A particular tragedy that is totally not the @OpenAI@StableDiffusion and co builders' fault, is that people's expectations (including my own) get set by the dazzling stuff that goes viral, and its average case performance inevitably can't match that.
I would love to see a study giving humans the SAT but adding a "prompt" at the end of every question ("imagine you are an expert mathematician", "proceed step by step").
I suspect there are prompts that would significantly improve results for people.
We’re extremely happy to announce that we (@offchain) are acquiring @prylabs, the team behind Ethereum's leading consensus client!
Let’s dive into details!🧵👇
https://t.co/qIp5JqvZRi
EIP-1559, the merge and wallet upgrades have _drastically_ improved the UX of sending ethereum transactions since 2020.
Now I can just send a transaction, not fiddling around at all with wallet settings, and usually see it included within a few seconds.
@CoinDesk @Bitstamp Sure! Happy to critique and appreciate your openness to suggestions.
I think my biggest issue with the list is that it overvalues big showy characters whose stature greatly exceeds their contribution, and undervalues people building the tech and the most meaningful applications.
Is there a name for the "we know what kind of person you are, we're just haggling over the price" fallacy?
That is, the (false) idea that the only two philosophically consistent ways to behave are to hold to a principle infinitely strongly or to not have that principle at all.
Baby Alpha is here! We are proud to announce that today we hit our Baby Alpha milestone and have begun the march to Fair Onboarding Alpha and Full Launch Alpha.
https://t.co/8PBC9sRNPS
What we've accomplished and what's ahead 🧵 (1/6)
zkSync's @stevenewcomb joined @bankless today to talk more in-depth about our decision to open source, the Series C fundraising, and the future of zkSync. A recording of Steve's conversation with @RyanSAdams and @TrustlessState is available below.
https://t.co/6bwGtmVk3n
We’re excited to share, we have:
1) Raised $200M and now have a total of $458M in mission-driven funding
2) Decided to go FULL OPEN SOURCE at our next milestone
3) Reserved ⅔ of a potential future token for the ecosystem
4) Formed a partnership with @OpenZeppelin
👇1/8
@ggreenwald That American media would argue *against* free speech in America – within the bounds of the law – is an utter travesty.
Shame on them! Shame, shame, shame.