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Back to E291: Trump's Super Intelligence Summit, AI Safety Accord, GDP Beats, Midterm Predictions, with Donald Trump.

How Were the Latest GDP Figures Revised?

Q2 GDP was revised up to 2.2% from 1.5%, basically a 50% increase, though economists had expected no revision. Q1 was revised up to 2.5% from 2.1%. Q3 growth is tracking well above that, with Atlanta Fed GDP now around 3.7% as of late last week.

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E291: Trump's Super Intelligence Summit, AI Safety Accord, GDP Beats, Midterm Predictions ·

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  1. What Agreement Did the Six Frontier Model Companies Sign?During the meeting they worked out the White House Accord on Superintelligence, then signed by the six major frontier model companies.
  2. What Was the First Line of the Prepared Remarks on Superintelligence?The first line of his prepared remarks was whoever wins superintelligence wins. He stopped talking, then said it again, and he's completely right.
  3. What Did Jensen Say About Alarmism in the Room?Jensen said alarmism without solutions is unproductive, which was helpful grounding, but alarmism with solutions is helpful.
  4. Are We in Robot Wars or AI Wars?We always assumed in the sci-fi novels that we would be in an era of having robot wars.
  5. How Does China's Grid Growth Compare With the Last 25 Years Here?The precursor for data centers is power generation. China's doubling their grid every decade, and we've been flat for about 25 years. That's a huge problem.
  6. How Should a President Handle a Thorny Industry Problem?Get the smartest people from that industry in a room, including people that support you and people that may not necessarily support you, then hash it out.
  7. What Did Google Launch to Watermark AI-made Proteins?This morning Google launched SynthID, a system for watermarking proteins produced with AI.
  8. Will Republicans Keep the Senate and the House?Republicans are going to surprise people and keep the Senate.
  9. How Did Major Outlets First Describe the Cockpit Incident?The New York Times said it was an altercation. The Journal called it a struggle. The BBC called it a fight between pilots.

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