Soon, you might have an AI partner, and never have to interact with people.
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Maybe this is the free market working as intended -- did you know that RAM is actually a luxury item, like a Rolls Royce, and most plebes should just make do with 4gb machines, because that is the optimum solution!
You want the possessive ("its"), not the shortened form ("it is") which would make that sentence:
"...look forward to it is landing"
Thank you for sharing the Spanish interpretation, TIL :)
It allows one to disavow any sense of social reciprocity after becoming obscenely rich.
I was curious, so I looked through his Wikipedia page -- it says he donated $1m to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in 2009 (which helped his family move to USA when he was a child). Even the NYT article notes that "The gift is small, given Mr. Brin’s estimated $16 billion in personal wealth" :D
(this is like you making $1m annually and donating $62.50)
Wishing you success in this worthwhile endeavor :)
Academia has been ripe for disruption for a while now.
The "Rooter" paper came out 20 years ago:
https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/how-fake-paper-generator-tric...
AI is like oil, in that it's "burning" a resource that took geological timescales to accrue. Its value derives from the energy-dense and instantaneous act of combusting a fossil fuel, and in this particular part of the "terrain", it will be a local maximum for A Long Time.
Just like how it's taken absurdly long (still very much WIP) for human societies to prioritize weaning ourselves off of fossil fuels, I fear we are going to latch onto GenAI/LLMs pretty hard, and not let go.
Of course, they're also cheating themselves out of an education, but few students have that Big Picture at their age.
(it's a woman, presumably just arrived on a flight, catching a taxi to her hotel)
It was at a point in my life where I was able to do it (and I'm grateful), but I have a kid in kindergarten now, so it'd be hard to convince my wife that it's important enough that she should single-handedly manage for a week.
Overall, I think the major benefit for me, was that it bootstrapped this mental model:
* Our minds are constantly spawning processes, and "learning how to start + keep running a debug process" is an invaluable tool for gathering data.
* Once you've gathered a reasonable amount of data, you will start to spot patterns. One of the teachers at this retreat expressed it as "wisdom will arise"
I have a long way to go, but I'm grateful every day that I have this foundation.
In an ideal world, it'd be nice to do this again, to compare where I am today (IIRC, it's been ~8 years).
P.S. there were no substances included :)
Years ago, at a mindfulness meditation retreat, I heard the word "skilful" used in a very specific way.
Since then, I've tried to become more skilful, and your reply above really evinces the "ongoing journey" nature of that work.
I wish you the very best in your journey!
"We think that regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful models"
sama in 2024:
"using technology to create abundance--intelligence, energy, longevity, whatever--will not solve all problems and will not magically make everyone happy. but it is an unequivocally great thing to do, and expands our option space. to me, it feels like a moral imperative."
sama in 2025:
...proposals requiring AI developers to vet their systems before rolling them out would be 'disastrous' for the industry.
Nothing to see here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/human-conta...
This pattern has recurred in every era where "technology will disrupt X" -- the affluent pay to "opt out" of the ersatz tech-supported version of X, while people of fewer means have no choice but to put up with it.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5356480/nvidia-china-ai...
> Each Founders Edition Phantom is individually configured to your preferences. Pricing varies based on your custom configuration but is generally comparable to an Apple Studio Display.
It really is case of "shipping your org chart" :D
> Upon his re-entry into politics, Cheney received a $35 million retirement package from oil services firm Halliburton, which he had run from 1995 to 2000. Halliburton became a leading government contractor during the Iraq war.
Every accusation is a confession. Exhibit #5871
> "No idea who he is"
Am I going crazy, or was it just... disappeared from there??
> Every US president in history has left office peacefully
I guess you consider the J6 riot/insurrection "peaceful"? You're probably in a minority if you think that way.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. A blue-green planet from suborbital space. Four commas in my net worth. I watched tens of thousands of employees get misplaced in my couch cushions. All their jobs will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Not sure if I'm being serious, snarky, or cynical? I don't know either... we live in a strange timeline.
But seriously, good luck with your marriage! It's tough, especially with kid(s).
I highly recommend reading this: