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What if we could: • Sequester CO2 • Create more life • Reclaim huge pastures and turn them back into forests • Increase healthy food production • Grow the economy • And make money along the way? How? By filling ocean deserts with life: https://t.co/0L4noy2x0L

there are 3 tiers of VC content: 1/ God Tier VC content: - @paulg - @naval - @pmarca (not a16z. just pmarca's old blog archive) - @peterthiel (blake masters class notes + debates) 2/ Trash VC Content - everyone else 3/ Solid VC content: - @fredwilson - @Jason (all-in, but…

Today, I'm announcing Alexandria, an open-source initiative to embed the internet. To start, we're releasing the embeddings for every research paper on the Arxiv. That's over 4m items, 600m tokens, and 3.07 billion vector dimensions. We're not stopping here. https://t.co/b2288fbnJZ

From the White House's National AI R&D Strategic Plan 2023 update: "Long-term risks remain, including the existential risk associated with the development of artificial general intelligence through self-modifying AI or other means." https://t.co/Iqmx5ORrDI https://t.co/ioctPchSFH

Next week, 193 countries meet in Paris to continue negotiating a Global Plastic Treaty. In today’s @NYTimes, I make the case for a pragmatic approach to rapidly solve plastic pollution: intercepting in rivers. Here are the key take-aways 🧵: https://t.co/xiGtCGczry

The Arrival Fallacy is when we focus on the horizon hoping that someday we will get “there” and be happy … but Gertrude Stein had it right when she said “There is no ‘there’ there” When we place our happiness in “Once I..” or “Someday..” an Arrival Fallacy is not far away 2/

As I am moving on to the very latter stages of my PhD journey, I have witnessed far too many many mental health burnouts than seems normal. Therefore I wanted to give all PhD students advice on how I got through a PhD without burnout. A wee thread 🧵 @PhDVoice @PhD_Brighton

Bad advice I got in grad school:

Dream bigger with us. ✨ Introducing Generative Fill in the @Photoshop (beta) app - a new magical way to create extraordinary imagery from a simple text prompt, powered by #AdobeFirefly. Learn more: https://t.co/9AuYivfduj https://t.co/tq21V4Szpe

This has gotta be the most profound thing I've ever heard The 3 great theories of 20th century physics.. are the interplay between computational irreducibility and the computational boundedness of observers.. All are derivable but not just from mathematics.. they require that… https://t.co/M2KQ2C4tyi

Believing that academia is merit-based, solely about contributions, and that opportunities will emerge squarely based on the quality of your work... https://t.co/i38lxFp01N

We’ve all been looking for ways to streamline our workflow with automations. Take a moment to let this sink in: You can now ask ChatGPT to perform any of Zapier’s 50,000 actions with the 5,000+ supported apps. I’m REALLY excited about this.

Untuk paham gimana cara nulis secara koheren, orang harus ngerti konsep relevansi (artinya dia harus ngerti apakah pernyataan X bisa menyokong / menyangkal klaim Y); Sayangnya, banyak Orang Indonesia yang nggak ngerti konsep relevansi sama sekali. Mereka nggak paham pernyataan… https://t.co/26wD4X98Xp

Sebagai editor, saya sangat memperhatikan segala yang tersurat: ejaan, kata, kalimat, dsb. Namun, saya sering abai dengan pesan yang tersirat. Tidak heran kalau dahulu—sampai sekarang masih, sih—istri saya acap memprotes, “Kamu ndak pernah nyimak!” https://t.co/SvkzKtymed

To heir is human, To procreate divine

Lebaran kemarin saat mudik ngobrol dengan beberapa temen dosen. Nyaris semua mengeluh, mahasiswa baru yang mereka ajari, punya daya ingat yang pendek, kemampuan fokus yang lemah, dan lebih buruk daripada itu, tak memiliki kemampuan bernalar yang baik. Tapi apa benar gitu?

I became a mom (twice!) in fellowship & many people told me I should wait. To anyone being told they have to put their parenting plans on hold until training is done, don't listen. This narrative is not helpful. We need more representation of parents in training & more support. https://t.co/uRYe9HCVFG https://t.co/GtpXtiG2U7

Become an Efficient Academic Writer with AI Apps: A Complete Tutorial • Contains 14 modules and 250+ slides • Being used by 1600+ academics including those at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Stanford You can get it here: https://t.co/j4tAsr4sua

What Albert Einstein wrote in February 1950 is possibly another of the great equations he devised. This one's possibly about the survival of humankind. [read more: https://t.co/dgOqYNvOjZ] https://t.co/jdId6h7Kc7

I wasn't planning on sharing this today but since the news leaked, I feel obliged to comment: I've raised over $200M in my career and have learned a lot about what works & what doesn't. This time around, I decided to do a few unconventional things. First, I decided to forgo the… https://t.co/M8TOA2TLCs

Korea Selatan ini emang keren. Dia bisa bangun industri otomotif yang orientasinya ekspor dan kompetitif secara global, terus pake tax revenue dari industrinya untuk bangun transportasi umum di perkotaan. Keren👍 https://t.co/FKDieEHgbL https://t.co/7SMaboX649

3 ALASAN KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK DI INDONESIA TIDAK SIAP MENYELESAIKAN MASALAH HARI INI* *Menurut perspektif peneliti kebijakan publik dengan pengalaman kerja selama hampir 10 tahun di sektor ekonomi dan lingkungan dan latar belakang S2 di subjek yang sama.

As a PhD student or academic, you have a lot on your plate.  But getting shit done doesn't have to be overwhelming.  Here are some methods that will help you stay focused and productive: Thread 🧵

We’re back. https://t.co/sG5t9gr60O

Creating a mindmap is the best way to understand a paper. With the right prompts, ChatGPT is surprisingly good at this! Here's how to get ChatGPT to make mindmaps for you: (works for any text/topic) 👇 https://t.co/St2Nr5vGh4

here is an alternative path for society: ignore the culture war. ignore the attention war. make safe agi. make fusion. make people smarter and healthier. make 20 other things of that magnitude.   start radical growth, inclusivity, and optimism.   expand throughout the universe.

@dvorahfr I grew up in a lower, transitioning to upper, middle income situation, but did not have a happy childhood. Haven’t inherited anything ever from anyone, nor has anyone given me a large financial gift. My father created a small electrical/mechanical engineering company that was…

“We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” •E.O. Wilson, Biologist

Universities need to change their business models. Rather than a transient 4-year degree, Universities need to offer a life-long degree program, incentivizing constant learning. #MIT #Harvard

History of AI. We have entered the 4th wave. https://t.co/lGt7mqw5T3