Artificial Intelligence Discussion

Problem is, you usually need a vehicle to tow it. I think I recall seeing somewhere a company that also delivered the rental and set it up. Too lazy to find it, but I assume someone is out there doing it for rich people like you.

I still don’t want to rent one. Vacation is for doing LESS than you normally would when not on vacation. We have stayed in others’ RVs. Not appealing. I stay with my buddy over Super Bowl weekend. Not as unappealing, as it’s guys only. Cuz chicks.

This looks like AirBnB for RVs.

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Dammit! This was MY idea! Five hours ago!!

One of the podcasters i listen to recently started doing reads for a company thst does that. They’re in California.

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Sounds like this one could also go in the RBNR thread.

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https://www.heise.de/en/news/S-P-downgrades-Oracle-to-BBB-only-one-notch-above-junk-level-11363472.html

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I wonder if Oracle will be the canary in the coal mine - the Lehmann Brothers of the AI bubble?

https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-used-ai-target-workers-with-medical-conditions-layoffs-former-employees-2026-07-14/

Trends are definitely solidifying at this point.

Entry level roles are affected
Experienced roles with AI skills are seeing faster wage growth


Stuff is happening at an exponential rate. I got heavy into AI for my business in March. I keep worrying about competitors that have a 6 month jump on me. As for competitors that haven’t gone all in yet, I don’t know how they’d catch up to me, that short timespan has left them horribly behind.

I’m not seeing a whole lot of gains yet. Some amount, but not earth shattering. But that’s only because I’m not primarily changing stuff. Instead, I’m building out a ton of infrastructure right now. I’m getting software built and information collected that only entrprise level companies have had access to before, with a team of people and 6-7 figures. 2026+AI means I can duplicate all of that, myself.

I did launch a new version of the website earlier this week with a focus on three things - conversions, search engine optimization, and data. Conversions, I think are up this week though I haven’t measured. SEO, Ive got technical stuff I’ve wanted to do for years but couldn’t really. And the data collection is being tracked. So next step is to build out the software to use that data. Working on that next week.

I read this stuff and I’m not sure how important it is. Anybody here have an opinion?

Chinese company “Moonshot AI” released a new model.

  • In blind testing by AI evaluator Arena, developers preferred Kimi over every leading U.S. model for front-end coding — including Anthropic’s Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol.
  • In Arena’s broader text ranking, K3 also outranked the standard version of Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 — a model that sat at the frontier of AI just weeks ago — and tied Sol.

Also:

  • At roughly $12 per million tokens, K3 is not the bargain Chinese models are typically known for — it’s priced closer to Anthropic’s own mid-tier offerings than to the deep discounts Moonshot’s earlier releases offered.

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/moonshot-kimi-ai-china-model-openai-anthropic

Meanwhile, Xi gave a speech last Friday

Speaking at an A.I. conference in Shanghai, Mr. Xi said that “A.I. development should not be a solo performance by a single country, but a symphony of global collaboration.”

He described open-source A.I. technology, in which much of the software can be freely shared and modified, as a “rare and historical opportunity” to spread the benefits of A.I. globally. The technology, he said, must be shared by developing nations or raise the threat of “new historical injustices.”

I’ll admit that I view the Moonshot story through the lens of the US economy, not as someone who is planning to buy time on these models. AI infrastructure is currently a big part of capital investment spending in the US, and the stock market believes that will turn out to be a good investment.

The second is more about foreign policy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/business/xi-jinping-china-ai.html