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Dennis Hassabis' interesting test for AGI - the Einstein test: Could a system trained only on human knowledge up to 1901, produce Einstein’s work from 1905, including Special Relativity? It's possible - Einstein didn't need new experiments or equipment to derive his theory!
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An apt opinion piece that should soothe the nerves of every Rubyist: tech.dirkjonker.nl/does-ruby…
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Elon explains why he is still working even tho he's worth $1 Trillion dollars. Great @elonmusk ❤️
#ElonMusk #elon_musk #elon #tesla #Starship #SpaceX #Starlink #AI #robots #trillionaireviews #musk #satellites #technology #technews #gineus
Incredible
We are now entering into an era where any product can be created exactly to a consumer's preferences & needs.
I vibe-fabricated a dog door with a wifi-controlled lock, perfectly to the specifications & design of my house.
I know nothing about metal fabrication or electrical engineering.
It's now getting manufactured and delivered in 2 weeks -- for almost the same cost if I bought a mass-produced item off-the-shelf.
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We are now entering into an era where any product can be created exactly to a consumer's preferences & needs.
I vibe-fabricated a dog door with a wifi-controlled lock, perfectly to the specifications & design of my house.
I know nothing about metal fabrication or electrical engineering.
It's now getting manufactured and delivered in 2 weeks -- for almost the same cost if I bought a mass-produced item off-the-shelf.
Great article on the AI illusion of intelligience.
"LLMs are a mathematical model of language tokens. You give a LLM text, and it will give you a mathematically plausible response to that text."
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/l…
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29 notes from The Mind of Napoleon:
1. Imagination rules the world.
2. Destiny must be fulfilled— that is my chief doctrine.
3. The simplest moves are the best.
4. All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
5. What the people wants is almost never the same as what the people says.
6. The great majority of men attend to what is necessary only when they feel a need for it —the precise time when it is too late.
7. A consecutive series of great actions never is the result of chance and luck; it always is a product of planning and genius.
8. Hesitation is fatal; once an action is begun, it must be followed through with the utmost exertion of the will.
9. It is better to eat than be eaten.
10. If I have any ambition, it is so natural to me, so innate, so intimately linked with my existence that it is like the blood that circulates in my veins, like the air I breathe.
11. To have lived without leaving a trace of one's existence is not to have lived at all.
12. The greatest improvisation of the human mind is that which gives existence to the nonexistent.
13. Most sentiments are traditions. We experience them because they have preceded us.
14. The truth is that everything around us is miracle.
15. Everything on earth is soon forgotten except the opinion we leave imprinted on history.
16. Men of genius are meteors destined to be consumed in lighting up their century.
17. We are born for the enjoyment of life. Happiness is merely the enjoyment of life in the manner that conforms best to our nature.
18. Men are strange. It is easier to impress them and strike their imagination with tomfooleries than with sound ideas.
19. A man must know himself. Until then, all endeavors are in vain, all schemes collapse.
20. What I am I owe to strength of will, character, application, and daring.
21. A revolution can be neither made nor stopped.
22. Avoid everything that might give false ideas of the truth.
23. Without talent, without knowledge, there is no equality but the equality of misery and servitude.
24. An acute but short pain is preferable to prolonged suffering.
25. Death is nothing; but to live defeated and without glory is to die every day.
26. There are no precise, determinate rules: everything depends on the character that nature has bestowed on the general.
27. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.
28. From triumph to fall there is but one step.
29. In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.
Episode #432 The Mind of Napoleon:
0:00 — " This book gives you insight into the mind of a man who combined energy of thought and energy of action to an exceptional degree."
0:30 — "Work is my element. I am born and built for work. I have known the limitations of my legs, I have known the limitations of my eyes; I have never been able to know the limitations of my working capacity."
0:52 — "He knows that men have always been the same, that nothing can change their nature. It is from the past that he will draw his lessons in order to shape the present."
1:33 — "All my life I have sacrificed everything: comfort, self-interest, happiness, to my destiny. Destiny must be fulfilled that is my chief doctrine."
2:33 — "A consecutive series of great actions never is the result of chance and luck; it always is a product of planning and genius.
2:40 — "What is luck? The ability to exploit accidents: The vulgar would call this luck, but in fact it is the characteristic of genius."
3:30 — "Hesitation is fatal; once an action is begun, it must be followed through with the utmost exertion of the will."
3:44 — "If I have any ambition, it is so natural to me, so innate, so intimately linked with my existence, that it is like the blood that circulates in my veins, like the air that I breathe."
4:14 — "To have lived without glory, without leaving a trace of one's existence, is to have not lived at all."
6:25 — "Without great men, we have only mediocre men, and if there had never been anything but mediocre men, we would still be half apes."
7:20 — "The great majority of men attend to what is necessary only when they feel a need for it-the precise time when it is too late."
