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i used to be a fan , but over time it's become clear that no one is more of a snake oil salesman in the ai industry than Aravind Srinivas . is perplexity useful ? sure . but it does nothing even close to his hyperbolic claims . he's lost so much credibility the last few months

spot the ai slop . lazy prompting by Athlon Sports

meta knows ball

🚨🚨🚨 An AI company caught their AI trying to ***literally murder*** an employee to avoid being shut down How is this not the biggest news story in the world?

this is a great example of someone with zero domain knowledge speaking as an authority on that domain . many such cases .

sharp move by $SBUX . long-term bearish communist dictatorial china 🐻

midcurves swallowing another L

what happened to all the keyboard casuals fr a couple months ago commenting so declaratively on the stock market ? 🥴

bryce young was arguably a top 5 qb to close the szn

the more impressed u are with gen ai , the less likely u understand gen ai there are so many suckers churning out ai-generated slop code but they are too tech illiterate to even realize it

agree here . it's ineffective + dishonest to attack him fr superficial + obv inaccurate (sharia law! 🥴) angles . his laughably impractical policy should speak for itself . but his entire platform was based on vibe campaigning to emotional simpletons . so what do u expect ?

the ai model

how did teams perform vs NFL betting market expectations in 2024? 💥 bucs were the best offense: scoring 101 pts *more* than expected 💥 panthers were the worst defense: allowing 102 pts *more* than expected 💥 lions were the best overall team: outperforming by 131 pts

how wrong were NFL win total futures markets in 2024? one standard deviation was 3.3 games - the highest since at least 1999 (as far back as my data goes) 👉 BET ALT WIN TOTAL FUTURES

NFL futures markets have NOT gotten more efficient 🥀 📅 over the last decade: • misses by 2+ wins 69% of the time • misses by 3+ wins 44% of the time • misses by 4+ wins 25% of the time • projected 54.5 MORE wins than mathematically possible • o/u 162-174 ✨ BET ALTS ✨

what are some interesting ways to try and quantify "fan loyalty"/passion/energy (as a proxy for impact on a game) ? correlation of performance + attendance/stadium utilization/ticket prices ? opponent mental penalties (false starts, delay of game) ?