Link roundups may become sporadic as I deal with a family emergency, but also: in the words of Joan Didion, “every day is all there is”, and also every day includes slightly dumb link roundups.
You know how Daniel Yu suggested you “go forth and export”? The Africa Jobs Fund now has a fellowship to support people building a career in manufacturing in Africa. I would totally do this if I did not have, erm, several other jobs.
Boko Haram finds AI useful in planning terrorist attacks. The security impacts of AI will not only be felt in rich countries…
The Centre for AI Security and Access summarizes AI philanthropy so far.
From Oliver Kim: data center groups (largely in the US) will consume as much power as entire African countries.
A New York man was evicted from his apartment for owning too many books. I view this story as aspirational.
As of 2010, no residents of Manhattan’s Little Italy were born in Italy.
Chipotle is expanding to Mexico. Love a backported restaurant - there are several Korean restaurants that were started in LA and now have locations in Seoul.
Three different people have sent me this ad for Kazakhstan:
Do not fear, the algorithm also served it to me.