Andy W

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in not sure about that tho they don't operate in a vacuum. they respond to what you engage in spend an hour clicking on sports tweets - watch how it changes

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"Manhattan's architecture is a paradigm for the exploitation of congestion" - Rem Koolhaas

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query: aren't algorithms just reflections of ourselves?

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Exactly - what if hallucinations are a feature, not a bug Hallucinations are random acts of creation, and this randomness . . . is fun Hallucinations are the manifestation of the volatility of humans in AI

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"No matter how corny a song can be, no matter how cringe worthy, it could very well be someone’s personal anthem"

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never seen that photo!

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that's fantastic

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yes and a single actionable experience

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Another example of a thing that takes a collective organization: making a movie. Imagine Director AI, coordinating with Cinematographer AI, and Lighting AI, and Sound AI, and then throw in wildcards like Contrarian Idea AI. The scale is endless, bounded only by, I guess, our imagination. I can think of many other examples too. And thinking about this is occupying my time - outside of music, books, art and movies :)

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For example, instead of thinking that a foundational model can practice medicine, what if there were a series of models that collectively act together to provide medical care. More specifically, you interface with an AI/model and tell it what's wrong and then - either in the background or transparent to you via chain of thought (your choice!) - a series of AIs/agents work together. To wit: the first model comes up with a differential diagnosis. A second model reviews and debates this. Maybe it sends it to a specialist model. Then another model intakes the data into a database to store that you can access later. And so on. All this can happen in seconds and, yes, eventually for pennies.

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Over the past week or so I realized I have been thinking about LLMs incorrectly. I had considered them to be their own "things" that will let us do "stuff" Instead, LLMs are components of "things" that will "collectively" let us reimagine e stuff My colleague @mandel wrote about this last November (https://matthewmandel.com/2024/11/20/collaborative-intelligence/) but I didn't fully grok it until the other day (and then it lit my chaotic curiosity on fire)

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am attracted to "edge" ideas Meaning, those non-obvious ideas that when you read about make you think yeaaaaaa Essay recommendation: "Autonomous Science" from Mackenzie at Compound https://www.mackenziemorehead.com/autonomous-science-part-i-everythings-an-api-away/

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Thought, from Brian Greene, that I have always found compelling: maybe we are alone, and that is a feature, not a bug

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poignant, intense, beautiful so much acting done with so few words this one lingers long after the credits

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kind sir, are you aware of the greatest, filthiest, funkiest performance of all time? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5MHovTke4Q

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i mean .......... maybe the best to do it, completely on their own terms electric and aggressive https://youtu.be/B6nqIbnDGmI?si=kwcAb5J9Z5IJjDEc

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remarkable song choice song performance i cant wax poetic enough about this performance - a nod to the heads - which brings me almost to tears in its intensity, poignancy that you can tell - and see! - how nervous timmy is whilst playing, only makes it more affecting have watched dozens of time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByFMSu9qC5U

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recommended essay does the intersection of major technology advancements with boredom = chaos? https://mhdempsey.substack.com/p/boredom-chaos-and-the-experimental

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i went to temple this morning (iykyk)

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spinach feta omelette

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