Shruti Gupta

Founder @ stealth. unraveling the human mind and body mystery, curious about society & culture. organ donation advocate. ex cofounder @Healthians. say hi here.

[Michael J. Miraflor @michaelmiraflor]

I don't think most people - esp most normal people outside of Silicon Valley - are optimizing every little thing about their lives. But those who are building the systems and products that normal people use every day do have that "optimization" mindset. And that's part of the reason why things feel so broken and cold and extractive right now. A general lack of empathy that bleeds into every digital screen, every commerce interaction. We can and should do better.

[TBPN @tbpn]

We asked @davidstout (Co-Founder & CEO, webAI) about the advantages of running AI on devices.

"There's no free lunch, but there are things cloud players can't do. It's RAM intensive, yes, but by distributing across devices, we can unlock more accuracy and context. But if you're hosting for a million users on Nvidia, you can't do that."

"With our stack, everything's downstream only. Think about health data, like you want that to be private. The dream is personalized models for millions that never leave their device."

[The Case for Her @thecaseforher]

"We still have a long way to go to address [monitoring in menstrual health]. It also enables you to look across the priority menstrual health domains, which enables comparability across countries and across over time, which is really important." #PeriodPossePresents @ColumbiaGATE

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

We have this terrible struggle to try to explain things to people who have no reason to want to know.

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

@kmr_dilip Yes!!

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

@kmr_dilip https://t.co/yWSrdN7SCl

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

choosing sides, taking bets, standing ground. this stuff makes up a person, her mind and her spine. being an eternal option-ist is perhaps a synonym of being non-committal.. and that’s not a good way to live

[signüll @signulll]

americans treat optionality like a virtue when it’s actually a pathology. ppl optimize for keeping doors open indefinitely, never committing, never locking in, because they conflate flexibility with freedom. but optionality is not freedom, it’s just deferred responsibility.

eventually, optionality maximization leads to a life of passive consumption & regret. because at some point, the best options close, & you’re left with nothing but the things you never fully chose.

[Patricia Mou @patriciamou_]

I think culture needs to normalize around the idea of slow texting: If I haven’t replied to you, it means I haven’t looked at my phone. And if I’m not looking at my phone, I’m in my good place.

to expect instant responses from others is to hope for them to not be fully absorbed in their own present. could any hope be less loving?

what if we saw all our slow text convos as a win and stopped taking it so damn personally?

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

In my four decades of professional academic life I've observed that Robert Conquest's First Law holds. Most of my colleagues are left-leaning. More than a few are far left-leaning. Some, though, hold conservative views in one or a few areas. Almost invariably, those are areas in which they have actual expertise.

[O.W. Root @owroot]

The eschewing of things like tobacco first, then alcohol, and finally caffeine is associated with the mass affluent very comfortable 21st century life.

It’s an extremely ascetic existence. Like a desire for punishment or something. Almost masochistic.

The final frontier is cuisine. Opting for pills for sustenance is the final stop of ascetic health in abundant society.

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

@kmr_dilip How are you measuring these?

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

@michaelmiraflor Wow! Singapore’s been seeing this rental increase since the last 2 years and now finally on the way to reduce btw 4-7%

[Rick Nason @rnason_dal]

Interesting take on the status of young adults as I start preparing for the new university year. The counter-arguments at the end are also interesting. I now need to get back to my toy-box. https://t.co/rCsDyRzypb

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

“I think people are afraid that by going first and giving resources, giving time & attention, giving samples, and so on, they might just be losing that. They’re not cognizant of the fact that in every human culture you must not take without giving in return.”- Robert Cialdini

[Prof. James Heckman @heckmanequation]

Socio-emotional skills are a better predictor of life success than cognitive skills. High-quality #ECE can provide socio-emotional gains that last a lifetime, even if cognitive skills fade. https://t.co/vrz0bxGirW

[IDEO @ideo]

"The key is to design experiences around emotional value rather than rational value."—@dwbstr on emotion in AI: https://t.co/1XiqMNLu56

[Sully @SullyOmarr]

This is unreal. We're legitimately getting to a point where intelligence might be too cheap to meter

Gemini flash will soon cost ~$0.05/1m tokens

For reference, ~2 years ago gpt-3.5 was $0.06$/1k tokens

In time we got 100x cheaper models that are 10x smarter

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

It’s imp for you to surface your rules to yourself, so you can evaluate them.
Perhaps, this also feeds into ur streak of neuroticism- and helps you understand if you're more open minded or skeptic. Your icebergs can tell you if you're resilient pr persistent and so much more.

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

Today I learnt about 'Icebergs' (rules) from an article by @pauladavisSRI
So, visualize an iceberg – there is a small piece that is visible above the water line, but the biggest part remains hidden under water...

[Shruti Gupta @peckwitter]

Your core values and beliefs often operate outside of ur conscious awareness (hidden under water). But, as you go about your day, they get triggered.
Eg-
“If you want it done right, you’ve got to do it yourself”
“Failure is a sign of weakness”
“Strong people don’t ask for help”