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The Deflationary Singularity: Why Everything is Going to ZERO w/ Salim Ismail
The rapid advancement of technologies, particularly AI, is driving the world towards an economic singularity where the marginal cost of essentials approaches zero, leading to a deflationary future and a potential transformation of traditional systems and societies ##
## Questions to inspire discussion.
Education Transformation.
đ Q: How will AI reduce education time while improving effectiveness?
A: AI will customize education to each childâs learning style, reducing daily learning time to 1 hour per day while delivering 5 times more effective learning compared to traditional methods, with costs falling to zero within 3â5 years and breaking the university industry that currently creates massive student debt.
Healthcare Revolution.
Dario Amodei â âWe are near the end of the exponentialâ
Predicts significant advancements in AI capabilities within the next decade, which will have a profound impact on society, economy, and individuals, and emphasizes the need for careful governance, equitable distribution of benefits, and responsible development to mitigate risks and maximize benefits ## ## Questions to inspire discussion.
AI Scaling and Progress.
Q: What are the key factors driving AI progress according to the scaling hypothesis?
A: Compute, data quantity and quality, training duration, and objective functions that can scale massively drive AI progress, per Dario Amodeiâs âBig Blob of Compute Hypothesisâ from 2017.
Q: Why do AI models trained on broad data distributions perform better?
A: Models like GPT-2 generalize better when trained on wide variety of internet text rather than narrow datasets like fanfiction, leading to superior performance on diverse tasks.
CISA flags critical Microsoft SCCM flaw as exploited in attacks
CISA ordered U.S. government agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against a critical Microsoft Configuration Manager vulnerability patched in October 2024 and now exploited in attacks.
Microsoft Configuration Manager (also known as ConfigMgr and formerly System Center Configuration Manager, or SCCM) is an IT administration tool for managing large groups of Windows servers and workstations.
Tracked as CVE-2024â43468 and reported by offensive security company Synacktiv, this SQL injection vulnerability allows remote attackers with no privileges to gain code execution and run arbitrary commands with the highest level of privileges on the server and/or the underlying Microsoft Configuration Manager site database.
12 Emerging Innovative Technology Areas for Government Prioritization
By Chuck Brooks
#technology #government #security
By Chuck Brooks, president of Brooks Consulting International
The future of innovation in both government and industry will not be distinguished by singular breakthroughs, but rather by the convergence and meshing of a number of different new technologies. Going forward, industries, national security, economic competitiveness, privacy and almost every aspect of everyday life will all be reshaped as a result of this integrated ecosystem, which encompasses artificial intelligence, quantum computing, improved connectivity, space systems and other areas.
Twelve crucial technical domains will help propel the federal government toward this convergent transformation.
Microsoft: New Windows LNK spoofing issues arenât vulnerabilities
Today, at Wild West Hackinâ Fest, security researcher Wietze Beukema disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in Windows LK shortcut files that allow attackers to deploy malicious payloads.
Beukema documented four previously unknown techniques for manipulating Windows LNK shortcut files to hide malicious targets from users inspecting file properties.
LNK shortcuts were introduced with Windows 95 and use a complex binary format that allows attackers to create deceptive files that appear legitimate in Windows Explorerâs properties dialog but execute entirely different programs when opened.