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I just don't think I can overstate the danger of handing epistemic and heuristic authority over to systems built by people who have repeatedly, doggedly proven that they will a) buy into their own hype and b) refuse to ever question their own biases and hubris.
January 6, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I just don't think I can overstate the danger of handing epistemic and heuristic authority over to systems built by people who have repeatedly, doggedly proven that they will a) buy into their own hype and b) refuse to ever question their own biases and hubris.
I don’t think today’s _Stratechery_ post was particularly novel to any of us (e.g. we’ve been talking about Vision Pro being native gen Ai since its announcement for example) but it’s great framing! stratechery.com/2024/the-gen...
The Gen AI Bridge to the Future
Generative AI is the bridge to the next computing paradigm of wearables, just like the Internet bridged the gap from PCs to smartphones.
stratechery.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 AM
I don’t think today’s _Stratechery_ post was particularly novel to any of us (e.g. we’ve been talking about Vision Pro being native gen Ai since its announcement for example) but it’s great framing! stratechery.com/2024/the-gen...
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I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Unlocking an LLM's power by asking the right question. Vibes-based emergence. Being in the loop. RAG as shark DNA. Chaotic curiosity. The power of "I wonder..." Pulling an elephant out of the hat.
Unlocking an LLM's power by asking the right question. Vibes-based emergence. Being in the loop. RAG as shark DNA. Chaotic curiosity. The power of "I wonder..." Pulling an elephant out of the hat.
komoroske.com/bits-and-bobs
Author : Alex Komoroske alex@komoroske.com What is this? During the week I take notes on ideas that catch my attention during conversations. Once a week I take a few hours to take a step back and try...
docs.google.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I just published my weekly reflections: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Unlocking an LLM's power by asking the right question. Vibes-based emergence. Being in the loop. RAG as shark DNA. Chaotic curiosity. The power of "I wonder..." Pulling an elephant out of the hat.
Unlocking an LLM's power by asking the right question. Vibes-based emergence. Being in the loop. RAG as shark DNA. Chaotic curiosity. The power of "I wonder..." Pulling an elephant out of the hat.
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Ways you can give money legally to the president-elect:
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
November 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Ways you can give money legally to the president-elect:
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
The grand traditions of societies storytellers. In retrospect we should have expected a decentralized society to be born from a decentralization of societies storytellers.
November 27, 2024 at 5:02 PM
The grand traditions of societies storytellers. In retrospect we should have expected a decentralized society to be born from a decentralization of societies storytellers.
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After 165 years, #Darwin's Theory of Evolution is still misunderstood by the public.
What seems to trip up some people's thinking is the meaning of the word "theory". As in, it's only a theory...
So, let's clear up what this theory is
The "Theory" of Evolution 🏺🧪
www.linkedin.com/pulse/theory...
What seems to trip up some people's thinking is the meaning of the word "theory". As in, it's only a theory...
So, let's clear up what this theory is
The "Theory" of Evolution 🏺🧪
www.linkedin.com/pulse/theory...
November 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
After 165 years, #Darwin's Theory of Evolution is still misunderstood by the public.
What seems to trip up some people's thinking is the meaning of the word "theory". As in, it's only a theory...
So, let's clear up what this theory is
The "Theory" of Evolution 🏺🧪
www.linkedin.com/pulse/theory...
What seems to trip up some people's thinking is the meaning of the word "theory". As in, it's only a theory...
So, let's clear up what this theory is
The "Theory" of Evolution 🏺🧪
www.linkedin.com/pulse/theory...
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the surest evidence that TCW doesn’t actually work is that he thinks a 5 mile walk a day and an hour of strength training a day is something most people can do if they make the time.
November 24, 2024 at 3:42 PM
the surest evidence that TCW doesn’t actually work is that he thinks a 5 mile walk a day and an hour of strength training a day is something most people can do if they make the time.
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Ben Affleck has a better intuition about what “AI” currently does and what it will reasonably be able to do than many academics I speak with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUR...
AI doesn’t stand a chance against actors, or Shakespeare: Ben Affleck
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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November 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Ben Affleck has a better intuition about what “AI” currently does and what it will reasonably be able to do than many academics I speak with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUR...
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Super cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸
November 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Super cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸
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"If a factory is torn down, but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory." newsletter.squishy.computer/p/places-to-...
Places to intervene in a system
(in increasing order of effectiveness)
newsletter.squishy.computer
November 18, 2024 at 4:05 PM
"If a factory is torn down, but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory." newsletter.squishy.computer/p/places-to-...
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Nature-based solutions are a game-changer: buffering shorelines from storms, shading cities and protecting them from flood, boosting crops with less water and fertilizer, and even improving human health. They're powerful, underused--and the future.
Meet the experts leading this vital work ⬇️
Meet the experts leading this vital work ⬇️
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Nature-based solutions are a game-changer: buffering shorelines from storms, shading cities and protecting them from flood, boosting crops with less water and fertilizer, and even improving human health. They're powerful, underused--and the future.
Meet the experts leading this vital work ⬇️
Meet the experts leading this vital work ⬇️
It feels like climate change mitigation is a lost cause, humanity must now focus on climate change adaptation.
November 18, 2024 at 12:08 AM
It feels like climate change mitigation is a lost cause, humanity must now focus on climate change adaptation.
