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in the same way that the most lindy form of education is through reading/writing
language models have been more able to efficiently construct a model of reality, and also communicate it back to us for evaluation
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just read this in an investor update
"older engineers who graduated from college pre-GPT are actually the best-suited for our purposes. They have fundamental programming ability that's lost amongst most of the current-gen."
the AI-induced thinking/skills decay has begun
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An example of erotic depiction that occasionally could be found among funeral items in an Egyptian tomb.
Ancient Egyptians had a rich and complex approach to love and sex. Sexuality was seen as a natural and essential part of human life, and it was celebrated in their art, literature and religion. Ancient Egyptians had a very liberal attitude towards sexuality, which was considered a natural and essential part of human life. They believed that sexual pleasure was a gift from the gods, and that it had both physical and spiritual benefits. Egyptians celebrated sexuality in their art, literature, and religion, and it was an integral part of daily life. Sex was not only a means of procreation but also a way to connect with the divine. Ancient Egyptians believed that sexual pleasure could bring one closer to gods and that it was a way to access higher states of consciousness. In fact, some of most sacred rituals in ancient Egyptian religion involved sexual acts performed by priests and priestesses.
Ancient Egyptians had a wide range of sexual practices and beliefs. They believed that sex was a natural and healthy part of life, and that it should be enjoyed by both men and women. Masturbation was also accepted and was not seen as a sinful act, as it was in some other ancient cultures. They believed that the pharaohs had a special connection with the gods, and they believed that the pharaoh’s semen was sacred. Itwas believed that the pharaoh’s semen had the power to create new life and that it could be used to heal the sick and the injured. This belief led to the creation of amulets and potions made from the pharaoh’s semen, which were used as a form of medicine.
Ancient Egyptians also believed in the power of fertility magic. They believed that certain objects, such as amulets, could increase one’s fertility and sexual potency. They also believed that sexual intercourse during certain phases of the moon could increase the chances of conception. Ancient Egyptians had a variety of sexual practices that were considered acceptable. These included oral sex, anal sex, and group sex. However, adultery was strictly forbidden, and extramarital affairs were punishable by death.
Prostitution and sex work were also part of ancient Egyptian society. Prostitutes were often slaves or women from lower social classes who were forced into the profession. However, there were also independent prostitutes who were respected members of society and had a high degree of autonomy. Sex work was regulated by the government, and prostitutes were required to pay taxes. Ancient Egyptians believed that sex work was a necessary part of society, and they even had a goddess of prostitution, Hathor. The temples of Hathor were often staffed by prostitutes, who served as priestesses and provided sexual services to the temple visitors.
Gender and sexuality were also important themes in ancient Egyptian art and literature. Ancient Egyptians created some of most beautiful and intricate art of the ancient world, including stunning works of sculpture, painting, and architecture. Many of these works depict scenes of love and sex, reflecting the importance of these aspects of life in Ancient Egypt.
One of the most striking examples of gender and sexuality in ancient Egyptian art is the depiction of the god Bes. Bes was a dwarf god who was often depicted as a jester or a musician. He was also a god of fertility and sexuality, and he was often associated with childbirth and the protection of women in labor. Bes was depicted with an exaggerated phallus, which was seen as a symbol of his sexual potency.
Ancient Egyptians’ attitude towards love and sex continues to fascinate and inspire people today. Their legacy lives on in their beautiful art and literature, as well as in many insights they provide into nature of human sexuality and its place in society.
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt
#archaeohistories
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holy shit hes been misrepresented this entire time he only dumped the entire box of feed after abe did this is breaking my worldview
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just watched a guy on the bus swipe on hinge for a few minutes go into his settings and add 1 inch to his height
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the sad part about water is that it disappears from the universe once used for cooling
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wow if i really stare at the grill marks as i eat this it almost feels like i'm there, in the Before Times
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she read the v3 paper over christmas recess and saw what scaling RL compute for a really good base model could do
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if youre vaccinated and you get covid its because you had doubt and did not fully believe the science
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she wears that jacket like she thinks sequoia has a product she is responsible for
Sequoia's Chief Product Officer, @jesskah, won't hire well-rounded people.
She looks for a "spikes" in 1 of 4 traits that predict success:
• EQ: One-on-one people skills
• IQ: Raw intellectual horsepower
• PQ: Ability to navigate politics/systems
• JQ: Judgment on decisions that matter
In this week's episode of The Library of Minds, we went deep on how this framework shaped her journey from Google PM to Polyvore CEO to Sequoia’s Chief Product Officer. Jess explains why velocity is the strongest early predictor of product-market fit, how choosing the wrong business model was her biggest mistake as a founder, and why she now believes AI will spark a new wave of consumer media.
