🤖 Medicine Hat, a vibrant°hard word city in southeast°hard word Alberta°hard word, Canada, blends°hard word natural beauty, cultural°hard word heritage°hard word, and modern°hard word convenience°hard word. Known°hard word as°hard word "The Gas°hard word City" for its rich natural gas°hard word reserves°hard word, the city enjoys over 330 days of sunshine°hard word annually°hard word, making°hard word it one of Canada's°hard word sunniest°hard word destinations°hard word. Nestled°hard word along the South Saskatchewan°hard word River, Medicine Hat offers stunning°hard word landscapes°hard word of rolling prairies°hard word, coulees°hard word, and river valleys, complemented°hard word by outdoor°hard word attractions like Echo°hard word Dale°hard word Regional°hard word Park and Police Point Park. Rich in history, the city derives°hard word its name from the Blackfoot°hard word term "saamis°hard word," meaning a medicine man's°hard word headdress°hard word, and features°hard word landmarks°hard word like the historic°hard word clay district°hard word and the Esplanade°hard word Arts and Heritage°hard word Centre°hard word. Its welcoming°hard word community°hard word of approximately°hard word 65,000 residents°hard word enjoys a balance of small-town°hard word charm°hard word and urban°hard word amenities°hard word, fostering°hard word a dynamic°hard word economy°hard word rooted in energy, agriculture°hard word, and arts.
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plans for Thursday:
- One Zoom°hard word meeting (already done°hard word; notes withheld°hard word)
- Snow removal°hard word (once it stops coming°hard word down)
- Cook lamb roast°hard word (3 days of leftovers) 🌎 the House Rule is "no beef or pork"
- fix six bugs°hard word on Atacama°hard word ⚙️ note https://earlyversion.com/messages/46
- attempt to fix Peloton°hard word bike°hard word. 💡 the most likely problem is that some of the screws are loose or the bike°hard word is slightly non-level°hard word; adjusting all the screws might fix the issue°hard word
- Hanukkah°hard word cleanup°hard word - remove°hard word melted°hard word wax from menorah°hard word.
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the weekly Zvi°hard word Mowshowitz°hard word dispatch°hard word is out.
the takes on "AI°hard word Alignment°hard word" continue°hard word to border°hard word on the unreadable°hard word. the specific°hard word question of What could an OpenAI°hard word non-profit°hard word do with $30 billion°hard word is interesting, but none of the answers are interesting.
the Gary°hard word Marcus°hard word counter-AI°hard word content°hard word is also borderline-unreadable°hard word. he proposes°hard word a challenge°hard word with tasks (write a Pulitzer-winning°hard word novel°hard word, make a major scientific°hard word discovery) that will obviously require°hard word a certain amount of human collaboration°hard word the first time. so, even if the tasks are accomplished°hard word, Marcus°hard word will weasel°hard word out of claims°hard word that it proves°hard word AI°hard word isn't°hard word useless°hard word.
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the updates°hard word on "here is model improvement°hard word" are also less interesting now than they were last year.
as°hard word far as°hard word both "medium" ⚙️ any model that can run on an M3 laptop in 8GB°hard word RAM°hard word and "large" ⚙️ 70B models, Claude°hard word Haiku°hard word, GPT°hard word-4o-mini°hard word models: what they do today is "good enough". and the progress is likely to be just shifting°hard word the categories°hard word rather than improved°hard word performance°hard word.
💡 that is: maybe those size cutoffs°hard word are 4B/30B in six months? but the paradigm°hard word will hold, and performance°hard word will stay roughly the same.
meanwhile, extra-large°hard word models ⚙️ Claude°hard word Sonnet°hard word, GPT°hard word-4o can still get better, but progress is slowing.
as°hard word for "foundation°hard word" models: 💡 Foundation°hard word models are too expensive°hard word to make available°hard word in a non-subscription°hard word ChatGPT-style°hard word interface°hard word. And they always will be.