It might be the only way to protect them.

Infinitely scrolling down alternative feeds is getting us nowhere. To reinvent social media, we must imagine new socials.

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Focusing on the prospect of human extinction by AI in the distant future may prevent us from addressing AI’s disruptive dangers to society today.

Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.

Ethan Zuckerman reveals a new classification system for social networks.

I used to think of resourcefulness as a kind of practical intelligence, but I’ve recently started thinking of it as a combination of an energy state, an attitude, and an unexamined philosophy…

Photo from National Photo Company Collection; see also (Sobel, 2017) [Cross posted in lesswrong and windows on theory see here for my prior writings]“computer, n. /kəmˈpjuːtə/. One who computes; a …

What has Apple built, what is it for, what does it mean for Meta, and why does it cost $3,500? Check back in 2025.

A deep-dive into machine learning embeddings.

A curated list of resources we’ve relied on to get smarter about modern AI, including generative AI, LLMs, and transformer models.

In addition to following the increasingly complex abilities of various AI technologies, I have also been carefully watching society’s response to these systems. Are we worried about our jobs? Do we welcome our coming overlords? Do we cower in fear? Do we dwell on how best to augment our own abilities? Do our minds go blank with an inability to predict what is to come? Or all of these and everything else in between? AI seems to reduce anyone who encounters it to an atavistic version of themselves.

Whatever job you're in, technology can multiply your productivity, reach, and rewards. Here's a simple formula to help you get started.

Nous venons à peine de découvrir les possibilités de GPT-4 que l’on nous annonce déjà l’avènement d’Auto-GPT. Les agents intelligents sont de retour, mais cette fois ils bénéficie…

Induced Demand, Jevons Paradox, Jeff Bezos, AI, and Our Jobs

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How does talent distribution impact corporate culture and the future of work?

Plus les semaines passent et plus les promesses faites autour des IA génératives prennent de l’ampleur. Si les progrès sont manifestes, j’ai comme l’impression que nous tournons e…

Les semaines passent et la fascination pour ChatGPT continue de prendre de l’ampleur. Si les capacités des IA génératives sont effectivement très convaincantes au premier abord, les services …

AI is not just the ultimate copycat. It's also an enforcer and enabler of whole new ways to reward human creativity. The upshot? More revenue streams for creators, more opportunity, and more inequality.

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Innovation is the result of humans copying each other imperfectly. Remote work and AI offer new ways to do so.

And latent space is Plato's Cave

Avec la sortie de GPT-4, la ferveur médiatique autour des IA génératives atteint des sommets. Présentés comme la solution miracle à tous nos problèmes, les modèles génératifs nourrissent tous les f…

Le flou autour de l’avenir de la créativité, du travail ou tout simplement de notre façon d’affronter la réalité s’épaissit à SXSW avec l’IA, qui a remplacé cette année dans les discussions le métavers et autres web3 (dont on retrouve quand même des traces sous 365 définitions différentes). Quand, à l’époque des réseaux sociaux et

Most people no longer need to work. Our survival depends on convincing them it's ok to do something else.