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mz@envisioning.io
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mz00··on AI assisted search-based research works now
different models. high level approach: N models receive the same prompt → responses are consolidated through a simple embedding-based similarity matrix → another model performs a simple assessment of deduplicated responses → these are then consolidated into a research report & data visualization.

the whole contraption uses ~10 different models, but more can easily be plugged into the initial generation phase. happy to demo it sometime! [edit: email on profile].

mz00··on AI assisted search-based research works now
same here. I first built the agentic workflow in python and later nextjs. uses dozens of llm apis. works well, and am also impressed with the results.
mz00··on Time is an illusion, and these physicists say they know how it works [video]
Can you really? IMO, time is immutable and irreversible. Space is permanent and shared.
mz00··on Oregon is recriminalizing drugs, dealing setback to reform movement
Don’t we all?
mz00··on Show HN: Timbre – An app that finds the best sounds for your sleep
Plenty of apps are available in English outside the anglosphere. Seems like a US-centric oversight not releasing it to “the rest of the world” as usual.
mz00··on Artificial General Intelligence – A gentle introduction
How do we know which institutions to trust in safely deploying AGI? From my POV some kind of autonomous and generalized intelligence is inevitable and imminent - but who can be trusted to deliver something that works for the majority? Or is that a pipe dream?
mz00··on Ask HN: What tech newsletters are you currently subscribing to?
(Shameless plug) I recently started my own newsletter to help a non-technical audience understand the big picture trends driving AI and AGI: https://newsletter.envisioning.io
mz00··on Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
Not a blog but a weekly newsletter with personal commentary about big ideas in AI, both new and old: https://newsletter.envisioning.io
mz00··on NASA unveils new moon suit
> The main difference between the prototype shown today and what will be going to the moon is that the ones going to the moon will be white instead of dark. “That’s really for thermal reasons,” Mr. Ralston said.
mz00··on Emerging technologies shaping the future of cities
OP here.

We're an independent and distributed research institute focused on tracking advancement in emerging technology. Envisioning began as a series of speculative future infographics in 2011 and have since developed visualization tools in d3.js, a methodology for scouting emerging tech as well as our own backend for tracking these changing data.

Today we are launching a platform for tracking tech around urban innovation [linked] meant to help public officials make better decisions around tech and promote more democratic futures.

AMA.

mz00··on ICQ New
mine was 522826 but has probably been lost to the sands of time
mz00··on Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?
fellow fan of borges and chiang. start with exhalation
mz00··on A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, research suggests
Interesting! Where can one read more about this initiative? French sources OK.
mz00··on Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand
It’s an allusion to Game Neverending, which eventually led to development of Flickr
mz00··on Ask HN: Online banks where I can open account worldwide?
Holvi (Finnish payment processor) allows you to open corporate account for Estonian E-Residency LLC without visiting Estonia. Works well.
mz00··on Federal chokehold on marijuana stymies studies on epilepsy, autism
Curious about what you mean by that.
mz00··on To Fix Back Pain, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit
Working from a standing desk & performing daily sun salutations completely eliminated my chronic back pain.
mz00··on To Fix Back Pain, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit
Same. Solved chronic back pain by performing sun salutations 15 minutes every day.