Torben

writer | publisher: common measure | head of content @qase_io (views mine)

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if you can realize something, can you alize something?

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the first time you get an idea in your head it feels good; that doesn't mean it's a good idea; when you remember that idea again, it doesn't feel as good — only the ideas that feel great when you remember them a few times are good ideas

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llms are in a chain from the printing press > the encyclopedia > the internet > llms

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ai is cmd+F for all human knowledge

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Diverse things can be named through the anaphora — it opens up space for parataxis.

In the best case, it unites disparate things, encompassing them in the repeated phrase.

In the worst case, in becomes a "junk drawer" poem.

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@internetvin 🌱grow where you are planted🌱

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De-risks from bad AI outcomes.

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I feel like the knowledge production industry needs to have a classification system, with extremely sensitive cutting edge research being unavailable to AI training datasets.

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@lukeburgis @DarioAmodei I am experiencing writing a novel as a rite of passage though I never thought of it like this before reading this post.

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When things are feeling really bad I watch this video. I believe it is the most important video on the internet.

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US auto loan debt is $1.6T, roughly the size of Turkey or Indonesia's economies, two of the world's top 20 economies.

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@Eirikvi Don’t forgot the cooper Plato

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@moonbeeaam +1

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https://t.co/76jzVm56VH

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All families are hurricanes

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I read it, amazing book. Got me on a big specops/Middle East reading kick. Reading / have read Steve Coll Ghost wars, Gretchen peters seeds of terror, Naylor relentless strike, since reading fort Bragg. I actually bought two copies, audio and hardback. Thanks for putting me onto smth so interesting!! Amazing read.

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@internetvin I’m a remote employee but I rented a coworking space just for Dec-Feb so id have the priveledge of going to work in some nice refreshing Canadian air. I told the manager to disable the heat in my office to save money because I’m not wasteful

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The poet is just the person who wanders around their house, muttering odd combinations of words to themselves.

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The Prologue, a short story by Glen Bullock: https://t.co/77blqaz4Q6