![See new Tweets Conversation Fietser Nicole @GoingDutchDEN “Studies have shown that a mere 10% shift from car drivers to bike riders has resulted in a 40% reduction in traffic congestion. Even if you never touch an e-bike, you would benefit from supporting their increased use.” electrek.co It's not an 'electric bike craze.' You're looking at the future of transportation Electric bikes aren't a fad or a craze, they're here to stay. Their numbers are growing every year. Now how do we make it all safer? See new Tweets Conversation Fietser Nicole @GoingDutchDEN “Studies have shown that a mere 10% shift from car drivers to bike riders has resulted in a 40% reduction in traffic congestion. Even if you never touch an e-bike, you would benefit from supporting their increased use.” electrek.co It's not an 'electric bike craze.' You're looking at the future of transportation Electric bikes aren't a fad or a craze, they're here to stay. Their numbers are growing every year. Now how do we make it all safer?](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6ba6ab9-2736-42ab-a7d0-e703ff55c713_1154x1124.png)
Bikes are a lot smaller than cars! Each marginal person you can get out of a car improves traffic for everyone else. Also, I learned from this article that there are ebikes now available for less than $1000.
![See new Tweets Conversation Ethan Mollick @emollick Will AIs start to fail when they start training on AI generated data? There has been a lot of speculation Now, we have some new hints that it may not be an issue. The new open source Code Llama performs BETTER when given AI-generated examples to train on. https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.2365-6/369856151_1754812304950972_1159666448927483931_n.pdf?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3c67a6&_nc_ohc=BnkB4kcpz5AAX89-bHX&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AfBPTW7tmhgX05bnlL7EkDp2YnYWlenbXpT0h-3vEvDJlA&oe=64ECB20F See new Tweets Conversation Ethan Mollick @emollick Will AIs start to fail when they start training on AI generated data? There has been a lot of speculation Now, we have some new hints that it may not be an issue. The new open source Code Llama performs BETTER when given AI-generated examples to train on. https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.2365-6/369856151_1754812304950972_1159666448927483931_n.pdf?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3c67a6&_nc_ohc=BnkB4kcpz5AAX89-bHX&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AfBPTW7tmhgX05bnlL7EkDp2YnYWlenbXpT0h-3vEvDJlA&oe=64ECB20F](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6aacae6f-60f9-4e94-ad3d-e1105f6fa304_1152x1462.png)
I've been wondering about this for a while. AlphaZero was capable of learning from only self-play, it's got to be possible to find ways for large language models to learn from their own work. I wonder how this could work with non-code tasks.
![Max Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler I am of the uncontroversial belief that California’s temperate coastal areas should be full of inexpensive multifamily housing, like Spain’s is, rather than reserved for $3,000,000 single family homes. Quote California YIMBY @cayimby · 16h California housing policy pushes people out of temperate, climate-safe areas on the coast and into inland exurbs where they are at risk of extreme heat and wildfires. https://latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-25/californians-move-inland-for-safety-affordability-many-find-extreme-heat-thats-getting-worse Max Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler I am of the uncontroversial belief that California’s temperate coastal areas should be full of inexpensive multifamily housing, like Spain’s is, rather than reserved for $3,000,000 single family homes. Quote California YIMBY @cayimby · 16h California housing policy pushes people out of temperate, climate-safe areas on the coast and into inland exurbs where they are at risk of extreme heat and wildfires. https://latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-25/californians-move-inland-for-safety-affordability-many-find-extreme-heat-thats-getting-worse](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a3aef1c-cb26-4c65-85fd-b4b7bcfe3fb9_1148x1234.png)
If you want a US example, check out the Chicago lakefront, (except for the dumb highway). If you build more in your high resource areas, you don't have to build as much in wildfire zones.
Longer Reads
• Longish thread describing in detail China's economic history since 1994.
Flotsam and Jetsam
– Nice to see a GOP candidate get booed for calling climate change a hoax. (src)
– Skyscraper in Vietnam lit up in Ukrainian colors for their independence day. (src)
– Price to sequence a human genome falling faster than Moore's law (src)
– Trump skipped the republican debate, dropped a bit in polling. (src)
– At the debate, the republican candidates all seemed pretty keen on invading mexico. (src)
– On the other hand, none of the candidates raised their hand to indicate they believe climate change is caused by humans. (src)
– UCLA study finds that development in SF is so expensive that nothing under 10 units pencils. (src)
– The Japanese nuclear wastewater release is not hazardous, don't let anyone tell you otherwise (src)
– Ramaswamy is transparently running to be Trump's VP (src)
– Paper straws tend to have high levels of PFAS, which is bad. (src)
– British cities other than London have transit systems that combine worst of the US plus the worst of Europe . (src)
– Norway can build a tunnel for less than it costs Britain to do the planning application. (src)
– Singer of "Rich men North of Richmond" says he's surprised Republicans played it before their debate, since it's meant to be a criticism of them. (src)