1. He predicts "signs of life" by 2030, which is a (probably intentionally) vague statement. 2. He raised $20MM for an AI startup, which is fine and well but also makes him not entirely disincentivized from hype. 3. I…
There has been a real shift in the culture of academia over the last 10-15 years that coincides with what I'm starting to call "the rise of the Twitter Prof". The twitter thing is both literal and also a stand-in for…
Discord servers.
I agree. There are two different sets: 1. Actual deep learning researchers, actively doing research. I rarely hear nonsense about impending AGI or mass technological unemployment from these folks. They might express…
It's only your investments that are failing (assuming you are a US taxpayer). The servicers are paid to service; they don't own the instrument. You own the actual debt. Think of it as a particularly regressive tax --…
> The "cream" rising to the top is often less genius and more politically savvy with the right connections on the PC. I'm generally nauseated when I interact with American CS academics. Every time I attend a conference,…
I don't buy the attention filter argument. No one -- and I really do mean no one -- is going to read the entire contents of the proceedings of even just one of these conferences. NeurIPS -- a single CS conference -- is…
> how’s Google Reader treating you? Are you able to control your Facebook or Instagram experience? LOL you started by asking me if I know what BFT even is and now you're going on a rant about totally unrelated things.…
That's marketing.
> What do you think byzantine-fault-tolerant networks are? LOL. I've been working on distributed systems for... a while. I've even had a few conversations with Lamport, pre-Turing award. Apparently today BFT is a…
The characterization of crypto stuff as an alternative to Big Tech is, frankly, one of the most bewildering "Emperor Has No Clothes" situations I've seen in my life. And I've seen a few tech hype cycles.
1. He predicts "signs of life" by 2030, which is a (probably intentionally) vague statement. 2. He raised $20MM for an AI startup, which is fine and well but also makes him not entirely disincentivized from hype. 3. I…
There has been a real shift in the culture of academia over the last 10-15 years that coincides with what I'm starting to call "the rise of the Twitter Prof". The twitter thing is both literal and also a stand-in for…
Discord servers.
I agree. There are two different sets: 1. Actual deep learning researchers, actively doing research. I rarely hear nonsense about impending AGI or mass technological unemployment from these folks. They might express…
It's only your investments that are failing (assuming you are a US taxpayer). The servicers are paid to service; they don't own the instrument. You own the actual debt. Think of it as a particularly regressive tax --…
> The "cream" rising to the top is often less genius and more politically savvy with the right connections on the PC. I'm generally nauseated when I interact with American CS academics. Every time I attend a conference,…
I don't buy the attention filter argument. No one -- and I really do mean no one -- is going to read the entire contents of the proceedings of even just one of these conferences. NeurIPS -- a single CS conference -- is…
> how’s Google Reader treating you? Are you able to control your Facebook or Instagram experience? LOL you started by asking me if I know what BFT even is and now you're going on a rant about totally unrelated things.…
That's marketing.
> What do you think byzantine-fault-tolerant networks are? LOL. I've been working on distributed systems for... a while. I've even had a few conversations with Lamport, pre-Turing award. Apparently today BFT is a…
The characterization of crypto stuff as an alternative to Big Tech is, frankly, one of the most bewildering "Emperor Has No Clothes" situations I've seen in my life. And I've seen a few tech hype cycles.