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It’s important to note that this announcement came in two parts: first, Apple optimized the Stable Diffusion model itself (which it could do because it was open source); second, Apple updated its operating system, which thanks to Apple’s integrated model, is already tuned to Apple’s own chips.

AI and the Big Five

Stratechery by Ben Thompson

This is because over time, our advancing technology has made us more efficient at harvesting those other commodities. However, gold’s extreme scarcity and rather strict stock-to-flow ratio of over 50x has made it so that our technology advancements in finding and mining gold are offset by the fact that we’ve already mined the “easy” gold deposits and the remaining deposits are getting deeper and harder. We never truly get more efficient at retrieving gold, in that sense. It’s a built-in ongoing difficulty adjustment.

What Is Money, Anyway?

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Prior to this period, when the internet was largely used by researchers, academics, and institutions, individuals did use their real names as they collaborated with colleagues and peers. But this convention shifted as more people came online.

Our Pseudonymous Selves

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