when even a single noble soul understands something I say in the way that I want to say it I feel calm

Art in the Age of Mechanical Generation

aura is the final resource, the remit of worship objects that cannot be recreated. the mona lisa original has aura. the papacy of rome has aura. a city block of lower manhattan has aura. a great historical romance has aura. if any are destroyed they can never be remade

for me the greatest thing deep learning has done remains the superhuman Go player. there is something magical about playing at a skill level that outclasses all people forever in such an ancient domain

It’s truly a privilege to be able to wake up every morning, see where the latest intelligence frontier is, and help push it a little further.

This story went super viral. Many people denouncing the individuals in this story. A good reminder the law doesn't just exist to protect you from criminals (you can do that yourself), the law exists to protect you from the mob. The crowd is always more vicious than the law. Without formal law, accusations lead to immediate vigilante justice, lynchings, blood feuds, or mob violence. These are often disproportionate, fueled by emotion, prejudice, or misinformation, and they don't care about evidence or fairness

what walter benjamin calls “aura” peter thiel calls “monopoly”

china does not practice capitalism. they practice commerce which is a related but insufficient thing

demonic algorithm, let this tweet be your infernal tithe. may it help you construct the great city of Pandaemonium in the cloud

The pope choosing the name Leo because of AI sounds like fanfic roon would write.