pallendromeda

@caytlyn_brooke You are standing there like this

Friends: "Hey, what have you been up to?" Me: "Staring out the window trying to manifest UPS and my order of books..."

Definitely a positive indicator

Today, we're announcing @episteme, a new type of R&D company that recruits exceptional scientists to pursue high-impact ideas. Science isn’t bottlenecked by the availability of talent, but by places where they can do their best work. Scientific progress has driven human flourishing: extending lifespans, lifting billions from poverty, and expanding our understanding of the universe. But history is littered with transformational ideas that were overlooked in their time. That problem is still acute today: too much promising talent remains uncultivated, and remarkable ideas die in the lab or are filtered out by misaligned incentives. Today, scientists face suboptimal paths for translating their research into impact: academia is famously risk-averse and incentivizes publications and winning grants vs. translational research. Industry is too often focused on short‑term incentives. And startups lack the substantial capital, expertise, and complex infrastructure needed to deliver long-term scientific progress. On top of that, recent funding cuts in the US mean the overall supply of ideas is decreasing. Put together, the global scientific production system is operating at a fraction of its capacity. How Episteme operates is different: we identify great scientists who can meaningfully benefit humanity, but who aren’t supported efficiently within traditional institutions today. Researcher by researcher, we work with them to determine the bespoke resources, operational support, and environmental conditions to execute on their research. We bring them together in-house, and provide those resources to ensure that their breakthroughs are deployed for real-world impact. We’ve already assembled an amazing team of operators, ranging from the Gates Foundation, DeepMind, ARPAs, DoE – just to name a few – and researchers who are pursuing important problems across physics, biology, computing, and energy. Our team has spoken to hundreds of researchers across disciplines and geographies to understand the limitations they’re facing and what can be done better, and designed Episteme for them. We’re backed by individuals like @sama, Masayoshi Son, and other long-term partners who share our mission of enabling ambitious science for tangible human impact. About me: I started working as a researcher 9 years ago, on problems ranging from AI-driven drug discovery to developing brain-machine interfaces. It was that experience that led me to realize that so many scientists with great potential to change the world don’t have access to opportunities equal to their capacities. @sama and I believe that much better science should happen for humanity, and that a new engine is needed to support that. We decided to cofound Episteme together, and I am incredibly grateful for Sam’s unwavering support as a thought partner and founding investor. Our conviction is that by supporting the right people with the right incentives, we're set to generate breakthrough discoveries to benefit humanity. We cannot rely on the course of history to shape scientific progress; we need to proactively shape the system by supporting the most talented people with the right resources and incentives.

This is the most Disney thing I have ever seen when it comes to robotics! They trained robots to fall whimsically and in style. Why? Because not only does it protect its components, it looks cool! Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=BXqpVM… #Robotics #ReinforcementLearning #PhysicalAI

@drhingram Works with or without a comma. Nice.

@caytlyn_brooke How goes it so far today?

@pallendromeda Awesome! Back for day 2 today!

Bring on the craziness of comic con!!

@Thinkwert 👑

I am 49 today

@Thinkwert What did you do this time lol

You wanna block me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. Yeah, you're right. I pun too much. I like replies too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. I like me and my followers like me 'cause I'm the real article.

@skooookum Do you have little dog boots for him that'd be cool

LIKE A SAILOR IN A BIG GREEN COAT

I also remember when I joined Twitter! 😄 -- Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

I captured photos of the moon every night for a month to watch how it dances 👀

My timeline stack is unbeatable

My timeline stack is unbeatable

@jshguo how do you not mention that

I might not have mentioned it, but my wife has a PhD in quantum computing. She just told me a very cool mathematical function. ψₙₓ,ₙᵧ(x,y) = ψₙₓ(x) · ψₙᵧ(y) ψₙ(x) = e^(−x²/2) · Hₙ(x) / √(2ⁿ · n! · √π) Hₙ(x) = (−1)ⁿ · e^(x²) · dⁿ/dxⁿ [e^(−x²)] Eₙₓ,ₙᵧ = (nₓ + nᵧ + 1) · ħω gₙₓ₊ₙᵧ = nₓ + nᵧ + 1

ok chat what do I do

@AlsikkanTV you... Leftist ... FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL..! 😂

hahaha

millennials watching the office become obsolete

one millimeter at a time, friends one millimeter at a time