“Latecomer’s guide to creating an AI girlfriend”in this Sunday’s NYT magazine.
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I’m starting to think that this Sam Altman guy just might be a giant asshole.
Sorry for that. It was funnier in my head.
Come on, her voice sounds like garbage.
I have a business idea for him. Small batch alcohol produced by harvesting ethanol produced by this bacteria found in Aella’s teeth scrapings. Call it Mutella 1140, the official alcohol shot of rationalist orgies.
"cozy/spaciousness"
The Danes do not have a term for this, but if they did, it might be* hyggelig dimensioner*. A good name for an oversized couch at Ikea. Also, the Danes would not include "whiteboards everywhere" as part of cozy, warm, intellectual conversation, but hey.
This is the greatest ad for Twitter ever, hosting content like this. God damn that is amazing.
Their comments section just never fails to deliver ... something.
Online communities with reasonable debate are under attack by state actors, HN is no exception. In this context, no matter how well meaning the proposal is, opening an avenue for acrimony here is not something we can afford.
At least this dead hedge fund guy has a wikipedia "controversies" section as a legacy. I wonder if a genius mathematician could figure out a way to enrich his friends and family while the markets took a dump.
According to The Wall Street Journal in May 2009, Simons was questioned by investors on the dramatic performance gap of Renaissance Technologies' portfolios. The Medallion Fund, which has been available exclusively to current and past employees and their families, surged 80% in 2008 in spite of hefty fees; the Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund (RIEF), owned by outsiders, lost money in both 2008 and 2009; RIEF declined 16% in 2008.
I thought that the overproduction and heavy autotune was appropriate to the subject.
On topic:
"Tape machines ought to be big and cumbersome and difficult to use, if only to keep the riff-raff out."
--Steve Albini
Don't forget Tiffany. Chick got a 13 carat diamond engagement ring from her fellow lucky sperm club member billionaire husband.
Why is Patrick McKenzie attending this, I wonder?
First they came for the eyeballs, and I said nothing.