Magalela
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Magalela
A number of people are talking about implications of AI to schools. I spoke about some of my thoughts to a school board earlier, some highlights:
1. You will never be able to detect the use of AI in homework. Full stop. All "detectors" of AI imo don't really work, can be defeated in various ways, and are in principle... See more
Andrej Karpathyx.com
The danger of living in possibility versus taking action: how embracing limits and failure builds strength and real growth
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I could become an actor. I could become a great novelist. I could become a CEO. I could be Elon Musk II. But the way the world works is you don achieve anything unless you have limits Having limits and hitting that wall and that resistance is what makes you learn is what makes you great is how the human brain functions
And what I mean by that is
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Sam Harris once said, about smoking weed, that everyone he knows who smokes weed would benefit from smoking less, and everyone he knows who doesn’t smoke weed would benefit from smoking more. I feel the same way about the pursuit of self-knowledge. If you’ve never looked within, you should probably start. But if you look within all the time, maybe... See more
max nuss • The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
How becoming a writer transformed appreciation for literary craft, valuing beautiful prose over flawed arguments and recognizing exceptional concise writing
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Yeah. How has writing these books changed how you read? I have a great sense of appreciation for good writing. And there are a number of books that I love. And I'm like, oh, that was a great book. And I'll tell a friend that. And they're like, really? That book sucked. The author has no idea what he's talking about. And there's part of me
... See moreCulture just bends toward whoever shows up. This should empower and motivate us as much as terrify us.
Matt Klein • Lessons From My Grandma Inventing DoorDash
We can all use Google Earth to virtually travel anywhere in the world—but when we want to see the Colosseum, we still get on plane. We still scream “REPRESENTATIVE” on the phone with Walgreens to be connected to an actual person. We abandoned the Zoom birthday party as soon as we were safely able. Humanity wins every time.
Kate Lindsay • I don’t care what the AI wrote
You see — if software is to have soul, it must feel more like the world around it. Which is the biggest clue of all that feeling is what’s missing from today’s software. Because the value of the tools, objects, and artworks that we as humans have surrounded ourselves with for thousands of years goes so far beyond their functionality. In many ways,
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