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“give yourself a lot of shots to get lucky” is even better advice than it appears on the surface. luck isn’t an independent variable but increases super-linearly with more surface area—you meet more people, make more connections between new ideas, learn patterns, etc.

🗽The AI for Public Good Hackathon Cornell Tech was a success! Here are the incredible projects by theme: 🗽1. AI for Gov github.com/dbieber/city-3… AI for routing complains to agencies @flore75711500 Andrew Siah github.com/samob917/311We… AI for summarizing 311 data Sam Oberly

Humanoid robots and drones will both be absolutely everywhere 10-20 years from now. Delivery drones flying overhead, robot janitors, baristas, grocery store employees guiding you to the right aisle, and (eventually) housekeepers—will all seem as normal as smartphones do today.

ELON: WE NEED TO INVEST IN DRONES “I think we probably need to invest in drones. The United States is strong in terms of technology of the items, but the production rate is low. So, it's a small number of units, relatively speaking. There's a production rate issue. Say