1/ On How Short Life Is
A few years ago, I was walking around in a blizzard in SoHo (New York). It was late, midnight, and it was beautiful.
Some friends, about 15 blocks away, called: "come over?"
It was late, it was cold, was tired, thought "maybe not worth it" but then...
My favourite kid I ever taught when I was a swim teacher was this little 4-year-old Italian boy. One time he sneezed and nobody said anything so he just went “what? No bless yous for Giacomo?”
The worst part of my bitcoin journey has been the depressing realization that many self-described environmentalists care more about control, about being right on the internet, and about punishing their enemies, than they care about climate justice and the health of our planet.
Introducing #AlphaCode: a system that can compete at average human level in competitive coding competitions like @codeforces. An exciting leap in AI problem-solving capabilities, combining many advances in machine learning!
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The history of computing has been moving the computer closer to the human — moving from punch cards to assembly to higher level languages.
Codex represents a step towards a new interface to computers — being able to talk to your computer and having it do what you intend.