James Maaser

Few things are harder to predict than the ways in which someone much smarter than you might outsmart you. That's the reason I worry about AI. Not just the problem itself, but the meta-problem that the ways the problem might play out are inherently hard to predict.

“I have written many words on suffering and now am being called to put them into practice,” reflects @philipyancey. “May I be a faithful steward of this latest chapter.” christianitytoday.com/ct/2023/februa…

In 2019, President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former president in US history, at age 95, built Habitat for Humanity homes in Nashville. President Carter represents the best of humanity.

@emollick It seems like Bing AI is the evil twin brother of ChatGPT. Things can take a dark turn fast...

Wow.

This is an incredible example of not giving up on your teammate or next play twitter.com/Osmpeoples/sta…

1/2 This spectacular image by @NASAJuno, captured on 29 Nov. 2021, shows a close-up of two huge storms rotating in Jupiter's atmosphere. ➡️go.nasa.gov/3GJ4ohf Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY #scritturebrevi #VentagliDiParole

The winner of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest was this picture of Comet Leonard, called Disconnection Event. (Image credit Gherard Rhemann)

Finally, after over a year of work, I am proud to present the largest image ever captured of the complete Andromeda Galaxy!

What matters most in life are the beautiful memories we share with the people we love most.

The end of poverty is possible. Each country shown on this chart achieved a large decline in extreme poverty over the last generation. This is one of the most important lessons we can learn from the available data: rapid progress against poverty can be achieved.

You will have a greater appreciation of heavy rope after watching this video twitter.com/Enezator/statu…

ChatGPT has crossed 1M+ users in just 5 days. To compare, it took Netflix 41 months, FB - 10 months, and Instagram - 2.5 months. But many haven’t yet realized its full potential. Here are the 10 mindblowing things you can do using it right now:

No one realized it at the time, but the accident at Three Mile Island cost thousands of lives. Not directly, but by making nuclear power unpopular in the US, and thus causing us to switch to more dangerous power sources.

This insane car crash was caught on dash cam 👀🤯 twitter.com/TheFigen_/stat…

This is why the Black Church should be a curriculum in every University, Seminary & College. I also believe that African American Worship should also be a course in the music department as an elective for Music Majors. I can’t stop listening to this. These college students are 🔥

Watch what happens when two monkeys are offered unequal pay for the same task: t.ted.com/MYjkfu6

This weekend I built =GPT3(), a way to run GPT-3 prompts in Google Sheets. It's incredible how tasks that are hard or impossible to do w/ regular formulas become trivial. For example: sanitize data, write thank you cards, summarize product reviews, categorize feedback...

"My wife lost it when our baby laughed for the first time." Not sure what's sweeter: Baby's laughter or mama's emotional reaction. (🎥:andrew fischer)