Neil Armstronk

Minarchist who is optimistic about the vast potential of artificial intelligence and automation. #computerscientist

[bashu, thanks @bashu_thanks]

Being a dev today using frontier AI feels like I'm playing Watson to Sherlock Holmes. I just stand back and go "my word holmes how did you deduce that" and occasionally stop him from getting shot

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

“Absolutely nobody wants to realize their potential. People want to hang out with friends and complain. That’s how the world has worked for ten thousand years.”

[honey darling @athousandpisses]

Halo kill streak announcer loudly saying “overdraft” when I try to pay for my groceries

[FACEIT CS2 @FACEITcs]

.@m3wsu taps away in a 1v5 clutch with just 2 HP, securing the round for his team.

In Season 9, he has converted 35% of his clutch attempts, a higher success rate than several players currently at the top of the rankings, including #1 donk (28%), #3 dem0n (33%), and #6 npl (34%)

[Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy]

You can’t stop ASI by quitting your AI job. Doesn’t work. Someone else will replace you. What you actually have to do is start a safer AI lab. Which doesn’t work. Someone else will move faster. So what you actually have to do is pass a law. Which doesn’t work. Some other country won’t ban it. So what you actually have to do is sign an international agreement. Which doesn’t work. Some other country will break it. So what you actually have to do is conquer the world. Which only works if you have ASI.

[tiffany fong (retarded) @TiffanyxFong]

“A retard in motion is always better than a genius at rest”

[Maung Thuta @CypressDahlia]

The only "trad" concept I fully respect is the "man of the world" archetype. In old literature, a remarkable man was interested in the arts, music, dance, writing, fashion, physicality, speaking, flirting, etc. Having a broad palate for life. A taste for and love of many things.

[MILO @Nero]

Just for the sake of argument

[Joe Barnard 🚀 @joebarnard]

When I was growing up my local grocery store had a model train that ran back and forth on top of the freezers in the frozen aisle. My dentist had a train that ran around the ceiling, and so did our town's ice cream shop. I think little ceiling trains are a lost art

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

DO NOT build or fund this idea.

It's infinite digital fentanyl, and will be the most addictive technology ever created.

So... let's not?

The tech community should shame anyone who does.

[topical fuck storm 𓅃 @frank81832264]

We should add THC and adderall to it and create the Fifth Loko

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

Postpartum depression is real.

It's just not an excuse or justification for triple child murder.

Why is that so hard to grasp.

[Da7em @Da7_Tech]

You built a shitty tool, then ran to OpenAI apologizing and asking them to ban the people who used it.

One of the sleaziest things I’ve ever seen on X.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Fully remote workers report the highest well-being, and are less likely to quit, per FORTUNE

[Neil Armstronk @NeilArmstronk]

@_HausSol @frontierism Yes

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If the Chinese government were sufficiently organized, they'd be funding opposition to data centers in the US. But the Chinese government is very organized. So they presumably already are.

[sam carter | 현준 @samhcarter]

the smartest guy in the room often loses to the guy with asymmetric information

[Mr Muda 𒉭 @MrMuda87]

It has been 1 year without our Gothic KingCobraJFS. Still miss you man raise a glass today

[Neil @neipate96]

wasn't expecting to see this idea seriously on here, but I think it's at least directionally correct

[Kpaxs @Kpaxs]

Learning to read incentive structures instead of narratives is a superpower.