@aaronwalsman.bsky.social
This is fun to say, but I think it's more fear than grandiosity. These guys worry they're going to get eaten by the next wave. Kodak was an extremely strong business until it wasn't. You can argue that they over-index on that fear, but it's not completely irrational.
August 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is fun to say, but I think it's more fear than grandiosity. These guys worry they're going to get eaten by the next wave. Kodak was an extremely strong business until it wasn't. You can argue that they over-index on that fear, but it's not completely irrational.
100% physicists don't own those words.
August 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
100% physicists don't own those words.
Yah! Turing award BAYBAY!
August 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Yah! Turing award BAYBAY!
Yes we do, it's MATRICES!
August 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Yes we do, it's MATRICES!
Same energy when they used to talk about mocap for VFX films. "Look! Tom Hanks just danced around with all this goofy stuff attached to him, and the computers turned it into movie magic!!!" But it turns out a crew of 80 people worked for nine months to animate it using the mocap as loose reference.
August 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Same energy when they used to talk about mocap for VFX films. "Look! Tom Hanks just danced around with all this goofy stuff attached to him, and the computers turned it into movie magic!!!" But it turns out a crew of 80 people worked for nine months to animate it using the mocap as loose reference.
"...what this book presupposes is..."
August 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"...what this book presupposes is..."
That robot looks like it wants to fight me.
July 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
That robot looks like it wants to fight me.
One dollar Bob!
July 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
One dollar Bob!
Yeah community correction, but also kind of like "hey guys, have you noticed how exploration in language space is totally cursed?"
July 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Yeah community correction, but also kind of like "hey guys, have you noticed how exploration in language space is totally cursed?"
So I think you're kind of right, but I also think some people needed to be told that, so maybe it's still valuable?
July 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
So I think you're kind of right, but I also think some people needed to be told that, so maybe it's still valuable?
I love the phrase "vibe physics"
July 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I love the phrase "vibe physics"
I think there is also a sense that the AI is outside your normal social system, so you know you can talk to it without having to worry that it's going to tell somebody else what you said. It's more private.
July 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think there is also a sense that the AI is outside your normal social system, so you know you can talk to it without having to worry that it's going to tell somebody else what you said. It's more private.
Don't worry you'll figure it out
July 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Don't worry you'll figure it out
Seriously, this group is world-class (literally no peers) at converting the "find out" part of the phrase "f*ck around and find out" into a long term strategic advantage.
July 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Seriously, this group is world-class (literally no peers) at converting the "find out" part of the phrase "f*ck around and find out" into a long term strategic advantage.
You don't know what that crow's been through.
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You don't know what that crow's been through.
The grey around the edges is a Walmart parking lot.
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The grey around the edges is a Walmart parking lot.
Yeah, makes sense, I don't have a great sense of the scale of these things.
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yeah, makes sense, I don't have a great sense of the scale of these things.
Yeah, I guess I just mentioned it because there has been talk about building new power for rapid expansion of AI datacenters. But also, it's telling that it went from zero to video games in a pretty short amount of time! Unless we think it will all blow up soon, expect a lot of growth!
June 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Yeah, I guess I just mentioned it because there has been talk about building new power for rapid expansion of AI datacenters. But also, it's telling that it went from zero to video games in a pretty short amount of time! Unless we think it will all blow up soon, expect a lot of growth!
If we had the brown out problem solved would it meaningfully change the graph? Is electricity cost/availability a bottleneck for many industries here besides giant AI, which has only been a thing for like 18 months? (Genuine questions, don't know the answer)
June 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If we had the brown out problem solved would it meaningfully change the graph? Is electricity cost/availability a bottleneck for many industries here besides giant AI, which has only been a thing for like 18 months? (Genuine questions, don't know the answer)
Sorry Chris, but that is not a great conclusion to draw from this. China has 4x the population, was starting from a place of much less development, and their economy is manufacturing so of course they are adding new generation. What would the US have done with more electricity production over 20yrs?
June 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Sorry Chris, but that is not a great conclusion to draw from this. China has 4x the population, was starting from a place of much less development, and their economy is manufacturing so of course they are adding new generation. What would the US have done with more electricity production over 20yrs?
Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL telescope!
June 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL telescope!