Brad Roeder

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[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

@ODOT_Toledo Do you have the coordinates of the closure?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

In case you were wondering how superconductors work, this is a good explanation. They are a very interesting phenomenon and may prove economically useful, but are not a hard requirement for a sustainable energy future.

Physics has many powerful tools of reasoning to understand and predict reality. Those tools, like first principles analysis and thinking in the limit, are broadly applicable to anything, in my experience.

With Grok, @xAI is attempting to create an AI that reasons from first principles, which is fundamental if you care about getting as close to the truth as possible.

The acid test would be reaching a conclusion that is correct even if it is extremely unpopular, which means being right even when the training data is almost entirely wrong.

For example, Galileo concluded, after observing the moons of Jupiter from a telescope he engineered, that it was far more probable that Earth revolved around the Sun than the other way around. This view was so unpopular that he was forced to recant and placed under house arrest!

If you had trained an LLM on material back then, it would’ve given you the popular, but wrong, explanation. Due to social and legal pressure, it likely wouldn’t even acknowledge the possibility that the Earth revolved around the Sun.

For AI to help us understand the true nature of the universe, it must be able to discard the popular, but wrong, in favor of the unpopular, but right.

[Amazon News @amazonnews]

Keep driveways clear 🏘️ ✅
Turn on lights 💡 ✅
Keep pets inside 🐶 ✅

Dawson, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner (DSP) driver in Alaska, talks about how you can help keep delivery drivers safe in the winter. ❄️ ⬇️

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

@MorningBrew Everything is out of whack.

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

Why are there so many types of apples?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Our “algorithm” is overly complex & not fully understood internally. People will discover many silly things , but we’ll patch issues as soon as they’re found!

We’re developing a simplified approach to serve more compelling tweets, but it’s still a work in progress. That’ll also be open source.

Providing code transparency will be incredibly embarrassing at first, but it should lead to rapid improvement in recommendation quality. Most importantly, we hope to earn your trust.

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

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[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

@realMeetKevin @elonmusk What’s a newspaper?

[Amazon News @amazonnews]

DYK? On Amazon deliveries:
✅ You can set up delivery prefs during checkout, ex: leave my package at the back door
✅ Drivers delivering for Amazon wear identifiable uniforms
🔴 Drivers delivering for Amazon won’t ask to enter your home, unless you’ve pre-arranged for large items

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

What’s going on in Middleton, OH? My air quality app is showing 2 different locations at 2000 AQI. For context:

301 - 500 Hazardous
General public and sensitive groups are at high risk to experience strong irritations and adverse health effects that could trigger other illnesses

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

Where did the saying cool beans come from?

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

The history of tech innovation, explained

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

@realMeetKevin Is that The Line in the background?

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

Maddie just said “there is no evidence they are still together.” We are watching the bachelor in paradise season finale. Someone needs to hire her as a love detective or something. Lol

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Experience: what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted - Igor

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

So I get to the highway and it’s bumper to bumper(kinda, there was a car or so gap between each) and everyone has hazards on. So I cautiously get start on the declined on ramp and just tap my breaks and start to slide. The entire highway was clear ice for miles.

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

I drove on the iciest roads of my life tonight coming home from Michigan. I was about to get on the highway. It was trickling snow. The highway looked completely clear. No snow. But the back roads I took to get to the highway were covered and extremely icy.

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

@economics Have access to power? Or have power?

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

It can’t be that hard to build your own in-ground pool. Right? Just dig a hole and put some concrete in there? 🙃

[Brad Roeder @BradsBlock]

@garyvee On E.