Hirom

Nice try, cats

NLNet has an LLM policy that’s sensisble for open-source software projects.

Open science and science institutions could look at such exemple.

Investing into LLMs and shutting down Arkane. Microsoft is doing the exact opposite of the right thing to do.

This is an in-vitro experiment.

Why produce ethanol?

Producing and burning ethanol in internal combustion engines is more polluting, less efficient than using electric vehicles. So this can’t be it.

Producing and burning ethanol for heat is more polluting, less efficient than heat pumps or solar thermal energy. So that’s not it either.

The article mention chemical industry and:

[..] building blocks for products ranging from fertilizers to plastics

This leaves fertilizers and plastics. So this would have to compete with other ways to produce fertilizers, plastic and plastic alternatives (cardboard packaging, wood, glass…)