Brian Fioca
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Brian Fioca
@bfioca.bsky.social
Just a person, mostly. Applied AI @ OpenAI, co-founder of RescueTime, also likes 🎺 and 📸
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I think this is a great write-up about the good and the not so good.
Opinion | How ChatGPT Surprised Me
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I've been lucky enough to be challenged by Ted Chiang about AI, technology, capitalism, and philosophy myself and this article is an important read. I think it's crucially important to balance any technological pursuit with the philosophical implications it carries.
Life Is More Than an Engineering Problem | Los Angeles Review of Books
Julien Crockett speaks with Ted Chiang about the search for a perfect language, the state of AI, and the future direction of technology.
lareviewofbooks.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Wokeness” is just standing up for everyone’s right to the pursuit of happiness. I can’t think of anything more American than that. If you’re so unhappy you want others to be as wretched as you, I feel sorry for you, but don’t tread on everyone else.
January 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Really excited to have gotten to canvass for this initiative. This is such a well thought out solution.
The climate crisis is here. Our homes must address this. This is why all new buildings built by the Seattle Social Housing Developer must be built to passive house standards. Thanks to @holz-bau.bsky.social

Prop 1A funds climate resilient buildings. Vote Yes on Prop 1 and Prop 1A.
January 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Really glad I went to this. Amazing perspective for how things could be.
I attended “When Driving Is Not An Option”, an informative session by @nondriver.bsky.social and hosted by @liveablekirkland.org.

If you want to expand public transit access, here are some places to start:
December 8, 2024 at 6:52 AM
I’m just going to try to do my part to help and protect the people I can.

Unrelated: I have a whole lot of intelligent agents just kind of idling…
November 6, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I will only post useful or uplifting things.

After this, I guess.
November 1, 2024 at 1:21 AM