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Patrick Swanson

@patrickswnsn

journalist & technologist | co-founder of verso, an AI consulting lab | 2024 jsk fellow @stanford

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linkhttps://patrickswanson.net calendar_today23-03-2009 08:26:54

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Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It would be great if the major AI labs slowed down their AI releases a little bit so that even those of us who watch the space closely can keep up. Thank you.

Alex Albert (@alexalbert__) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Over these next few years it's going to become more and more important that you resist letting slop consume you. Keep creating. Keep learning. Keep thinking.

Patrick Swanson (@patrickswnsn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

this is an excellent interview with a great explanation of how ai models work! if youโ€™ve been wanting to learn but donโ€™t know where to start - start here ๐Ÿ‘‡

Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I hope as we move past the first wave of AI criticism ("it doesn't work, all hype") we get a new wave of AI criticism rooted in the fact that these systems are very powerful & quite useful and focusing a deep exploration of when AI uses are uplifting and when they are detrimental

Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Andrej Karpathy interview 0:00:00 โ€“ AGI is still a decade away 0:30:33 โ€“ LLM cognitive deficits 0:40:53 โ€“ RL is terrible 0:50:26 โ€“ How do humans learn? 1:07:13 โ€“ AGI will blend into 2% GDP growth 1:18:24 โ€“ ASI 1:33:38 โ€“ Evolution of intelligence & culture 1:43:43 - Why self

Patrick Swanson (@patrickswnsn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

speaking as a person who is flying from sf to frankfurt in two hours, i would like to thank my german friends for the thoughtful welcome gesture!!

Patrick Swanson (@patrickswnsn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

this is an interesting model! hire super-junior people who are creative and havenโ€™t been corrupted by โ€œthe way things are supposed to be doneโ€ + some super senior folks to keep them on track. could be a good idea for media too.

Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am unreasonably excited about self-driving. It will be the first technology in many decades to visibly terraform outdoor physical spaces and way of life. Less parked cars. Less parking lots. Much greater safety for people in and out of cars. Less noise pollution. More space