Bryan Johnson
@bryanjohnson
We are transitioning as a species from knowing to not knowing. This change is so jarring, so scary, so unimaginable that 99.9% of people try to solve it with their knowing. They fill the air with words of prediction, ideas and certainties.
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phil
@phil
hey - love your stuff, and appreciate the lateral thinking. however, i'm not sure the changes to AI are as meaningful as they're being made out to be compared to the experience of previous technological revolutions. from rumelt: "Compare the changes during your life to those that occurred during the fifty years between 1875 and 1925. During those fifty years, electricity first lit the night and revolutionized factories and homes. In 1880, the trip from Boston to Cambridge and back was a full day’s journey on horseback. Only five years later, the same trip was a twenty-minute ride on an electric streetcar; with the streetcar came commuting and commuter suburbs. Instead of relying on a single giant steam engine or water wheel to power a factory, producers switched to electric motors to bring power into every nook and cranny. The sewing machine put decent clothing within everyone’s reach." (cont)
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vaughn tan
@vt
I've spent the last 4 years working on practical ways to understand not-knowing better and become more comfortable with using it: https://vaughntan.org/notknowing false or illusory certainty is more damaging in the end.
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Bernard
@netwatcher
Don’t accept it… understand it and fight against it… Who Is Responsible: 1. Trump What He Did: Promoted “fake news” rhetoric, discredited media. Result: Eroded trust in mainstream media among conservatives 2. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube What They Did: Allowed disinformation and conspiracy theories to spread unchecked. Result: Amplified false information, deepened echo chambers. 3. Russian Disinformation (Internet Research Agency) What They Did: Spread false stories and stoked division in the U.S. Result: Undermined trust in American institutions and elections. 4. Fox News, Breitbart, MSNBC What They Did: Promoted partisan, sensational news catering to specific ideologies. Result: Increased polarization, fewer shared facts. 5. Alex Jones & QAnon What They Did: Pushed extreme conspiracy theories. Result: Fostered distrust in government and media, fueled fringe movements.
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L3MBDA
@l3mbda
we're all becoming professional guessers now
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