andrea
@andreas
dreaming about the future, romanticizing the past
andrea
“We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds- our own prejudices, fears and ignorance. Even if we transport all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the roots of bombs are still there, in our... See more
Inside Elon Musk's Struggle for the Future of AI
time.com
From Elon: “With AI coming, I’m sort of wondering whether it’s worth spending that much time thinking about Twitter.”
this story, we hear about an argument between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Google co-founder Larry Page over the future of AI. Human consciousness, Musk said, was a precious flicker of light in the universe, and we should not let it be extinguished. Page considered that sentimental nonsense. If consciousness could be replicated in a machine, why would that not be just as valuable? He accused Musk of being a “specist,” someone who was biased in favor of their own species. “Well, yes, I am pro-human,” Musk responded. “I f-cking like humanity, dude.”
a lot of the magic of ChatGPT is nothing to do with AI, it’s just nice to consume high-quality internet content without ads or whacky custom formatting.
the sad thing is, this isn’t a technology problem at all, it’s a business model, copyright & incentive problem. and I’m not sure ChatGPT has figured that out.
Maia Bittnerx.comincentives are everything
Publishing and Power to the People
lessons on self-publishing a book by Paul Millerd
