Jonathan Bownds

Been in Texas for a spell (circa de 2k) , originally from the midwest (Madtown Wisconsin) Love running, tennis, and archetypal nerd stuff (chess, cpu, etc)

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@BarackObama Good call . By the way , I’m a huge fan of all the work _you_ have done on behalf of humanity. It’s inspiring . Not to overshadow the pope for one dang second , but grab this man a beer as well .

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori Is it possible or to see yourself as a person with agency and responsibility who is obligated (or morally responsible) for creating a more fair world ? Or are obligations the antithesis or agency?

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

“You will grow older, uglier, less sharp, less healthy, and weaker. “ this is 100 percent true , and tolerable , I just struggle to see how it could be construed as a gift .. like the best case scenario is a cruel one . It’s a curse - a tolerable one , but at best marginally net negative .

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori This all makes sense but the last sentence. A gift? Don’t you mean a horribly sadistic joke ?

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori yeah, this dude is sketchy.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori I will say- I don't identify as those lacking in power, but do feel an existential moral responsibility for them given the power I have.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori 100%. One should help the underdog, those who can't help themselves. The powerful who hurt the weak sicken me. Best historical example of this archetype is Jesus Christ

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori Hint: all of them . I’d argue it’s the fundamental cornerstone of psychology/buddhism (meditation). Self runtimes doing error checking .

[Georgi Gerganov @ggerganov]

Today I was sent the following cool demo:

Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

Triggered me.

Elon Musk is a cartoonish villain at this point, an insecure child bullying the weak for the attention and praise of the microcosm of the right wing he’s been captured by.
The strong don’t need to bully the weak for approval. Their approval is existential, generated intrinsically. Think JC.
If musk was _strong_ he would have punched up, not down, and sent $7000 (not $700) checks from the coffers of the ridiculous companies fleecing the populace daily. (God knows I want the money I’ve spent on UnitedHeath care back, and it’s more than 7k. Risible results, and I’d be willing to defend that to a medical board). The beurocratic waste is real, so is the DEI bullshit. Let's get to that afer you get me my f*(king 7k back.
Companies like UnitedHealth have literally made my life and my children’s lives worse in a quantifiable, tangible way.
Want to disrupt? Write a script to automatically flag all inappropriate rejections for immediate review and threaten to fire the reviewer. I'll do it for you, with grok, at scale. Was it A.I.? Fire the employee who made the determination that AI should be used and all employees who trained it.
If musk had any balls he’d got to where the real malfeasance was. But he knows he has to sing for his supper.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

Triggered me.

Elon Musk is a cartoonish villain at this point, an insecure child bullying the weak for the attention and praise of the microcosm of the right wing he’s been captured by.
The strong don’t need to bully the weak for approval. Their approval is existential, generated intrinsically. Think JC.
If musk was _strong_ he would have punched up, not down, and sent $7000 (not $700) checks from the coffers of the ridiculous companies fleecing the populace daily. (God knows I want the money I’ve spent on UnitedHeath care back, and it’s more than 7k. Risible results, and I’d be willing to defend that to a medical board). The beurocratic waste is real, so is the DEI bullshit. Let's get to that afer you get me my f*(king 7k back.
Companies like UnitedHealth have literally made my life and my children’s lives worse in a quantifiable, tangible way.
Want to disrupt? Write a script to automatically flag all inappropriate rejections for immediate review and threaten to fire the reviewer. I'll do it for you, with grok, at scale. Was it A.I.? Fire the employee who made the determination that AI should be used and all employees who trained it.
If musk had any balls he’d got to where the real malfeasance was. But he knows he has to sing for his supper.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori His “but what if we’re wrong “ is great too. I frequently reference it in discussing confidence levels and where to look for opportunity.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori Good book. Just finished watching downtown owl, based on a novel he wrote .

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@elonmusk Hilarious.The funny thing is that his response (that the universe is playing sonic the hedgehog through her body) is immediate, hilarious _and_ a trenchant distillation of the best scientific writing on self and free will. (See: A Brief History Of Intelligence, Determined).

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@carrigmat Impressive.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@carrigmat Woah.

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori

[Stock Talk @stocktalkweekly]

Exclusive footage of Sam Altman talking to the OpenAI team after seeing the Deepseek model:

[Jonathan Bownds @jonathan_bownds]

@sivori We're due a population collapse. Most great epochs in human history followed one (Renaissance for example). There's enough bit-rot that a good low level format and repartitioning are pretty much called for.

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

A groundhog named chunk has been stealing a farmer's crop from Delaware for 4 years & eats it in front of a camera