@anderseknert In honor of this release, I'm reading some of your old posts. This really resonates with me: "Sometimes though, rather than having someone say 'here are all the ways you can do X', I just want someone more knowledgeable than me to tell me 'here’s the one way you should do X'. Having worked with OPA and Rego for years, I felt like perhaps I qualified as that knowledgeable person, and the Rego Style Guide came to be."
I would read the hell out of a deep analysis of the many layers (internal, external, technical, personal, systemic, etc., etc.) that have combined to make early Google so arguably less dumb than early OpenAI.
It isn’t just rose colored glasses, right? There was no equivalent of the shareholder coup, the ScarJo voice thing, etc.?
@luis_in_brief I dunno, I think we used to be much less connected so a lot of weird shit flew under the radar. Nowadays with social media and a fast news cycle, companies like OpenAI are under a microscope
Humans shape technology and technology shapes us. Beyond the drama of change, there lie great opportunities for humanity.
"It follows that whenever we gain a new talent, we not only change our bodily capacities, we change the world. The ocean extends an invitation to the swimmer that it withholds from the person who has never learned to swim. With every skill we master, the world reshapes itself to reveal greater possibilities."
"The belief in technology as a benevolent, self-healing, autonomous force is seductive. It allows us to feel optimistic about the future while relieving us of responsibility for that future. It particularly suits the interests of those who have become extraordinarily wealthy through the labor-saving, profit-concentrating effects of automated systems and the computers that control them."
"The constraints inherent in taking and developing pictures on film—the expense, the toil, the uncertainty—had encouraged him to work slowly when he was on a shoot, with deliberation, thoughtfulness, and a deep, physical sense of presence. [...] Film, he realized, imposed a discipline of perception, of seeing, which led to richer, more artful, more moving photographs. Film demanded more of him. And so he went back to the older technology."
@gbraad foobar2000 was such a great piece of software with such a terrible name. I guess it proves that, if you build something great, the name might not matter much
@skinnylatte There are some smaller cities built to be denser and more walkable, while also being more affordable than SF. I find that kinda tempting sometimes lol
AI = a massive spike in energy consumption and carbon emissions for the production of what is the intellectual equivalent of mechanically reclaimed meat, and yet it will be pursued by capitalists seeking to position themselves as a very small door with stiff hinges that is the only gateway to knowledge. It is nothing but a damaging power play dressed up as a benign service. 🐂💩
“ The ingredients for conceptual integrity are these: the talent(s) of the human designer(s)—all of them; the thing designed; the luck that brought the designers (and everything they needed) to the right place(s) at the right time(s); the luck of the thing designed to have the right ingredients.”
@RuthMalan Good things in the world only exist because of a handful of people that fight hard for them to exist. Expertise is rare and often undervalued. I suppose it's because it takes some expertise to recognize it 🤔
"Surprisingly, our results show that women's contributions tend to be accepted more often than men's. However, when a woman's gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless."
Jing Jing Palo Alto is closing after 38 years! It's the end of an era. I've had many good meals there. I remember when it opened, replacing a rather nondescript Chinese restaurant called the Four Seas, which looked like a repurposed diner with a counter and faded green vinyl booths. Looking forward to a takeout/delivery venture the owner mentions in the SFGate article.