Are LLMs Bitter Lesson pilled? Richard Sutton says "no" 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 Suzanne Gildert Christopher Shulgan youtube.com/watch?v=e-sghq…

Wesley approval 🙌

Now that I'm on my own, I need to find a way to get a GPU and a robot arm so I can continue hacking on cool stuff ...

Call me old fashioned but the only moats are a) retention and b) a mission worth spending 10+ years on. When these companies chasing fast cheap growth flame out, and they will, this will be exhibit A of VC behavior fueling the madness. If you are a founder that’s NOT chasing

VLM is the thing that has generalization and reasoning capabilities. Action head/token VLA is just a big black box.

Cheers :) james hong

Little guy is shmoovin

Ok it's getting truly banana town in VC and startup land. And, I think the people who will get HURT the most in this might be the early employees. So here are some things you must absolutely know and questions for you to ask as you enter job hunting season in January.. 1)

Fellow anti-gradient descent believer

The goal South Park Commons is to build maximally ambitious companies. Take some time to find the right mountain. Don't confuse motion for progress. Our first 10 years have been strong. Now we get to to go build the next decade. This article captures us well:

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Some recent ponderings about birds and music (or, ideology beyond agency) - nathanzhao.cc/zugunruhe