architectures’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’ [https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/metas-yann-lecun-predicts-a-new-ai-architectures-paradigm-within-5-years-and-decade-of-robotics/] [*] The Information: Startups’ AI Revenue Is Booming. Some Investors Doubt It Will Last [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/startups-ai-revenue-is-booming-some-investors-doubt-it-will-last] [*] Wired: Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses’ AI Initiatives [https://www.wired.com/story/video-game-industry-artificial-intelligence-developers/] [*] Fortune: ‘A sense of panic’: Immigrant AI talent worry Trump could make an already broken visa system worse [https://fortune.com/2025/01/21/trump-immigrants-ai-talent-visa-h1b-green-card/] [*] FT: Huawei seeks to grab market share in AI chips from Nvidia in China [https://www.ft.com/content/f18217d6-3796-4205-bbc5-309b8a526208] [*] MIT Technology Review: The second wave of AI coding is here [https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/20/1110180/the-second-wave-of-ai-coding-is-here/] [*] TechCrunch: Here are the types of AI companies enterprise VCs want to back in 2025 [https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/20/here-are-the-types-of-ai-companies-enterprise-vcs-want-to-back-in-2025/] [*] Washington Post: Amazon AI deal leaves ‘zombie’ start-up in its wake, whistleblower says [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/01/18/amazon-antitrust-ai-whistleblower/] [*] Science News: Want your own AI double? There could be big benefits — and risks [https://www.snexplores.org/article/ai-double-digital-clone-benefits-risks]

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