Thoughts
Things I’m building, learning, and thinking about. Usually in 280 characters.
Subscribe to thoughts via RSS ↗Writing helped build civilization. But was it GOOD writing, or just being able to store ideas outside our heads? We needed nonvolatile memory, not perfect prose. Maybe AI will force schools to focus more on teaching us to think, and less on how well we write it down.
Final Draft episode 006 · Episode published · 34:10; 35:59 · Paraphrase.
Final Draft episode 006 · Episode published · 34:10; 35:59 · Paraphrase.
I think [humans’ drive to accumulate] stems from a fear of annihilation that is rooted deep in human biology.
Final Draft episode 004 · Human minds, artificial minds, and alignment · Episode published · 23:23.58–23:29.42 · Edited excerpt; bracketed context added.
Final Draft episode 004 · Human minds, artificial minds, and alignment · Episode published · 23:23.58–23:29.42 · Edited excerpt; bracketed context added.
But the reality, obviously, is like, [training AI] is not that different from how we learn how to do things, right?
Final Draft episode 004 · Human minds, artificial minds, and alignment · Episode published · 08:18.80–08:23.06 · Edited excerpt; bracketed context added.
Final Draft episode 004 · Human minds, artificial minds, and alignment · Episode published · 08:18.80–08:23.06 · Edited excerpt; bracketed context added.
And I got to say, that's been a lot of my relationship with using AI - is immediately thinking, holy shit, what are the implications for me and my thinking processes and like everything about me?
Final Draft episode 004 · Human minds, artificial minds, and alignment · Episode published · within 20:00.20–20:11.38 · Edited excerpt.
Final Draft episode 004 · Human minds, artificial minds, and alignment · Episode published · within 20:00.20–20:11.38 · Edited excerpt.
I want an agent to reproduce the bug, not just read the code and tell me it's probably fixed. Reproduce, resolve, validate it… closed loop
The broken grater belonged to my wife's grandmother. A replacement wouldn't really replace it.
What would desalination look like if energy were cheap? I keep wanting to start there instead of optimizing what we already do.
If nobody wants fewer services or higher taxes, we need to get serious about making the services cost less.
We can score all the technical specs and still miss whether something is elegant. I keep wondering how to account for that.
Loved Diaspora by Greg Egan. I am loving sci-fi that makes me question the nature of my reality. I can feel the rewiring.
Meeting everyone’s basic needs is a fantastic idea. But how do we do it without stifling markets and creativity, or needing secret police?
What if we traded doomscrolling for building an app that solves a local problem? It’s almost the same number of water bottles.
Intelligence is racing toward free. The durable advantage is no longer access to answers - it's iteration speed and the quality of the feedback loop.
