Astrophysicist and proud cat dad. He/him
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Minas Karamanis
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They came here fleeing persecution; rather than give them refuge, Marco Rubio’s state department will send them to die in countries they’ve never been to. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...
If you tax a billionaire 8%, you know what they still are?
Still a billionaire. Their kids' kids' kids' kids are gonna be rich.
Maybe they could pay a little bit more so that all of our kids can go to good schools and travel functional roads and get good healthcare.
I've had so many conversations with non-technical friends & family who are completely duped by headlines like this.
I also think it's sad to not tell the public about the huge range of AI/ML research. It would be so cool if the public knew how many cool new methods exist, LLMs are just the surface
Amazon will spend $200B this year on AI infrastructure — including data centers — while forging ahead with over 30,000 layoffs.
And don't forget: the company paid nearly $8B less in taxes last year thanks to Trump's big ugly bill.
This is what corporate greed looks like.
IMO, senior faculty at top R1 institutions rushing to use AI to flood journals with papers before future students or early career researchers can have an opportunity is not just greedy, it's salting the earth of the discipline.
