When lowest common denominator laziness passes for a sense of humour
CULTURE
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Australia’s Free Speech Crisis: Government Control Debate
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Australia is losing free speech. Go be disappointed in the people taking it away. Remember, “courage is the only virtue that can’t be faked.”
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Regaining Voice: Empowerment Through Technology
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A man who has regained his voice can never be silenced again.
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Quality Over Virtue Signaling: Time Filters Tech Innovation
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Religious fanatics seized the means of production and use them to signal virtue and moralize others. But quality is non-linearly distributed and none of this junk will survive. Go for the old stuff and let the great filter, time, do its job.
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Elon Musk’s AI Revolution: Mars, Neural Implants, Robots
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L’homme le plus riche du monde @elonmusk a pris le pouvoir Cette victoire du leader mondial des TRANHUMANISTES est révolutionnaire – Colonisation de mars avec @SpaceX – Généralisation des implants cérébraux @neuralink – Multiplication des robots @Tesla_Optimus
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Good Times Create Weak Men: Societal Cycles and Resilience
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Entering your “good times create weak men” phase, eh?
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Regaining Voice Through Technology Empowers Permanent Freedom
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A man who has regained his voice can never be silenced again.
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Art is derivative, machine learning emulates imagination
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All art is derivative. Machine learning is our attempt at emulating our imagination.
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Computer Vision Shows Hollywood Films Becoming More Diverse
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Work led by BAIR faculty @dbamman using computer vision shows that "…since 2010, Hollywood films have indeed been getting more diverse, with increasing representation…"
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Tech Revolutions Always Start with the Rich
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My dad bought an Apple II. In today’s dollars that would be around $15,000. The first Macintosh was expensive too. And Steve Ballmer laughed at the first iPhone because it was so expensive. Tech revolutions always start with the rich.