In late 1970, Lockheed was near bankruptcy because of the large debt they had built up to fund the L-1011 Tristar commercial aircraft program. They approached the Nixon administration for a $250 million loan guarantee to avoid insolvency. That is about $1.9 billion in today’s dollars. Here was an opportunity to transfer the assets to a private... See more
Evolving definitions of powerful AI highlight various perspectives on processes, generality, performance, and impacts, showcasing insights from notable figures throughout the history of artificial intelligence development.
reflecting on how all my life it seemed like there was such a tremendous emphasis on the value of being cerebrally clever, and yet how all of the really wicked problems I’ve had + I’ve known people around me to have had, have come from incompetence with emotions, below the neck
A lot of very smart people work in strange ways / with a lot of quirks (e.g. contemplating for hours and appearing to do nothing, while then suddenly having 100x output burst). This usually makes them not a great fit for traditional corporate world, where you often have to fake…