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Andrew Ng's POV on language AI's potential impact

Bookmarking to read later. AI thought leader Andrew Ng shares his thoughts on the potential of large language models like chatGPT to disrupt search engines.

January 29
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Bookmarking to read later. AI thought leader Andrew Ng shares his thoughts on the potential of large language models like chatGPT to disrupt search engines.

Billionaires suck the wealth out of the economy

This is a scary video: Wealth gaps between billionaires and the average person are self-perpetuating and growing, and ultimately, billionaires suck wealth out of the economy. This 7 minute video discusses that where you come from increasingly determines your wealth, and billionaires invest less and save more, leading to shrinking economies vs job and business creation. According to the video, billionaires save more through tax returns reporting even if they give for philanthropy. Philanthropy doesn't prevent the economy from going off a cliff. The only thing that can do that is reforming the tax system. (Fun fact: Elon Musk paid 0 income tax in 2018.) Recommended video if you care about this sort of thing...

December 24
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The future according to Sam Altman

Have not read this yet, just saving for future reference. Thought it might interest others as well. Sam Altman is a co-founder of Loopt, former president at Y Combinator, and co-founder and current CEO of OpenAI.

January 18
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Introverts Actually Understand People Way Better Than Extroverts Do, Yale Study Shows

Interesting. US work culture and norms tend to reward/value extrovert character traits. Yale study suggests introverts should be appreciated too...

August 23
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