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@SmartPostures Amazing!

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Steve Jobs never let his kids touch an iPad. Bill Gates banned phones until age 14.

Chris Anderson, ex-Wired editor, called screens "more dangerous than crack."

And I agree. We used to let our oldest use an iPad and saw an increase in behavior issues. We stopped that and don't let our kids use smartphones or iPads.

If they do they're using a Daylight, which is a screen built without blue light. This turns down the addictive factor.

People in tech know exactly what these products do to a developing brain. They literally engineered them to be addictive.

I'm not saying to not let your kids near these things because every situation is different.

But the mounting evidence is damning. If I want my kids' brains to develop in a healthy way, I'm keeping them off til they get older.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

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@leadlagreport Do it.

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@ValueAnalyst1 You were truly the first to call it all out along with Fred @ElectrekCo

Someone could also buy a used for sub 20k! Thanks Yaman for having the courage to be the outlier and speak up!

[Fred Krueger @dotkrueger]

Get ready to lose your job.

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@ValueAnalyst1 lol

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@taxfyle Will it replace the CPA and be bulletproof to file? What is the price?

[CyberRobo @CyberRobooo]

Genius, a Chinese developer, based on the Unitree G1, modified it into a humanoid robot firefighter.

We need more of these robots that protect people's lives.

[Quant Science @quantscience_]

🚨BREAKING: A new Python library for algorithmic trading.

Introducing TensorTrade: An open-source Python framework for trading using Reinforcement Learning (AI)

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@patrickdichter Why not capital one? Rewards not as good?

[Adam Silverman (Hiring!) 🖇️ @adamsilverman]

Another huge week in AI Agents 🧵

I summarized everything announced by LangChain, Replit, Cursor, Anthropic, Cobot, AgentOps, Triple Whale, Factory AI, Lovable, Hugging Face, you, and more.

Here's everything you need to know and how to make sense out of it.

(save for later)

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@realEstateTrent Tyranny

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@RealJasonNelson Socialism.

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@ValueAnalyst1 Preach.

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@MissJilianne We can’t due to no $. We ought to declare bankruptcy and reset. Most debted nation in the world.

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@IsaacTaub56 @ValueAnalyst1 Agreed on your figures for Figure lol. Maybe they will declare bankruptcy on failing to scale and scoop up for Pennies on the dollar.

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@MelGibsonQ Yes

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@TaylorRMarshall Isn’t this why the forefathers had the revolutionary war - taxes? USA should adopt programs like Dubai where they increase sales taxes and there are no property taxes!

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@IsaacTaub56 @ValueAnalyst1 To buy Figure? When they attempted to enhance and scale batteries, they had to eventually acquire that Grohman company.

If they can get Optimus to scale, then great.