I’ve just been informed that this is Towel Day

https://youtu.be/b6r8Tu-KJC4?si=Az1p1mhB_nBuig0b https://towelday.org

Test posting this from Obsidian…

"[!quote] You don’t build strength by avoiding discomfort. You build it by seeking it."

Rosy is watching.

Flipboard’s Mike McCue joins us on Intelligent Machines #818 to talk about his new app, Surf, the super social app. https://twit.tv/im https://surf.social

Bucket List ✔️: https://leo.fm/2025/04/23/bucket-list/

DOGE gave Russia access to private government data: https://leo.fm/2025/04/18/doge-gave-russia-access-to/

My Very Own Action Figure

If I Could Turn Back Time: https://leo.fm/2025/04/14/if-i-could-turn-back/

Power to the people.

Go Cory!!! https://www.youtube.com/live/1i6dfJXEQ9Y?si=I4lEAooti_gIgubS

Check out the shiny new episode of Intelligent Machines with @leo, @jeffjarvis, Yours Truly plus a special guest appearance by author and journalist Gary Rivlin! https://elgan.com/intelligent-machines-podcast-a-choir-of-sentient-cabbages

The Covid lockdown began in California five years ago today. Many of us turned to sourdough baking for consolation.

Not surprisingly I’m back at it.

We may have lost our democracy but at least I’ve gained the perfect sourdough bagel.

Reading Ray Kurzweil’s new book, “The Singularity is Nearer: When we merge with AI,” (I know but it’s great) preparing for our interview today on Intelligent Machines. Watch live at 2p Pacific/5p Eastern/2100 UTC at https://twit.tv/live or download after the fact. https://twit.tv/im - so brilliant.

Can someone please tell this orange nitwit that “transgenic” is not “transgender.” No we are not making transgender mice. Scientists are using genetically modified (i.e. transgenic) mice to find cures for human diseases. WTF.

The chess world lost a titan. Boris Spassky was a great champion, and a true chess gentleman. Along with his incredible games, the way he stood and applauded Fischer after an amazing game showed genuine class. RIP Boris.

#Chess #Spassky

Stephen Wolfram on AI:

https://youtu.be/Y3aNhVJDXCg?si=pY5u0ue3WY3J-WOF&t=2077

For the full show visit https://twit.tv/im

System76 or Framework: https://leo.fm/2025/02/27/system-or-framework/

@vaughnhannon I have to watch the Alpha Go movie!

This video is the best overview I’ve seen for how LLMs work by one of the co-founders of OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy.

https://youtu.be/7xTGNNLPyMI?si=ak0KpOOlBf2YmJNl

I know it’s 3.5 hours long, but it’s time well spent.