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We want AI agents that can discover like we can, not which contain what we have discovered. Building in our discoveries only makes it harder to see how the discovering process can be done.

The Bitter Lesson

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A general heuristic I’ve come to use to ascribe “value” to (a portion of) my life and work is that of: How many hours / weeks / months a year am I spending with people who truly inspire and delight and generate a mutually positive bump in ye old “good vibes” or excitement about life itself? How many symbiotic creative “partnerships” am I entering into? And am I at least maintaining / increasing that number of connections in meaningful ways as time passes?

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Also let that be the most important lesson to anyone who says that the AI companies, or OpenAI in particular, can be counted on to act responsibly, or to keep their promises, or that we can count on their corporate structures, or that we can rely on anything such that we don’t need laws and regulations to keep them in check.

AI #83: The Mask Comes Off

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