Matt King
@aqonemaki.bsky.social
Engineer. I build, I learn, I teach. Interested in the interplay between technology, economics and culture and passionate about deep tech.
This is cool. Adversarial font that humans can read but machines cannot. feelings-about-machines.superhi.hosting
If You Can Read This, You Are Not A Machine
01 / Adversarial Mono The first part of this project was a way of reasserting this distance: I developed a working font which humans can read, but machines cannot.
feelings-about-machines.superhi.hosting
May 20, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This is cool. Adversarial font that humans can read but machines cannot. feelings-about-machines.superhi.hosting
Just read an awesome essay on @scholarsstage.bsky.social comparing Peter Thiels’s and Vaclav Smil’s differing theses on technological stagnation.
I'm wondering whether nuclear weapons could have been the turning point between technological optimism to risk aversion?
I'm wondering whether nuclear weapons could have been the turning point between technological optimism to risk aversion?
May 16, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Just read an awesome essay on @scholarsstage.bsky.social comparing Peter Thiels’s and Vaclav Smil’s differing theses on technological stagnation.
I'm wondering whether nuclear weapons could have been the turning point between technological optimism to risk aversion?
I'm wondering whether nuclear weapons could have been the turning point between technological optimism to risk aversion?
Leadership is about the success of others.
April 23, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Leadership is about the success of others.
Thomas Nagel famously asked what is it like to be a bat? But what would it be like to be a human 500 years ago? Or 5000 years ago? Is there any evidence that qualia may have changed/evolved as our technology and culture has changed?
April 21, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Thomas Nagel famously asked what is it like to be a bat? But what would it be like to be a human 500 years ago? Or 5000 years ago? Is there any evidence that qualia may have changed/evolved as our technology and culture has changed?
Which companies are the best in the world at Product Management?
I'm thinking Apple would be there. But what about 3M?
Nintendo? Stanley Black and Decker? Others?
I'm thinking Apple would be there. But what about 3M?
Nintendo? Stanley Black and Decker? Others?
March 26, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Which companies are the best in the world at Product Management?
I'm thinking Apple would be there. But what about 3M?
Nintendo? Stanley Black and Decker? Others?
I'm thinking Apple would be there. But what about 3M?
Nintendo? Stanley Black and Decker? Others?
It is hard to understand how much computer power we have at our fingertips today as a result of ~60 years of Moore's law. This is a great example...
December 27, 2023 at 11:26 AM
It is hard to understand how much computer power we have at our fingertips today as a result of ~60 years of Moore's law. This is a great example...
A fun game to test prompt injection vulnerabilities in LLMs. Can you get the AI to reveal the secret password?
gandalf.lakera.ai/
#AI #LLMs #Cybersecurity
gandalf.lakera.ai/
#AI #LLMs #Cybersecurity
Gandalf | Lakera – Test your prompting skills to make Gandalf reveal secret information.
Trick Gandalf into revealing information and experience the limitations of large language models firsthand.
gandalf.lakera.ai
December 13, 2023 at 10:48 PM
A fun game to test prompt injection vulnerabilities in LLMs. Can you get the AI to reveal the secret password?
gandalf.lakera.ai/
#AI #LLMs #Cybersecurity
gandalf.lakera.ai/
#AI #LLMs #Cybersecurity
Interesting research into #AI model collapse: "The value of data collected about genuine human interactions with systems will be increasingly valuable in the presence of content generated by LLMs in data crawled from the Internet" arxiv.org/abs/2305.17493
December 11, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Interesting research into #AI model collapse: "The value of data collected about genuine human interactions with systems will be increasingly valuable in the presence of content generated by LLMs in data crawled from the Internet" arxiv.org/abs/2305.17493
Innovation is hard! To innovate well you must accept that failure is a likely outcome and celebrate it when it happens but also learn from the mistakes that were made.
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#Innovation #failure #productmanagement
www.youtube.com/watc...
#Innovation #failure #productmanagement
The Museum of Failure - YouTube
In Helsingborg, Sweden, the Museum of Failure has just opened. It's just one room, but inside, curator Samuel West has assembled some of the world's greatest...
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Innovation is hard! To innovate well you must accept that failure is a likely outcome and celebrate it when it happens but also learn from the mistakes that were made.
www.youtube.com/watc...
#Innovation #failure #productmanagement
www.youtube.com/watc...
#Innovation #failure #productmanagement
As we approach Black Friday and the gift giving season are you unsure about what to get the #futurist in your life?
Check out the futurist gift list for some ideas and get up to speed with the latest and greatest in #deeptech at the same time!
open.substack.com/pu...
Check out the futurist gift list for some ideas and get up to speed with the latest and greatest in #deeptech at the same time!
open.substack.com/pu...
