Civil servant from the Netherlands, fascinated by innovative technologies and how they can improve society. Also interested in geopolitics and international affairs. All opinions expressed are purely personal and do not represent the opinion of my employer or anyone else. #digitalgovernment #innovation #digitaltransformation #AI #technology #tfr tootfinder #ICT #IT #fedi22 #geopolitics #AcICT
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Last Notes npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1ryy…va8n ...true, we need a big collaborative effort, with lots of funding and talent to tackle some big problems npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Als duo-raadslid ben ik actief in de Gemeente Lansingerland, gisteren was daar een beeldvormende vergadering over toekomstbestendig bouwen. Presentaties van gemeente en betrokken bedrijven (Waal / Batenburg ) zijn beschikbaar , interessant en relevant onderwerp. https://lansingerland.bestuurlijkeinformatie.nl/Agenda/Index/2e8d113c-62d5-4474-9944-9ecaaf7c325d #bouwen #duurzaam #stikstof #CO2 #lansingerland #biobased #waal #batenburg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker For those people who want to privately communicate, you don't need Telegram, Signal is better , more secure and opensource. Signal.org #telegram #signal #privacy npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker I am impressed with STORM, an AI demo by Stanford that generates articles about subjects you want. You can login with a google account and try it out. https://storm.genie.stanford.edu/ #AI #Stanford #STORM npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Mind-boggling leak. "Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers", every citizen can safely assume his social security number is available for anyone. Which makes it more important you can't do anything meaninful which such a number alone. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/ #hack #leak #cybercrime #phishing #privacy npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Another nice map of events in Ukraine. https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1xPxgT8LtUjuspSOGHJc2VzA5O5jWMTE&hl=en_US #ukraine #geopolitics #war #maps #osint @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Scary, imagine what is possible in fraud and criminal activities with this now broadly available technology. It's simple, you can't trust a face in a videoconference. https://www.geekersdigest.com/deep-live-cam-live-swaps-your-face-with-another/ #AI #crime #fraud #deeplive #cybercrime npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker I thought it was not very likely that Hezbollah and/or Iran would strike back massively at Israel during the Olympics, from a PR /communication perspective that's not the best time. After the closing ceremony however all bets are off I think. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub14fm…ngu5 Net terug uit Korea, inderdaad werden kleine kinderen als ze het eten op hadden wat bezig gehouden met een game op een smartphone, dat was vroeger een kleurboek 😃 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1nfx…juut ... indirectly or for support, almost all jobs need computers, if only for billing, administrative tasks etc ( and a smartphone is also a computer) npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Nee, migranten pikken ‘onze’ banen niet in. Wie durft dat de kiezer te vertellen? https://decorrespondent.nl/15500/nee-migranten-pikken-onze-banen-niet-in-wie-durft-dat-de-kiezer-te-vertellen/eed395a1-81ff-0876-2530-fa382930dcf3 #politiek #asiel #immigratie npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker People who say there is a risk of "civil war" in the UK have never been there, don't understand a thing about the country... don't confuse right-wing violence and anti-immigrant sentiment with anything else, also good to remember the UK is a country of immigrants, just like the USA and always will be. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker On holiday / travelling, a Chromecast with Google TV is really useful, better then a normal Chromecast. You have a full android TV with all your apps pre-installed, with a remote, turns every TV with an accessible HDMI-port in your personal device. Google does a lot wrong lately but got this one right in my view. #googletv https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/909/048/217/046/041/original/3021cbea058b5a9d.png npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker How Haniyeh was killed (giftlink) #iran #haniyeh #israel #geopolitics #hamas @npub17dn…a7ch https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/world/middleeast/how-hamas-leader-haniyeh-killed-iran-bomb.html?unlocked_article_code=1._00.D3P5.l8ciDASvd-FY npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Trump is helping the Harris campaign with all his crazy remarks. #politics #harris #trump #usa https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/883/611/473/364/289/original/acf03526935973dd.jpg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1u3t…c6ug Israel did many horrible things however killing the Hamas leadership responsible for all the senseless killings on October 7th is defensible in my view, Haniyeh was cheering the terrorists on that day. