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Ok, somewhat more seriously, @sama has been going on about the need to change the social contract for some years, and he is right, of course. If AI reaches human level intelligence at a labor cost below that of most current professions, then a lot of people will lose purchasing power extremely quickly. You don't need a degree in economics to see that this is not a stable situation. Though I recently read a 50 page paper with an elaborate economics model that, well, arrived at this very conclusion. The obvious thing to happen in that situation is that governments will nationalize AI companies. Sanders is somewhat early to the game, but then again who knows if he'll live to see AGI, so it kinda makes sense, or at least not less sense than American politics in general. That said, a group from OpenAI proposed already in April to have a "public wealth fund" to give people (presumably US citizens) shares in the AI-generated wealth (see below). I guess that's the smart thing to say if you live in a country where the average Joe is armed to the teeth and drives a bulletproof car, whether or not you actually mean it.

Okay, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it boots, my own completely custom operating system boots!!! You can see more about this journey in the tweet below. Started in Codex with /goal on May 4th. Totally wild. Surreal feeling right now. If I could hug @thsottiaux I would 🤗

Pro tip: your fallbacks should have fallbacks.

one of the quotes i find most inspiring on a hard day: "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom" Ecclesiastes 9:10

First impressions of Tesla FSD in Estonia (442km) - It’s genuinely impressive in the most unremarkable ways possible. - It’s predictable and confident, incredibly human-like. - Often too slow and overly cautious. - End of trip parking hit or miss. PS. Weather has been perfect.

The Codex lead at OpenAI @thsottiaux dropped out of his PhD in two weeks. His take on education now: "It's important to follow your instincts and do things that give you energy. "

I sent this email to the transportation ministry to ask for the Tesla FSD approval. I think FSD will make our roads safer.

A farmer buys a young cock. As soon as he gets it home, it f*cks all the farmer's 150 hens. The farmer is impressed. At lunch the cock screws all 150 hens again. The next day it's f*cking the ducks and geese too. Later he finds the cock lying on the ground half-dead with vultures circling overhead. The farmer says, “You deserved it, you horny bastard!” The cock opens one eye, points up, and says, “Shhhhhh. They’re about to land!!”

AI is not coming for your job. AI is coming for the boring parts of your job. The parts you hate... The parts that drain you... If you let it take those, what remains is time for you to be CREATIVE.

You are now far more constrained by your own imagination and ambitions than by ability to execute. Execution is now a few hundreds of dollars away.

In many foreign countries the worst thing to call someone is a sucker. That means you got cheated. Someone swindled you on a transaction. But that isn't a huge insult in America. Why? It implies the wrong is with them, not you. You were a trusting consumer for this one-off transaction. Whereas, the worst insult in America is to be called a loser. A permanent state of defeat and not being able to compete

Visited a prison in Europe It was chilling The worst of the worst are housed there Men who sent unsolicited cold emails Executives who stored a customer's email address without consent And the worst of all: A guy serving a life sentence for not properly centering the cookie warning on his website Lock them up and throw away the key!

“AI is demoralizing.” A Princeton Professor says he kept wondering this semester (while lecturing) if his students would be better off learning from Claude:

Greek banking dinosaurs had it coming. Shame on the Central Bank of Greece and local politicians for not making sure domestic banks actually serve their purpose, rather than keep raking up ridiculous fees and harming the growth prospects of the Greek economy.

Chinese users are blown away with what Tesla Self-Driving can do

There's an annoying bug in the Codex macOS app: It restarts using "Standard" mode speed even if you set "Fast" mode. I tried to make Codex to fix itself, and it even created a guard and a launch agent but something always reverts it on restart. I'm not going to push more.

Interesting

AI can give researchers the freedom to pursue “crazier” ideas. For Terence Tao, AI creates more room to experiment, test unexpected paths, and discover what might otherwise stay out of reach.

It's #NationalBurgerDay. The war on protein is over, and REAL American beef is back on the menu.