But why did it pass the reviews of the independent subagents whose sole job it is to check all those things?

They are very good at that.

One thing we've noticed is that if you have model X implement AND review the same change, the reviewer often shares the same blind spots as the implementer. https://blog.brokk.ai/mjolnir-automated-cross-vendor-adversa...

Are you sure about that?

when I checked a few weeks ago I did not really find anything competing per value with a 20x Codex subscription.

In terms of API costs they're about right, 10% of weekly usage on a 5x sub is roughly $40 (for Astra). Chinese models cost roughly half as much (and have fewer refusals).

Subs have insane value because large companies cannot use the subscription model. They are loss leaders and are often used for passion projects & startups (where the juicy data is).

Ah and OAI stopped offering the 20x sub as of yesterday.

Rubio said that the US attacked because Israel would have attacked anyway. Take it up with him.

Not really. It is very hard and expensive to get these oil well pumping again. That is why we had negative oil prices during covid. Plus, when we are talking about the Gulf states, they have extremely low production cost. The discount would be against world prices, not production cost.

Nobody is taking away your calculator.

But I don't see how. AI is going to be a commodity in short order and best case the US will be a temporary leader in the supply of tokens. Meanwhile AI is going to destroy much of the Service and Software industry that make up most of the US economy. And the US is betting every last cent to bring about this future. It does make sense for Trump since this might be a sugar high that lasts till the end of his term.

In USA there is surprisingly little state involvement in the whole llm mania. Who needs the state with 800 lbs gorillas like Google, Amazon, Nvidia, etc

In China, it is the principal obsession of the entire communist party which eg funds the whole infrastructure without a single NIMBY peep.

The strange emphasis in China on humanoid robotic constructions is due to the CCP realization that with the cataclysmic fertility collapse they will increasingly have no one to rule.

So clankers did well and humans being humans.

How much profit did Botswana generate of its natural resources before Debswana was founded?

Is that really a problem? Since there will be lots of evidence and criminals tend to fuck up quite a bit this should be well documented. Unless you think that those election fraudsters that buy tons of votes from civilians have better opsec than drug dealers and the like.