if one of you sees me in the street you have my permission to approach me and formally request a duel at high noon.
i love my fans and would be honored to take you out like Franz Ferdinand
From here on, I’ll be posting previews of tracks I’m proud of, even if they’re incomplete. I’m the type to do a lot of invisible behind-the-scenes work before I feel ready… this is a major step forward for me and there’s more yet to come. Enjoy!
https://t.co/VfbDJ4hQO7
@gundampixel Akihabara is always worth the trip! It’s a much smaller store but Hobby Shop Sunny in Shimokita was also a pleasant find since I lived in Setagaya~
Hey everyone, serious post for a second.
As you may have seen, I have unfortunately gotten my identity and stealth startup doxxed by reporters via voice forensics and web sleuthing. As the day has finally come, I thought I’d share more about who I am.
I’ve kept my identity secretive for various reasons, one of which is for my personal security and that of those who work for me, as I have always worked on secretive/sensitive technologies.
I started this account as a means to spread hope, optimism, and a will to build the future, and as an outlet to share my thoughts despite to the secretive nature of my work.
Throughout this journey, I got to meet amazing people. Became close friends with my e/acc co-founder @bayeslord, and forged a potent community that is now starting to transduce from the online to the physical world.
While my doxx was seemingly inevitable, this is not the end, but a new beginning for e/acc. One where I can step up and make our voice heard in the traditional world beyond X, and use my credentials to provide backing for our community’s interests.
Around the same time as founding e/acc, I founded @extropic. A deep tech startup where we are building the ultimate substrate for Generative AI in the physical world by harnessing thermodynamic physics.
Ideas simmering while inventing a this paradigm of computing definitely influenced the initial e/acc writings. I very much look forward to sharing more about our vision for the technology we are building soon.
In terms of my background, as you've now learned, my main identity is @GillVerd. I used to work on special projects at the intersection of physics and AI at Alphabet, X and Google. Before this, I was a theoretical physicist working on information theory and black hole physics.
Currently working on our AI Manhattan project to bring fundamentally new computing to the world with an amazing team of physics and AI geniuses, including my former TensorFlow Quantum co-founder @trevormccrt1 as CTO. Grateful every day to get to build this technology I have been dreaming of for over 8 years now with an amazing team.
Much more info to come on all of the above. Excited to be able to share our journey as it unfolds over the months and years.
Please stay tuned. Much love. Keep on accelerating. 🫡
-Beff