Alexander Pearson

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[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@elonmusk Can grok build start a YouTube series to help with the use cases for all these new commands? I’m a visual learner

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@SpaceXAI Can we add a read aloud feature for grok build CLI! Love using that in web interface

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@bryan_johnson A feature where people can anonymously input things like bloodwork/ physical traits/ other data and get back either a longevity score or an approx life expectancy based on your research findings would be pretty cool

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@RationalMale Exceptions don’t disprove the rule

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@cb_doge

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@XFreeze @grok who is the grok 4.2 model best for?

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Agency > Intelligence

I had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?

Grok explanation is ~close:

“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exert control over their actions and environment. It’s about being proactive rather than reactive—someone with high agency doesn’t just let life happen to them; they shape it. Think of it as a blend of self-efficacy, determination, and a sense of ownership over one’s path.

People with strong agency tend to set goals and pursue them with confidence, even in the face of obstacles. They’re the type to say, “I’ll figure it out,” and then actually do it. On the flip side, someone low in agency might feel more like a passenger in their own life, waiting for external forces—like luck, other people, or circumstances—to dictate what happens next.

It’s not quite the same as assertiveness or ambition, though it can overlap. Agency is quieter, more internal—it’s the belief that you *can* act, paired with the will to follow through. Psychologists often tie it to concepts like locus of control: high-agency folks lean toward an internal locus, feeling they steer their fate, while low-agency folks might lean external, seeing life as something that happens *to* them.”

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

Is the reward function for sentience sex? It’s innately pro-sentience. All intelligent life engages in it. I think of humanity’s loss metric as a metric in the traditional sense (binary cross entropy) for learning + a binary sex reward (1 or 0) for pro sentience optim. @ilyasut

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

I think of the idea of evolution of humanity as one long running, continual hyperparameter study- like Optuna study with TPESampler and no trial count limit. Many trials (humans) running in parallel. Sampler is survival of the fittest. Parameters to optimize is human DNA @ilyasut

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@LuvXmaiko Because a lifetime of tough shit

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@oelma__ My mom and both grandmothers- they were really hoping for a daughter/ granddaughter 😂

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@SydneyLWatson Sports are for the matrix minded

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@AstronomyVibes What are the biggest things that humanity is missing on earth right now that will get us from where we are now to where alien kind is?

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@kirahdollz Yes

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@raqisright I’ve never felt as validated as I do right now 😂😎

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@jess_ann_pin It should def be both and I’m totally pro for this

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

Novel idea from my cousin today: why don’t we issue a forgivable loan to natural born us citizens whereby you get a $100,000 check interest free, payable over ten years. BUT, for every child that you have $25,000 is forgiven. One check per family

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@TateTheTalisman Move to Texas! Open carry/ self defense laws are great here

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@mazeincoding You should still have ye ole internet explorer installed

[Alexander Pearson @apearson415]

@Apple With new AirPods + Apple Watch + iPhone, can we get some calisthenics/ weight training measurements in the workout app?