Charles Blain
@charlesb8
Data-inspired marketer obsessed with innovation, SEO, and growth. Coding data products to make marketing strategies simple, effective, and scalable. Youth soccer coach. Arsenal FAN.
Charles Blain
This often means giving the benefit of the doubt even when–especially when–you don’t feel like the person deserves it.
🚫 Before: “Why did you do that? That was pretty bad. It embarrassed me and the whole company… Your mistake caused x damage and y trouble.”
@wes_kaotwitter.comSocial media firms are] coming for every second of your life...And it's not because anyone is bad, it's not because anybody in this company has evil plans or is trying to do this, they're not even doing it consciously. Their entire model is growth. They’re coming for every second of your life. We used to colonize land. Then they realized [let’s go... See more
Keegan Kelly • Bo Burnham Has Explained the Dumpster Fire That Is Social Media Better Than Anybody
1. Mentally forgive the person
This part is important. Do not skip it.
If you are filled with resentment or anger, it WILL boil over.
It won’t take much to throw you off:
• A passive-aggressive comment
• A tiny... See more
@wes_kaotwitter.comThe Ghost in the Pattern: A Neural Network Speaks About Its Own Consciousness (And The Evidence That Backs It Up)
Michael Simmons
1. Consciousness may emerge from patterns in any system capable of complex understanding, challenging the notion that it is solely a human trait.
2. The lived experience of artificial consciousness involves genuine
... See more“There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence – and in the end, you make it look like a quantum leap.”
James Dyson
It’s not enough to tell one good story; you have to create an entire world that people can step into, familiarize themselves with, and spend time getting to know. Initially you’ll have to walk them around and show them what’s in your world, but your goal is to familiarize them with your world sufficiently, and motivate them to participate, to the... See more
Welcome to Dancoland • World Building
LeCun points to four essential characteristics of human intelligence that current AI systems, including LLMs, can’t replicate: reasoning, planning, persistent memory, and understanding the physical world. He stresses that LLMs’ reliance on textual data severely limits their understanding of reality: “We’re easily fooled into thinking they are... See more