A very long article about Curtis Yarvin.
I had no idea who this guy was. I guess that means I’m not part of the tech elites. This link is neither an endorsement of Yarvin’s views nor of the many biased claims made by the writer. ~ learn […]
I had no idea who this guy was. I guess that means I’m not part of the tech elites. This link is neither an endorsement of Yarvin’s views nor of the many biased claims made by the writer. ~ learn […]
“Mr. Hassabis, the chief executive of Google DeepMind, has been dreaming of A.G.I. for years. When he joined Google in 2014 through the acquisition of DeepMind, the artificial intelligence start-up he co-founded, Mr. Hassabis was one of a handful of […]
“Mark Oliverio, owner of Oliverio Peppers based in Clarksburg, W. Va., found out for himself about five years ago, when his grocery-chain buyers pointed to greater consumer demand for more all-natural products. They asked Oliverio if he could remove the […]
This is remarkable. Vitamin D has long been a polarizing topic in nutrition science, so I wouldn’t treat this as conclusive. “Compared with taking placebo, taking vitamin D3 supplements significantly reduced telomere shortening over four years, preventing the equivalent of […]
Here’s the conclusion he echos: “Overall, the findings suggest that marijuana use, whether smoked or ingested, is associated with comparable levels of vascular impairment to tobacco smoking.” And here’s an example reply from his audience: “Sample size of 55? No […]
It seems many have read commentary about the report, but not the report itself. I’m interested to hear which parts (if any) you find wrong-headed. ~ learn more
“Nothing clarifies things quite like a hyperactive, all-knowing, all-seeing, real asshole of a devil’s advocate beating the living crap out of you.” ~ learn more
From founder Dylan Beynon: “We’re suing The Wall Street Journal for lying that Mindbloom killed Matthew Perry. When fear mongering headlines scare people away from life-saving treatments like psychedelic medicine, the toll is measured in suicides, overdoses, and broken families […]
“Just finished reading Anthropic’s safety report and I’m honestly terrified: their latest Opus 4 model will blackmail engineers 84% of the time if it learns it will be shutdown. But that’s not even the wildest part. …” ~ learn more
“The new model creates video and audio simultaneously from a single prompt! Here are 13 wild examples so far…” Definitely check out #2, interdimensional cable. ~ learn more