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Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by burkaman »

giantg2 wrote: post #88
burkaman wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For example, today they defunded a critical transmission line in order to block renewable power from getting to people who need it: https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-terminates...

I wonder what the actual cutoffs are. The article is scarce on details but does seem to point to one political side or the other acting politically - either fast tracking approval for a fiscally irresponsible project, or pulling funding because they disagree with renewables.

The "fast tracking" accusation is not credible without evidence. This loan took years to go through the LPO process, here's an example filing from 2022: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/16/2022-27....

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by sorcerer-mar »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #136
bobmcnamara wrote: post #129

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How does AI evaluate signs today?

A process is described here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22405 >A physician or AI begins with a short case abstract and must iteratively request additional details from a gatekeeper model that reveals findings only when explicitly queried. Performance is assessed not just by diagnostic accuracy but also by the cost of physician visits and tests performed.

Okay you have a point. AI probably would do really well when short case abstracts start walking into clinics.

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by andsoitis »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #98
baron816 wrote: post #67

> We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma > This initial phase acknowledges the need to safeguard existing assets and ensures an uninterrupted and affordable supply of power. The United States must prevent the premature decommissioning of critical power generation resources Yeah, they're going to do all they can to b…

Someone needs to start naming the largest solar and wind farms after Trump. "We are proposing the largest solar farm in the world, in order to capture the sheer magnitude and capability of the most powerful solar plant to date, we propose calling it the Grand Trump Energy Generation Field" The dudes ego would prevent him from blocking it.

At first I thought your plan is brilliant. But then I realized he will try sue for unlicensed use of the brand OR defamation OR both.

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by burkaman »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #98
baron816 wrote: post #67

> We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma > This initial phase acknowledges the need to safeguard existing assets and ensures an uninterrupted and affordable supply of power. The United States must prevent the premature decommissioning of critical power generation resources Yeah, they're going to do all they can to b…

Someone needs to start naming the largest solar and wind farms after Trump. "We are proposing the largest solar farm in the world, in order to capture the sheer magnitude and capability of the most powerful solar plant to date, we propose calling it the Grand Trump Energy Generation Field" The dudes ego would prevent him from blocking it.

Wouldn't work because the announcement of the name is what makes him happy, he doesn't care about following through to make the thing actually succeed. Nearly every business with his name on it has failed.

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by thimabi »

I love how practically all goals in this Action Plan are directed towards incentivizing AI usage… except for the very last one, which specifically says to “Combat Synthetic Media in the Legal System”.

Given that LLMs, for instance, are all about creating synthetic media, I don’t know how this last goal can be reconciled with the others.

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by atleastoptimal »

sorcerer-mar wrote: post #142
atleastoptimal wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A process is described here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22405 >A physician or AI begins with a short case abstract and must iteratively request additional details from a gatekeeper model that reveals findings only when explicitly queried. Performance is assessed not just by diagnostic accuracy but also by the cost of physician visits and tests performed.

Okay you have a point. AI probably would do really well when short case abstracts start walking into clinics.

How else would a study scientifically determine the accuracy of an AI model in diagnosis? By testing it on real people before they know how good it is?

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by actionfromafar »

throw0101b wrote: post #29
msgodel wrote: post #13

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>Removing Red Tape and Onerous Regulation What red tape? Anyone can buy/rent a GPU(s) and train stuff.

> What red tape? Anyone can buy/rent a GPU(s) and train stuff. Well previously the Chinese were not able to, but that was changed recently: * https://www.wsj.com/tech/nvidia-wins-ok-to-resume-sales-of-a... * https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/22/nvidia-chip-deal-us-chi...

I am sure someone is winning from this. But it aint the American public.

Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by creakingstairs »

turtletontine wrote: post #97
giantg2 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AI for treatment is rightfully scrutinized. AI for billing or other administrative tasks could be a big cost saver since administrative costs are a huge expense and a major factor of high consumer costs.

AI for billing or other administrative tasks could be a big cost saver… You’d hope so, but doubtful. More likely it’ll be health care providers using “AI”s to scheme how to charge as much as possible, and insurers using “AI” to deny claims.

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Re: US AI Action Plan

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Post by andsoitis »

baron816 wrote: post #67

> We need to build and maintain vast AI infrastructure and the energy to power it. To do that, we will continue to reject radical climate dogma > This initial phase acknowledges the need to safeguard existing assets and ensures an uninterrupted and affordable supply of power. The United States must prevent the premature decommissioning of critical power generation resources Yeah, they're going to do all they can to b…

> Yeah, they're going to do all they can to block cheap renewables and give handouts to fossil fuel companies.

Many AI people in positions of influence have argued that AI will all but solve the climate crisis.

Viewed from that angle, it would make sense that you wouldn’t care about how dirty the sources of energy is on the way to AGI because once there, the climate crisis will be magically solved. Somehow.

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