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Google presents Genie Generative Interactive Environments introduce Genie, the first generative interactive environment trained in an unsupervised manner from unlabelled Internet videos. The model can be prompted to generate an endless variety of action-controllable virtual worlds described... See more

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After studying 400s of geniuses, Psychologist Laszlo Polgar was sure that geniuses are not born, but made. To prove his point, he committed a crazy idea to turn his 3 daughters into chess grandmaster: The Polgar Genius Experiment (the most bizarre experiment on kids):

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“hereditary genius.” He studied how traits such as intelligence and creativity were passed on within particular families.

Jonathan Mooney • Normal Sucks

In the comments section of my kindergarten report card I’d been described as impulsive, possessive, and demanding. These are classic chimp traits and I’ve worked hard over the years to eradicate them. I felt that Harlow was maybe demonstrating the same tendencies without the same commitment to reform.

Karen Joy Fowler • We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

“A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.”

James Clear • Atomic Habits: the life-changing million-copy #1 bestseller

“A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.”

James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

The genius is a proposition. He’s a fantasy that we have collectively. The genius isn’t so much a kind of person as a status of person: a person who can do whatever he wants.

Claire Dederer • Monsters

A dog’s core motivations are hardwired into it by its software. The software is the real animal trainer, using a variety of chemical treats and chemical electroshocks to steer the animal to its genes’ liking.

waitbutwhy.com • A Story of Stories — Wait But Why

But thousands upon thousands of children display exceptional skill and talent in some field, yet relatively few of them ever amount to anything, whereas those who are less brilliant in their youth can often attain much more. Natural talent or a high IQ cannot explain future achievement.