A Futurist Gift List and Deeptech Review #12
Gifts for Futurists | Signals from the frontier | Deeptech reads | Deeptech deals
open.substack.com
November 13, 2023 at 1:25 PM
As we approach Black Friday and the gift giving season are you unsure about what to get the #futurist in your life?
Check out the futurist gift list for some ideas and get up to speed with the latest and greatest in #deeptech at the same time!
open.substack.com/pu...
Check out the futurist gift list for some ideas and get up to speed with the latest and greatest in #deeptech at the same time!
open.substack.com/pu...
The effects of a traumatic event are contagious. That is, their effects can spread well beyond their initial victims. rand.org/pubs/commen... via
@RANDCorporation
@RANDCorporation
November 9, 2023 at 9:35 AM
The effects of a traumatic event are contagious. That is, their effects can spread well beyond their initial victims. rand.org/pubs/commen... via
@RANDCorporation
@RANDCorporation
Customer #discovery is much harder with #deeptech because customers you speak to are unlikely to understand the #technology or know what might be possible
October 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Customer #discovery is much harder with #deeptech because customers you speak to are unlikely to understand the #technology or know what might be possible
Interested in knowing more about the latest and greatest development in #deeptech? Checkout my newsletter where I cover #signals that the #future will be different, a curated roundup of deeptech news and resources and the latest #VC deals and #startup programs
open.substack.com/pub/deepchas...
open.substack.com/pub/deepchas...
🐙Am I More Intelligent Than A Cuttlefish? And Deeptech Review 2023-10-20
More Intelligent Than A Cuttlefish? | Signals from the frontier | Deeptech reads | Deeptech deals
open.substack.com
October 21, 2023 at 9:40 AM
Perceptions and capabilities across the animal kingdom are so different it doesn't make sense to compare intelligence. So why is #AI any different?
open.substack.com/pub/deepchas...
#newsletter #technology #innovation #strategy
open.substack.com/pub/deepchas...
#newsletter #technology #innovation #strategy
🐙Am I More Intelligent Than A Cuttlefish? And Deeptech Review 2023-10-20
More Intelligent Than A Cuttlefish? | Signals from the frontier | Deeptech reads | Deeptech deals
open.substack.com
October 21, 2023 at 9:37 AM
Perceptions and capabilities across the animal kingdom are so different it doesn't make sense to compare intelligence. So why is #AI any different?
open.substack.com/pub/deepchas...
#newsletter #technology #innovation #strategy
open.substack.com/pub/deepchas...
#newsletter #technology #innovation #strategy
Amazon uses over 750,000 robots across its warehouses to fetch, pick and sort 🤖 They are now taking their logistics automation to the next level with deployment of its integrated robotics platform, Sequoia and testing of Agility Robotics Digit
www.aboutamazon.com/news/operati...
www.aboutamazon.com/news/operati...
Amazon announces 2 new ways it's using robots to assist employees and deliver for customers
The new robotic solutions, Sequoia and Digit, will support workplace safety and help Amazon deliver to customers faster.
www.aboutamazon.com
October 19, 2023 at 8:46 AM
Amazon uses over 750,000 robots across its warehouses to fetch, pick and sort 🤖 They are now taking their logistics automation to the next level with deployment of its integrated robotics platform, Sequoia and testing of Agility Robotics Digit
www.aboutamazon.com/news/operati...
www.aboutamazon.com/news/operati...
As Figure Robotics launch their 01 robot this article shows we still have a lot to learn about humans and robots working alongside each other
#robots #cobots
www.theguardian.com/science/2023...
#robots #cobots
www.theguardian.com/science/2023...
‘Social loafing’ found when working alongside robots
Study finds people tend to pay less attention when working with robots, just like with respected human colleagues
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM
As Figure Robotics launch their 01 robot this article shows we still have a lot to learn about humans and robots working alongside each other
#robots #cobots
www.theguardian.com/science/2023...
#robots #cobots
www.theguardian.com/science/2023...
48% of the world's population is dependent on the Haber-Bosch process which is accountable for 1.4% of global CO2 emissions🤯But now researchers from @ethzurich.bsky.social have developed a new laser-based process which is two orders of magnitude more efficient bit.ly/3S2aQXW
#agritech
#agritech
Lasers and lithium team up for ammonia production at ambient ...
A pioneering method uses lasers and lithium salts to fix nitrogen with record-breaking yields
bit.ly
October 18, 2023 at 3:49 PM
48% of the world's population is dependent on the Haber-Bosch process which is accountable for 1.4% of global CO2 emissions🤯But now researchers from @ethzurich.bsky.social have developed a new laser-based process which is two orders of magnitude more efficient bit.ly/3S2aQXW
#agritech
#agritech
Congratulations to Switzerland for making it to the top of
WIPOs global #innovation index for the 13th year in a row!
