Brain in a jar @_illmind

Seeking truth in a mad world. AI developer. Founder. Curious about people, psychology, philosophy, tech and business. Boston, MA Joined July 2010

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Brain in a jar @_illmind

2 days ago

The greatest minds of our generation are tweaking algos to trade stocks faster 😢

otw2 @imotw2

2 days ago

The greatest minds of our generation are tweaking algos to trade stocks faster 😢

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Brain in a jar @_illmind

2 days ago

Pornhub CEO has said jerking off could fill people’s time instead of labor in a post-AI world.

JT @jiratickets

3 days ago

Pornhub CEO has said jerking off could fill people’s time instead of labor in a post-AI world.

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Brain in a jar @_illmind

a week ago

The rich get richer while the poor go to war.

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Saagar Enjeti @esaagar

2 weeks ago

The US tax system today is socialism for the old and rugged individualism for the young

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2 weeks ago

The old are stealing from the youth. When they already own the property and investments. Tax the boomers to give to the youth!

Russ Greene @GreenPlusAnE

2 weeks ago

The old are stealing from the youth. When they already own the property and investments. Tax the boomers to give to the youth!

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2 weeks ago

Long winded writing disrespects the reader’s time.

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Wait so the WSJ runs a piece on a former OpenAI researcher who raised $1bn hedge fund with no trading background, that fund releases a massive call option stake in Intel, and then the government announces it’s taking a stake in Intel? Insider trading??

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3 weeks ago

Tech-enabled productivity gains increase competitive expectations more than they reduce labor and effort.

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3 weeks ago

Tax the boomers. And give to the youth.

Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew

3 weeks ago

Tax the boomers. And give to the youth.

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3 weeks ago

@anothercohen AGI was a marketing tactic to generate online hype and raise obscene amounts of capital.

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Brain in a jar @_illmind

3 weeks ago

Lol I thought this was fake 😂

unusual_whales @unusual_whales

4 weeks ago

Lol I thought this was fake 😂

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Dr. Tucker Peck @tucker_peck

4 weeks ago

If you think about the meaning of life, you'll get nihilistic and depressed. Meaning is the name of a feeling. If you feel for the meaning of life, you can get an awful lot.

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Balaji @balajis

2 months ago

AI doesn’t do it end-to-end. It does it middle-to-middle. The new bottlenecks are prompting and verifying.

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Tyler Alterman @TylerAlterman

a month ago

I feel like 90% of dopamine-chasing behavior is motivated by avoiding one's own unpleasant thoughts and feelings

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du @thedulab

a month ago

The quality of your life can be gauged by how easily annoyed you are. Getting cut off in traffic. Wait taking longer than usual. Random tweet you disagree with or something. You're quick to be bothered by meaningless everyday occurrences But when times are good you literally…

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Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil

a month ago

Hating billionaires is a very reliable red flag. It's an excellent tell that someone is overconfident *and* poorly informed.

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Sakib Jamal @skbjml

a month ago

Asked the Head of AI at a Fortune 500 how he decides buy vs build, and his framework feels widely applicable: “we buy what accelerates us, and build what differentiates us”

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Brain in a jar @_illmind

a month ago

@JonHaidt You don’t need to equivocate. If the truth is controversial, then that’s a problem with the audience not with you for sharing it.

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Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook_

2 months ago

Many people who are trying to be “good people” end up bitter and unhappy, because people kept taking advantage of their kindness, because they were too busy helping others to invest in themselves, because they never built the life they truly wanted and never ended up with the…

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2 months ago

@naval There’s a scene in Taylor Swift’s documentary where she admits all she wants is for people to THINK she’s a good person. I found this terrifying. A shiver down my spine. Shared with my sisters and they found nothing wrong with it.