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
I’ve found that my musical tastes tend to center on virtuosic performances on unusual (or at least seemingly out of place in the genre) instruments. I think my reading preferences might follow a similar pattern where I prefer unusual styles often employed by many of the best writers. Examples to be listed below as I think of them.
Musical:
Organ
... See more"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
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.
Does anybody else really like to listen to audio recordings of dead philosophers and writers? Charles Bukowski, Alan Watts, David Foster Wallace, Anthony Bourdain. Their words are incredible, but there's something else about listening to them read it.
Living philosophers and writers are also interesting, of course. There’s an undeniable ‘something’
... See moreCreativity requires connecting the dots, and connecting the dots requires allowing time for my subconscious to consolidate my ideas and make associations. This means that, from time to time, I need to just stare out the window and do nothing.
This doesn’t feel productive, even though it is.
This doesn’t feel productive, even though it is.
Ozan Varol • You’re doing better than you think. Here’s why. - Ozan Varol
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
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 perspectives of
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I 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.