That's not how supply and demand works. When a market is out of economic equilibrium like this, with demand sharply rising, that is literally what drives competitors to arise and to try to increase supply to match. This is fertile ground for exactly that outcome to happen.

Heh, I downloaded that one just recently, I read that it was good at natural prose and I've been working on a little pet project to make a framework for auto-writing short stories based on a simple premise. Haven't tested it extensively yet though.

Sadly they don't seem to have 36B-A3B models on their roadmap any more, they didn't do one for 3.8 either. I agree it was a nice sweet spot between speed and capability, I still use the 3.6 version of 36B-A3B for larger-scale local work. Maybe someone else will aim for that. Or Qwen4 will do something new with the architecture that makes it unnecessary.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what Qwen4 is like. 3.8 was just 3.6 with additional training, my understanding is that Qwen4 is new from the ground up.

Ah yes, less optimism. Exactly what we want out of Star Trek and entertainment in general these days.

It's circling the drain because these are the priorities of the clowns in charge. As desired by the people who elected said clowns.

The most reasonable assumption, yeah.

OP, have you mapped the spots where the mushrooms sprout? Is it humanoid-shaped?

Wouldn't have guessed that he'd be a bit of an unstable fellow.

Worth noting that the mushroom itself is just a temporary reproductive organ that's produced by the actual "body" of the fungus, which is a mycelial network spread through the soil. In this case the soil that's under that concrete. There must be a fair bit of organic matter in that soil, that's what the mushroom is feeding on.

Bleaching and cleaning the floor is fine, but it's probably not going to seep into the soil under there so next time the fungus down below has gathered up enough nutrients to be feeling randy again it'll just poke a new mushroom up through a crack. The cracks are probably just too fine to see. Maybe one solution might be to give the floor a really good scrubbing and cleaning, then once it dries spread some sealant on it? It'll hopefully seep into the cracks and make it harder for future intrusions.

Or maybe there are more than exactly two possible political positions in the world.

I've spent the last week or so coding an application using nothing but Qwen3.8-27B. I was curious how much I could do entirely with a local model running on my own personal hardware, and it turns out the answer was "everything."

Granted, it's not the fanciest application. But it's fun.

To avoid the word repetition I propose "Super Duper Intelligence."

If that ends up being our successors and legacy to the universe I'd at least like it to be saddled with a silly name so they'll remember us.