Alex Brown

Current fascination: disinformation & trust. Prior fascinations include Horse Slaughter

[Min Choi @minchoi]

This ChatGPT prompt is literally $500/hr consultant🤯

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing.

The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos.
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[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@BBCRosAtkins Yep, Penrose is beautiful!

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@BBCRosAtkins Love this!! New A30 also makes the drive to Redruth much easier

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@BBCRosAtkins I’ve enjoyed both these journeys on many occasions. Used to live in PA (Wilmington train station) now living in Gunwalloe…

[Jacob Vega @JacobtheVega]

@elonmusk @tszzl @api_assasin Elon explaining the crazy idea years ago

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship rocket booster caught by tower

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@USASteeplechase 26

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

Search era to knowledge era. My take on a transformational shift https://t.co/2UmwNdumEq

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@jensblog Agree!!

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@mcuban @X Just got the book, Invisible Rulers, by Renee DiResta. Great read, very topical

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

Just started this book, Rulers, by @noUpside Renee DiResta. The intro is fascinating & fantastic.

I’ve written a 20k word detailed essay on disinformation and the information wars. Really looking forward to getting into the rest of this book, to see how well my essay resonates.

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

For the last several days I’ve spied Cornish Choughs. Very cool #Cornwall #BirdsOfTwitter #birds

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@lexfridman @CharanRanganath Alice in Chains…

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

Regarding LLMs, I read a lot of what @GaryMarcus says, which may bias my thoughts. I am also doing a lot of “research” on #trust
is there a precedent in the history of commerce where a product has been launched & it’s designers/owners don’t understand, completely, how it works?

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

4 hours of great conversation!

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

I made it out of the jungle alive ❤

This was an adventure of a lifetime, from getting lost in dense unexplored wilderness to taking very high doses of ayahuasca.

I'll post videos about some of these adventures in a week or so. First, here's a 4 hour podcast conversation with Paul Rosolie that we recorded deep in the jungle.

This time in the jungle has deepened my gratitude for getting to exist on this beautiful planet with all of you. I love you all ❤

The podcast conversation is here on X and is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:07 - Amazon jungle
4:25 - Bushmaster snakes
15:51 - Black caiman
34:11 - Rhinos
37:25 - Anacondas
1:07:42 - Mammals
1:19:48 - Piranhas
1:30:38 - Aliens
1:48:23 - Elephants
1:56:21 - Origin of life
2:09:40 - Explorers
2:22:57 - Ayahuasca
2:31:22 - Deep jungle expedition
2:45:29 - Jane Goodall
2:48:00 - Theodore Roosevelt
2:58:56 - Alone show
3:08:42 - Protecting the rainforest
3:24:55 - Snake makes appearance
3:33:06 - Uncontacted tribes
3:46:30 - Mortality
3:47:58 - Steve Irwin
3:55:38 - God

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@USASteeplechase Match racing in Texas

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

Crikey!

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

Meet the new iPad Pro: the thinnest product we’ve ever created, the most advanced display we’ve ever produced, with the incredible power of the M4 chip. Just imagine all the things it’ll be used to create.

[Alex Brown @AlexBrownRacing]

@MollyJoRosen I love it!

[Jessica Paquette @jmpaquette]

This is glorious.