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I joined Meta this week. The timing is a bit unfortunate, because it’s just after Trump’s inauguration and there has been some news coverage of that. It’s not a political statement - I accepted the offer three months ago, and my country voted for Brexit. Either way, I wanted to write a bit about why meta. Hear me out but I’m starting to think AI, metaverses, mixed reality glasses,…
I have been in denial about the probable AI revolution. I’ve been in denial because I’m happy with the current world. I’m happy with my little family. I’m happy with my extremely fortunate wage. I’m happy with my status in society. I’m happy with society - I like the relative peace and the understandable set of rules I’ve grown up with, and it’s what I want more than almost anything for my…
I was writing my morning pages this morning, when I realised, with a certain amount of shock, that I am an LLM. You may be able to experience the same thing. Start writing words, one after the other, and notice that the words appear before you decide to write them. Almost like a random number generator had picked from the space of possible next words, weighted by the most likely next word.
We saw Better Man at the Everyman cinema near us. It was great. Two and a half hours that flew by. It was daring and took legitimate risks (yes a CGI monkey in the lead role, but in general it was a film that didn’t feel formulaic or safe), while also being extremely entertaining and quite emotional (Robbie Williams lived a life worthy of a biopic). Definitely recommend. 4.5 stars.
I’d like 2025 to be the year of connection. The world is small, and scary, and changing all too fast. I can’t stop any of those things, but I can write some words about things I’ve found fun, or interesting, or new. Welcome (back).
I’ve decided to mess with the site, in an effort to start writing again, before the AI takes over etc etc. Hello.