are you confused? Those predictions aren't made by NCAR. NOOA is not part of it.

There is zero benefit to the people you mention; learn how things work before making up romantic notions of what NCAR does.

You are hilarious. What have USA policy makers actually done?

You the one with irrelevant romantic notions.

you're funny, what have "policy makers" in USA really done? You don't think other countries have them?

So the new AI is going to be so 'opt-in' that it needs a killswitch you can use to get rid of it?

I realize that marketing and PR flacks are subhuman enemies of communication; but that's not even pretending to be what 'opt-in' means.

The characterization of "risk of artificial intelligence overpowering humanity" as the substance of an 'AI debate' seems itself like a strategy in trying to forestall it.

Sure, there's some fun sci-fi there; but most of what actual people are actually concerned about is what specific parts of humanity are using 'AI' to do, or justifying doing in the name of 'AI'; not fretting about how skynet might kill us all. And it's exceptionally handy to pretend that that is what people are fretting about; both because it's a distant and vague enough problem that you can justify punting most action without even lying; and because it's not even false that (perhaps outside of a handful who have outright cracked and started thinking about it in religious terms) even the most psychopathic techbros are also against skynet exterminating everyone; both because that would include them; and because Judgement Day would not be a good time for social media engagement metrics.

you're making lot of assumptions; maybe dead callers were doomed anyway and beyond saving.

they can sue but what if it was likely they'd die anyway? making a call doesn't guarantee you're salvagaeble.

NCAR doesn't change the weather, climate or pollution. Those will happen anyway. Pull the plug.

"NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) has historically focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through initiatives to broaden participation in atmospheric sciences, especially for underrepresented groups, by partnering with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) and offering internship blah blah blah"

More leftist "everyone gets a pony" bullshit

chopping a bloated government with fas social agendas down to size is great, even if it takes an orange clown to do it.

"they support the scientists who fly into hurricanes!" What sensationalist claptrap, nothing useful from that has resulted in decades.

so you only understand non-weird homo obsessions?

If I say "no homo" after voicing an obsession I should be good.

Yeah, when thinking of the typical air fryer market, think "working mom with kids who wants to serve something nicer than a microwave dinner, but doesn't have the time for much prep or waiting". You can get those mailard reactions that microwaving doesn't really get you, nice crisping and browning of the surface that you normally get from an oven, without having to wait for an oven to preheat. I don't think anyone disputes that an oven will do a better job, but the air fryer does a better job than a microwave, which is what it's really competing against. They're also marketed as easy-clean, which again is a nod to their target audience.

How costs build up is really staggering. I'm getting into the business of importing 3d filament. In Iceland, it currently sells for like $35/kg minimum. The actual value of the plastic is like $1. The factory's total cost, all costs included, is like $1,50. If it's not name brand, e.g. they're not dumping money on marketing, they sell it for $3 for the cheapest stuff. Sea freight adds another dollar or two. Taxes here add 24%. But you're still at like $5/kg. The rest is all middlemen, warehousing, air freight for secondary legs from intermediary hubs, and all the markup and taxes on those things.

With me importing direct from the factory, sea freight only, I can get rid of most of those costs. Warehousing is the biggest unavoidable cost. If I want to maintain an average inventory of like 700kg, it adds something like $5/kg to the cost. Scanning in goods and dispatching user orders (not counting shipping) together adds like $2,50. And then add 24% tax (minus the taxes on the imported goods). There's still good margin, but it's amazing how quickly costs inflate.

Your "junk" is someone else's "must-have".
Your "must-have" is someone else's "junk".

This quote from the summary about two engineers with an AI assistant being more productive than ten engineers without one just doesn't add up. I have done vibe coding both on hobby projects and at work, and it doesn't make me anywhere near that productive. I spend so much time asking it to re-do what it did wrong or manually fixing its bugs myself that I wind up only a little ahead in productivity. Not even double my usual pace.
Maybe if I am starting from scratch working on a relatively simple tool, it doubles my productivity. But it nowhere near quintuples it, and most of my work isn't nearly as AI-friendly as that kind of project.

My current employer has been pushing the team to be more productive, with everyone encouraged to use AI as much as possible, and the result has been rushed-out buggy code with security holes and questionable design decisions. Despite the fact that the team's productivity has obviously not made a 5x jump, they still refuse to hire more people. At least in our case, this has nothing to do with AI making us so much more productive, and everything to do with leadership being cheap and not wanting to shell out for the talent that they obviously need in order to produce at the pace they want.

I realize that my individual lived experience is not data. Ok, fine, so I can't prove my claims. But I still stand by them, because I have used the best AI tools available and they don't come even close to what people are claiming. I still think that the recent economic mudpit caused by the high interest rates (made in response to high inflation) has much more to do with the lack of jobs than these AI tools.