You didn't mention the good/bad aspects of hardware limitation on current AI growth (roughly, hardware is expensive and can theoretically be tracked, hurting development speed and helping governance). You did note that the expense kicked AI labs out of the forefront, but the strict dependence of modern frontier development on more compute has broader implications, seems to me, for risk.
Also, on the observations about air quality in the pandemic section, I realize that there's a lot more awareness about the importance of clean air, but is there any data out there on whether this is being implemented? Changes in filter purchase stats, HVAC install or service standards, technician best practices, customer requests, features of new air handlers, etc?
This was very good.
You didn't mention the good/bad aspects of hardware limitation on current AI growth (roughly, hardware is expensive and can theoretically be tracked, hurting development speed and helping governance). You did note that the expense kicked AI labs out of the forefront, but the strict dependence of modern frontier development on more compute has broader implications, seems to me, for risk.
Also, on the observations about air quality in the pandemic section, I realize that there's a lot more awareness about the importance of clean air, but is there any data out there on whether this is being implemented? Changes in filter purchase stats, HVAC install or service standards, technician best practices, customer requests, features of new air handlers, etc?