Josh Hawthorne

Full time engineer. Part time surfer, musician, martial artist. Be strong. Be useful. Tell the truth. Carry the load. Build the future.

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@StephenFleming If you're solving for "violent protest riots" at airports, then yes, problem solved

[nic carter @nic_carter]

I can’t believe Anthropic comparing their product to nuclear weapons 800 times backfired on them. I am shocked

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@bryce

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Signs you might be trying to get your frontier AI lab nationalized:

You compare it to nukes… threaten half of white-collar jobs… warn recursive self-improvement could end humanity… then race ahead anyway.

In other words, you want the government to save us from… you.

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@afshawnl I chuckled

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

You're no longer a full-stack engineer unless you are working on all parts of the stack simultaneously

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@Austen Strongest counterpoint: CA passed their own net neutrality rules. Doesn't make sense to make one network for 40 million Americans and one network for everyone else.

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

How the Hurricanes are doing the Canadiens

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

Where is the great art? In an age that is so consequential, where is the song/show/movie/painting that describes our cultural moment?

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@waitbutwhy

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@nic_carter Something that requires constant human oversight, correction, and feedback is not AGI. It's an extremely useful tool that will unlock massive amounts of productivity. But it's not AGI.

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@nic_carter How can something be AGI if it can't operate effectively in the real world?

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@bscholl I believe very strongly that this will get resolved. But things generally need to get undeniably bad in democracies before serious action is taken. The three stages:

1. Denial
2. Populist anger (here now)
3. Serious reform

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

This is not a thing. That's not how data centers work. That's not how physics works. I'd love to see someone try to explain to me just how a closed loop system poisoned a water supply.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

This might be the first time I've seen a CA politician communicate a credible action plan for a problem. A modern-day Federalist Paper.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

If that addict on your street were your own son, what would you do? That is the defining question that guides my 5 step plan to fix the homelessness problem in LA. We *must* end this evil racket of corrupt politicians and NGOs who profit off the misery of these poor souls. They launder money and feed them more drugs, so they can keep their customers locked in this hell on our streets. We have a moral obligation from God to help them and make our city safe and clean for everyone. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman have forsaken this city. Time for real leadership. Time for real compassion.

[PFT Commenter @PFTCommenter]

Fellas,,

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

If you never want to get laid ever again, even by your own wife, pick up a pair of these bad boys

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

Looks comfortable for work pants

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@chr1sa

[Josh Hawthorne @hawtcode]

@patrickc We're trying to stagnate. The system's outcome is the goal.