Working on excellent education and excellent cities. Chair @cayimby. Previously: founded Quizlet, CPO at AoPS, CS at MIT. [email protected]
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Andrew Sutherland retweeted
People think California is 'full'. We could fit a billion people and still be less dense than Paris. And that's just on existing developed land.
We are so far from the limits.
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I built a realtime multimedia tutor that:
🎨 Generates visuals in realtime (diagrams, photos, sketches) while it speaks
👁️ Sees what you see (via camera/screenshare) to help in context
✍️ Writes key facts, equations, details on the screen — no rambling monologues
Watch me point my camera at my ailing houseplant 🌱, and it simultaneously writes out the biology facts, illustrates the issue on the leaves, and talks me through how to fix it.
I can't open it for everyone just yet, but I want to v soon. In the meantime, reply with demos you want to see, or DM me if you want to try the preview!
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
New essay: "Exorcising myself of the Primer"
The Diamond Age's "Primer" has long been edtech's most canonical shared vision. I feel the field is haunted by it. It's wrong in many important ways—but we haven't articulated a better one, so we cling to it. I want to transcend it.
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un formulates effective new beet-based expectorant cough syrup.
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
The Ocean is on fire.
An underwater pipeline has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
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I uncovered so much stuff trying to answer the question "What are the politics of SimCity?", but I think the most interesting thing was that the game was partially built on a *seemingly* apolitical but in fact *extremely* ideological book. youtube.com/watch?v=_51_YJQp…
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
This is probably the best and most underrated thing I've ever written amasad.me/story
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I worked on adversarial examples for four years and he... just... wrote it out
lmao these latest adversarial attacks distill.pub/2021/multimodal-…
ALT Two diagrams. Picture of chihuahua with copies of the text "pizza" overlaid, and a list of predicted labels with "pizza" classified as 83%. Picture of an apple with a piece of tape including the text "pizza", and a list of labels with "pizza" classified as 65%.
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
file this rebrand FIRMLY under ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’
at first glance, the new san francisco symphony identity feels kinda uncomfortable. like, who is this condensed serif font and why does it think it can get away with being so... so... chaotic?? 👀
but WAIT...
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
I made an art today, with hat tip to @Rumyra and @twholman for the generative artistry canvas tips
Link here:
generative.asuth.repl.co
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It's not too late to join the "How to teach yourself coding" course taught by Quizlet founder @asuth !
We're recording all the lessons, so you can jump in anytime.
Free for Hacker subscribers ($5/month)!
Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1gM_…
#teachyourselfcoding
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
Here's a sentence describing what Google's home page should look and here's GPT-3 generating the code for it nearly perfectly.
Andrew Sutherland retweeted
One common advice I've seen is that warm intros are the only way into an interview at a top venture fund.
From personal experience, I can say that it is not true. Take your time with the app. Demonstrate a true passion for something. I promise USV will give you a fair chance.
Want to join the @usv team? We have officially launched our Analyst application today! Read more about the program and process here: usv.com/writing/2019/11/hiri…
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Announcing a new structure for OpenAI which we've been working on for the past two years: xitter.gq/OpenAI/status/11051373…
We’ve created OpenAI LP, a new “capped-profit” company that allows us to rapidly increase our investments in compute and talent while including checks and balances to actualize our mission. openai.com/blog/openai-lp/