What I learned this week

Software

Cool designs

Interesting points

  • That’s also why I see no point in using AI to, say, write an essay, just like I see no point in bringing a forklift to the gym. Sure, it can lift the weights, but I’m not trying to suspend a barbell above the floor for the hell of it. I lift it because I want to become the kind of person who can lift it. Similarly, I write because I want to become the kind of person who can think.
  • The original sin of artificial intelligence was, of course, calling it artificial intelligence. Those two words have lured us into making man the measure of machine: “Now it’s as smart as an undergraduate…now it’s as smart as a PhD!” These comparisons only give us the illusion of understanding AI’s capabilities and limitations, as well as our own, because we don’t actually know what it means to be smart in the first place

ROT13

misaligned LLMs

Business/Finance

R.I.P ESPN bet

Is this the dumbest ticket buying experience of all time. The amount of rent seeking in this industry is disgusting

Brandolinis Law a.k.a bullshit asymmetry principle

Lebron played against 35% of all NBA players

Put your teeth in milk

Math/Stats

The Fourier Transform explained via smoothies

Top P Sampling

Travel

Other

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