Top insights from the report...
🧵1/6
wipo.int/edocs/pubdoc...
WIPOs global #innovation index for the 13th year in a row!
Top insights from the report...
🧵1/6
wipo.int/edocs/pubdoc...
wipo.int
October 18, 2023 at 9:30 AM
Congratulations to Switzerland for making it to the top of
WIPOs global #innovation index for the 13th year in a row!
Top insights from the report...
🧵1/6
wipo.int/edocs/pubdoc...
WIPOs global #innovation index for the 13th year in a row!
Top insights from the report...
🧵1/6
wipo.int/edocs/pubdoc...
#Silk is one of nature's wonder #materials. Cultivated for over 5000 years it is responsible for the first global trade routes. Now researchers from silklab.engineering.tufts.edu have used silk to create #transistors that can integrate #biology with #microelectronics bit.ly/3Q8cKE2
Hybrid transistors with silk protein set stage for integration of biology and microelectronics
Your phone may have more than 15 billion tiny transistors packed into its microprocessor chips. The transistors are made of silicon, metals like gold and copper, and insulators that together take an e...
bit.ly
October 17, 2023 at 7:57 PM
#Silk is one of nature's wonder #materials. Cultivated for over 5000 years it is responsible for the first global trade routes. Now researchers from silklab.engineering.tufts.edu have used silk to create #transistors that can integrate #biology with #microelectronics bit.ly/3Q8cKE2
A hundred years ago you could die from a simple graze 🩹Thanks to #Antibiotics this is no longer a worry for most 💊
But it is a constant race against evolution. We are running out of effective antibiotics and over a million people a year are dying as a result.
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But it is a constant race against evolution. We are running out of effective antibiotics and over a million people a year are dying as a result.
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October 17, 2023 at 8:32 AM
A hundred years ago you could die from a simple graze 🩹Thanks to #Antibiotics this is no longer a worry for most 💊
But it is a constant race against evolution. We are running out of effective antibiotics and over a million people a year are dying as a result.
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But it is a constant race against evolution. We are running out of effective antibiotics and over a million people a year are dying as a result.
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An impassioned plea from Dr Ewan Kirk for investors to avoid the generative AI hype and focus on deep tech instead. I have to agree, this seems like a classic hype cycle.
sifted.eu/articles/v...
#deeptech #technology #innovation #strategy
sifted.eu/articles/v...
#deeptech #technology #innovation #strategy
October 17, 2023 at 8:10 AM
An impassioned plea from Dr Ewan Kirk for investors to avoid the generative AI hype and focus on deep tech instead. I have to agree, this seems like a classic hype cycle.
sifted.eu/articles/v...
#deeptech #technology #innovation #strategy
sifted.eu/articles/v...
#deeptech #technology #innovation #strategy
At least 43 companies and $6.2Bn in funding is chasing the #fusion dream. Most are pursuing a standard Deuterium-Tritium reaction but this results in lots of energetic neutrons that need to be contained. There is another way...
1/11
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world-nuclear-news.org
October 16, 2023 at 9:07 AM
At least 43 companies and $6.2Bn in funding is chasing the #fusion dream. Most are pursuing a standard Deuterium-Tritium reaction but this results in lots of energetic neutrons that need to be contained. There is another way...
1/11
world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Inv...,
1/11
world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Inv...,
#Innovation comes in many flavours. New research in the international journal of Innovation Studies develops a typology of innovation that includes open, agile and helix models 🎓 🆕
It's certainly interesting, but is it useful?
#strategy #productmanagement
It's certainly interesting, but is it useful?
#strategy #productmanagement
October 13, 2023 at 10:33 PM
#Innovation comes in many flavours. New research in the international journal of Innovation Studies develops a typology of innovation that includes open, agile and helix models 🎓 🆕
It's certainly interesting, but is it useful?
#strategy #productmanagement
It's certainly interesting, but is it useful?
#strategy #productmanagement
The fact that more information makes markets more efficient is not surprising but these graphs showing the stabilization of prices after the introduction of mobile phones are really compelling.
Read the full paper here: jstor.org/stable/25098...
#information #technology #economics
Read the full paper here: jstor.org/stable/25098...
#information #technology #economics
October 13, 2023 at 10:08 PM
The fact that more information makes markets more efficient is not surprising but these graphs showing the stabilization of prices after the introduction of mobile phones are really compelling.
Read the full paper here: jstor.org/stable/25098...
#information #technology #economics
Read the full paper here: jstor.org/stable/25098...
#information #technology #economics