RT @asymco: I saw an estimate that there were 2.1 million Russian downloads of VPNs in last week. Expect ~20% of Russians to try to obtain…

1. The invasion of #Ukraine
2. The all-time high #COVID cases in China
3. The highest #inflation in 40 years

Which one will be the 4th horseman of the Apocalypse?

You are belligerent and egomaniac. In a confrontation you started, you’re being humiliated by a much smaller opponent and by your former partners. In front of the world, including your own supporters. If you lose, you know it’s over. What do you do?

1. Double down
2. Double down

“IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva told US broadcaster CBS on Sunday that “in terms of servicing debt obligations, I can say that no longer we think of Russian default as improbable event”.”

https://t.co/8HPHfyuME0

RT @paulg: If Putin wants Russia to be self-sufficient like the USSR (supposedly) was, he’ll presumably have to do what the USSR did and cl…

@paulg https://t.co/i03eSUUeIB

RT @asymco: Anybody still in Russia today must find a way out. Time is running out. I estimate about 29 million will want to leave but only…

What will really matter are the artworks that Ukrainian and Russian artists will produce as the result of the invasion. Art has denounced war for a long time. As a collector, I look forward to that.

On Russia, Museums Protest While Collectors Carry On https://t.co/Uw5QaCfR3s

First: the cost of entry to participate in the business opportunity around #AI becomes unsustainable for the overwhelming majority of market participants, creating a form of lock-in.

Another bit from the article is worth mentioning. It’s important to ask who benefits from an #AI that functions as we want it to only thanks to massive training resources.

If the world gets convinced that the only way to succeed is by increasing the scale, then 2 things happen: https://t.co/K853rJtGfc