7:30 — "True character always pierces through in moments of crisis. There are sleepers whose awakening is terrifying."
9:11 — "Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions."
11:15 — "The truth is that everything around us is miracle."
15:18 — "Men of genius are meteors destined to be consumed in lighting up their century."
16:13 —  "A man must know himself. Until then, all endeavors are in vain and all schemes collapse."
17:53 — "All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything."
18:12 —  "What I am, I owe to strength of will, character, application, and daring."
19:27 — "Imagination rules the world."
20:58 — " History I conquered rather than studied. That is to say, I wanted from it, and retained of it, only what could add to my ideas. I spurned what was of no use, and I seized upon certain conclusions that pleased me."
26:01 — " It is better to eat than be eaten."
26:08 — "Appetite comes with eating."
 27:43 — "It may be possible to arrest the surge of progress or to throttle it, but not to destroy it."
29:01 — " I have read your letter. It is utterly worthless. There are too many words and not enough ideas."
31:08 —  "Without talent, without knowledge, there is no equality but the equality of misery and servitude."
33:46 — Napoleon to someone who hasn't studied history: " Speak as little as possible. Your knowledge is too limited, and your education has been too neglected for you to engage freely in discussions."
36:08 — "The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.”
36:44 — "If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity."
39:30 — "In war, men are nothing. One man is everything."
40:20 — "Death is nothing, but to live defeated and without glory is to die every day."
46:23 — "Conquest made me what I am. Conquest alone can keep me there."
46:34 — "Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me."
47:13 — "My soul is made of marble. Lightning has found no grip on it and had to slide off of it. I have no fear of becoming their victim. They will be biting into granite."
Wow
CAN'T STOP WINNING. 🎮
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You can get whatever you want in life with a clear direction, full conviction, and an iterative feedback loop.
If you’re not making progress, figure out which one you lack.
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For my first post, I’m sharing a letter @NVIDIA signed on why open models matter.
AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country.
Open models strengthen safety and cybersecurity, accelerate innovation and diffusion, and enable sovereignty.
The world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open models.
images.nvidia.com/pdf/Open-W…
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This is all you need to know about SLAP DELAY 🎤🎵
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Great prompt to try with your favorite LLM: “Based on everything you know about me , teach me something interesting”
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Legacy Media types are calling this Alex Karp interview a “crash-out” so that’s your first clue that he is actually saying something extremely insightful. He is articulating what real “AI safety” looks like in the enterprise.
Not abstract alignment research or certification by a government-run DMV for AI. Real AI safety for businesses is the ability to control their own data, model weights, and compute — so a frontier lab can’t hoover up their proprietary knowledge and turn it into their next product.
As Karp explains, technical customers want “control over their compute, their models, their data stack, and their alpha. They want to know they own the means of production, and it’s not being transferred to someone else.”
Don’t think that can happen? Just look at Figma. According to The Information, Anthropic “blindsided” its then-business partner with the launch of Claude Design. Figma’s founder said Anthropic had not been “consistently honest” with them. Anthropic’s chief product officer had even served on Figma’s board until three days before the launch of Claude Design. Figma’s stock has fallen sharply this year while Anthropic’s valuation has surged.
This isn’t an isolated example. Anthropic has launched Claude Science, Claude Security, Claude Legal, and of course Claude Code — each expanding into categories previously served by companies building on top of their models. The pattern is consistent: watch where value is being created, then move in directly. Dominate the model layer, then use that position to capture the most lucrative verticals.
Dario has argued that open source models powerful enough to compete with Anthropic are “dangerous.” But dangerous to whom? Not to enterprises that want to retain control over their data and workflows. Dangerous to a business model that benefits from customers having few real alternatives at the model layer.
As Karp exposes, true enterprise safety isn’t trusting that a lab’s future roadmap won’t include your business. It’s retaining the ability to choose — at the model layer — who gets to see and use your alpha.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp on what customers actually want, the real business of frontier labs, and the importance of open source models:
“What the technical customers want is control over their compute, their models, their data stack, and their alpha. They want to know they own the means of production, and it's not being transferred to someone else.”
"Who owns the data? Are the prompts secure? Is this being transferred to you?"
"If it was so valuable, and I can make you a billion dollars, wouldn't I say I'll make you a billion dollars and I want 30%? Why are they charging for tokens if it's so valuable?"
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Timbaland’s drums have a bounce that feels impossible to replicate, but a lot of it comes down to a few simple rhythmic ideas. Full video on our Youtube channel! 🎵📽️
#timbaland #ableton #bounce #beatmaker #percussion #pharrell
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My favorite @elonmusk quote that I often send friends:
Do not fear losing. “You will lose,” Musk says. “It will hurt the first fifty times. When you get used to losing, you will play each game with less emotion.” You will be more fearless, take more risks.
