From TLDR 2025-02-10

HOW SAM ALTMAN SIDESTEPPED ELON MUSK TO WIN OVER DONALD TRUMP (9
MINUTE READ) [6]

Sam Altman was on the phone with Donald Trump just days before
Trump's inauguration preparing the announcement to build data centers
across the country. Altman was relegated to the overflow room during
the inauguration, but he stood behind Trump in the Roosevelt Room of
the White House the day after as Trump announced Stargate, describing
it as the largest AI infrastructure project by far in history.
Stargate had been in the works for months, but the announcement was
timed for Trump to take credit for it in his first days in office.
This article takes a behind-the-scenes look at how the deal came about.

DEFINANCIALIZATION / HYPERFINANCIALIZATION (3 MINUTE READ) [14]

The world has become increasingly financialized as a consequence of
bad money. The US dollar serves as a poor monetary instrument because
it doesn't effectively preserve purchasing power over long time
frames. Instead of saving, people are forced to invest. While Bitcoin simplifies savings and definancializes the world of money and savings,
crypto is producing a world of hyper-financialization. New products
are constantly emerging that attempt to turn anything and everything
into a financial market. The phenomenon will probably continue as fiat
unwinds, but after a long enough time, Bitcoin's core value
proposition will become more apparent.

THE DRUG INDUSTRY IS HAVING ITS OWN DEEPSEEK MOMENT (3 MINUTE READ) [7]

Summit Therapeutics, a drug company backed by billionaire Bob Duggan,
recently announced that its drug had outperformed Merck's Keytruda in
a lung cancer trial. Keytruda is the best-selling drug in the pharma
industry. Summit had licensed the drug from a little-known Chinese
biotech called Akeso. While Summit's drug still needs regulatory
approval, the news added billions of dollars to the company's market capitalization and created a watershed moment for the industry.

HUMAN-LIKE TEETH SUCCESSFULLY GROWN IN A PIG'S MOUTH (4 MINUTE READ) [8]

Scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells in
animals for decades. They have now shown it is possible to cultivate
human teeth cells inside of a pig's mouth. The teeth that grew inside
the pigs didn't reach full human tooth size and likely wouldn't stand
up to regular use, but these findings could lead to the development of biological tooth substitutes. Research shows that more than half of US
adults may be receptive to the technology.

HOW AI TAKEOVER MIGHT HAPPEN IN 2 YEARS (52 MINUTE READ) [15]

This post contains a short story on what an AI researcher thinks
could be the worst-case scenario for an AI takeover. It is not a
likely scenario, but it is not pure fantasy either - AI progress might
not become as fast or untamable as the story portrays, but it could
happen in the right circumstances. The future is still not set, but
some of the worst outcomes are already plausible.

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[6] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/technology/sam-altman-elon-musk-trump.ht ml?unlocked_article_code=1.vk4.cZJO.9LjssmBBIOd_&smid=url-share&utm_source=tldr newsletter
[7] https://links.tldrnewsletter.com/CzYBDp
[8] https://www.popsci.com/science/human-teeth-pig-mouth/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter [14] https://mylessnider.com/articles/definancialization-hyperfinancialization? utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[15] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFJ2LFogYqzfGB3uX/how-ai-takeover-might-ha ppen-in-2-years?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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