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1m5v…fewy I don't know Japan 😃 but I think it's comparable npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1m5v…fewy It's incredible how clean Korea is, both on the beaches and in the cities, both through culture and policies I think npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Haeundae beach South Korea, amazing how clean, well organised and pretty this beach is, with skyscrapers in the background. #southkorea #haeundae #beach #busan https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/873/739/579/647/885/original/084fc3ca8e4c3d43.jpg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Hongarije stopt maar niet met ondermijnen en verzwakken EU, de maat lijkt me nu wel vol. #hongarije #politiek #eu https://nos.nl/l/2530542 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Interessant artikel over hoe premier Schoof zich laat ondersteunen. #politiek #Schoof https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/ervaren-adviseur-jaap-stuurwold-wordt-tweede-politiek-assistent-premier-schoof~b6af6692/ npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker It's not unthinkable that Israel will postpone any peace deal or ceasefire until after the election of Trump, to not give Biden an additional boost. The same probably happened during the switch from the Carter to Reagan administration and the situation in Iran at that time. #geopolitics #biden #trump #israel @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Trouw over hoe de boeren er voorstaan, https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-economie/boeren-behoren-tot-de-grootverdieners-en-bioboeren-al-helemaal~b642a87b/ #boeren npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Without commenting on whether it's wise/possible or not to switch to another candidate, Biden seems to be losing support within the democratic party. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/17/biden-step-aside-schiff-pelosi-election-00169025 #politics #democrats #biden npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker In 2018 , 4 jaar na MH17 twitterde Geert Wilders dit. Buitengewoon kwetsend richting alle nabestaanden van MH17 slachtoffers. #geertwilders #mh17 #politiek #pvv https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/802/818/863/537/416/original/d2ccc18ebb185e75.jpg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Wel vervelend dat politici nog massaal op X blijven, dit soort berichten zijn toch wel interessant als het gaat om de huidige affaire rondom Orban en de Commissie die hem wil boycotten. #Politiek #Orban #EU #commissie #NSC #VVD #PVV #Schoof https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/796/484/694/388/694/original/56c61031bfe07ba1.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/796/485/567/185/022/original/69a4082df6336a14.png npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Underground cave on the moon could be usable, makes you think about future moon bases 😀 https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/15/underground-cave-found-on-moon-could-be-ideal-base-for-explorers #Space #Moon #Caves npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Precies dit zie je nu gebeuren, "De Republikeinen willen dit incident duidelijk aangrijpen om Trumps critici tot zwijgen te brengen, door te suggereren dat elke vorm van kritiek een oproep tot geweld tegen hun kandidaat is", zegt Andrew Gawthorpe, onderzoeker en docent Amerikaanse Geschiedenis aan de Universiteit Leiden. https://www.nu.nl/aanslag-trump/6320813/moordaanslag-op-trump-jaagt-diepe-politieke-verdeeldheid-in-vs-verder-aan.html #Trump npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Finally had the time to check out this new prototype, STORM: Synthesis of Topic Outlines through Retrieval and Multi-perspective Question. Impressive work and the github contains a link where you can try it out yourselves. https://github.com/stanford-oval/storm npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker AI algorithms are amazing but this article makes you think about vulnerabilities that can't be fixed. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/superhuman-go-ais-still-have-trouble-defending-against-these-simple-exploits/ #AI #vulnerabilities npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Musk reacts to Vestager. #eu #dsa #musk #x #vestager https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/774/393/372/833/274/original/c55fda3d14fd7f2d.png npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Commission sends preliminary findings to X for breach of the Digital Services Act. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_3761 #eu #dsa #X npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Biden persconferentie gezien , ging best goed voor iemand van zijn leeftijd maar toch, de toon, enkele versprekingen, versterken de perceptie (terecht of onterecht) van iemand die te oud is voor het presidentschap. En ja Trump is vele malen slechter, daar gaat het niet om. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Great blog about the various scenario's with regard to Biden and the coming elections. https://snyder.substack.com/p/biden-experiments #Biden #Trump #politics #USA #elections npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Donald Trump is unfit to lead according to this great article in the New York Times, i couldn't agree more (giftlink), please boost https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/11/opinion/editorials/donald-trump-2024-unfit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U0.GmfO.eZMX2q-_nOa_&smid=url-share #Trump #USA #politics #geopolitics npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Even if LLMs wouldn't get any better (and they will), still development of AI applications will continue at high speed because of increasing efficiency in various algorithms and processes in the background. This will make more applications possible and affordable. Minference by Microsoft is a good example. #AI #Microsoft #Minference npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1fvv…yw2w He needs to be politically stopped by other EU countries, Orban holding the EU presidency is becoming a disaster quickly. