kanjun
@kanjun.bsky.social
Empowering humans in an age of AI. CEO, Imbue. Interested in agency, interfaces, & experimental social processes
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kanjun
@kanjun.bsky.social
· Apr 11
We made a coding agent environment that helps you catch issues, write tests, and improve your code, all while working in your favorite editor :)
Hello world, Sculptor! imbue.com/product/scul...
(also interesting how I feel inclined to post a totally different non-marketing message on bsky vs X)
Hello world, Sculptor! imbue.com/product/scul...
(also interesting how I feel inclined to post a totally different non-marketing message on bsky vs X)
Reposted by kanjun
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
There’s a kind of death that’s necessary for life. We see it in no-self meditation experiences; in social change that only happens with the next generation; in relationship endings that change us.
In our world of great control & permanence, we often forget to let things die.
In our world of great control & permanence, we often forget to let things die.
May 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There’s a kind of death that’s necessary for life. We see it in no-self meditation experiences; in social change that only happens with the next generation; in relationship endings that change us.
In our world of great control & permanence, we often forget to let things die.
In our world of great control & permanence, we often forget to let things die.
Reposted by kanjun
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
We made a coding agent environment that helps you catch issues, write tests, and improve your code, all while working in your favorite editor :)
Hello world, Sculptor! imbue.com/product/scul...
(also interesting how I feel inclined to post a totally different non-marketing message on bsky vs X)
Hello world, Sculptor! imbue.com/product/scul...
(also interesting how I feel inclined to post a totally different non-marketing message on bsky vs X)
April 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We made a coding agent environment that helps you catch issues, write tests, and improve your code, all while working in your favorite editor :)
Hello world, Sculptor! imbue.com/product/scul...
(also interesting how I feel inclined to post a totally different non-marketing message on bsky vs X)
Hello world, Sculptor! imbue.com/product/scul...
(also interesting how I feel inclined to post a totally different non-marketing message on bsky vs X)
What if, instead of dealing with students turning in AI-written essays, the assignment was: use AI to critique your work and iteratively revise until issues are resolved—then turn THAT in?
That iterative process would have taught me way more than any single draft.
That iterative process would have taught me way more than any single draft.
March 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What if, instead of dealing with students turning in AI-written essays, the assignment was: use AI to critique your work and iteratively revise until issues are resolved—then turn THAT in?
That iterative process would have taught me way more than any single draft.
That iterative process would have taught me way more than any single draft.
Just imported all my tweets using BlueArk (@en.blueark.app), and it was super easy, with archive backdates and everything :) this is how the Internet should work — interoperability!
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just imported all my tweets using BlueArk (@en.blueark.app), and it was super easy, with archive backdates and everything :) this is how the Internet should work — interoperability!
Intellectualizing can be a sneaky way of protecting ourselves from feeling hurt — sneaky because it's socially rewarded. This hinders our growth, as it's hard to heal hurts without feeling through them.
February 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Intellectualizing can be a sneaky way of protecting ourselves from feeling hurt — sneaky because it's socially rewarded. This hinders our growth, as it's hard to heal hurts without feeling through them.
I used to think authenticity was about saying whatever came to mind, avoiding wordsmithing that controls someone's reaction. But deep authenticity is about finding the right words — words that capture meaning so it can be heard by the other person.
February 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I used to think authenticity was about saying whatever came to mind, avoiding wordsmithing that controls someone's reaction. But deep authenticity is about finding the right words — words that capture meaning so it can be heard by the other person.
Reposted by kanjun
At Imbue, Glenn works on prototyping tools that can empower every person to create, edit, and remix software.
February 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
At Imbue, Glenn works on prototyping tools that can empower every person to create, edit, and remix software.
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Every Noise exemplifies the type of software that Glenn wants more people to be able to create: software that cultivates curiosity, fosters connection, and enables serendipitous discovery.
February 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every Noise exemplifies the type of software that Glenn wants more people to be able to create: software that cultivates curiosity, fosters connection, and enables serendipitous discovery.
Reposted by kanjun
How can software be a “radically open” tool for curiosity, connection, and discovery?
We sat down with @glennmcdonald.bsky.social, a Member of Technical Staff and former Data Alchemist at Spotify, to discuss his vision for personal computing that led him to Imbue: imbue.com/company/2025...
We sat down with @glennmcdonald.bsky.social, a Member of Technical Staff and former Data Alchemist at Spotify, to discuss his vision for personal computing that led him to Imbue: imbue.com/company/2025...
February 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
How can software be a “radically open” tool for curiosity, connection, and discovery?
We sat down with @glennmcdonald.bsky.social, a Member of Technical Staff and former Data Alchemist at Spotify, to discuss his vision for personal computing that led him to Imbue: imbue.com/company/2025...
We sat down with @glennmcdonald.bsky.social, a Member of Technical Staff and former Data Alchemist at Spotify, to discuss his vision for personal computing that led him to Imbue: imbue.com/company/2025...
