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I wrote about "vibeworking" and what it means to be an expert in a world where you can create things by just asking for them... until you hit the limits of what AI systems can do. I also vibecoded my own little 3D town creation/ firetruck game in four prompts. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-t...

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

Sometimes, I pretend to care, but I really don't.

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He's successful. Is it his special morning routine? The fact that he has a morning routine? The fact that he thinks it is important? Maybe just the fact that he is structured, the kind of guy able to follow a morning routine? Or just that he is good at convincing himself? And maybe a bit of luck?

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Jumping in this void moment after moment, nothing to rest upon.

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Currently watching a Joe Rogan "interview", the one with Mark Zuckerberg. Deliberately convincing people of things he knows are not true, not for their own good, but for his own, is hard to watch. At some point, you no longer have the excuse of lying to yourself. But hey, who am I to judge.

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"This new tech will save us!": click, click, click "This new tech will destroy us!": click, click, click "Well it depends (...) If (...) Maybe (...) Odds are (...) We may say (...). Let us be careful (...)": "boring!"

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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

submitted 155 days ago • 570 comments

Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever. Make it go viral but make sure she benefits. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

submitted 155 days ago • 193 comments

It has to slow down at some point. The rate of change in AI is unsunstainable for anyone to keep up to date. Can't we slow down and enjoy the view?

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

How come my fridge lasted 8 years, my parents' 20, and my grandparents like 35? (numbers roughly estimated :))

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The future of AI is models that generate graphical interfaces. Instead of the linear, low-bandwidth metaphor of conversation, models will represent themselves to us as computers: rich visuals, direct manipulation, and instant feedback. willwhitney.com/computing-in...

submitted 176 days ago • 6 comments

From @fchollet.bsky.social over on the other site. "they demand serious scientific attention" -- indeed! But how to do science on these results without more openness?

submitted 170 days ago • 5 comments

Databricks valued at $62B while OpenAI at $157B. Cannot help but feel the second number is way out of proportion. Understood they are not the same type of business at all, but the former seemlesly integrated gen AI in their platform, this is the real hard part, the moat.

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

Google has completely eclipsed OpenAI's 12 days of Christmas: • Quantum (Willow) • Video generation (Veo 2) • Multimodal Live API with Gemini 2.0 • Deep Research • Computer agent (Mariner) They are back in the race in a huge way! OpenAI should be worried.

submitted 173 days ago • 3 comments

Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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"[...] We do not care why things arise—that is the concern of psychologists and philosophers. We only care about how they arise and how they pass away—how the movement of mind’s attention happens during that entire process."- Bhante Vimalara ṁ si

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I had to look up for his actual view. It is not the golden rule, nor the platinum rule, but this negated version, more consistent: “Don’t do unto anybody else what you wouldn’t like to be done to you.” It seems to me [Clarke] that that’s all there is to it.

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Crazy how these automatic thoughts shape subjective experience. It is so hard to break the spell.

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#ScienceWriting

submitted 177 days ago • 6 comments

Posting this cartoon every once in a while for anyone struggling with imposter syndrome. I think it's a really helpful perspective. I don't know who originally made this, please add a link if you do. 🧪

submitted 179 days ago • 3 comments

Google announces AI coding assistance "Jules": bit.ly/3VzSfnf

submitted 179 days ago • 0 comments

This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often

submitted 180 days ago • 170 comments

We cannot think our way out of this, can't we?

submitted 179 days ago • 0 comments

"The Peter Principle states that an employee continues to receive promotions to work in higher ranks up to that point where he reaches a level of incompetence." I do not know what to make of this principle... it seems oversimplified yet somewhat true!

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submitted 180 days ago • 288 comments

How the heck is the color red different from the sound of a bird or the smell of mint? What other modality could be felt if only I had the right sense or brain configuration?

submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments

Who needs ChatGPT or Claude when you have Gemini (voice) for free on your phone and soon on your smart speakers for free? This is a race to the bottom.

submitted 180 days ago • 0 comments

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov

submitted 181 days ago • 200 comments

How could I, from multiple internal documents, abstract away the organisational structure, business processes, and technological infrastructure, and leverage that representation in agentic workflows? A talking parrot, with a hammer, grounded in abstract structure.

