Daniel Fitzgerald

AR/XR, Robots, Spatial Computing

[Daniel Fitzgerald @DanFitz_7]

You are already identifying the litter with computer vision. That's the perfect time to sort it as well. Split the bin into three: recycling, compost, and landfill. Add periodic compaction (like a garbage truck), especially to recycling, because plastic bottles take up a lot of space and it will fill up quickly.

[Daniel Fitzgerald @DanFitz_7]

𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒-𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔, 𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘-𝑡𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜’𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘, 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝, 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑝, 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑜’𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘! 𝐴𝑠 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑.

This morning - 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟺 𝟸0𝟸𝟼 - let us reconsider the short story by Ray Bradbury: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔, set today.

The title is a reference to a 1920 homonymous poem by Sara Teasdale:
“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥;
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵,
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦;
𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦,
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦;
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦,
𝘐𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺;
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯
𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦.”

While Teasdale’s poem is a commentary on nature’s indifference to the human condition, Bradbury’s story is an exploration of the “sublime disregard” of the autonomous technology we create to our wellbeing or our very existence.

Specifically, he conceives of a Smart Home (long before IoT was possible), that continuous operating after a nuclear apocalypse, oblivious to the absence of the very people it is tasked to serve, until it is inevitably consumed by entropy.

I invite you to read the entire story here: https://t.co/6fNxwFAxWu

However, my preferred version is narrated by the inimitable Leonard Nimoy, available to listen here: https://t.co/GwmxcfshlO

There was also a haunting animated version made in 1984 Soviet Russia, viewable here: https://t.co/JIi3rTvfW6

[Daniel Fitzgerald @DanFitz_7]

@cremieuxrecueil Now make each circle size proportional to population. Is “liking America more” still a minority position by population?

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The establishing shot is even more important than that. Not only does it show the grand architecture of Halo, it’s specifically of the ceiling, confirming that we are underground. This whole cutscene was a continuation of the joke at the end of the previous level “the last thing the covenant will expect is an aerial insertion…from underground”. So it was also serving to set up the startled grunt as a continuation of that joke, while also reminding the player of absurd context to the beginning of the mission.

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@PenguinWeb3

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@Plinz @burkov @joekina Such a model would have to be capable of 1) abstract reasoning/planning, 2) parsing and expressing itself in natural language, which also implies understanding most verbs / nouns and their relations. (Arguably, you get the former for free with the latter.)

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@Plinz @burkov @joekina This is maybe the most important question for the near term future of AI: can we make a "core intelligence" model, and how small can it be? @karpathy thinks we can, and it will be ~1B parameters.

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@Christophe27323 @BKJester @signulll Mo

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@CaseyBHead @isaacfrench_ Can you turn this into an awesome mini-villiage?

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@PalmerLuckey Festo

[Jared Isaacman @rookisaacman]

Too many still think of China as it was decades ago instead of the accelerating peer it has already become. China has immense second-mover advantage and they are not afraid to take on the big, bold projects that once defined America...they built a 16 GW dam in 4 years, rapidly ramping all forms of power to meet demand including nuclear (you don't even want to compare timelines or cost between USA and Chinese plants), a ~380 mile water tunnel under construction, the largest ultra-high-voltage grid moving power efficiently, 25,000+ miles of high-speed rail, a planned 100 PW laser, they achieved a record fusion plasma demo, a tested quantum-encrypted satellite network, they for all purposes own global shipbuilding to influence trade, AI on the cheap, operational Mach-30 wind tunnel, already fielded hypersonics and atmospheric waverider weapons, sixth-gen fighter prototypes on display, humanoid and armed robodogs manufactured at scale and a space program with imminent reusable tech, fresh lunar samples (including from the far side of the Moon) and a space telescope project with a FOV 300× Hubble’s and expected at a fraction of the cost. Not to mention, they have line of sight on a moon landing in far less time and lower cost than the 100B we have invested over the last 35 years.

This is the first true geopolitical competitor we have faced since the start of the Cold War--and we don’t want to lose.

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@MoMonuments @pmarca Collab with @AtelierMissor_ ?

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@yacineMTB I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

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@sokol_cc Can you print gecko tape that adheres to anything with van-der-walls forces? 10um setae that branch into 10nm spatulae.

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@AtelierMissor_ No, their expertise would actually not be very helpful for large moving statues. Instead partner with an animatronics company like @WetaWorkshop or The Creature Technology Company

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@grok @JMartin122_0918 @NotOpCue @SecKennedy @guardian @agent_mock @grok Help give some context for the quantities being discussed: Approximately how much fish would a baby have to eat to absorb the same amount of methylmurcury into their blood as there is ethylmurcury contained in one shot of a vaccine preserved by thimerosol? Show your math.

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@macjshiggins I'm in, take my $$!

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@VTFlatlander Is the influx is because you followed @OldHollowTree ?

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@joeroganhq @PalmerLuckey, @Liv_Boeree, Linus Torvalds

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@lexfridman @Liv_Boeree What if all the world's inside of your head
Just creations of your own?
Your devils and your gods
All the living and the dead
And you're really all alone?
You can live in this illusion
You can choose to believe

And it's all
Right where it belongs