Herbert
@leherbert.bsky.social
Never really knew who "I" am. Interests in AI, philosophy, psychology (...). Good abstract thinking but terrible memory. Unstable mind, father of two, loving family.
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I wrote about "vibeworking" and what it means to be an expert in a world where you can create things by just asking for them... until you hit the limits of what AI systems can do.
I also vibecoded my own little 3D town creation/ firetruck game in four prompts. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-t...
I also vibecoded my own little 3D town creation/ firetruck game in four prompts. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-t...
Speaking things into existence
Expertise in a vibe-filled world of work
www.oneusefulthing.org
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I wrote about "vibeworking" and what it means to be an expert in a world where you can create things by just asking for them... until you hit the limits of what AI systems can do.
I also vibecoded my own little 3D town creation/ firetruck game in four prompts. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-t...
I also vibecoded my own little 3D town creation/ firetruck game in four prompts. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-t...
Sometimes, I pretend to care, but I really don't.
January 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sometimes, I pretend to care, but I really don't.
He's successful. Is it his special morning routine? The fact that he has a morning routine? The fact that he thinks it is important? Maybe just the fact that he is structured, the kind of guy able to follow a morning routine? Or just that he is good at convincing himself? And maybe a bit of luck?
January 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
He's successful. Is it his special morning routine? The fact that he has a morning routine? The fact that he thinks it is important? Maybe just the fact that he is structured, the kind of guy able to follow a morning routine? Or just that he is good at convincing himself? And maybe a bit of luck?
Jumping in this void moment after moment, nothing to rest upon.
January 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Jumping in this void moment after moment, nothing to rest upon.
Currently watching a Joe Rogan "interview", the one with Mark Zuckerberg. Deliberately convincing people of things he knows are not true, not for their own good, but for his own, is hard to watch. At some point, you no longer have the excuse of lying to yourself. But hey, who am I to judge.
January 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Currently watching a Joe Rogan "interview", the one with Mark Zuckerberg. Deliberately convincing people of things he knows are not true, not for their own good, but for his own, is hard to watch. At some point, you no longer have the excuse of lying to yourself. But hey, who am I to judge.
"This new tech will save us!": click, click, click
"This new tech will destroy us!": click, click, click
"Well it depends (...) If (...) Maybe (...) Odds are (...) We may say (...). Let us be careful (...)": "boring!"
"This new tech will destroy us!": click, click, click
"Well it depends (...) If (...) Maybe (...) Odds are (...) We may say (...). Let us be careful (...)": "boring!"
January 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"This new tech will save us!": click, click, click
"This new tech will destroy us!": click, click, click
"Well it depends (...) If (...) Maybe (...) Odds are (...) We may say (...). Let us be careful (...)": "boring!"
"This new tech will destroy us!": click, click, click
"Well it depends (...) If (...) Maybe (...) Odds are (...) We may say (...). Let us be careful (...)": "boring!"
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
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Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
It has to slow down at some point. The rate of change in AI is unsunstainable for anyone to keep up to date. Can't we slow down and enjoy the view?
December 29, 2024 at 10:21 PM
It has to slow down at some point. The rate of change in AI is unsunstainable for anyone to keep up to date. Can't we slow down and enjoy the view?
How come my fridge lasted 8 years, my parents' 20, and my grandparents like 35? (numbers roughly estimated :))
December 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM
How come my fridge lasted 8 years, my parents' 20, and my grandparents like 35? (numbers roughly estimated :))
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The future of AI is models that generate graphical interfaces. Instead of the linear, low-bandwidth metaphor of conversation, models will represent themselves to us as computers: rich visuals, direct manipulation, and instant feedback.
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
Computing inside an AI | Will Whitney
willwhitney.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:55 AM
The future of AI is models that generate graphical interfaces. Instead of the linear, low-bandwidth metaphor of conversation, models will represent themselves to us as computers: rich visuals, direct manipulation, and instant feedback.
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
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From @fchollet.bsky.social over on the other site.
