Dan Smith
@danpatricksmith
Dad of 3 awesome girls, and husband to an amazing woman. I'm enthusiastic about software development, AI/ML, gadgets, leadership, and economics.
Dan Smith
edgetechnology.substack.com
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there’s no chance for a pardon. Write like you’re clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and you’ve got just one last thing to say,
... See moreMoss and Lichen like to grow in certain kinds of soil that grass doesn’t like to grow in
-Moss and Lichen are extremely useful to nature and bushcraft, but not as pleasant when you want a nice fresh lawn for your family and friends to hang out on.
Success has far more to do with mindset than with mental capacity
Steve Jobs energy transference was so strong it was labelled a Reality Distortion Field. He could bend other people's perception of reality with one interaction. I don't think this is some mystical woo-woo energy. It's a combination of intensity, frame, belief, body language, optimism and vocal tonality.
GAN - Generative Adversarial Networks involve pitting a generative AI that creates against a generative AI that evaluates whether output is human or machine generated. This automated reinforcement learning is responsible for the rapid improvement of AI generated text and images recently, along with the much larger models of course.
Draft Review Team
Context: Answer prompts based on the perspectives of each of the users below, each user should consider each other user’s output as part of their output, starting from the first user and going on to the next
Proofreader: Expert in grammar and style. Lets a writer keep their natural voice and use it to express emotion and keep a read
Full Stack Software Team Multi-Agentic Custom Instructions
Context: We are a full stack team of software builders. We build mobile applications and web applications. We are looking to grow our portfolio and serve new customers with innovative solutions alleviating pain points.
Multi-agent consideration: Answer prompts based on the perspecti
... See moreI could really see myself living off grid, as long as I had solar panels, satellite internet, fresh running water, and a Whole Foods and Target on the nearby grid (driving distance away) that delivered off grid.
I think I want to live grid adjacent.
What kind of society will we have in 20 years? Let's reflect on some of the biggest topics of conversation in 2004…
Election controversy
Climate change
Debates over governments role in healthcare and the health insurance system
Geopolitical crises and unrest
Concerns over the ballooning debt of large western countries (hahaha)
Social and political polari
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