Here’s a question nobody asked me: What do I think about AI? Fuck it, let’s go. I think it’s nowhere near as great as its backers think it is, but I also think it’s far more useful than its skeptics think it is. So, it’s…somewhere in the middle. This is not an interesting opinion, but it is kind of interesting to me because it’s one of my rarest opinions. I almost never think things are in the middle. I never think that at some point between a good idea and a bad idea lies a better idea. ...
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Energy blogging
We’re currently living through two trends that are quickly converging with force. First, the electrification of the energy system: a long-running focus of environmentalists, who know that there is no way to combat climate change without changing things that run on fossil fuels to work off the electric grid. Sure, the electric grid currently is pretty dirty, but it’s long been far cleaner than burning straight fossil fuels, and the electric grid has the capability to get cleaner. So, we have things like cars, stoves, hot water heaters, furnaces, etc., joining the electric grid in massive numbers....
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