Cause to Worry; Cause to Construct – Cyber Tech

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• Sorry for the late episode; a bit over-exposed to journey/people and wanted a few days to battle off viruses/funk. Appear to have prevented getting absolutely sick, which is sweet.

• ⚙️analyze_presentation — Added a brand new Cloth sample that seems to be on the transcript of a presentation and tells you the way a lot the presenter is attempting to brag, vs. entertain, vs. inform. In different phrases, it tells you the way self vs. different centered the presentation is, e.g., if they are saying “I” too usually, speak about credentials, accomplishments, and so on., vs. specializing in concepts.

• Spoke on the EQUILIBRIUM convention in NYC final week. Thanks a lot to Rohit Sethi for the invite, and to Chris Hughes for his nice speak and our wide-ranging dialog beforehand. Severely nice occasion.

• I lastly received to attend a stay UFC occasion, and it turned out to be the most effective in historical past! Additionally made some new pals within the course of. What an incredible weekend!

• Talking on the Hardly Strictly Safety convention quickly! Wanting ahead to that one!

• Talking on the Safety Frontiers AI Convention tomorrow. MORE

• Talking tomorrow at an AI Cyber occasion placed on by Rain Capital, Icon Ventures, and J.P. Morgan on the J.P. Morgan Innovation heart. Due to Chenxi Wang for the invite! MORE

• Gearing up for RSA already. The calendar is feeling the strain. In a great way. When you’ll be round, remember to come get a fist bump or hug, as per your choice.

• I simply completed studying Sense of Type, by Steven Pinker, for the third time. I prefer to learn it each 2-3 years. It’s my favourite writing/type information.

⚙️analyze_presentation — Added a brand new Cloth sample that seems to be on the transcript of a presentation and tells you the way a lot the presenter is attempting to brag, vs. entertain, vs. inform. In different phrases, it tells you the way self vs. different centered the presentation is, e.g., if they are saying “I” too usually, speak about credentials, accomplishments, and so on., vs. specializing in concepts.

I didn’t write any essays or make any movies this week, however I did get to do some podcasts with some sensible of us, and people ought to come out quickly.

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The Humane AI Pin received flamed by MKBHD and different reviewers. MORE

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Tesla simply dropped the FSD subscription value to $99 a month. MORE

Proper after the photo voltaic eclipse, a ton of individuals Googled “my eyes damage”, which solely additional diminishes my hope for humanity. It’s not a lot that they seemed on the solar. It’s the 2 hit combo of trying on the solar after which questioning what’s flawed. MORE

Job interviews are fairly horrible at predicting future job efficiency and would possibly even be counterproductive. Certain, however what’s the choice? MORE

Over half of girls expertise sexual harassment at work. MORE

Homicides are on a stunning decline throughout main American cities. MORE

U.S. Metal is about to turn into part of Japan’s Nippon Metal. MORE

Harvard’s again to requiring SAT and ACT scores for admissions. It’s nearly like they had been a good suggestion within the first place, which is why we had them. MORE

Dumbphones are making a comeback. You get to remain in touch, however not be distracted. MORE

A Dungeons & Dragons present is about to promote out Madison Sq. Backyard. MORE

What high performers do, and the right way to take care of critics and detractors MORE

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Guard Your Vitality Reserves
Heard a cool factor lately that mentioned that when you’ve got an important concept, and it’s creating a whole lot of vitality inside you, try to be very cautious with the way you share the thought.

Principally, based on the speculation, that vitality you might have for the thought is restricted and valuable, and even telling somebody about it removes its vitality, energy, and specialness.

So as an alternative of telling individuals about it, you must go work on it instantly. That first vitality, the uncooked vitality, would be the strongest kind, and also you don’t need to waste it on attempting to get another person hyped on it as effectively.

Cause to Fear; Cause to Construct
I’m nervous in regards to the world proper now. I believe the subsequent few years are prone to be the best probability of killing ourselves that we’ve ever seen. Possibly not counting the Cuba disaster.

• Trump may simply be re-elected, which I believe will make issues far worse for sanity and stability

• I don’t see how the Gaza battle doesn’t flip into the Iran battle

• The whole lot is getting costlier (or at the least feeling so)

• At this precise second, AI goes to start out mass-replacing jobs

• At this precise second, the neatest/luckiest are about to have the ability to create unbelievable worth and wealth

• So the Okay-shape is about to curve—with the highest of the Okay hockey-sticking up, and the underside of the Okay hockey-sticking down.

• This may empower the far-right

• It might be dangerous

Right here’s a diagram I created about all this in 2018:

Anyway, it’s miserable.

However I’m selecting to abstain from panic. I’m saying no to despair. I’m going to construct as an alternative. I’m going to carry individuals up as an alternative. I’m going to create stuff as an alternative. I’m going to shoot for a distant and doable higher factor. A factor on the opposite aspect of all this.

And I actually assume AI can be a giant a part of that resolution.

Now, if all of it goes to hell, AI can be a part of that too. However like I mentioned, I don’t care about that. I don’t plan to fail. I’m not betting in opposition to the goodness and creativity of people.

And even when we are able to’t. We’ve to consider we are able to.

So, I ask you to affix me in rejecting despair.

The world sucks. Would possibly worsen.

Fuck it. Swimsuit up. You’re a part of the optimism drive now.

Not out of ignorance. As a selection.

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Learn the piece above within the Concepts part above.

Reject despair. Embrace the work of constructing the higher factor.

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