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Viktor Orbán’s trip to Moscow in breach of EU treaties, legal service says. But I don't think he cares and will just continue what he is doing, some action should be taken https://www.ft.com/content/81b1ccc4-e1af-4e34-a551-a05faad1f6e1 #orban #eu #geopolitics @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Nice article in Nature, "Can AI be superhuman? Flaws in top gaming bot cast doubt" , extrapolate the mentioned flaws to current implementations of AI and you can see all the risks we are facing. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02218-7 #AI #risks #Nature npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Nice essay "Two AI truths and a lie", https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4840383&utm_source=www.thedeepview.co&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=language-and-thought-are-not-the-same-thing #AI npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker State-Sponsored Russian Media Leverages Meliorator Software for Foreign Malign Influence Activity. #cybersecurity #russia #disinformation #meliorator #malware https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2024/240709.pdf npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker We can forget about sanctions working against Russia with countries like India and China keeping strong ties, the war will be decided on the battlefield in Ukraine. https://kyivindependent.com/indian-pm-modi-arrives-in-moscow-in-first-visit-to-russia-since-beginning-of-full-scale-war/ #geopolitics #russia #ukraine @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Kyiv children’s hospital strike. Terrible but beautiful picture, via Pjotr Sauer on X, https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/751/909/714/840/119/original/405d335b7b80aa82.jpg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Some doubt was spread about the missiles that hit the children's hospital were Russian. But experts confirm it was a Kh-101. #russia #ukraine #kyiv #Kh-101 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/751/679/749/100/112/original/ea4a80dbaf2e685b.png npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Letter from Joe Biden about the discussions around his candidacy for president of the USA. #Biden #USA #politics https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/751/376/806/220/812/original/68105ce014e89e44.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/751/377/323/515/613/original/9bed98259ec03607.jpeg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1se4…wstp ...even if correct, with regard to responsibility it doesn't matter, those missiles are necessary because of massive russian attacks on Kyiv. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Dutch Minister of Defence Brekelmans, visiting Ukraine and expressing the continuing support of the Netherlands, with Patriots, F-16s and other weapons. #ukraine #geopolitics #netherlands #brekelmans @npub17dn…a7ch https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/746/344/513/910/760/original/2159cf15345400a2.jpg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub16nz…kyqx ...some dutch journalists for sure npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub16nz…kyqx ...journalists already have joined, discussions are taking place, so you are empirically proven wrong... npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub16nz…kyqx i disagree, the rules on mastodon.social are not so tight, you can have different opinions from left to right, only hate/fascism/discrimination etcetera is not allowed npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/06/trump-project-2025-robert-reich #Trump #Project2025 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Ik ben het volstrekt eens met de consumentenbond. https://tweakers.net/nieuws/224062/consumentenbond-internet-is-te-duur-door-marktdominantie-kpn-en-ziggo.html #KPN #Ziggo #Markt #internet #ACM npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Putin ask Ukraine to withdraw from Ukraine as a requirement for peacetalks, which tells us everything about Putin's intentions, the destruction or capitulation of Ukraine. #russia #ukraine #putin npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker It's time to kick Orban out of the EU. Enough is enough. #eu #orban #geopolitics @npub1asn…pyx0 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub146t…cfpw ...inderdaad die zijn schaars in het landschap, misschien moet je er 1 beginnen 🙂 ? npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker It's becoming painful, Biden and the democratic party setting themselves up for failure. In no country in the world people would want their president to be 80+ at the start of his term. That's logic but somehow not in the USA. Biden is a great person and president that's not the issue.... https://apnews.com/article/biden-debate-explanation-excuse-cold-jet-lag-858cd34ca0fb6b76cf9e30b57f884548 #biden #usa npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Ik heb collega's met hoofddoek, dat beperkt niet hun vrijheid, belemmert op geen enkele manier werk/samenwerking. https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5458771/na-uitlatingen-pvv-ministers-over-hoofddoek-wil-omtzigt #politiek #hoofddoek #faber npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Nice infographic of the Supreme Court ruling. #usa #trump #supremecourt https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/713/140/804/604/790/original/6eef5a06171fdc77.jpeg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub18y0…6gqj …that’s actually the problem, all signs point to a Trump victory… npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Biden is a great man and a great president. But he is simply too old and too frail for another term. That's simply a fact in my view. The fact that Trump is also old and a complete fool is not a good argument for Biden to stay in the race in my view. But i am afraid inertia will win, Biden will stay in the