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Wind power with a high-tech twist could help ships burn less fuel
canarymedia.com
In a world where everyone benefits from capitalism as an owner, the collective focus will be on making the world “more good” instead of “less bad.” These approaches are more different than they seem, and society does much better when it focuses on the former. Simply put, more good means optimizing for making the pie as large as possible, and less... See more
Sam Altman · March 16 • Moore's Law for Everything
John W. Gardner's Address at Stanford's 100th Commencement Ceremony
John W. Gardnergardnercenter.stanford.edu
Summing up: Banks’s conception of the Culture is driven by three central ideas. First, there is the thought that, in the future, basic problems of social organization will be given essentially technocratic solutions, and so the competition between cultures will be based upon their viral qualities, not their functional attributes. Second, there is... See more
Joseph Heath • Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks
Becoming unLLMable with Sari Azout (Hyperlegible 011)
youtube.comSublime’s very own Sari Azout on Hyperlegible, talking about how humans can, and why humans must, become unLLMable.
"When I first started using AIs, I feared that machines were becoming more human. And yes, it is getting harder to tell the difference. But that's not just because machines are becoming more humanlike, but because humans are becoming more like machines."
"We worry AI will replace writers but have you seen most of what's online? Half the internet is engagement farmers on LinkedIn selling you five steps to 10x your productivity by 6 a.m."
"Create unlimited presentations in seconds... like who wants to create unlimited presentations in seconds? Who wants to go from a half-baked thought to like a fully baked mediocre idea in like five seconds?"
"I think like ambition is a part of us, and I think the ways in which we will channel our ambition might change and I think that's extremely exciting."