Alek Zhang

if things were different they wouldn't be the way they are now

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

reward function that only returns <0

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

remake of Ripley’s Believe It or Not where half of it is AI

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@keyboardpockets @levelsio gaming is when the number gets bigger and it feels good

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

Hurricane Milton wasn't created by space lasers, but it was definitely made stronger by new regulations on shipping fuel composition that massively reduce cloud albedo. Nobody is talking about this.

https://t.co/2yO8rdgZtW

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

is the airpods case specifically designed to explode when you drop it?

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@SEACityLight Love the usage statistics, but what is my usage percentile? Is my home using more or less energy than my peers (1br apartments)?

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

imagine we get an AGI and nobody wants to do what it says

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@jeff_weinstein @atlas DM'd

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@Winegarden_Thom WAILA

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@LevDubinets another snapchat feature shamelessly copied

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

iPad babies gonna have nothin on Vision Pro babies

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@VanceNguyener watch baskets

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

damn they are really pulling out all the stops to crash the economy

[The Seattle Times @seattletimes]

The Food and Drug Administration has declared a nationwide shortage of Adderall, a medication used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder that has had surging demand in recent years. https://t.co/UR1YNrjNRs

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@katsjac_ movie

[Stephen Punwasi 🏚️📉🐈☃️ @StephenPunwasi]

Quick, while the normies are sleeping.

Let's talk about TikTok, behavioral shaping, kids, and why China is solving a problem the West won't realize exists for another 20 years. 🧵👇

[Stephen Punwasi 🏚️📉🐈☃️ @StephenPunwasi]

Income taxes are a tax on labor.

Property taxes are a tax on the monopoly of public resources.

Why are property taxes so low, while labor taxes are so high?

Your first hint is the class of people who designed the tax system.

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@pwnallthethings cyberlaughing

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@bennpeifert somehow i don’t think that person is looking for a job

[Alek Zhang @AlekZhang]

@scheplick @VisualCap interest was invented to offset risk associated w loans - one could read this as the world becoming less risky with time