Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi
Whoa: @elonmusk tried to take over OpenAI in 2018, saying they had fallen behind Google. When rejected, he reneged on funding it.
I did not realize @sama has no equity in the for-profit OpenAI- he said was already wealthy & didn't need it
semafor.com
The secret history of Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI | Semafor
4:48 PM · Mar 24, 2023
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James Medlock@jdcmedlock
@daniel_eth
12:49 AM · Mar 25, 2023
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Perry E. Metzger@perrymetzger
It’s tempting to think of humans as sentient, but their brains are just a bunch of nerve cells mechanically firing according to the laws of physics. There’s no there there. To really have a soul you need the purity and transcendence of matrix multiplication.
1:50 AM · Mar 25, 2023
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Stuart Ritchie 🇺🇦@StuartJRitchie
Is there really "overwhelming" evidence that smartphones and social media are having a "catastrophic" effect on kids' mental health?
I don't think so!
Here's my long article where I read though the relevant studies and note some serious weaknesses:
inews.co.uk
Social media likely isn’t harming your child’s mental health, according to the evidence
11:56 AM · Mar 25, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Seems bad!
slowboring.com/p/good-schools…
4:06 PM · Mar 25, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Everything @ENERGY is talking about here seems surmountable — WTI is below $70, it’s time to close the loop on Biden’s SPR releases through begin refilling with cheap oil so we can sell high again if needed in the future.
ft.com
Subscribe to read | Financial Times
4:48 PM · Mar 25, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The ongoing US military activity in Syria which generates no controversy seems much more problematic to me than assisting Ukraine in its self-defense.
5:20 PM · Mar 25, 2023
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Simon Willison@simonw
@sidereal111 @ESYudkowsky There were some fascinating conversations last year about how a lot of people, when shown DALL-E or Stable Diffusion, were unimpressed because they assumed software like Photoshop had been able to do that kind of thing for years
5:43 PM · Mar 25, 2023
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Conor Sen@conorsen
“Thanks to the invention of spreadsheets, we’re going to throw so many bookkeepers out of work!”
“Actually, thanks to spreadsheets we’re going to see the growth of a new cohort of annoying people know as ‘fleece vest bros.’”
7:47 PM · Mar 25, 2023
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Donald Shoup@DonaldShoup
The Largest Source of Stolen Guns? Parked Cars.
nytimes.com
The Largest Source of Stolen Guns? Parked Cars.
12:38 AM · Mar 26, 2023
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