Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
And none of these species of AI – not one – will think like a human. All of them produce alien intelligences. Even as they approach consciousness, they will be alien, almost as if they are artificial alien beings.
Artificial Intelligences, So Far
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New Creative Era
Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.
— Cary Grant
In the few weeks that I spent as a virtual-assistant taskmaster, I realized that much of the busywork claimed by the apps is actually quite personal, often rewarding and occasionally transformative.
How a Virtual Assistant Taught Me to Appreciate Busywork
In the clarity that followed, I discovered another lesson: creation cannot emerge without confronting death. Standing at the edge of the void, something new can be born. In accepting my mortality—both its inevitability and proximity—something within me softened, creating space for something unexpected. Death strips away what no longer serves us,... See more
Steven Schlafman • 45: A Year of Death and Creation
an ecological civilization would be designed on the core principle of fractal flourishing: the well-being of each person is fractally related to the health of the larger world.
Jeremy Lent • What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?
what’s most underrated according to you?
This is the best vocabulary test I found (of the three I tried):
https://preply.com/en/learn/english/test-your-vocab
What to expect: first, they give you a grid of 50 words, ranging from really easy to really hard. I knew probably 90% of these. But then based on what you select, it gives you a second group of words that’s at the edge of your zone,
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