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Jon Stokes
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Author. Coder. CTO. θηριομάχης. Building: symbolic.ai. Writing: jonstokes.com.
Austin, TX
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    Jon Stokes
    @jon_stokes
    Jul 24
    I’m going to take a crack at explaining this just a little, because it’s worth putting out there. The paperclip maximizer + related AI doom scenarios were mainly developed in a time when “AI” did not reduce to Large Language Models. The term was a lot wider and inherited a lot
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    Jon Stokes
    @jon_stokes
    Jul 24
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    Reader, I cackled out loud. I have intentionally never done this kind of thing before, and it's precisely because I've observed in others that the little charge you get from an LLM response like this is nerd heroin. Then putting it on the TL is the bump.
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    Jon Stokes
    @jon_stokes
    9h
    As both a bitcoiner and a redneck, how did I not already know about this?!
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    Simone Syed
    @SimoneSyed
    Aug 7
    TIL Lamborghini makes tractors
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    Jon Stokes
    @jon_stokes
    11h
    The European mind cannot comprehend any part of this
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    rohit
    @krishnanrohit
    13h
    As seen on the highway
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    Jon Stokes
    @jon_stokes
    12h
    Worth thinking about how even later Einstein came along and sort of gave us the older story back, if we want it. But of course, we don’t, and that’s worth thinking about too.
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    Nicolas Berggruen
    @NBerggruen
    Aug 7
    “The false ‘hard problem of consciousness’ assumes upfront that there exists a metaphysical gap between mind and body. This contradicts everything we have learned about nature.” Carlo Rovelli for @NoemaMag noemamag.com/there-is-no-ha…
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    Jon Stokes
    @jon_stokes
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    Cheng Lou
    @_chenglou
    Aug 8
    Met a guy who thought “chat is this true” refers to chatgpt

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