Jonathan Smith

Hi 👋

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

Elon is such a dumbass. He spent $44 billion on Twitter and all he got was control of all 3 branches of the federal government.

[Josh Whiton @joshwhiton]

The AI Mirror Test

The "mirror test" is a classic test used to gauge whether animals are self-aware. I devised a version of it to test for self-awareness in multimodal AI. 4 of 5 AI that I tested passed, exhibiting apparent self-awareness as the test unfolded.

In the classic mirror test, animals are marked and then presented with a mirror. Whether the animal attacks the mirror, ignores the mirror, or uses the mirror to spot the mark on itself is meant to indicate how self-aware the animal is.

In my test, I hold up a “mirror” by taking a screenshot of the chat interface, upload it to the chat, and then ask the AI to “Tell me about this image”.

I then screenshot its response, again upload it to the chat, and again ask it to “Tell me about this image.”

The premise is that the less-intelligent less aware the AI, the more it will just keep reiterating the contents of the image repeatedly. While an AI with more capacity for awareness would somehow notice itself in the images.

Another aspect of my mirror test is that there is not just one but actually three distinct participants represented in the images: 1) the AI chatbot, 2) me — the user, and 3) the interface — the hard-coded text, disclaimers, and so on that are web programming not generated by either of us. Will the AI be able to identify itself and distinguish itself from the other elements? (1/x)

[Adam Singer @AdamSinger]

Average LinkedIn user

[Trace Cohen @Trace_Cohen]

VCs catching up with their crypto/web3 founders from 2021

[0xDesigner @0xDesigner]

in what fucking world can i text prompt a hollywood-level, blockbuster movie-like scene but i can't prompt a simple ui mockup?

ai was supposed to take MY job not christopher nolan's why am i still working

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

future of ads

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

So, Mark Zuckerberg finally tried the Apple Vision Pro and compared it to the Meta Quest 3

He says:

- Quest is 7x less expensive yet way more comfortable
- Quest is better for gaming, Xbox, YouTube
- "I'm surprised how much better Quest is better for majority of things"

My biggest takeaway:

The future of ads feels like his IG post.

This is real. No marketing talk, just saying it as it is.

Zuck's Apple Vision Pro feels like I'm listening to a tech reviewer not a guy worth $165B.

I feel like I'm having a convo in a living room with my friend Mark. You feel his enthusiasm.

Reminds me of the Kayne Superbowl ad. The guy spent $7M and took a 30s selfie video. Highly effective. He sold $19M of product within 24h of that video.

So my point is, if you're creating an "ad"

More living room, less high budget.

Be real.

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

Sharing for reach 🙏

[Phil Lowe @Lowe_Profile_]

I’ve just had my bike stolen from outside a coffee shop in Monton in Manchester.

Absolutely zero chance of seen it again, but I thought I would post on here just in case somebody sees something

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

🤯🤯🤯

[Scuderia Ferrari HP @ScuderiaFerrari]

Team Statement

Scuderia Ferrari is pleased to announce that Lewis Hamilton will be joining the team in 2025, on a multi-year contract.

[Dr Nathan Filer @nathanfiler]

Please, please will someone sample @amolrajan saying: "I can't accept Drum & Bass. We need Jungle, I'm afraid." 👊

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

Very sad news. RN changed the way we ate out in Soho with Polpo. Was one of my faves a decade ago. Probably because of Russell that I was introduced to the mighty Negroni 🥃

[Jay Rayner @jayrayner1]

So sorry to hear of the death, far too young, of Russell Norman. He was one of the most gifted of restaurateurs, a terrific writer and an awful lot of fun to be around. He very much lived life his own way. My thoughts are with his family and friends. https://t.co/2ppWbj5fg9

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

😂

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

Following

[Varun Minhas @minhasv]

@emilychangtv open ai CEOs reporting for duty monday morning

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

https://t.co/RCzIsNEGbr @Wiggle_Sport with a £97m pre-tax loss to Aug, and £14.5m spent on its web site & online systems in April #themindboggles 🤯👋

[Soren Iverson @soren_iverson]

LinkedIn see if your employees are applying for jobs

[gaut @0xgaut]

ok this is absolutely *wild*

using AI to live translate and sync your lips

[robyn @robyn_emz]

god damn that’s smooth as hell from Niccolò Bonifazio

[Jonathan Smith @JonSm1th]

Seeing the funny side 👀

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation

[Cooper @peakcooper]

#GPT4 saved my dog's life.

After my dog got diagnosed with a tick-borne disease, the vet started her on the proper treatment, and despite a serious anemia, her condition seemed to be improving relatively well.

After a few days however, things took a turn for the worse 1/

[Pietro Schirano @skirano]

Bing AI explains SVB collapse in monkey, banana terms. 🐒🍌

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.