flâneur

Chris Cardoza

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  • Such generative models are similar in some ways to how scientific theories work. Scientific theories often greatly simplify the description of what appear to be complex phenomena, reducing large numbers of variables to just a few variables from which many aspects of system behavior can be deduced. Furthermore, good scientific theories sometimes enable us to generalize to discover new phenomena.
    Using Artificial Intelligence to Augment Human Intelligence
  • It can take years to zero in on a productive question, because it can take years to figure out what a subject is really about.
    What You'll Wish You'd Known
  • But if you yourself don't have good taste, how are you going to recognize a good designer?
    Great Hackers
  • A programming language is a medium of expression.
    Great Hackers
  • the hard part isn't solving problems, but deciding what problems to solve.
    Great Hackers
  • f your society has no variation in productivity, it's probably not because everyone is Thomas Edison. It's probably because you have no Thomas Edisons.
    Great Hackers