Reposted by kanjun
Had a great time talking with @kanjun.bsky.social of @imbue-ai.bsky.social about how humans can preserve their agency as AI gets more and more "agentic". You can watch here or listen on the NonZero podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVr...
Human Agency vs "Agentic” AI | Robert Wright & Kanjun Qiu
YouTube video by Nonzero
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Had a great time talking with @kanjun.bsky.social of @imbue-ai.bsky.social about how humans can preserve their agency as AI gets more and more "agentic". You can watch here or listen on the NonZero podcast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLVr...
By default, the powerful gain more power unless they’re purposeful in giving it away. The only other mechanism for redistributing power is revolution, or lawful coordination mechanisms for the less powerful.
January 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
By default, the powerful gain more power unless they’re purposeful in giving it away. The only other mechanism for redistributing power is revolution, or lawful coordination mechanisms for the less powerful.
Technology lets us move the world at the pace of our thoughts. But sometimes, it’s valuable to move our thoughts at the pace of the world.
January 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Technology lets us move the world at the pace of our thoughts. But sometimes, it’s valuable to move our thoughts at the pace of the world.
My life would be so much better if I could walk around outside while doing the things I do on my computer 🤔
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
My life would be so much better if I could walk around outside while doing the things I do on my computer 🤔
Being a startup founder has tended to make me less interesting, but more likely to discover limiting beliefs that’ve been filtering my view of the world, and then dissolving them. The cost on interestingness is quite a pity, though.
December 9, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Being a startup founder has tended to make me less interesting, but more likely to discover limiting beliefs that’ve been filtering my view of the world, and then dissolving them. The cost on interestingness is quite a pity, though.
Experimenting with moving over here from Twitter, as I’m having trouble remembering the last time I’ve had a great Twitter conversation. Will be cross-posting for a bit!
December 9, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Experimenting with moving over here from Twitter, as I’m having trouble remembering the last time I’ve had a great Twitter conversation. Will be cross-posting for a bit!
Meditation is relaxation with awareness — not focus or concentration, which invite effort. In the early years I got stuck “efforting” my way towards samadhi, but relaxing has been much more effective! Has also been a useful learning for work and life.
December 9, 2024 at 2:22 AM
Meditation is relaxation with awareness — not focus or concentration, which invite effort. In the early years I got stuck “efforting” my way towards samadhi, but relaxing has been much more effective! Has also been a useful learning for work and life.
@ashleydzhang just coined the term "serious play" to describe what an optimistic view of post-AGI work could feel like 💗
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
@ashleydzhang just coined the term "serious play" to describe what an optimistic view of post-AGI work could feel like 💗
“Hustle” is aggressive action driven by pull; “desperation” is aggressive action driven by fear. Interesting how toward vs. away motivation for the same activity can result in such a different affect.
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“Hustle” is aggressive action driven by pull; “desperation” is aggressive action driven by fear. Interesting how toward vs. away motivation for the same activity can result in such a different affect.
I wonder why some newly coined words get adopted into the lexicon (“doomscroll”) and others don’t. Is it about inferential distance to some existing concept? Can totally random words ever be used?
February 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I wonder why some newly coined words get adopted into the lexicon (“doomscroll”) and others don’t. Is it about inferential distance to some existing concept? Can totally random words ever be used?
I’ll be in Toronto tomorrow at @CollisionHQ 2024 with @FastCompany’s @harrymccracken for a fireside chat on the next computing revolution: AI agents! Join us at #CollisionConf Center Stage at 11:25am ET: https://bit.ly/CollisionKQHM
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February 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’ll be in Toronto tomorrow at @CollisionHQ 2024 with @FastCompany’s @harrymccracken for a fireside chat on the next computing revolution: AI agents! Join us at #CollisionConf Center Stage at 11:25am ET: https://bit.ly/CollisionKQHM
"Undo" is a much better user experience than "Are you sure you want to <X>?" — noticed when comparing friction of Superhuman vs. Todoist.
February 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
"Undo" is a much better user experience than "Are you sure you want to <X>?" — noticed when comparing friction of Superhuman vs. Todoist.
Doing nothing is the foundation for doing something. A tense muscle cannot contract.
February 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Doing nothing is the foundation for doing something. A tense muscle cannot contract.
There’s a rate at which our civilization can metabolize new technologies and, in particular, new moral dilemmas caused by them.
As inventors, we can choose not to build what our moral tech can’t handle—eg, conscious AI systems. Technologies aren’t inevitable; they’re invented.
As inventors, we can choose not to build what our moral tech can’t handle—eg, conscious AI systems. Technologies aren’t inevitable; they’re invented.
February 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
There’s a rate at which our civilization can metabolize new technologies and, in particular, new moral dilemmas caused by them.
As inventors, we can choose not to build what our moral tech can’t handle—eg, conscious AI systems. Technologies aren’t inevitable; they’re invented.
As inventors, we can choose not to build what our moral tech can’t handle—eg, conscious AI systems. Technologies aren’t inevitable; they’re invented.