Amie Pollack
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Amie Pollack
I think there's a very deep point about the universe being interconnected there, but there's also a really interesting point for people who want to make stuff—write or make podcasts or whatever—because there's this deep fear that everyone has about being pigeonholed. And it's like, well, if I pick this really specific topic, I won't be able to... See more
Dan Shipper • Transcript: ‘Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything’
Really I think the issue at the root of this existential drama is less about figuring out who you are and how to dress that way – which you’re not supposed to solve; the idea of fashion and more crucially of style is to grant you access to endless experiments, personae and dreams – and more about changing your relationship to what you have and what... See more
OT 98: IS SHOPPING REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STYLE?!
Brands who have found resonance with their ideas are “Multi-Platform Narrative Threading” - and telling different but overlapping versions of their story on different social networks, such that fans that are reached across different mediums begin to get a bigger, more holistic view, and feel truly in on the brand story in ways that have never... See more
Scaling Creative Operations
“Beginning with the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, the United States experienced a lapse in ability, will, and imagination that was astonishing for a nation that, two generations earlier, had made nine missions to the moon. For almost a decade after the last Shuttle mission, the nation had not been able to send humans into space. It was... See more
- BabyAI: A simple, two-dimensional grid-world in which the agent has to solve tasks of varying complexity described in natural language.
- Crafter: A Minecraft-inspired grid environment where the player has to explore, gather resources and craft items to ensure their survival.
- TextWorld: An entirely text-based game with no visual component, where the
Jack Clark • Import AI 393: 10B distributed training run; China VS the chip embargo; and moral hazards of AI development
Is it clear to you when a trend forecast is coming from amateurs versus the professionals?
ES: I mean, no. I think an amateur and a professional have kind of an equal chance at hitting the nail on the head. True flashes of cultural insight happen where you’re lucky enough to just put the right words against the cultural phenomenon at the right... See more
ES: I mean, no. I think an amateur and a professional have kind of an equal chance at hitting the nail on the head. True flashes of cultural insight happen where you’re lucky enough to just put the right words against the cultural phenomenon at the right... See more