Gavin Kennedy

Curious GenXer. Father of 3 adults. Maker of podcasts, audiobooks, and vibestuff. Excited & optimistic about the future. Dislike eejits. Waiting for my Optimus!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Best way to sandbox an AI is to put it on a Delta flight – it will have no chance of accessing the Internet!

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

To determine if your AI really understands the work you're doing with it, ask it to write you a Limerick :-)

You asked for a verse as a test
of whether I'd grasp the request;
so I counted the feet,
made the two short lines meet,
and let the thing prove all the rest.

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

J'ai une conviction : plus quelqu'un est brillant, plus il a une pensée propre, plus l'IA devient pour lui un outil absolument démentiel.

L'IA ne pense pas à ta place. Elle décuple ce que tu as déjà dans la tête. Si tu n'as rien à dire, elle te rendra moyen plus vite. Si tu as une vraie pensée, elle la rend exécutable.

C'est là que ça devient fascinant pour les neurodivergents.

Quelqu'un qui pense en arbre part d'une idée et voit instantanément dix branches, chacune connectée à dix autres. Pendant longtemps, c'était un handicap. Le monde fonctionne en ligne droite : une phrase après l'autre, un argument après l'autre, une slide après l'autre. Le cerveau arborescent pense en parallèle mais doit s'exprimer en série. Il voit tout, mais il doit tout débobiner fil par fil, et il perd la moitié en route. On passe alors pour dispersé, confus, « trop ».

L'IA supprime ce goulot d'étranglement.

Tu peux lui balancer ton arbre entier, dans le désordre, avec toutes ses connexions, et elle t'aide à le décompresser. Elle le structure, le déroule et le transforme en texte, en code, en plan, en produit. Traduire du parallèle vers le séquentiel, c'était le point faible du cerveau arborescent. Ça devient quasi gratuit.

Ce qui reste, c'est l'avantage brut : voir des connexions que les autres ne voient pas.

C'est un renversement historique. Pendant des décennies, la pensée arborescente a été traitée comme une anomalie à corriger. On a appris aux enfants à rentrer dans le rang, à se concentrer « normalement », parfois à coups de pilules. On a optimisé l'école et l'entreprise pour des cerveaux linéaires.

On est en train de découvrir que c'était l'inverse. L'anomalie devient l'edge, pour les individus comme pour les sociétés qui sauront les attirer.

Les premiers à l'avoir compris ne sont pas des psychologues. C'est Palantir.

En décembre 2025, Alex Karp, neurodivergent lui-même, a lancé le Neurodivergent Fellowship, un programme de recrutement dédié à ces profils, dont il mène lui-même les entretiens finaux. Son message : « Le paysage actuel des LLM joue en notre faveur. » Il allait jusqu'à demander si ce n'était pas précisément pour ça que les élites culturelles préféraient médicamenter ces profils. Et Palantir a pris soin de préciser que ce n'était pas une initiative de diversité mais un pari sur les bâtisseurs d'élite de la prochaine ère technologique.

Ce n'est pas de la charité. C'est du recrutement stratégique.

L'IA ne nivelle pas les cerveaux. Elle révèle lesquels étaient bridés.

Si tu as toujours eu l'impression de penser trop vite, trop large, trop dans tous les sens, ce n'était pas un bug. Le monde n'avait juste pas encore l'interface.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“Since wealth is the only thing that can cure poverty, you might think that the left would be as obsessed with the creation of wealth as they are with the redistribution of wealth. But you would be wrong.”

— Thomas Sowell

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@pookiepolls I loved watching him fight. Vividly recall staying awake for hours to watch that first round win. Fighting on with broken wrists. And I was always disappointed he turned Angelo Dundee down:-(

What a champ though.

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

Go for orbit! #FTW :-)

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@EmmaScott 16 wise words, or is that 18 if I sound out OCD? Or 19 if I expand the contraction? Or 17? Or or or :-D

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@SimplyKatie___ Fewer? ;-)

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@SheaVentris Such are the thin barriers between civilization and barbarism ;-)

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@_Kermit55 Slowly...

then suddenly...

What a time to be alive!

[Lynn Stranack-Nutt Author @LStranackNutt]

The amount of beautiful things in your life depend on your ability to notice them.

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@oldstackjournal tree > lpt1

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

@miles_commodore A week of silence is more like a subtle "Weekend at Bernie's" reference?

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

Implementation. Always implementation...

[kritika @vibeonX69]

I don't understand one thing

If everyone has access to the same AI tools, what becomes your real advantage?

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

Insider trading...

[Andy Compton @andycompton_]

As a screenwriter and filmmaker, I pride myself on guessing the best time to go pee during a movie based on my knowledge of story structure 🫡

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Neuralink just turned a thought into words.....and the first thing he chose to say was “I love you” ❤️

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

Do as I say... (not as I do) :-p

[Kanthan Pillay 🇿🇦 @KanthanPillay]

So the ANC is advertising on @X — did they ask @elonmusk for his BEE certificate? 😇

[Gavin Kennedy @Darkwing_SA]

Slowly, then suddenly...

[Jordan Griffiths @JordiGriff]

It has begun.

"ANC members from Tshwane and Johannesburg are marching to Luthuli House, raising objections to the party’s ward councillor candidate lists.

The members allege that the lists do not reflect the outcomes of voting processes held at their branches. They are also accusing some officials of fraudulently compiling the candidate lists."

[Yinzer G @yinzer_g]

Gen X defined:

Ages 45-61
Looks 35-40
Will 100% throw hands
Doesn't care about your feelings
Cusses a lot
Will make you cry with words
Great work ethic
Pragmatic
Zero tolerance for stupidity
Skeptical of authority
Doesn't trust anyone at 1st
Extremely loyal friend
Figures shit out
Most likely your boss
Works hard, plays hard
No fear
Sarcastic as fuck
Still listens to the same music
Knows lyrics to Rock, Rap & Country
Proficient in analog & digital tech
Self reliant
Adaptable to any environment
Just wants to be left alone

[Mteto Nyati @mteton]

Yesterday my daughter, who is studying in the United States, attended the Springboks versus All Blacks match in Baltimore.

She spent five years of her life in that city before moving to Cleveland. At the stadium she bumped into an old school mate from Dainfern College who now lives in Florida. Two South Africans, far from home, finding each other in a crowd of more than 68,000. It was already an emotional moment.

What neither of them expected was how deeply they would be moved by our national anthem. Standing there, thousands of kilometres from home, singing Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. Pride in our roots. Pride in our diversity. Pride in excellence. And faith - watching the circle and the kneeling that followed the final whistle.

That image stayed with me.

There is a well known observation in India, popularised by Gurcharan Das, that “India grows at night while the government sleeps.” It captures a country whose people and enterprises often advance despite, rather than because of, the state. South Africa has that same untapped potential. We see it in the Springboks. World-class performance is not confined to the rugby field. It exists across our people, our businesses, our communities. We have what it takes.

What we still need is simple, and it is hard:
Create a genuinely business-friendly environment.
Confront crime with seriousness and consistency.
Appoint leaders in both the private and public sectors on merit.

Those three interventions would allow this country to occupy the place it deserves among the winning nations of the world.

We are a resilient people. Our character has been forged in difficulty. In a volatile world, that character is not a weakness. It is an advantage.

The Springboks keep showing us what is possible when talent, discipline, purpose and belief come together. The rest of the country can do the same.

We have the people. We have the potential. Now we must get our act together and grow during the day as well.

#Springboks #RugbysGreatestRivalry #BetOnSouthAfrica #Leadership #Merit #SouthAfrica #ProudlySA