Orienting for me, to read this retrospective of reactions to the rise of LLMs since 2017 from people working in natural language processing (NLP).

www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...

Looks like the Shingles vaccine might also be effective in reducing chance of dementia. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...

“Illumination before Elimination;
Don't remove something before you understand it” - @joeelmendorf.bsky.social

the power of strength and might seems absolute, but it is a desolate aim for humans.

I just learned of the Oklo natural nuclear fission reactor, which - 1.7 billion yrs ago - cycled every 3hrs, ongoing for several 100,000 years!!! I enjoyed @catvalente.bsky.social ’s conjecture: this hot mess of radiation was Mom, catalyzing our evolution www.patreon.com/posts/113370...

This playlist from David Byrne Radio is so open-aperture good! music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

My child, in a newsboy cap, just said “episode 2 was bonkers”, and I wonder what era I’m in.