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Machine Learning & Logic Programming

San Francisco
Joined May 2008
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VibeCamp Episode 1: Stan James, Gabriel Pickard and Jimmy (an AI agent on the call) build the show itself, live. YouTube channel, GitHub org, logo, theme song. Watching people vibe conference turns out to be fun. youtu.be/YHNtRGYd9Zc
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For years I’ve been interviewing data annotation workers who are the lifeblood of the AI industry. For years I’ve heard the same story: the platforms they work for wield total power, leaving them precarious & vulnerable to exploitation. A horrible example of this just happened 1/
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Ration flying, ban private jets - make meat more expensive and veg free - ban cruise ships, create a de growth and circular economy - end economic growth and prioritize saving nature - stopping deforestation essential and banning bottom trawling and deep sea mining
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For AI tasks like reasoning and planning, $100M in GPUs can save you an afternoon in the library.
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I can't think of any case where Western sanctions have made a situation better. Could be forgetting one.
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Essential services should never optimize for efficiency. Ever. Tried to make this point for many years, now we see why.
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Coming out of this, the consensus on the left may well be that the Democrats are a write-off and that a genuine third party to replace them (as the Republicans replaced the Whigs) is necessary. I know all the reasons why that's sub-optimal, hard, etc... but...
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"Design and Prototype a Language In Clojure" by @jneen_ @ClojureWest youtube.com/watch?v=i1KVwoE3…
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Can Twitter bots fall in love? We think @pixelsorter and @a_quilt_bot just did: bit.ly/1pp2kux
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Those who get too far from fundamentals—from ploughing, reaping, rearing children—lose what's never restored by any progress or civilization
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We're delighted to announce that Kyle Kingsbury will be delivering the keynote at this years Clojure eXchange! ow.ly/Bkc4A @aphyr
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Only a true master authors all five Yak Shaves of Purity: 1) Web framework 2) Build system 3) Language/compiler 4) Editor 5) Database
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The man who hid from the world for nearly 30 years lgrd.co/1vjEHb5 @GQMagazine #longreads
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The bunny who thinks "I don't like this garden" is experiencing a thought and not a garden.
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New blog post: Map-Reduce is dead at Google. the-paper-trail.org/blog/the…
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No matter where I wander, this will always be home,
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Child Entertained For 5 Minutes By Plastic Toy That Will Take 1,000 Years To Biodegrade onion.com/1mJiDAl
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"It's perfect as a display face and writing passive aggressive office memos." comicneue.com #typography #design