This week's AI breakthroughs remind us that humans are, in the end, pretty much probabilistic parrots too.

Did you know, that you can build a virtual machine inside ChatGPT? And that you can use this machine to create files, program and even browse the internet? engraved.blog/building-a-vir…

The second post of my (sporadic) newsletter, "Something's Off," where I talk about the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and its impact on the startup ecosystem. #ChatGPT #AI #VC somethingsoff.substack.com/p/on-breaking-…

As a trader, there is barely a time that you can transparently share edge, but since FTX has gone down, it is clear that this strategy is never coming back, and I thought I would share insight on how i extracted round 5000% of value from the incompetency off SBF (1/x)

Every time I use ChatGPT, I’m reminded of Steve Jobs describing it in this Playboy interview, Feb 1985 🔮

from the 1984 Mac User's Manual: educational image describing what Scrolling is ... wild you had to educate users on that back then!

The third post to my (sporadic) newsletter, "Something's Off," where this time I write about the evolutions of digital content, user interfaces, and the use of AI chatbots for entertainment. open.substack.com/pub/somethings…

"If the Simulator Theory is correct, then RLHF is an irreparably inadequate solution to the AI alignment problem, and RLHF is probably increasing the likelihood of a misalignment catastrophe." On the Waluigi Effect, by Cleo Nardo lesswrong.com/posts/D7PumeYT…

story based operating system

"Perhaps instead we should imagine A.I. possibilities on a two-dimensional plot, where one axis runs from “machine stupidity” to “machine intelligence” and the other from “human stupidity to human intelligence.”" nytimes.com/interactive/20…

A more developed argument in this piece by @Jake_Browning00 and me. noemamag.com/ai-and-the-lim…

🧐What does Where's Waldo? have to do with synthetic data? Find out more in our latest Medium article! Arturo Ancira García dives into the rise of synthetic data in an AI-world and what it means for the future of computing. Read it all here ➡️ elaia.medium.com/synthetic-data…

Desmond Shum Fuck ChatGPT. OK?

If ‘Data is Oil’ — Chatbots like Grok, GPTx, etc. are all about “Fracking” Humans… using tech and power to extract ‘data’ from low value sources

What do you mean by “ARR”?

reading palantir's shareholder letter like its a shonen anime