race. #biden #trump #usa npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1mnr…u7rh resistance is futile, AI will become part of everything everywhere..just like IT npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker North-Korea the nightmare state. https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-executing-more-young-people-public-1918711 #northkorea npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1yd8…xv0d ...ja, als is het maar omdat het niet overal op de wereld op het zelfde moment dag is, verder werken we andere dingen ook in de nacht npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker "After an uninspiring, wavering, hoarse-voiced debate performance in which he constantly failed to halt Donald Trump’s torrent of lies, it is time for Biden to face up to the reality of his 81 years. The president, away from his aides and enablers, should ask himself the blunt question: “Can I save American democracy by beating Trump?” https://newrepublic.com/article/183251/joe-biden-facing-biggest-decision-political-career #biden #trump #usa npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub17lg…9uux As if it's a good plan that something so close and personal should be fully controlled by a bigtech company.... npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Biden should withdraw, in the interest of his country and the world, who should be his replacement is a separate discussion. #geopolitics @npub1asn…pyx0 #usa #trump #biden #withdraw npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Biden did so bad it's clear we should fully prepare for a Trump presidency and all the instability and risks it will bring. Not only in the USA but worldwide. #geopolitics #usa #trump #biden @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Good article about the datacenters/computing behind AI , for people interested in technology but even if you are not it gives a good view of the mind boggling scale with regard to energy, compute, memory etcetera https://www.semianalysis.com/p/100000-h100-clusters-power-network #AI #datacenter #compute npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker A possible military coup in Bolivia. Not the first time.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coups_d%27%C3%A9tat_in_Bolivia #bolivia npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker LLMs are amazing technology but i think they should not be used for directly delivering services to end-customers, for example in customer service. Many "accidents" already happened. They are simply too unreliable and hallucinatorily for that. The way ahead in my opinion lies in combination with humans and other tools/technologies/algorithms. But please don't connect your GPT4 chatbot with RAG directly to your customers 😆 #AI #LLM #chatbots npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Consultants and AI, with some stories about actual implementations with ING and Dun & Bradstreet. (giftlink) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/technology/the-ai-boom-has-an-unlikely-early-winner-wonky-consultants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k0.1KcN.TCnkVhTlA5Hm&smid=url-share #AI #consultants #NYT npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1u5w…gt5u 😂 gelukkkig is er meer dan Recht npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1u5w…gt5u eens, ook staatsrecht maar ik doelde op de werking van de EU, rol commissie en dergelijke npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Colleges bestuurskunde over werking EU lijkt Omtzigt te hebben gemist. "Het nieuwe Nederlandse lid van de Europese Commissie moet “op hoofdlijnen de hoofdlijnen van het hoofdlijnenakkoord” steunen, vindt Omtzigt." https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/bbb-en-nsc-laten-in-laatste-debat-met-rutte-zien-dat-ze-echt-helemaal-niets-snappen-van-de-eu #politiek #EU #Omtzigt npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1l4d…3k0h ...is this serious ? There are no oversights or guardrails whatsoever with regard to Apple and OpenAI ? We should just trust OpenAI and Apple probaby... npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Great news. Mark Rutte is the perfect man for this job i think which will be quite challenging i think... https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_227064.htm #NATO #MarkRutte #Geopolitics @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker So OpenAI played us, just like Google and others often do with regard to demonstrations, Voice Mode will be not generally available until fall this year. Not really surprising if you think about the compute that is probably needed in the background, still the continous overpromising will hurt OpenAI. #OpenAI #VoiceMode #AI npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Even in retrospect, amazing events. February 1933: How Hitler Transformed Germany Into a Dictatorship Within Just a Month. https://m.thewire.in/article/books/february-1933-how-hitler-transformed-germany-into-a-dictatorship-within-just-a-month #hitler #fascism #history npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1057…9r2q it's simple LLMs on their own will never be... maybe in combination with other algorithms and technologies. npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Faber kiest eieren voor haar geld en neemt afstand van haar gebruik van de term "omvolking". #politiek #pvv #faber #asiel #hoorzitting #tweedekamer npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Interesting to see that besides general unreliability and that output can 't be trusted, different LLMs are best for different things. Claude 3.5 for coding, Perplexity for search and ChatGPT for many other things. The nice thing about the added video is that it reminded me about how much LLM's make up/hallucinate. Even complete URLs if you ask for sources within