Reading #TheComingWave by @mustafasuleymanai.bsky.social for this month’s book club meeting

Surprised/not surprised that agriculture is mentioned

#artificialintelligence #syntheticbiology

“The word deadline comes from the American Civil War, when prison camps set boundaries and any prisoner who crossed a line was shot”

#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone

“wheel of fortune” psychology experiment demonstrated how easy it is to settle on a “bad anchor”

#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone

“The first mover advantage is greatly overstated… almost half of pioneers failed, compared to 8% of settlers”

#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone

“iteration frees people to experiment”

#BentFlyvbjerg
#HowBigThingsGetDone

Article: AI identifies early signs of ratings downgrades

“akin to crowdsourcing credit analysis to a large group of institutional investors”

@chicagoboothreview.bsky.social

Recent exchange with ChatGPT [condensed]

Me: What if I disagree?
ChatGPT: Pushing back is healthy

Me: I don't want to post something written by AI
ChatGPT: I really respect that

Me: What person is most like you?
ChatGPT: @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

They are getting DC ready for the inauguration

Every time someone asks me for a headshot, I’m going to try to take a new picture

“anything we ask for should be useful enough to report to everyone, otherwise it’s not important”

If only more donors felt the same way