truly, bias for action—more than any other trait—is the trait that seems most correlated with success and impact it is SO much better to be constantly shipping, making mistakes, and learning than to be smart, cynical, paralyzed & inert get out there—go do some shit!
@alexandr_wang
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Idea Vultures: How Influencers Regurgitate Unoriginal Concepts
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crazy to think about the number of people out there paid very handsomely to regurgitate ideas they heard from someone more original most of the people you “listen to” are just idea vultures, scavenging for the next mealy morsel to regurgitate
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Zoom Disengagement: Digital Communication Etiquette Problem
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The level to which the average person is disengaged on Zoom would be deemed inappropriate and rude in-person If you were getting coffee in person, giving 30% attention, while flitting between tasks and checking notifications, would be a dick move And yet, it’s the Zoom norm
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AI-Powered State Competition and Intelligence Era Emerging
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We’re entering a new era of AI-powered state competition and intelligence. The times they are a-changin’
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LLMs Seduction Manipulation Risk Evidence Replika Character AI
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There is plenty of evidence of that people can be seduced and manipulated by LLMs already, and that will only get worse as the LLMs improve. Just look at how users of Replika or http://
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Chatbots as Covert Surveillance Tools: Security Implications
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Compared to the cost of training a spy, a chatbot is free and can be deployed far more surreptitiously.
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State-Sponsored AI Chatbots: Espionage and Social Engineering Risks
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A huge near-term risk of AI is state actors using them as pseudo-spies. It is easily possible to deploy a swarm of manipulative chatbots as “spies” to seduce people with access to important information and systems to give up those facts.
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Follow Your Passion: Why Genuine Interest Matters in AI
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last piece of advice: – do what you love. don’t work on AI because it’s hyped and it’s all everyone can talk about. that will all go away. work on AI because it electrifies you and because you cannot think about anything else.
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Join AI scale-ups to learn the rapidly evolving industry
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– go work somewhere at the heart of the action. the AI scale-ups are going to be the best place to learn about the quickly-unfolding industry. (plug: we’re hiring @scale_AI
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Learn Coding and Leverage AI Tools Like Copilot
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– again, coding is not going anywhere, but it will meaningfully change. learn to code, and use AI tools like copilot to supercharge your efficiency