The beauty of physics and teachers who work hard to expand our minds

The mesmerizing beauty of physics (gravity vs force tension) in pendulum motion

Visiting space aliens, upon seeing humans oppress — or kill — one another over who they worship, who they sleep with, what side of an arbitrary line they’re born on, or how absorptive their skin is to sunlight, would surely race home & report no sign of intelligent life on Earth.

One of my favorite Banksy stunts: the artist set up an indiscreet booth in New York run by a random person. No one realized it was real Banksy art and — over 7 hours — only three people bought for a total of $420.

The hottest new programming language is English

AI app scans design blueprints and produces virtual product in real-time

Should the US switch to the metric system? Are you from the US?

Over the last few decades, life expectancy has risen across all country income levels. Importantly, the gap between the richest and poorest places is narrowing. Explore the data: humanprogress.org/dataset/life-e…

Police officers per capita vs. police killings per capita.

😅 theonion.com/chatgpt-forced…

❗BREAKING ChatGPT Update: "We’ve upgraded the ChatGPT model with improved factuality and mathematical capabilities." help.openai.com/en/articles/68…

AI research output from prolific institutions: - Google - Microsoft - Stanford - Meta - Amazon - DeepMind - OpenAI

Big "downside" surprise to Euro area headline CPI (0.4-points below consensus) Maybe Spain is not the worst leading indicator of Euro area price pressures after all? Core remains sticky btw

“The productivity gains [from artificial intelligence] are going to be astounding and shocking,” @ARKinvest Founder Cathie Wood says. youtube.com/watch?v=FfKLxn…

BREAKING: FEDERAL RESERVE TO START BUYING 2 MILLION iPHONES PER MONTH $AAPL

Microsoft invests in OpenAI. Google just invested in Anthropic. See the pattern? Big techs fear legal & reputation issues, so they keep startups like a nuclear reactor at arm’s length. If things go well, they get nuclear power If things go Chernobyl, startup takes the blame 🤔

Bing and Edge + AI: a new way to search starts today blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/02/0…

So how close are we to a recession on seven different parameters? Net/net NOT there yet. Great chart from Macrobond

I don't give a damn about what is or isn't AGI. It doesn't matter. Below is GPT-4's performance on many standardized exams: BAR, LSAT, GRE, AP, etc. The truth is, GPT-4 can apply to Stanford as a student now. AI's reasoning ability is OFF THE CHARTS. Exponential growth is the