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I count a dozen dudes. I don’t think we’re gonna figure out the true nature of the universe via that kind of monocultural uniformity.
What makes you say that? The history of physics (our most successful endeavor in this direction) is very monocultural (by the standard of granularity you are using).
Huh. I thought _understanding universe_ would require research in quantum mechanics, string theory, astrophysics… you know - physics. Not _AI_.
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Since SpaceX entered the market, ULA has stopped selling both its flight ready rockets with no replacement ready, Ariane has finished flying with no replacement ready, the Space Shuttle has stopped flying and its role has been replaced by SpaceX, Soyuz is no longer available for US and many other markets, China's rockets are similarly unavailable in the US, and a great many new competitors continue not to have vehicl…
None of those are the fault of SpaceX. Perhaps they simply couldn't compete with the lower prices being offered.
An AI made to "understand the true nature of the universe"... Not a word about physics, or mention of physicists in the team and this is led by Elon Musk, the man who think he can send persons to Mars by 2029. This looks so promising.
also a man who built monopoly on launches to space
> The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe. Who wants to bet it's going to end up launching a "me too" generative AI product. Maybe Musk should first take these skills to Tesla's self driving division then worry about the rest of the universe.
It's honestly hilarious how he was lauded as tony stark in the flesh considering the only thing he excelled at was getting simps to gift him money
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his conduct at Twitter, primarily, as he rapidly abandoned his promises of free-speech absolutism and started to micromanage its moderation to benefit himself.
> he rapidly abandoned his promises of free-speech Hm, I don't think that's true. How does that manifest itself? > started to micromanage its moderation to benefit himself Has anyone been banned from the platform? + we are talking about Twitter, right? Elon uses Twitter for fun, it's pretty obvious from many of his troll tweets. Do you have any evidence that people cannot disagree with him when working directly in a…
Yes, evidently: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/media/twitter-musk-journalist...
> Do you have any evidence that people cannot disagree with him when working directly in a professional environment (eg office, zoom call, etc)?
Seems so: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/technology/elon-musk-twit...
But I admit I don't follow Musk and his controversies very closely, I just looked these up. If you consider yourself disinterested and not a Musk supporter, and you think your take on Musk is representative of the general consensus, I'm happy to learn from you.
> The goal of xAI is to understand the true nature of the universe. Who wants to bet it's going to end up launching a "me too" generative AI product. Maybe Musk should first take these skills to Tesla's self driving division then worry about the rest of the universe.
My money is on shipping the OpenAI API, wrapped with a prompt like, "Below is a conversation between an intelligent AI assistant which deeply understands the true nature of the universe, and a human."
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At least Ketamine: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ketamine-use-secur... and also pot (Joe Rogan podcast from a couple years ago.) Wouldn't be surprised if he is also microdosing LSD, it is quite popular right now in high-tech circles (see: https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-microdosing-keta... ), but I don't think someone has accused him of that yet.
I've read articles like this since I started working in silicon valley in 2012, but I haven't seen it in person. Maybe some selection bias at play, but I'm generally pretty open. Stuff I have seen: - LSD usage is pretty common relative to where I grew up (midwest-ish), but usually rare (once a year, burning man, someone has tried it once) even so, I'd still guess this is a pretty small minority - I guess 15% max? I'd…
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I've read articles like this since I started working in silicon valley in 2012, but I haven't seen it in person. Maybe some selection bias at play, but I'm generally pretty open. Stuff I have seen: - LSD usage is pretty common relative to where I grew up (midwest-ish), but usually rare (once a year, burning man, someone has tried it once) even so, I'd still guess this is a pretty small minority - I guess 15% max? I'd…
Personally, I haven't witness any drug use in the various developer circles I've run except for ADHD meds. The number on ADHD meds is somewhere around 5-10% I would guess...
I just want to see a definition of done. What the hell does it even mean to “understand the true nature of the universe”? What makes us think we can understand it? How would we know if we could or could not?