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Weekly Dose of Optimism: AI and Tech Innovations
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Weekly Tech Wins: Robots, AI Hardware, and Health Breakthroughs
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Robots can play ping pong.
— Packy McCormick (@packyM) 9 août 2024
Anduril is rebuilding the Arsenal.
Nudge wants to enhance your brain.
Blood tests could soon predict Alzheimer's.
Samsung drops a 600 mile battery w/ 9 minute charge.
+ The Case for Long-Term Tech Optimism
What a week for the optimists. pic.twitter.com/WWCSyPJ808Robots can play ping pong.
Anduril is rebuilding the Arsenal.
Nudge wants to enhance your brain.
Blood tests could soon predict Alzheimer's.
Samsung drops a 600 mile battery w/ 9 minute charge. + The Case for Long-Term Tech Optimism What a week for the optimists. -

AGI and Singularity Progress: A Critical Perspective
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if this is agi my singularity is not off to a good start
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Anduril Secures $1.5B to Scale Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing
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Anduril has secured $1.5B in Series F funding to hyperscale defense manufacturing. Introducing Arsenal-1, a 5M+ sq ft state-of-the-art facility to produce autonomous weapons systems. Learn more: https://
anduril.com/article/anduri
l-raises-usd1-5-billion-to-rebuild-the-arsenal-of-democracy/
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Patrick O’Shaughnessy’s Consistent Excellence in Investment Insights
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It's easy to take people for granted when their output is consistently excellent for a long time, but worth calling out: @patrick_oshag has been on a long heater. I can't remember the last time I didn't get at least one valuable thing from an Invest Like the Best conversation.
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Using Claude as an Editor: Improving AI-Generated Content Quality
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I’ve been using Claude as an editor for the past few months. It’s great, but it gives me an A- on practically any first draft I send it.
— Packy McCormick (@packyM) 7 août 2024
Dan and I try to fix that. He’s a master. https://t.co/q1YEySkWPNI’ve been using Claude as an editor for the past few months. It’s great, but it gives me an A- on practically any first draft I send it. Dan and I try to fix that. He’s a master.
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Human Brain Enhancement Companies Racing to Supercharge Cognition
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Humans rock. Did you really think we were going to let the AIs run away with it? Love seeing companies like @PropheticAI @neuralink @PrecisionNeuro_ and now Nudge supercharging our brains.
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Self-taught Nuclear Reactor Builder: Innovation Through Experimentation
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This might be my favorite example of “you can just do things.” @DougBernauer wasn’t trained as a nuclear physicist or engineer, but he wanted to build a nuclear reactor. So he just played with nuclear code until he figured it out.
