Raven

Artist pretending to be a scientist disguised as a designer.

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

@noleftairpod There needs to be a version of this test where you just uncheck boxes.

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

@David_Cubb @0xgaut This guy gets it.

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

The beginning of all science is:

1. We have ideas
2. They could be right
3. Or they could be wrong
4. But sometimes we fall in love with them anyway
5. How do we guard against that?

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

Photo-Timelapse of the @duncantrussell portrait, about an hour of canvas prep Saturday, 3ish hrs Underpainting Monday, 3.5 finishing today.

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

Portrait of @duncantrussell, oil on canvas, 9”x11”.

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

Portrait of a friend and constant inspiration, La Mar Taylor, on on canvas.

#painting #Oilpainting #art #contemporaryart

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

Timelapse, start of a watercolor study for the bluejay who didn’t make it home and that I saw on my way home.

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Being difficult to understand does not make a scientific paper or book more legitimate. It makes it less legitimate.

[François Chollet @fchollet]

The oldest marketing play in AI is to build an impressive special-purpose system (e.g. play this one game) then leverage the illusion that this task-specific capability has general relevance in order to raise money, sell something else, negotiate an acquisition, etc.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Everything worth having requires sacrifice.

[Preetum Nakkiran @PreetumNakkiran]

one thing TCS taught me is to never actually solve problems. just reduce to other problems.

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

@duetosymmetry I’ll paint something for you 🪐

[Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll]

Quantitative, "rationality-related" words appear more and more frequently after 1850 -- until declining after 1980, replaced by more emotional language.
https://t.co/Jf19FHYUnY

[Daniel Baumann @DD_Baumann]

David Tong's new lecture notes on supersymmetry: https://t.co/NauYEm2G08

[Hull Libraries @hull_libraries]

We do love a good index....

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

Very pleased the internet enjoyed “Sleeping Lex” as much as I enjoyed painting it, thank you @lexfridman.

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

Thank you @ravensorcrows for painting one of my prouder moments.

[Preston Pysh @PrestonPysh]

I thoroughly enjoyed this in-depth conversation with @Breedlove22. Here’s the first episode. We cover a lot of topics I’ve never talked about before. Let us know what you think! Money as an Extension of Mind | The Pysh Series | Episode 1 | WiM072 https://t.co/vBjjrj6Yf3

[François Chollet @fchollet]

The highest-leverage way to add value is to *help others create value*, at scale. This is why tech is magical.

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

If you haven’t seen it before (& even if you have), take the time to read these 18 reasons complex systems fail. It is super short, the whole thing is in the images attached, but has a lot of wisdom to explain & avoid failure. The original is here: https://t.co/pnNlFLdLZr

[Raven @ravensorcrows]

Homer + Ned = @elonmusk + #Bitcoin

#cryptocrash #Crypto #Cryptocurency #SelfDriving #selfDrivingCar #BTC #BTCUSD #Meme #Robot #cars