ErikJonker

ErikJonker, 5 months ago to geopolitics Dutch

Excellent article why it's very cost effective to keep supporting Ukraine, this is the argument for the US , for the EU it's even better.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/high-price-losing-ukraine
#geopolitics #ukraine @geopolitics

ErikJonker, 7 months ago to geopolitics Dutch

Immense power projection by the USA , carrier strike group with USS Ford already present in the Mediterranean, the USS Eisenhower will join them, they can easily fight all forces in the middle east if necessary, also they can fully control the airspace. Iran and/or Hezbollah will think twice before trying any major actions.
#geopolitics @geopolitics #gaza #israel #hamas
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3557560/statement-from-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-deployment-of-uss-eis/

ErikJonker, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to geopolitics Dutch

Biggest war in Israël since Yom Kippur war has started I think. #geopolitics #israel #hamas

ErikJonker, 5 months ago to ai

Towards Accurate Differential Diagnosis with Large Language Models, this paper explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in aiding differential diagnosis (DDx) in medical cases.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00164
#AI #LLM #medical #diagnostics #generativeAI #DDx

ErikJonker, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Russia

The possibilities for the Moscow attack are in my view the following,
#moscow #russia #geopolitics @geopolitics
please vote what you think is most likely:

ErikJonker, 2 months ago to geopolitics

Thinking in scenarios, what would europe / NATO do if Russia decided to damage /destroy most undersea cables which are essential for our internet and networking in Europe? They have the undersea capabilities, it would not trigger a nuclear war. What would/could we do in response ?
#Geopolitics @geopolitics #underseacables #internet #russia #eu #NATO

ErikJonker, 6 months ago to geopolitics Dutch

Some people try to frame all demonstrations in western cities as supporting Islamic extremists and Hamas, while the overwhelming majority of protestors want to support the palestinian people is my impression.
#geopolitics #gaza #hamas #israel #palestinians

ErikJonker, 9 months ago to Russia Dutch

Extremely likely that #Russia will do everything to incite people around the Quran burnings because it will slow Sweden NATO's membership.
#Russia #Sweden #NATO #Quran #geopolitics @geopolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/06/russia-spreading-false-claims-about-quran-burnings-to-harm-nato-bid-says-sweden

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to Signal

Can't be repeated enough, quit whatsapp where you can, use signal. It's great, very secure, opensource, not tied to #bigtech , non-profit etc.
https://signal.org/download/
#signal #chat #messenger #opensource #security #privacy

ErikJonker, 11 months ago to ai

Nobody will think this is a very extreme prediction " it’s conceivable that within the next ten years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains, and carry out as much productive activity as one of today’s largest corporations." , but as #OpenAI rightly states, we have to start working on governance and regulation.
https://openai.com/blog/governance-of-superintelligence
#AI #OpenAI #Governance

ErikJonker, 1 year ago to ai

My view is that in general #AI will not cause massive job losses , it will change work. However in some specific niches jobs will dissappear. Translation is a good example. #EU #AI #Translation
https://www.politico.eu/article/translators-translation-european-union-eu-autmation-machine-learning-ai-artificial-intelligence-translators-jobs/

ErikJonker, 11 months ago to ai

If you read one article on AI, read this one "Why AI Will Save the World", no hype, debunking various myths, identifying cults/sects in AI. #MustRead.
#AI #WhyAIwillsavetheworld #Andreessen
https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world/

ErikJonker, 1 month ago to Israel

Although Iran looks weak and Israel very strong i think Israel military planners are worried (as they should be) about Iran's response after the coming Israeli attack. How large will it be, will Hezbollah from Lebanon participate etc. They will not underestimate the uncertainty and chaotic nature of war i hope.
Let's not forget Iran's strategic position (geographically), they can seriously harm trade and oil supply routes for example.

