Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

Today marks the 41st anniversary of the day we all didn't die in an all-out nuclear holocaust. Happy Stanislav Petrov -day!

Here's a movie recommendation to match the occasion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Saved_the_World

OpenAI wants to open multiple 5 gigawatt data centers, which is "roughly the equivalent of five nuclear reactors". Each one would need more energy than an entire city or about 3 million homes.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/openai-asked-us-to-approve-energy-guzzling-5gw-data-centers-report-says/

"GPT-5 hasn’t dropped, Sora hasn’t shipped, the company had an operating loss of $5b last year. Company value: $150 billion dollars. Absolutely insane. Investors shouldn’t be pouring more money at higher valuations, they should be asking what is going on."

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/openais-slow-motion-train-wreck?publication_id=888615&post_id=149419467&isFreemail=true&r=3g47a&triedRedirect=true

@mouszi @pluralistic but it will need a scandal otherwise the 'security services + big tech' will block it.

Or it takes a few people at regulatory bodies with REAL integrity.

Cory Doctorow wrote a great essay about how the Irish have been shamefully protecting big tech. As an Irishman myself that was hard to read, but it was a wake up call:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/finnegans-snooze/#dirty-old-town

China’s scientists often cite work from their own nation. Is that skewing global research rankings?

Nation’s large size, but also questionable citation practices, could be inflating citation numbers, analysts say #press

https://www.science.org/content/article/china-s-scientists-often-cite-work-their-own-nation-skewing-global-research-rankings?utm_source=press.coop

Want to quickly see which peripheral immune cells express your favorite gene across age? Check out the Immune Health Atlas Gene Expression Reference from the Allen Institute for Immunology!

https://apps.allenimmunology.org/aifi/resources/imm-health-atlas/vis/reference/

For more information about our cell type definitions, along with downloads, methods, and code, see the main page for the Human Immune Health Atlas:

https://apps.allenimmunology.org/aifi/resources/imm-health-atlas/

#OpenScienceWeek #Immunology

The Data-Driven Discovery: AI and Modeling in Biology Workshop is happening now at the Allen Institute.

I saw some great talks yesterday, and topics include protein design, neuroscience, physics, and immunology.

More info below, with links to recordings and the live stream, can be found here:

https://alleninstitute.org/events/data-driven-discovery-ai-and-modeling-in-biology/

#openscience #machinelearning #modeling

'Ms. Jones is an exemplary librarian at the Louisiana middle school she attended as a child. In 2022, as president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians, she was well aware of the book-banning epidemic sweeping the country. When “book content” appears on the agenda of a library board meeting these days, the discussion generally concerns titles featuring L.G.B.T.Q. characters or subjects involving racism.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/opinion/book-bans-librarians.html

'Para surpresa de muitos, a Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL) planeia fechar o Departamento de História e Filosofia das Ciências – o único do nosso país. Se a decisão for para a frente, será lamentável não só para a FCUL mas para o país inteiro.'

https://expresso.pt/opiniao/2024-09-24-oppenheimer-e-a-historia-da-ciencia-em-portugal-90943179

Most of the energy debate is focused on the tip of the iceberg - electricity.

But almost 80% of our energy use is for heat and transport relying heavily on fossil fuels.

Decarbonisation requires an all-sector approach.

“The NYT cares more about its place in the power structure than in actually affecting that power structure. It cedes prominent column space to bad faith politicians who would like to eradicate whole demographics of the U.S. population. It dabbles in trans panic as a sort of weird hobby. And it scoffs at criticism from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party while going out of its way to heed criticism from a Republican Party.” https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/new-york-times-washed-19780600.php