Hacker News with Generative AI: Crisis

Open Letter to Organic Maps Shareholders (openletter.earth)
This letter's intent is to express our concerns regarding the current Organic Maps project crisis, and to find a path forward that aligns with the project's stated values and the interests of the community.

Open Source, Software, Community, Crisis

22 points by RicoElectrico 10 days ago | 2 comments

I speak at Harvard as it faces its biggest crisis since 1636 (scottaaronson.blog)
Every week, I tell myself I won’t do yet another post about the asteroid striking American academia, and then every week events force my hand otherwise.

Education, Academia, Crisis, Opinion

107 points by Tomte 11 days ago | 103 comments

The coming food crisis in the United States (mastodon.online)

Food, United States, Crisis

14 points by ChuckMcM 28 days ago | 7 comments

What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute? (chalmermagne.com)
The UK’s national AI institute is in crisis. Despite receiving a fresh £100 million funding settlement in 2024, the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) is gearing up for mass redundancies and to cut a quarter of its research projects. Staff are in open revolt.

Artificial Intelligence, United Kingdom, Research, Funding, Crisis

86 points by alexicon 30 days ago | 90 comments

Complex Systems Won't Survive the Competence Crisis (palladiummag.com)
At a casual glance, the recent cascades of American disasters might seem unrelated. In a span of fewer than six months in 2017, three U.S. Naval warships experienced three separate collisions resulting in 17 deaths. A year later, powerlines owned by PG&E started a wildfire that killed 85 people. The pipeline carrying almost half of the East Coast’s gasoline shut down due to a ransomware attack.

Complexity, Systems, Competence, Crisis, American Society

8 points by TaurenHunter 56 days ago | 0 comments

The genesis of today's military recruiting crisis (2023) (militarytimes.com)
A new system and old medical records are slowing the influx of volunteers, recruiters say

Military, Recruiting, Crisis, 2023

42 points by apsec112 152 days ago | 93 comments

Germany's Mittelstand Is Collapsing (unherd.com)
Sometimes it is hard to know who to believe during a crisis. Optimists in Germany might take solace in a recent Bloomberg report announcing that “the country’s economic downturn may be ending”. Unfortunately, the word “may” is carrying a lot of weight here.

Germany, Economy, Recession, Crisis

8 points by rustoo 181 days ago | 0 comments

China's Real Economic Crisis (foreignaffairs.com)

China, Economics, Crisis

5 points by Ozarkian 261 days ago | 1 comments

Declaring 'Crisis,' South Korean Firms Tell Managers to Work 6 Days a Week (nytimes.com)

South Korea, Work Culture, Business, Labor, Crisis

87 points by rawgabbit 264 days ago | 121 comments

Intel borders on 'existential' crisis as stock could see worst fall in 50 years (marketwatch.com)

Intel, Stock Market, Business, Technology, Crisis

3 points by segasaturn 267 days ago | 0 comments

China's Banking System Headed for Crisis, Reports Say (asiasentinel.com)