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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

We’re hiring for two machine learning roles. A chance to do cutting edge things with ML to make this place a lot more personalized.

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Bluesky Jobs

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 12d

Altman in 2024: "We have no idea how we may one day generate revenue. We have made a soft promise to investors that once we've built this sort of generally intelligent system, basically we will ask it to figure out a way to generate an investment return for you."

Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 14d

SOURCES: OpenAI is planning to bring ads to ChatGPT.

Also: In a message to employees, Sam Altman says he wants 250 gigawatts of compute by 2033.

He calls OpenAI's team behind Stargate a "core bet" like research / robotics.

"Doing this right will cost trillions." sources.news/p/openai-ads...

OpenAI is looking for a head of ads

Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing advertising to ChatGPT. Plus: Sam Altman's internal note to employees about Stargate.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 15d

Pickin fonts on a Tuesday

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 27d

And they're hiring! Great opportunity for anyone who's interested in becoming an AI Alignment Alignment Alignment Researcher.

Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 27d

Very glad to see that someone is doing the important work of aligning AI alignment. alignmentalignment.ai

Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers

We align the aligners

alignmentalignment.ai

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · 29d

Frequently having this feeling whenever I use Zotero

a man in a black hat and white jacket says we were on the verge of greatness we were this close

Alt: clip from the movie Rogue One: a man in a black hat and white jacket says "we were on the verge of greatness we were this close"

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Sep 6

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CTA hosting town halls on next year's potential service cuts

The agency will also share a vision of its future if, on the other hand, lawmakers pass a funding bill that instead raises funding for Chicago-area transit by $1.5 billion.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Sep 6

CTA is hosting town halls on next year's potential service cuts (up to 40%) - come show support!

* Tue, Sept. 16 at Imani Village, 901 E. 95th St.
* Thu, Sept. 18 at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson Ave.
* Thu, Sept. 25 at Malcolm X College, 1900 W. Jackson Blvd.

(scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m)

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 15

First they came for infinity
And I did not speak out…

New Scientist @newscientist.com · Aug 15

Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it

Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity – and may succeed

www.newscientist.com

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 15

Sounds like GPT-5 is a dud.

If you want a tool that will meaningfully improve your life, I recommend a squeegee.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 11

Ours will intermittently do the “fun only audio playing error” 🫠

The speech-to-text also sometimes transcribes whatever we said like 20 seconds ago, which is simultaneously excruciating and entertaining

Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 6

It's an honor to be the first account to use the word cheesehopper

avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 6

Can Bluesky say every word in the dictionary?
I dunno but I plan to find out!

I made a website that tracks every single word said on bluesky (as of yesterday).

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 5

Reminder: you can't spell automaton without TOMATO

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 5

The model card has three sentences about training data, so no "major shift" there.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 2

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 1

The post itself is comical but I do give Zuckerberg credit for throwing this html directly onto meta dot com

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Aug 1

"At each step, people have used our newfound productivity to achieve more than was previously possible, pushing the frontiers of science and health, as well as spending more time on creativity, culture, relationships, and enjoying life."

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jul 11

Anyone have a great everyday frying pan they would recommend? 🍳

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jul 2

“Notably, surveillance cameras are most common in racially diverse neighborhoods experiencing an influx of white residents, suggesting that white householders are instituting this means of social control as they move into or gentrify non-white neighborhoods.”

Surveillance camera prevalence and racial diversity in ten US cities - Nature Cities

Surveillance cameras are a widespread tool for monitoring in modern cities. This study shows how camera placement reflects racial dynamics in neighborhoods, revealing a new form of inequality in the m...

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 25

Thanks to the organizers, presenters, reviewers, and everyone who helped make it happen.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 25

It’s been a lovely few days in Copenhagen with @icwsm.bsky.social - my first #ICWSM in-person!

Buildings in Copenhagen, reflecting over calm water at sunset

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 10

Alternate headline: "Is Tim Cooking, or is Tim Cooked?"

The Economist @economist.com · Jun 10

“I’d be more concerned about Tim Cook than at any time in the last 15 years.” On “The Intelligence”, @hern.bsky.social assesses the future of Apple’s chief executive https://econ.trib.al/YLghngs

Apple has fallen behind on AI. Can it recover?

Also on the daily podcast: China-Russia relations and psychedelics pioneer Amanda Feilding

econ.trib.al

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 6

Now accepting suggestions for my next audiobook!

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 5

Big day today, finishing a 24hr audiobook

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Jun 5

Just searched for something on BlueSky and found exactly what I was looking for. Amazing.

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Jack Bandy @jackbandy.com · Apr 17

🧑🏻‍🍳🥣

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