Doom scrolling is not just a waste of time. It also gives you the wrong picture…

People with the most to teach live like they have the most to learn — and Steve loved learning. He was the most curious person I’ve ever met, which made him the best teacher I’ve ever known. Happy birthday, my friend.

It is an interesting way of looking at the world. Do you expand on prompts - or do you create the prompts.

I just realized what a perfect tool GPT is for quiet quitters. The speed at which you can turn out mediocre work is astonishing and only a little bit of effort can turn that work into significantly above average output.

The theoretical areas of thermal solar power panels required to meet the electricity demand of the world, EU and Germany [source, Nadine May, read first: ow.ly/ga7Z50xBrRU]

“Historically, every new technology that matters, from electric lighting to automobiles to radio to the Internet, has sparked a moral panic” But when we decide to look at AI constructively then the possibilities really are limitless.. a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-…

“Typical meal” - hopefully made with Perfectly Normal Beast.

Current road accidents are already casualties on a grand scale. More stupid headlines: uktech.news/mobility/self-…

If you’re having a bad day just remember that the Salzburg airport has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia

NYT/OpenAI lawsuit completely misunderstands how LLMs work, and judges getting this wrong will do huge damage to AI. Basic point: LLMs DON'T "STORE" UNDERLYING TRAINING TEXT. It is impossible- the parameter size of GPT-3.5 or 4 is not enough to losslessly encode the training set.

Vaccines are great. Here are some examples. Polio: after the vaccine came out, polio in the U.S. was quickly eradicated.

hey sorry I didn't respond to your text I'm trying to process a nonstop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to collect nuts in a forest

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It doesn’t feel fair that this generation gets Taylor Swift, and my generation had the Spice Girls

Honestly - a few of the replies to this little tribute to engineering excellence exhibit a level of stupidity that suggests to me that it won’t be long before our spacecraft are the only thing that remains of our increasingly dim-witted civilisation. Until recently my guess has

Okay, everyone, here it is. I know many of you have been curious to read my take on Sam Altman's basic income pilot results for about two full weeks now. Here's my take. scottsantens.com/did-sam-altman…

This is it: Brian Chesky on founder mode. Three reasons why founders differ from managers: 1. Being the biological parent 2. Full permission to make change 3. Knowing how to rebuild the company

The risks of a second Trump presidency continue to mount go.nature.com/3AlcVaZ