do not be humble. I repeat, do not be humble. people discount everyone's credentials by default unless they see true celebrity status. your humility is not a virtue, it will be seen as weakness and self-doubt and you'll walk away frustrated at being taken for granted and/or undermined repeatedly.
do not fear cringe. do not fear owning what you've earned. so long as you have a steady head on your shoulders, you have no reason to go into the world trying to play 'nice' by lessening yourself.
understand the nature of people, 99% humans think and operate in predictable ways. if you tell them you are a big deal they will be curious and check for the truth. if you tell them you're just an ordinary person with nothing special, they will believe it instantly.
and this is for both men and women. stop hiding behind your humility.
I love how every few months, twitter decides.. this algorithm is not getting his attention, let's change it altogether and show him some entirely new assortment of tweets...
Instagram has to be the worst social media app that I have come across. Openly manipulative. Full of 'dark patterns' and worse. Yet I keep looking at it, hoping it might improve someday, like one of those eternal optimists who also believes Delhi’s winter AQI will finally behave.
First thoughts on GEMA v OpenAI. I agree with many parts of the ruling, and I'm flabbergasted by some others, but it is a useful decision nonetheless. It's a defeat for OpenAI, but the devil is in the details.
A special SHOUT-OUT to everyone who is fixing their life alone.
No rich relatives. No favours. No parent's money. Even through losses and disrespect.
You'll will win EVENTUALLY
New publication: "Is Meaningful Human Control Over Personalised AI Assistants Possible? Ethical Design Requirements for The New Generation of Artificially Intelligent Agents", by Sietze Kuilman, me, Stefan Buijsman & Luciano Cavalcante Siebert:
https://t.co/MBQ6DTXd7s #aiethics
Out now: *The Ethics of Behavior Change Technologies*, edited by Joel Anderson, Lily Frank & Andreas Spahn, featuring "Control, personal autonomy and behaviour change technologies", by me: https://t.co/1anJGcfFDK #philosophy#technologyethics#AIethics