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beaudoin.social
Researcher, coder, entrepreneur, kind. CS PhD, ex-Google, ElementAI co-founder. En français: @fr.beaudoin.social Current project: https://numeno.ai #FreeOurFeeds
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Days since I typed a ChatGPT query into a chat with friends: 0

I call this PR "The Ship of Theseus".

Nobody talks about kindness these days. This is your gentle reminder: People. Are. Kind. Don’t get drawn into the zeitgeist—hold onto this belief. If you struggle to imagine a kinder world, rewatch Miyazaki’s masterpiece.

Thinking about the oligarchs: do they want to rule over people or simply own the planet with everything on it — people optional?

« Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly », A story of American democracy in 2025. That would be the title of the book I would write. But I’ll be coding instead. That’s how I fight.

“Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive.” — Bill Hicks

I hope the person who rejected Trump from art school sleeps soundly at night…

Beautiful weekend in Vermont: good food, boardgames, walking in the snow… US boycott begins NOW! ;)

There are few people I admire both for their scientific contributions and their human values. One is mathematician Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social and the other is science communicator Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.bsky.social They are coming together in this stellar video. Pun intended.

Over on Facebook there’s a debate between legendary AI researchers over these two risks: 1) the risk of power concentration due to AI 2) the existential risks due to AI systems becoming too powerful 🧵

We are better than we think we are.

Trying out the new Flash app: Instagram in AtProto. Memories of a delightful dinner with people I ❤️

Little known fact: Sisyphus is actually the name of the rock.

If you put me in a room with the engineers that built your product I will be 10x more engaged and interested than I am on a zoom call with some sales reps.

The Demo Scene. I've never been a part of it but, growing up, I got all the Atari ST demos and was dreaming of that world of creative nerds. These two images won the recent Fjälldata C64 demo party... #nostalgia redcrab.se/fjalldata2025/