As someone who has been Doctor Dad for most of this morning, that is one of many positive effects that I look forward to the world getting to enjoy.
CULTURE
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African Admiration for Tech Leaders and Intellectual Colonialism
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I can't stand the level to which so many Africans, especially African men, admire Muskrat. A colonized mind is harder to fight than the colonizers.
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The Golden Age of AI Research: 2015 Optimism and Fundamentals
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it must have been more fun to be an grad student in AI and ML circa 2015, when there was an immense amount of optimism that if you understood something True about the world (e.g. fundamentals of lingustics or the human visual cortex) then you could use that knowledge to build
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Curiosity: A Core Trait of Highly Creative People
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Curiosity is a main quality of highly creative people.
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Amazon’s Flawed Recommendation Algorithm: Kayak Paddles and Pickleball
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So if you are shopping for the *kayaking* paddles, Amazon will also recommend pickleball paddles.
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Building Exceptional Teams: High Standards for Moving the Needle
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My “problem”?
I expect the people building with me and beside me to be exceptional. Not perfect but relentless, curious, and unapologetically excellent. Because anything less just doesn’t move the needle. #FounderThoughts #BuildInPublic #SaaS -
Humanity’s AI Progress: Normalizing Tomorrow’s Ethical Challenges
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It's simultaneously a bit of "Humanity. Eff yeah." and a bit of a reminder that we currently treat as normal and inescapable things which future generations will not believe when they read in history class, and we should *sprint as if possessed.*
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Bootstrapped Journey with AI: Purpose Meets Innovation
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Woke up today reflecting on the journey so far bootstrapped grit, late nights, pivots, breakthroughs, and the quiet moments in between where it’s just you… and the machine. No playbook. Just purpose and a new Robot I call friend
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AI Clones in Enterprise: Employee Privacy and Corporate Control
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that would make sense. seems more employee centric which is good. but if it was driven by enterprise top down some other things could be enabled like having your clone available to answer questions after you leave a company (which is odd and sad but also a problem for many cos)
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Education’s Hidden Purpose Exposed: System Contradictions Revealed
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No one is more surprised than me. But what I’ve discovered is that education is just one of those institutions where the stated purpose and the actual purpose are vastly different.