AI alignment is a red herring đź”—
The best way to prevent a rogue AGI from processing the Earth into maximum paperclips is to unleash a second AGI that will work to stop it. The proble [...]
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If you have a Poem/1, pls run this firmware update đź”—
Hey, if you have a Poem/1 then can I ask you to do a manual firmware update? It’ll take just a few minutes and I built a special firmware update tool [...]
Please let me phone my podcasts app đź”—
My perfect podcast app would be a long phone call in which I listen to the show and can also talk back to remember things. (Someone build this for me. [...]
Frozen 2 should be rated R đź”—
I watched Ferris Bueller’s Day Off which was as great as I remember. It has an age rating of PG-13 in the US and 15 in the UK for bad language and som [...]
Examples from sci-fi of voice interfaces that stay on task đź”—
I wonder how you would design a really single-minded voice UI? Like, voice interfaces are really good now because of AI. But they’re so unbounded. If [...]
Factories are just rooms đź”—
I went into my kid’s school a couple months back and spoke to the year group about manufacturing. Honestly it was the most rewarding speaking gig I’ve [...]
Filtered for that which motivates form đź”—
1. It’s hot in London so I’ve been seeing a lot of handheld portable fans, usually with a strap so you can hang it round your neck. My faves are the o [...]
I am obsessed with these two ads đź”—
I didn’t know what a near-infrared LED mask was a week ago, and now I am obsessed with this ad from Omnilux. Because there’s a lot going on. The aest [...]