Rodrigo Benenson

quote of the day: "We are watching a little submarine out in the ocean of everything." youtu.be/oaXRREHVkHo?si…

Quote of the day: "We were eating maple cookies on the far side of the moon".

quote of the day: "Sometimes the right thing to do is the harder one, and nothing can be done about that."

quote of the day: "So it’s not only that federal agents kill an American citizen like authoritarian thugs, but their superiors in Washington justified that killing with the kind of bald-faced lie that recalls Tehran and Moscow." vox.com/policy/476397/…

quote of the day: "Hope is a feeling. Hope is a decision. Hope is a practice."

My main take away: I am not sure grass golf is worth it. andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-water…

quote of the day: "The repetition of behavior, not the sincerity of belief, is what shapes character."

quote of the day: "clarity creates agency".

quote of the day: "How arrogant would you have to be to think you’ve gained everything from a book on your first reading?"

The world is complex and many spatio-temporal factors are at play. But if I had to try to pin point all of our current problems to one cause, I would say: it is the underthinking crisis.

most people believe that _their_ job is the hardest for machines to ever replace.

What can we, EU citizens, do to help fix the EU cookies law? It is so bad, than even the gdpr.eu website (currently) mishandles it. If we cannot get cookies right, I have no hopes AI will be well handled. gdpr.eu/cookies/

My message to the youth: Build. Build what you enjoy. Build what others will enjoy.

Then: The Turing Test; Can you tell if you're talking to a machine? Now: The Turing Artifact Test; Can you tell if this was made by a machine?"

@EMostaque Can you elaborate on your UBI take?

The Doomed Proposals: UBI: Treats symptoms, accelerates disease Job guarantees: Fighting gravity AI regulation: Slowing tsunami with paperwork Degrowth: Managed extinction

@attentionmech By reading and thinking more than any human can? Also, ask any guru and they will answer you.

quote of the day: "There is so much work left to do." youtu.be/Wi6-PoQHcFM?si…

quote of the day: Progressus est errores mutare.

@itsolelehmann What action should EU citizens do to help repeal this law?

The solution is clear: We need to completely repeal this law and replace it with something that actually works. Better alternatives exist: • Browser-level consent settings • Risk-based approaches that exempt low-risk cookies • Global standards alignment

It's like putting a child safety lock on one door while leaving all the windows wide open. The most telling evidence this law has failed? A 2023 Pew survey found 62% of EU users view cookie banners as "annoying" and "ineffective." 45% believe they don't boost privacy at all.

quote of the day: "people don’t think what they feel, they don’t say what they think, and they don’t do what they say."