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When I "think" of the word apple, I actually faintly perceive, in the mind's eye, some red, a circular shape, the image of the A-P-P-L-E letters, I can feel the sweetness and crisp texture, almost simultaneously. The "apple thought" is actually some subtle experience. Same for you?

I wrote about "vibeworking" and what it means to be an expert in a world where you can create things by just asking for them... until you hit the limits of what AI systems can do. I also vibecoded my own little 3D town creation/ firetruck game in four prompts. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-t...

Sometimes, I pretend to care, but I really don't.

He's successful. Is it his special morning routine? The fact that he has a morning routine? The fact that he thinks it is important? Maybe just the fact that he is structured, the kind of guy able to follow a morning routine? Or just that he is good at convincing himself? And maybe a bit of luck?

Jumping in this void moment after moment, nothing to rest upon.

Currently watching a Joe Rogan "interview", the one with Mark Zuckerberg. Deliberately convincing people of things he knows are not true, not for their own good, but for his own, is hard to watch. At some point, you no longer have the excuse of lying to yourself. But hey, who am I to judge.

"This new tech will save us!": click, click, click "This new tech will destroy us!": click, click, click "Well it depends (...) If (...) Maybe (...) Odds are (...) We may say (...). Let us be careful (...)": "boring!"

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever. Make it go viral but make sure she benefits. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

It has to slow down at some point. The rate of change in AI is unsunstainable for anyone to keep up to date. Can't we slow down and enjoy the view?

How come my fridge lasted 8 years, my parents' 20, and my grandparents like 35? (numbers roughly estimated :))

The future of AI is models that generate graphical interfaces. Instead of the linear, low-bandwidth metaphor of conversation, models will represent themselves to us as computers: rich visuals, direct manipulation, and instant feedback. willwhitney.com/computing-in...

From @fchollet.bsky.social over on the other site. "they demand serious scientific attention" -- indeed! But how to do science on these results without more openness?

Databricks valued at $62B while OpenAI at $157B. Cannot help but feel the second number is way out of proportion. Understood they are not the same type of business at all, but the former seemlesly integrated gen AI in their platform, this is the real hard part, the moat.

Google has completely eclipsed OpenAI's 12 days of Christmas: • Quantum (Willow) • Video generation (Veo 2) • Multimodal Live API with Gemini 2.0 • Deep Research • Computer agent (Mariner) They are back in the race in a huge way! OpenAI should be worried.

Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"[...] We do not care why things arise—that is the concern of psychologists and philosophers. We only care about how they arise and how they pass away—how the movement of mind’s attention happens during that entire process."- Bhante Vimalara ṁ si

I had to look up for his actual view. It is not the golden rule, nor the platinum rule, but this negated version, more consistent: “Don’t do unto anybody else what you wouldn’t like to be done to you.” It seems to me [Clarke] that that’s all there is to it.

Crazy how these automatic thoughts shape subjective experience. It is so hard to break the spell.

#ScienceWriting

Posting this cartoon every once in a while for anyone struggling with imposter syndrome. I think it's a really helpful perspective. I don't know who originally made this, please add a link if you do. 🧪

Google announces AI coding assistance "Jules": bit.ly/3VzSfnf

This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often

We cannot think our way out of this, can't we?

"The Peter Principle states that an employee continues to receive promotions to work in higher ranks up to that point where he reaches a level of incompetence." I do not know what to make of this principle... it seems oversimplified yet somewhat true!

How the heck is the color red different from the sound of a bird or the smell of mint? What other modality could be felt if only I had the right sense or brain configuration?

Who needs ChatGPT or Claude when you have Gemini (voice) for free on your phone and soon on your smart speakers for free? This is a race to the bottom.

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov

How could I, from multiple internal documents, abstract away the organisational structure, business processes, and technological infrastructure, and leverage that representation in agentic workflows? A talking parrot, with a hammer, grounded in abstract structure.

When I "think" of the word apple, I actually faintly perceive, in the mind's eye, some red, a circular shape, the image of the A-P-P-L-E letters, I can feel the sweetness and crisp texture, almost simultaneously. The "apple thought" is actually some subtle experience. Same for you?

Wow! What a room!

"What can we really say about the world out there?"