Patrick Lynch

Passionate about data, privacy, security, identity, education, access management

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

Union Square making a statement!

[0xMarioNawfal @RoundtableSpace]

THE GODFATHER OF AI SAID "IF YOU SLEEP WELL TONIGHT YOU MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD THIS LECTURE." GEOFFREY HINTON BUILT THE NEURAL NETWORKS BEHIND EVERY AI ALIVE THEN QUIT GOOGLE TO WARN THE WORLD.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme.

The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality.

This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel than it consumes, reflects the depth of our scientific capability and the strength of our engineering enterprise. It is a decisive step towards harnessing our vast thorium reserves in the third stage of the programme.

A proud moment for India. Congratulations to our scientists and engineers.

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

endlessly fascinating

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Arthur C. Clarke on BBC's Horizon in 1964, when he gave some astonishing predictions about the future.

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

HISTORIC NUCLEAR PLEDGE AT COP28 DUBAI: SIXTEEN COUNTRIES AIM TO TRIPLE GLOBAL NUCLEAR BY 2050

Joined by IAEA, the following are signing, many with heads of state present:

USA, France, UK, Canada, UAE, South Korea, Japan, Belgium (!!), Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechia, Finland

Nothing like this with nuclear has ever happened at these climate conferences. Some of these countries had active nuclear phaseout policies as recently as earlier this year!

China, India, and Russia are already actively building to essentially triple their nuclear, and Russia and China's customer countries aren't even in this event, they're just actually doing it now.

More details to come

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@JasonPLowery Gov controlled fractional reserve banking seems to qualify. Partial capitalisation plus gov mandated incentives to build zirp-based balance sheets only to be rug pulled by gov response to supply shock inflation. A helluva spoof going poof!

[Hugh Hendry Acid Capitalist TV @hendry_hugh]

Another Guerrilla Acid Capitalist Special...

Today, we hijacked the airwaves of the wonderful Bloomberg studios in New York

And commandeered / held hostage for ransom, the unflappable @adsteel

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

Bollox - ChatGTP blinds us with brilliance or baffles with bullshit. Crypto is not BTC and ASIC is not a GPU. Don't ask a calculator to print a document. Surprising how (if) AI conflates the two to produce a schoolboy error.

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

The Bitcoin miner that no longer useful in its hash rate MAY be able to be adopted to AI model building.

There are dozens of stealth projects that are very promising.

This is what ChatGPT said:

“Introduction

Bitcoin mining is the process of verifying transactions on the Bitcoin network and adding them to the blockchain. This process involves solving complex mathematical problems using specialized hardware and software. Bitcoin miners are rewarded with newly minted bitcoins for their efforts. While Bitcoin mining is typically associated with financial gain, it can also be used for other purposes, such as AI model building.

AI models require significant computational power to train and optimize. Bitcoin mining hardware, such as ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits), can provide this computational power at a fraction of the cost of traditional cloud computing solutions. By repurposing Bitcoin mining hardware for AI model building, users can save money on compute costs and contribute to the decentralized nature of the Bitcoin network.

Step 1: Setting up the Bitcoin miner

To begin, the user must set up their Bitcoin mining hardware and software. This process will depend on the specific hardware and software being used. However, some general steps may include:

1. Installing the mining software: The user must install the mining software on their mining rig. There are various mining software options available, such as CGMiner and BFGMiner.

2. Configuring the mining pool: The user must select a mining pool to join. Mining pools allow miners to work together and share rewards. The user must configure their mining software to connect to their chosen mining pool.

3. Setting up the wallet: The user must set up a Bitcoin wallet to receive their mining rewards. The wallet address must be entered into the mining software.

Example code for setting up a mining pool in CGMiner:

```
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://miningpool.com:3333 -u username.workername -p workerpassword
```

Step 2: Installing the AI framework

Next, the user must install the AI framework they wish to use for their model building. Popular frameworks include TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Keras. The installation process will depend on the specific framework being used. However, some general steps may include:

1. Installing the framework: The user must install the framework and any required dependencies. This can typically be done using a package manager such as pip or conda.

2. Setting up the environment: The user must set up a virtual environment for their AI project. This helps to ensure that the dependencies for the project are isolated from other system dependencies.

Example code for installing TensorFlow:

```
pip install tensorflow
```

Example code for setting up a virtual environment in Python:

```
python -m venv myenv
source myenv/bin/activate
```

Step 3: Configuring the mining hardware for AI model building

In order to use the mining hardware for AI model building, the user must configure the mining software to run the AI framework instead of the traditional mining algorithm. This process involves modifying the mining software configuration file to execute the AI framework and pass data to and from the mining hardware.

Example code for modifying the CGMiner configuration file to run TensorFlow:

```
{
"pools": [
{
"url": "stratum+tcp://miningpool.com:3333",
"user": "username.workername",
"pass": "workerpassword"
}
],
"gpu-threads": "auto",
"gpu-engine": "1100",
"gpu-memclock": "1500",
"worksize": "256",
"algo": "tensorflow"
}
```”
(1)

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@JasonPLowery US gov turning off the spotlight - keeping the plebs in the dark!

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@pmarca Life is a journey of discovery and exploration - as is stimulant usage. Everything in its own time and cycle.

[David Sinclair @davidasinclair]

Delighted to share with you our latest paper. Here, we test the hypothesis that aging may be driven by DNA damage-induced changes to the epigenome. Mightbe due to a glitch in the software of the body that causes it to malfunction, which can be fixed with a reboot?👇 1/

[Dr Aseem Malhotra @DrAseemMalhotra]

‘What should be THE biggest story in the world’

@thecoastguy in a powerful and extraordinary call to action on the covid mRNA vaccine scandal

‘They (politicians & media) may keep their hands over their eyes but we can see them & the silence is DEAFENING’

#BadPharma #NHS

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@JasonPLowery Today, a new tax on mining operators can all but eliminate domestic hashing in a key country - so a preemptive takeover of a foreign pool plus a local tax imposition could make a 51% attack possible more cheaply than imagined?

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@JasonPLowery Like hoarding gold - all central banks will be mandated to run BTC nodes and run a balanced network to reduce the risk of centralised pools. CBDC is a sideshow. How will govs use this to punish bad sovereigns? Do energy-rich states have advantage? Welcome clean nuclear energy?

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@Tales4omCrypto @fintechfrank As in liquidity is just a customer problem?

[Pavol Rusnak @PavolRusnak]

I was always wondering what's the difference between Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Now I know: Google knows about every f*cking payment you make, while Apple doesn't.

More about Apple Pay: https://t.co/Tqg5TdsWuH

[Udi Wertheimer @udiWertheimer]

@KyleSamani they use webauthn for identity, more info here: https://t.co/rTqdeYMfeV

webauthn is going to be a big deal soon as apple and google intend to use it to get rid of passwords on websites: https://t.co/nDyb0fDEV0

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@jillgun There is a lot of competition to be the next reserve currency. If the USD looses it's crown - isn't it smart to ensure that a regulated crypto alternative is the replacement ?

[Patrick Lynch @lynchpatrick]

@WallStreetSilv Two sure things - Death and Taxes!

[vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin]

@banteg Errr this seems like a risky and terrible idea. If ETH drops a lot, value of collateral would go way down but CDPs would not get liquidated, so the whole system would risk becoming a fractional reserve.

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