"they demand serious scientific attention" -- indeed! But how to do science on these results without more openness?
"they demand serious scientific attention" -- indeed! But how to do science on these results without more openness?
December 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
From @fchollet.bsky.social over on the other site.
"they demand serious scientific attention" -- indeed! But how to do science on these results without more openness?
"they demand serious scientific attention" -- indeed! But how to do science on these results without more openness?
Databricks valued at $62B while OpenAI at $157B. Cannot help but feel the second number is way out of proportion. Understood they are not the same type of business at all, but the former seemlesly integrated gen AI in their platform, this is the real hard part, the moat.
December 18, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Databricks valued at $62B while OpenAI at $157B. Cannot help but feel the second number is way out of proportion. Understood they are not the same type of business at all, but the former seemlesly integrated gen AI in their platform, this is the real hard part, the moat.
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Google has completely eclipsed OpenAI's 12 days of Christmas:
• Quantum (Willow)
• Video generation (Veo 2)
• Multimodal Live API with Gemini 2.0
• Deep Research
• Computer agent (Mariner)
They are back in the race in a huge way! OpenAI should be worried.
• Quantum (Willow)
• Video generation (Veo 2)
• Multimodal Live API with Gemini 2.0
• Deep Research
• Computer agent (Mariner)
They are back in the race in a huge way! OpenAI should be worried.
December 17, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Google has completely eclipsed OpenAI's 12 days of Christmas:
• Quantum (Willow)
• Video generation (Veo 2)
• Multimodal Live API with Gemini 2.0
• Deep Research
• Computer agent (Mariner)
They are back in the race in a huge way! OpenAI should be worried.
• Quantum (Willow)
• Video generation (Veo 2)
• Multimodal Live API with Gemini 2.0
• Deep Research
• Computer agent (Mariner)
They are back in the race in a huge way! OpenAI should be worried.
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Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"[...] We do not care why things arise—that is the concern of psychologists and philosophers. We only care about how they arise and how they pass away—how the movement of mind’s attention happens during that entire process."- Bhante Vimalara ṁ si
December 16, 2024 at 4:02 PM
"[...] We do not care why things arise—that is the concern of psychologists and philosophers. We only care about how they arise and how they pass away—how the movement of mind’s attention happens during that entire process."- Bhante Vimalara ṁ si
I had to look up for his actual view. It is not the golden rule, nor the platinum rule, but this negated version, more consistent: “Don’t do unto anybody else what you wouldn’t like to be done to you.” It seems to me [Clarke] that that’s all there is to it.
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
-- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917
December 16, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I had to look up for his actual view. It is not the golden rule, nor the platinum rule, but this negated version, more consistent: “Don’t do unto anybody else what you wouldn’t like to be done to you.” It seems to me [Clarke] that that’s all there is to it.
Crazy how these automatic thoughts shape subjective experience. It is so hard to break the spell.
December 13, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Crazy how these automatic thoughts shape subjective experience. It is so hard to break the spell.
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Posting this cartoon every once in a while for anyone struggling with imposter syndrome. I think it's a really helpful perspective. I don't know who originally made this, please add a link if you do. 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Posting this cartoon every once in a while for anyone struggling with imposter syndrome. I think it's a really helpful perspective. I don't know who originally made this, please add a link if you do. 🧪
Google announces AI coding assistance "Jules": bit.ly/3VzSfnf
December 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Google announces AI coding assistance "Jules": bit.ly/3VzSfnf
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This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often
December 10, 2024 at 12:57 PM
This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often
We cannot think our way out of this, can't we?
December 10, 2024 at 11:40 PM
We cannot think our way out of this, can't we?
"The Peter Principle states that an employee continues to receive promotions to work in higher ranks up to that point where he reaches a level of incompetence." I do not know what to make of this principle... it seems oversimplified yet somewhat true!
December 10, 2024 at 8:47 PM
"The Peter Principle states that an employee continues to receive promotions to work in higher ranks up to that point where he reaches a level of incompetence." I do not know what to make of this principle... it seems oversimplified yet somewhat true!
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