ChatGPT.... https://youtu.be/_HYfYLm5QEA?si=9ibU0VF6fAF-jtT0 #AI #Claude #ChatGPT #Perplexity npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Economist on Solar, to bad i don't have a paid account. Solar energy will be the primary source of human energy use by 2040 $500B spent on buying and installing solar panels in 2024 (nearly same “sum being put into upstream oil and gas”) Solar on track to produce “more electricity than all the world’s nuclear power plants in 2026, than its wind turbines in 2027, than its dams in 2028, its gas-fired power plants in 2030 and its coal-fired ones in 2032. https://t.co/zP9GQqgCww #solar #economist npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Digital Euro is a typical EU-project that moves slowly but steadily. Very important in my view, we need a digital euro that conforms to our laws, standards and principles. Otherwise we can only use digital yuans and dollars in the near future. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/progress/html/ecb.deprp202406.en.html #EU #DigitalEuro #ECB npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Wat een verhaal weer, klinkt als makkelijk te voorkomen dit soort fouten. https://tweakers.net/nieuws/223560/ethisch-hacker-kon-e-mailadressen-van-60000-duo-terugbetalers-inzien.html #duo #cybersecurity #terugbetalers npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker "PVV-staatssecretaris wil ‘minder Marokkanen’-uitspraak niet op ministerie horen, maar staat er ‘nog steeds achter’" ....waarin zijn we terechtgekomen... https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pvv-staatssecretaris-wil-minder-marokkanen-uitspraak-niet-op-ministerie-horen-maar-staat-er-nog-steeds-achter~b8f07258/?s=09 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Bizar dit , nieuw dieptepunt, ook als toekomstig bewindspersoon blijft #klever #omvolkingstheorie gewoon uitdragen. https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5456710/beoogd-minister-klever-pvv-noemt-omvolking-feitelijke-omschrijving?redirect=rtlnieuws #politiek #klever #pvv #wilders npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Great news, Ukraine and Moldova will start EU membership talks on Tuesday. https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-moldova-eu-confrence-hungary-moldovan-president-maia-sandu-peace/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social #ukraine #moldova #eu #geopolitics @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Trump repeating the lie that the Ukraine war is NATO's fault illustrates how Trump is clearly supporting Putin. Unbelievable if i you think about the very likely scenario that he will be elected as the next president. It will be Putin's ultimate victory. #Russia #USA #Ukraine #Putin #Trump #geopolitics @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Russia sabotage actions across europe are becoming more clear. https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/brand-bei-waffenkonzern-hinweis-ueber-putin-angriff-in-berlin-6673fdc5f1e88233b6dcddb4 #Russia #Sabotage #EU #NATO #geopolitics @npub17dn…a7ch npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker If solar energy is growing like this why is there a energy "problem" with regard to data centres , especially in countries with enough sunlight i am wondering, ofcourse storage for nighttime and less sunny periods is a challenge but that should be solvable, with wind energy, batteries etc. Are we not heading to an era of energy abundance? #energy #solar #renewables https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/653/971/885/248/644/original/fe61a4532e81e093.png npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1cgx…3l34 ...multiple risks for sure, counter measures are necessary, but available technology will be used as always npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1cgx…3l34 😂 no..., totally not, but the technology is now widespread, both in closed and opensource applications so we have to deal with it... npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1wsj…swju ..the drinks were afterwards 😀 , it's an old regimental tradition (engineers) npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Eelco Heinen lijkt me een geschikte en sterke MinFin. Zoals hij zelf aangeeft kan hij voortbouwen op de solide basis van zijn voorgangers. #politiek #MinFin #financiën npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1uy8…qhve Just promoting the armed forces and support them, that's all npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Pictures of Maxima , Queen of the Netherlands, on exercise with Dutch military. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/650/477/840/619/574/original/9e7b6a891c4fd218.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/650/478/465/446/680/original/afd13392f7ca9cb2.jpg npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker @npub1gfd…7gg6 Oh yes, i really want that.. 😂 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker "Hoe klimaatdrammer Jetten een klimaatmacher werd" Zelfs het EW is lovend over de erfenis van Rob Jetten. https://www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2024/06/hoe-klimaatdrammer-jetten-een-klimaatmacher-werd-77519w/ #klimaat #robjetten #D66 npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker Te weinig mensen snappen hoe grote bedreiging voor onze vrijheid en privacy #chatcontrol is, dit mag niet doorgaan! https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-wants-to-scan-your-whatsapp-chatsand-privacy-experts-are-furious?s=09 #privacy #security npub1mhrvs8qrmgsk25r9fae3yxv9mresvd42exys8hspnym5dw4hhkesakdz3s Erik Jonker A russian troll-farm ran out of ChatGPT credit, which resulted in this message on X. #disinformation #AI #Russia https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/643/725/794/890/759/original/d56927ba22158dc1.png