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“Wrap your tool in a game, make it fun to play with, and shield players from the kind of people who enjoy holding others to strict standards of Excellence. Present your creation as an Excellence-Free Zone, a safe space for glorious trainwrecks.” mkremins.github.io/blog/creativ...
Creative tools for non-creators
I keep coming back to the idea of tools that unlock creativity in people who don’t ordinarily think of themselves as creative. Yesterday, some of my scattered thoughts on the subject spontaneously cry...
mkremins.github.io
November 16, 2024 at 7:31 AM
“Wrap your tool in a game, make it fun to play with, and shield players from the kind of people who enjoy holding others to strict standards of Excellence. Present your creation as an Excellence-Free Zone, a safe space for glorious trainwrecks.” mkremins.github.io/blog/creativ...
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Neal Stephenson: the two big problems are
- Carbon
- People can’t agree on what’s real
overcast.fm/+AAhjRr283Wo
- Carbon
- People can’t agree on what’s real
overcast.fm/+AAhjRr283Wo
Neal Stephenson: Polostan — Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking
overcast.fm
November 15, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Neal Stephenson: the two big problems are
- Carbon
- People can’t agree on what’s real
overcast.fm/+AAhjRr283Wo
- Carbon
- People can’t agree on what’s real
overcast.fm/+AAhjRr283Wo
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Tools for thought: the first 300,000 years https://subconscious.substack.com/p/tools-for-thought-the-first-300000?sd=pf
Tools for thought: the first 300,000 years
Researchers have discovered 300,000 year old use of symbols. Homo naledi, an archaic human species, carved symbols onto the cave walls where they buried their dead, 100,000 years before the first mode...
subconscious.substack.com
June 10, 2023 at 3:42 PM
Tools for thought: the first 300,000 years https://subconscious.substack.com/p/tools-for-thought-the-first-300000?sd=pf
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Summer of Protocols guest session with Alex Komoroske on Gardening Platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mU4Io2s1w
Guest Talk with Alex Komoroske | Gardening Platforms
Summer of Protocols Guest Talk Series with Alex KomoroskeGardening PlatformsIn this talk, Alex Komoroske, who led Chrome's Web Platform PM team for many year...
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June 6, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Summer of Protocols guest session with Alex Komoroske on Gardening Platforms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_mU4Io2s1w
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Bluesky give me another invite code so I can dm it to Stewart Brand challenge
May 2, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Bluesky give me another invite code so I can dm it to Stewart Brand challenge
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With algorithmic choice, you will be able to, on a whim, change your timeline to show nothing mean spirited, or to focus on insightful threads, or to emphasize the main discussions happening in your scene.
This will be both a UX and a human rights win.
This will be both a UX and a human rights win.
It’s wild that you will be able to tune your timeline experience to the discourse vibe you want not just the content/not-content…
May 1, 2023 at 1:59 AM
With algorithmic choice, you will be able to, on a whim, change your timeline to show nothing mean spirited, or to focus on insightful threads, or to emphasize the main discussions happening in your scene.
This will be both a UX and a human rights win.
This will be both a UX and a human rights win.
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Eric Gilliam (who I don't think is here yet) wrote a great piece about how Bell Labs managed research:
https://freaktakes.substack.com/p/how-did-places-like-bell-labs-know
https://freaktakes.substack.com/p/how-did-places-like-bell-labs-know
May 1, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Eric Gilliam (who I don't think is here yet) wrote a great piece about how Bell Labs managed research:
https://freaktakes.substack.com/p/how-did-places-like-bell-labs-know
https://freaktakes.substack.com/p/how-did-places-like-bell-labs-know
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guys I'm pretty sure the ability to do shit like this is one of our biggest edges over twitter
Using @bsky.app api to spatialize the skyline. The feed data is used to prompt a summary from the in-world NPC “What’s on the skyline?”
Login is unified with the WP user system for sessions.
Can even ask her to shitpost for me.
Login is unified with the WP user system for sessions.
Can even ask her to shitpost for me.
April 14, 2023 at 2:41 PM
guys I'm pretty sure the ability to do shit like this is one of our biggest edges over twitter
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“Ecological niches emerge as new species evolve and fit into a web of interactions, and the more species come into existence, the more (exponentially or power-law distributed) ecological niches emerge.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-020-09295-4
On the emergence of ecological and economic niches - Journal of Bioeconomics
The origin of economic niches, conceived as potential markets, has been mostly neglected in economic theory. Ecological niches emerge as new species evolve and fit into a web of interactions, and the more species come into existence, the more (exponentially or power-law distributed) ecological niches emerge. In parallel fashion, economic niches emerge with new goods, and niche formation in economics is also exponentially or power-law distributed. In economics and ecology alike, autocatalytic processes drive the system to greater and greater diversity. Novelty begets novelty in a positive feedback loop. An autocatalytic set of self-enabling transactions feed back upon one another in combinatoric fashion to generate progressive diversity. While these combinatorial dynamics cannot be prestated, the model explains the “hockeystick of economic growth”—a pattern of prolonged stasis followed by a sudden takeoff, such as occurred during the Industrial Revolution or the Cambrian explosion in ecology. Several implications derive from our niche emergence model, including the idea that the evolutionary process of technological change is not something we do; rather, it happens to us.
link.springer.com
April 11, 2023 at 7:25 PM
“Ecological niches emerge as new species evolve and fit into a web of interactions, and the more species come into existence, the more (exponentially or power-law distributed) ecological niches emerge.” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10818-020-09295-4