Orbital rockets are a hard problem
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2023
A longer clip. I'm always for diversity and pluralism of intelligence. The first principle is about the importance of pluralism and diversity. Logically, Musk hints that intelligence that seeks truth will also value diversity. The logic is inescapable. https://t.co/RngeApH8jk
— Carlos E. Perez (@IntuitMachine) April 18, 2023
I do not understand sentences like "we use machine learning to..." in papers. Did we ever write "we use statistics to..." or "we use mathematics to..."? Unnecessary, or not specific enough.
— Pinar Yildirim (@Prof_Yildirim) April 18, 2023
*Story Time*
— Ruchit G Garg (@ruchitgarg) April 18, 2023
At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. pic.twitter.com/xQF0UM1ySg
Now that I think about it, there's another and perhaps more important reason journalists like the adversarial approach: it's a way to compensate for their lack of domain knowledge. If they can't think of anything interesting to ask, they prod you with a stick.
— Paul Graham (@paulg) April 18, 2023
Albert Einstein died on this day in 1955. What a visionary and gift he was and continues to be to the world. https://t.co/jbXxQTzJFv
— Ariaa (@AriaaJaeger) April 18, 2023
Though I don't program, GPT-4 gave me working software out of a tweet.
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) April 18, 2023
“Write code (and tell me how to run it) that will take whatever is in my clipboard, send it to GPT, ask it to summarize using text-davinci-003, and display the results on the screen.” https://t.co/juFabLQyZa pic.twitter.com/sulDn3WIfL
.@SecBlinken shared the powerful story of his stepfather’s survival during the Holocaust. On Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. #WeRemember
— attn (@attn) April 17, 2023
Made in partnership with the @WorldJewishCong. pic.twitter.com/G9R5QRiPnX
If you've never made money working for yourself, don't build some big plan on how to make $500,000.
— Justin Welsh (@thejustinwelsh) April 18, 2023
Instead, ask yourself, "what would I do if I needed to make $100 online in the next 24 hours?"
You probably know what you would do.
So go do that thing.
In the fairly near future, internal combustion engine vehicles will be viewed in the same way that we view external combustion engine vehicles (steam engines)!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 18, 2023
AI apps
— Gokul Rajaram (@gokulr) April 17, 2023
Context: The AI stack has 4 layers. From bottom to top, infrastructure (eg Nvidia), foundational models (eg GPT), AI tooling (eg Hugging Face) and Apps (eg Harvey for legal). There are many sub-buckets within each layer, but for the purposes of the post below, I’m…
Very nice graphic from @swardley pic.twitter.com/KpvZynCB1R
— Carlos E. Perez (@IntuitMachine) April 17, 2023
Ali told me he was TOTALLY ALONE in LA. Had no family or friends here. Lived in a tiny house with 4 roommates who mostly speak Spanish. (He doesn’t.) He had a phone, but no computer, no car, no money, few clothes besides what was on his back. Ate eggs for every meal.
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
He was actually a celebrity in Afghanistan, the violinist for the on-screen backup band for their version of American Idol, Afghan Star. It was the number one show in the country. He did it for 5 seasons.
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
“Most people in Afghanistan know my face.”https://t.co/f2epGubPZn pic.twitter.com/i21qzYB165
When it came time to escape, he was worried about getting stopped and searched at Taliban checkpoints so he left his violin behind.
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
Took him a year or so to get to the US. He barely played violin that whole time.
(Pics are of his "room" in a camp in Doha where he stayed) pic.twitter.com/nQVSt7chAE
We have managed to get him a few things: an immigration lawyer he can call, a laptop, some clothes, a few rounds of groceries, a few decent meals. He was here for his birthday. We watched him try a s’more for the first time. (He loved it, duh.) pic.twitter.com/nZZfXPzlhG
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
In that time, he has done SO MUCH MORE by himself. Got a green card, a driver’s license, a bank account, a car. Got a more stable job at a big downtown hotel, @thebonaventure, as a food expediter, preparing room service trays. His bosses & coworkers treat him with dignity. pic.twitter.com/xo2vY4gVKh
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
That said, now he’s in a tricky spot.
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
On one hand, he is grateful for his job and sends every extra penny to his family in Kabul.
On the other, he still yearns to study @JulliardSchool or @BerkleeCollege or @NECMusic, to be the next @Yanni or @PerlmanOfficial or @Yoyo_Ma
We even found a matching donor, who pledged to donate dollar for dollar for the first $5,000 we raise. So chip in if you can!
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 16, 2023
And to bring things full circle. I’ll end with a video of Ali in my house playing the violin that Jeremy gave him!
Whew. END OF THREAD pic.twitter.com/wuo1W135kc
UPDATE: Wow. Ali and I are gobsmacked. In one day, we blasted past our goal of money for his violin lessons. So we decided to up the goal to what he really wants: music school tuition money. Chip in if you can/want. Regardless, your gifts, your words, your love is life-affirming. pic.twitter.com/Kus7alHZ7N
— Latif Nasser (@latifnasser) April 17, 2023
I didn't see English becoming a programming language, but here we are.
— Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) April 17, 2023
What's your favorite AI prompt technique you have found so far? Here's some to get you started. https://t.co/CnFSyIjtDO