#Israel #Iran #Geopolitics @geopolitics

ErikJonker, 6 months ago to random Dutch

Speciaal voor alle partijen die migratie streng willen beperken: "UWV: Meer arbeidsmigratie onvermijdelijk door groot personeelstekort" https://www.nu.nl/economie/6286681/uwv-meer-arbeidsmigratie-onvermijdelijk-door-groot-personeelstekort.html
#politiek #verkiezingen #migratie

ErikJonker, 5 months ago to generativeAI

Google releases interactions with #Gemini there new #generativeAI model, to be released in january. Ofcourse a large part is marketing and hype but also a lot of potential.
https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/#introduction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIZAiXYceBI
#AI #Google

ErikJonker, 8 months ago to TeslaMotors

"Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his company’s Starlink satellite communications network near the Crimean coast last year to disrupt a Ukrainian sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet, according to an excerpt adapted from Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the eccentric billionaire titled “Elon Musk.”As Ukrainian submarine drones strapped with explosives approached the Russian fleet, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html
#Musk #Starlink

ErikJonker, 1 year ago to random

Great article by O'Reilly, "You can't regulate what you don't understand",
"Given the radical uncertainty about the progress and impact of AI, we are better served by mandating transparency and building institutions for enforcing accountability than we are in trying to head off every imagined particular harm."

https://www.oreilly.com/content/you-cant-regulate-what-you-dont-understand-2/?s=09

#AI #Government #Audit #Regulating

ErikJonker, 12 days ago to Israel Dutch

Let's not forget Israel will never destroy the terrorist organisation Hamas by attacks on Gaza and/or by fully occupying it. Hamas can only be destroyed by offering the palestinians some alternative for their future, some perspective, which seems to be completely lacking until now.
#israel #gaza #hamas #geopolitics @geopolitics

ErikJonker, 1 year ago to random Dutch

Nice article about AI, "The reality is that no one at the beginning of the printing press had any real idea of the changes it would bring. No one at the beginning of the fossil fuel era had much of an idea of the changes it would bring."
https://www.thefp.com/p/there-is-no-turning-back-on-ai
#AI

ErikJonker, 6 months ago to geopolitics Dutch

The total failure or Arab countries in the region to support some kind of solution in #Gaza deserves more attention. Egypt rather watches 1000s of innocent civilians being slaughtered then allow them in Egypt, for example in a UN controlled refugee camp. They are simply too insecure and instable themselves and are afraid Hamas will destabilize their regimes I guess.
#geopolitics @geopolitics #gaza #hamas #egypt

ErikJonker, 6 months ago to geopolitics Dutch

The "good" news is #Hezbollah doesn't seem to want to escalate in the fighting with Israel, also because US forces nearby will probably wipe them out quickly (my guess). Nobody else will come to Hamas rescue so Israel can execute it's military operations what remains a large problem, even if all plan succeeds, what to do with 2 million people, who will govern Gaza? Israel is responsible if they eliminate Hamas🤔 #geopolitics #hamas #gaza #israel @geopolitics

ErikJonker, 4 months ago to random

The Mastodon timeline doesn't have any algorithms, so if you want to follow some developments/news it's a good idea to follow a hashtag with regard to the developments and pin it as a separate column in the advanced WebView.
#mastodontips

ErikJonker, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Bulgaria

De inkomsten van Nederlanders via platformen als Marktplaats, Airbnb en Vinted worden vanaf deze week rechtstreeks aan de Belastingdienst doorgegeven. In eerste instantie gaat het om de inkomsten over 2023 van mensen en bedrijven die zich in dat jaar hebben aangemeld bij deze platformen. #DAC7 #EU #Belastingdienst
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/01/28/vanaf-nu-weet-de-belastingdienst-ook-wat-de-fanatieke-marktplaatser-verdient-a4188372
https://www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/connect/nl/ondernemers/content/wetsvoorstel-eu-richtlijn-gegevensuitwisseling-digitale-platformen-dac7

ErikJonker, 4 months ago to random

Heleboel mensen vinden het een uitstekend idee als de politiek gaat sturen op publieke omroep en journalistiek, als ik de reacties op Mevr. Keijzer lees die NPO "te links" vindt, iedereen met maatschappijleer op middelbare school niveau weet waarom, dat een slecht idee is., Poolse toestanden in het vooruitzicht...

ErikJonker, 4 months ago to Iceland

Mastodon is getting much better , following the hashtag #iceland gives me all the news about the latest volcanic eruption there, no reason to look on X