Bill Higgins

@MrChuckD And this thread makes me realize that as part of my mentoring tool kit I need to tell the folks I mentor to listen to “Fight the Power” at least once a week and twice a week during tough times (4/4 and thank you sir 🙇🏻)

@MrChuckD … to current work working with some major universities around the world, transforming education with AI such that we get smarter rather than dumber, and get better jobs rather than lose jobs. (3/4)

What is the last RAP song that changed your POV of this world? If it didn’t move your soul or made you think…. Did it at least move your body to it?

"Cognitive surrender is when you stop thinking altogether and blindly accept the answer the AI gives you"

"Can AI Help Combat the Climate Crisis?" | Nice piece in @Penn #OmniaMagazine featuring @Penn student Anya Draves (w/ a kind shout-out for my @AnnenbergPenn climate communication course with Kathleen Hall Jamieson): omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/can-AI-h…

@CharlotteAlter @timoreilly @toddlew @nicolefv @jonobacon > This is really kind of you. Not really 😊 I’m also Team Human™️, and have three kids that I love, so very motivated to create a more humanistic world as well! Enlightened self-interest FTW and thank YOU once again.

@BillHiggins @timoreilly @toddlew @nicolefv @jonobacon Thank you! This is really kind of you.

Easiest $300 I spent all year. There are also less expensive and free options. This is great leadership on the part of @CharlotteAlter and highly aligned with my views on AI. Cc @timoreilly @toddlew @nicolefv @jonobacon

@CharlotteAlter Easiest $300 I spent all year. 👍🏻 This seems 100% aligned with my personal goals and why I work as a senior AI executive at IBM (though I can’t speak for them on this topic). But from a personal perspective, I would like to join your team. 🫡 Thank you for your leadership. 🙏🏻

The AI backlash is here. But great movements can’t just be AGAINST something, they have to be FOR something. That’s why I’m building the New Humanism Project. I’ll be covering the people working to build a future that is of humans, for humans, and by humans. Join me! open.substack.com/pub/charlottea…

"Life speeds up after 25 - Every year goes by faster & faster" While this CAN be true...few realize it's 100% optional There is a way to dramatically: > slow down time perception > Ride an upward spiral of AWE & Bliss > Experience 100x more novel stimuli than you would when in your default state of mind (Even if you're in a place you've been 10,000x before) What is the default state of mind? It's subtly projecting a "known" past onto the unknowable present Tangibly this feels like that dull "this shit again" adult creep that makes life feel dissatisfying This is a PROCESS that activates whenever we're not actively tuning into the present moment A process that creates TENSION in the body It feels like being in a constant state of "wanting to get to the other side" of w/e you're doing The sad truth is that most live in this state until they die The problem is if you "know" the world - Nothing's novel anymore Nothing feels fresh, new or exciting You are, in essence, day-dreaming 24/7 by projecting the known world onto "what is" in this moment This is an understandable thing to do - As pretty much everyone does it... But when you really look at it - You realize there's a staggering amount of ASSUMPTION that goes into this And it takes EFFORT to maintain this day-dream illusion of "knowing" Example: I was sat in a restaurant a few years back My daughter had just been born My wife and I were tired as hell I was in a slightly muddled state I was rushing through my meal Waiting to get home Suddenly I notice this process going on I recognize that I'm living in this state of "assumption" And I let go & See clearly As if looking for the very first time All of a sudden not only is there this beautiful flow of energy in the body Because I'm not longer unconsciously activating the process of projecting known past on onto unknowable present But there's a sense of complete AWE at the restaurant I'm now in Everything looks insanely HD, bright, colorful...even mystical There's this "humming aliveness" coming from all things I literally tear up at the sheer beauty of this moment Even as I'm sat here now - Typing this - The feeling of my fingers touching the keys is completely novel to me Even blissful To notice the feeling of breath in my nostrils... To feel the cool air in the room All of this is incredibly FRESH That same kind of feeling you get when visiting a foreign country & walking around You're naturally more present - Naturally more in your senses It's like you get a forced leveling up in your degree of PRESENCE/mindfulness But you can literally have this WHENEVER & WHERE EVER All you have to give up is the illusion that you know wtf is going on And learn to somatically "switch off" that process by simply: > relaxing > tuning into your senses > looking around as if seeing for the first time (You are) > immerse yourself in your sensory experience > notice how pleasurable this is > notice how paying attention to the pleasure starts to increase it's intensity > keep immersing yourself in this experience Congrats - You just figured out how to ride an upward spiral of beauty, awe and aliveness (instead of a downward spiral of misery, self-obsession & anxiety) Eventually - Because it's so habitual - You'll switch back into past projection mode That's fine - The option to come back into freshness & awe is always here And I promise you - When you "get" how to do this... You'll experience 1000x more novel stimuli in one hour than you would in 10 years of living on autopilot mode I have no idea how this changes your brain & biology I can tell you with absolute certainty though that this leads to a way of living that eclipses even the awe you felt in childhood And turns life from a dull, mundane chore... To a divine miracle unfolding

The salvation is Project Tapestry thealliance.ai/projects/tapes…

NES Punch Out characters come to life! Credit: WastedCortex on YT

Job security from AI comes from this very simple fact. Unless you know if the output is wrong, OK, good, or great, most AI is useless or perhaps damaging And to know that, you need to be somewhat knowledgable And the more expert, discerning, experienced you are, the better

🎉 Very excited to speak at @RenderATL this year! I'll be talking about AI and the web, new features and what the future holds. I get to speak with awesome folks like @kelseyhightower and @techgirl1908. See you there!

Raiders of the Lost Ark is a perfect movie, maybe the only perfect movie. Every scene, every line, every beat propels the story forward.

For more than 50 years, my Dad dreamed of a day when every frame of a major Hollywood film would be captured with IMAX cameras. Tonight, Christopher Nolan spoke beautifully about his friendship with my Dad - and the new Keighley IMAX camera - on The Late Show w/ Colbert.

Programming used to put me into FLOW state often. That’s a big part of why I fell in love with it. Late night missions building games, apps, whatever, it felt great. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has a great quote on this: “The best moments in our lives… occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult or worthwhile.” AI has kind of nuked the personal challenge part of that. I don’t fall into those same FLOW states nearly as often anymore. It’s a strange position to be in because I’m undeniably more productive, but some of the joy is gone. I still love building software, but now the enjoyment comes more from seeing products come to life and have real-world impact than from the actual process of writing the code. I’ll miss the deep flow states that came from fighting code for hours into the night, but I feel like I do need to find new areas that still offer that same sense of challenge.

Great to be included in the @TIME 10 Most Influential AI Companies of 2026! Let's go open-source AI!

I write books so that I understand. If other people find value in reading what I have written, then all the better.

First open-weight model from @poolsideai! Apache license, and available on Ollama to try. 👇👇👇 model page