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llms are trained on internet-scale datasets, but their effects are not like the internet.
calculators — or tables that can be calculated on (llm + rag) — are better analogs.
the rise of spreadsheet applications allowed professionals to migrate their tables to spreadsheets. eventually, they put even fancier wrappers around their spreadsheets in vertical applications.
The computer can look at every word on the page, every phrase, name, quote, and section of text, and show me a "map" of the words and ideas behind which lay the most interesting ideas I might want to know about. Links are no longer lonesome strands precariously holding together a sparsely connected Web, but a booming choir of ephemeral connections... See more
Linus Lee • the stream
Fascinating historical case of technological and strategic advantage: 400 Spaniards conquered the 6-million Mexican Empire, and just 180 soldiers overwhelmed the 10-million Incan Empire.
Will AGI bring the same kind of strategic advantage, potentially decisive? https://t.co/vqf7eNpICI
i felt this one so deeply because it relates to how certain sedimentary rocks form — accretion. most software is an ongoing effort.
this was a major unblock for me after hearing people talk about building for so long. they were talking about building abstractions. iteratively. over time.
Prehistoric Humans Had ADHD, Too, But the Trait Hasn't Adapted to Modern Life
Gabe Allendiscovermagazine.com
Neurodivergence is a tool for improving cognition in hunting and gathering?