"I actually don't believe we are at all hitting walls in our space... the combination of the data that exists in the world, synthetic data, and search techniques are, I think, going to allow us to scale for quite some time." ~ learn more
“So it came as no surprise when Griffin, after selling a portion of his Chicago penthouse for a dramatic 44% loss last month, was quick to take a shot at Pritzker, blaming “failed political leadership in Illinois” for rising crime and declining luxury real-estate values in the Windy City. The saga took a bizarre turn, however, when the mystery buyer of Griffin’s 9 West Walton Street penthouse turned out to…
“More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food.” ~ learn more
From the Houston Chronicle: “Twenty-three years after Enron declared bankruptcy, the infamous Houston-based energy company appears to be making a return. A group representing itself as Enron, which became the center of a corporate scandal Dec. 2, 2001, following revelations of gross financial misconduct, has recently emerged in the Houston area. The company erected a billboard heralding Enron's supposed return, and has posted a statement on X promising a new…
“My argument is simple: people who say they want to see a return of American manufacturing don't actually vote with their dollar. Let me show you…” This is funny/sad/funny. ~ learn more
Very impressive work! “Chess is boring… you spend literally half the time waiting for your opponent! There’s no way your internet addled brains could sustain such stimulation deficit, which is why I made this extremely over engineered electronic chess board that removes the concept of turns from the game entirely.” ~ learn more
“Call me any time, any day or night, I will give you a price on whatever portfolio you want,” Don Wilson told a senior CME executive multiple times ahead of the crisis.” ~ learn more
“The double Nobel Prize winner is most famous for her discovery of radioactivity, as well as the radioactive elements radium and polonium. She is less well known for encouraging a generation of women who worked in her lab and went on to work in research because of the path she paved.” ~ learn more
I haven’t shared any blockchain-related links in a while, and that’s partly because I haven’t found any interesting ones in a while. Meanwhile, the price action on Bitcoin etc. imply lots of recent interest. Consider this a cry for help — send me your links!
I really struggle with the assumption here that because something is a ‘conspiracy theory’ it necessarily is wrong and needs debunking. Maybe someone ought to make a chatbot that helps people who think there are no conspiracies question their convictions. “Researchers have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) could be a valuable tool in the fight against conspiracy theories, by designing a chatbot that can debunk false information and get people…