00:00 Intro
1:00 Who is Jess Lee
02:50 The EQ / IQ / PQ / JQ framework
03:44 What early Google taught her
05:35 When ambition becomes a weakness
07:34 Customer discovery vs visionary intuition
09:31 Polyvore: from user → CEO
12:37 Imposter syndrome & finding authentic leadership
15:20 Picking the wrong market
18:24 Firing fast & setting high performance bars
20:12 Building cult-like community and emotional loyalty
22:13 Velocity vs delight in product
24:32 What she looks for in founders (turn-based velocity)
25:59 The business model wake-up call
27:27 Storytelling as a founding superpower
28:26 Hot take: consumer isn’t dead, it’s being reborn
31:50 AI-generated media, fanfic, and the next YouTube
Grateful to be working with her at @withdelphi !
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you wouldnt get it
each of these rows is a VP
in the arena fighting for pixel space
so they can afford the mortgage on their 12mm house in atherton and their childs harker tuition
its life or death
Went on Facebook for the first time in years to sell some camera gear. What in god's name is this UI?
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stanford is an unserious place where people think jensen saying recycled words to people with 0 work experience is an education
"i dont wear a watch; no time like the present"
"you gotta believe in yourself"
tedx ahh school
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this is actually an incredibly g loaded task
- theory of mind
- historical context
- focus on the individuals in history
- also be funny
- also model what twitter is
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the average therapist is literally more mentally unwell than the average person
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tsmc new grad told me he works with 12 other ee oldheads w phds and they do 12 hr shifts with a cigarette lunch
they get paid 120k
and you think we can make a fab in arizona?
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if lesswrong existed in 1920 this is the type of idiocy youd see on there
Divide and concur — this radical plan from 1920, for "lasting peace" after WW1, proposed uniting central Europe into 24 wedge-shaped cantons which would radiate out from Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral: publicdomainreview.org/colle…
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insane how poorly people understand their own preferences
he would use this for 2 weeks
I want an AI product that inhabits my AirPods and continually mutters interesting things about the world around me, like an indefatigably burbling tour guide.
"The San Mateo Bridge was built in about a year. When it opened on 2 March 1929, it stretched 7.1 miles, making it longer than any other bridge on Earth at the time."
I've driven over the bridge many times, but never thought to look into its origins until today.
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a lot of you need to meditate on this
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited NASA for the first time. During his tour of the facility, he met a janitor who was carrying a broom down the hallway. The President then casually asked the janitor what he did for NASA, and the janitor replied, “I’m helping put a man on the moon.”
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when hellenistic kings consulted oracles at times of great need no difference between that and bringing in McKinsey
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half the times i order hot chocolate with ice
the barista says "so chocolate milk?"
but whenever i order chocolate milk
they say they dont have it
but as with all things humiliation is the real currency we pay
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BREAKING: Notion was paid $250 million by USAID to push their product into organizations as a degrowth measure
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you can be the smartest man alive, uncover the deep secrets of the universe, and they will trap your likeness in a light dome for eternity to sell saas products
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the field...worked on this problem for years...and...they just...they just tweeted it out.
Today Thinking Machines Lab is launching our research blog, Connectionism. Our first blog post is “Defeating Nondeterminism in LLM Inference”
We believe that science is better when shared. Connectionism will cover topics as varied as our research is: from kernel numerics to prompt engineering. Here we share what we are working on and connect with the research community frequently and openly.
The name Connectionism is a throwback to an earlier era of AI; it was the name of the subfield in the 1980s that studied neural networks and their similarity to biological brains.
thinkingmachines.ai/blog/def…
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doctors ruining or almost ruining your life or "2nd opinions are important" stories thread
get in here!
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a Black Mirror episode in which your ability to secure goods and services is contingent upon your ability to also provide goods and services that other people want 😱
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they call him natures engineer bc he builds shit that solves 0 problems without a PM
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i cant believe they did the one thing youre not supposed to do when you come for the king
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asian american grift leaders breathe sigh of relief as asians finally killed by a white man
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Twitter fired me yesterday. I was the engineer responsible for the writing the single unit test in the entire repo
github.com/twitter/the-algor…
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these people truly have never had a job huh
.@slatestarcodex uses SpaceX to illustrate the lower bound of what superintelligence could achieve:
"We have something which is smarter than Elon Musk, better at optimizing things than Elon Musk.
We have 10,000 parts in a rocket supply chain.
How many of those parts can Elon personally yell at people to optimize?
We could have a different copy of the superintelligence, optimizing every single part full time.”
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why not just inject one dude with like 1000 of the expired vaccines to give him supreme autism
then he can figure out the best way to distribute the rest of the vaccines
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been going back and forth on if/how to claim this but
i wrote github.com/twitter/the-algor… in its entirety
if there were git blame, 95% of the lines would be me still (not just originate from me)
AMA, I'm also open to new opportunities
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