

🚨 "Retired Intelligence Officer" claims there's an Alien Council that monitors Earth. Make of this what you will... Fact or Fiction?
Sam Barton
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@samhbarton
Building @Calyxapp. Generalist interested in the intersection of complex systems, ethics, and coordination problems at all scales. AI @ https://t.co/N1I1ckfP21


🚨 "Retired Intelligence Officer" claims there's an Alien Council that monitors Earth. Make of this what you will... Fact or Fiction?


Pattern recognition is the highest form of intelligence.


@rorysutherland Ibstock brick launched a carbon neutral brick factory, they felt they would be able to demand a 20% premium on the products. Guess what the customer didn’t agree and they had to drop the prices to the standard rates


Today I learned that in English: words starting with "gl-" often relate to light: gleam, glint, glance, glare, glaze, glimpse, glitter, gloss, glower, glisten, glaze, glitz, glazed. words starting with "sn-" often relate to nose: sniff, sneeze, snuff, snore, snort, snot.

I’ve been doing something similar as a way to kick off my day. the pipeline is audio dump to an agent connected to my workspace, who then after some options back and forth does things like: - creates tasks attached to projects, some with instructions for a different agent to kick off if needed (this can even be done for an entire project mapped out need to end!) - drafts emails, invites, whatever you want - creates presentations, PDFs, videos - all on brand The list is effectively as long as whatever a coding agent can do Best thing about it is you can do all of it while out for a walk

What is the most underrated AI tool right now?

Stepping away from the dopamine chat box and recording a long, rambling, yet intentional voice memo covering everything you want to accomplish in whatever project you’re working on. Then transcribing that and using it as input to the model, where you then ask the model to ask you questions exhaustively until it knows exactly what to do in order to accomplish your goal

Hell yeah this is great news


Vox with a BOMBSHELL admission in the wake of the demise of RCP8.5. “Those numbers shaped a decade and a half of climate journalism, including a lot of my own when I covered climate change at Time magazine. I didn’t always know — and didn’t always communicate — that the scenario behind the most apocalyptic, attention-getting findings was largely an attempt to imagine how bad things could get, not a true forecast. But I wasn’t alone. RCP 8.5 was a frequent background presence in climate journalism.” vox.com/future-perfect…


Someone was trying to pitch me on this Australian chip startup and I was like seriously … Australian ? 😐

who is worth more in 10 years?





today i learned: there's a company that names companies. that's so funny and cool




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Southwark’s Planning Chair opposed a 860+ home development because locals couldn’t afford the new homes. It’s a common misconception. So I’ve decided to explain the evidence showing how luxury flats can make housing more affordable on the Old Kent Road.