Andrew Blance @andrewblance
Innovation and data stuff 💾 // trying my best to write a good tweet // got myself a silly lil podcast about silly lil business ideas @brainsoutside // he/him brainsontheoutside.com Durham, England Joined July 2009-
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i hold a record on the kobayashi maru. i’m the fastest person to ever say it was a no-win situation. they said, “george, we haven’t even finished explaining it yet.” i said, “doesn’t matter. can’t be done.” they accused me of cheating. there were hearings, inquiries.
Just finished reading One Day and it’s final few chapters have left me feeling a lot of emotions
Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁🎀 Giving away my 128GB Quest 3 (thoroughly cleaned & in great condition🧼) since I was able to upgrade to the 512GB. Thanks for an amazing year and I'm looking forward to 2024 together! Link in bio 💙
The @sxsw #PanelPicker is open for 7 more days! Please consider voting for my session "Moving Past Hype: Is Next Year the Year of Open-Source AI?" check it out here: shar.es/afN4p8
take a look and please vote for my @sxsw #PanelPicker application all about the dangers of overhyping technology and why open-source might be the future of AI shar.es/afNmRk
Had an amazing time attending and presenting at the #DataAISummit in San Francisco this year! Exciting to see the developments @databricks are making to their platform and their strong vision for open source and democratised AI going forward Looking forward to next year! 🎉
While I was in the US I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie in a cinema. Im sad to report that Americans actually do clap and cheer DURING a movie. I couldn’t believe it. Absolutely unhinged behaviour.
The latest Waterstons Innovation newsletter is out today! We chat about new Beatles music and some anti-AI ads. Alex wonders if a computer can be a better consultant than us. waterstonsinnovation.substack.com/p/ai-consultin…
Buying and selling a house is universally a terrible experience. Are Real Estate Agencies the perfect market for Disruption? In the latest episode of our show, a listener wonders how to make their house easier to sell - we try our best to help open.spotify.com/episode/6jjwoB…
something really amazing from Microsoft Research. Even the name - "Holoportation" - is cool youtube.com/watch?v=ml4Dv5…
photos from "Natural Intelligence" - a new anti-AI ad campaign from Nikon, designed to explore how AI "is making us forget that our world is full of amazing natural places that are often stranger than fiction" I don't even own a Nikon camera - I just think the ad is neat 📸
This week, our listener Hannah asks our very serious business podcast why is the world so full of crude graffiti. Aren't we better than that? Can't we find something more original to vandalise things with than drawings of phallic shapes? open.spotify.com/episode/0uagI6…
When there’s even a small chance of real consequences, it seems Altman’ big talk about regulation isn’t worth much gizmodo.com/sam-altman-ope…

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