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David Shapiro

David Shapiro

@daveshap.bsky.social

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AI research, psychedelics advocacy, post-labor economics theory, postnihilism, metamodernism

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David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 23d

The real "bitter lesson" is that the goalposts keep moving.

The original "bitter lesson" was that "general strategies with high compute tend to outperform expert systems"

Oh but now that's not good enough, the AI needs to play and experiment and *that* is the *real* bitter lesson.

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 23d

It's all just smoke and mirrors

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

The AI doomers are still around but the vibe has shifted. Rather than the prosaic, holier-than-thou attitude of the previous years, the entire tone has shifted to "poor us, we're the chosen few... but no one gets it... no one is listening... oh well... le sigh"

Such an interesting phenomenon
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David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

Magna contentio aeterna est

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

ex nihilo, ad nihilum

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

Once, my dog saw shadows on ground of big fat bees flying above him.

He kept trying to catch the shadows.

No matter what we did, we couldn't convince him that the bees over his head were real.

Thus is the nature of the Internet, and all of you reading this.

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

That's a really short speech... 🤪

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

Amphorae can carry wine

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

The bus might just be a state of mind, or a metaphor... For something

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

Wait, who's driving the bus then???

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 24d

I'll follow you anywhere lol.

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 25d

That unmatched sense of satisfaction when you have the most powerful AI available at your fingertips but you're so content you have no further questions.

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · 26d

I'm considering moving here from x (Twitter) because of rampant anti semitism and the fact that x is becoming an all out race to the bottom.

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Jun 2

I hear that AI is really unpopular here..

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Feb 1

In 2026 an AI will do your taxes for you, and it will find every single exception, exemption, and loophole that applies to you.

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Feb 1

If there was a human who could do everything that LLMs can do today, they'd be the most famous person on the planet.

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Trey Walsh @trey.progressivebitcoiner.org · Dec 5

Feelin’ cute

Might delete l8r

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Dec 2

This is madness. If other countries want to sell us solar on the cheap so we can expedite adoption of clean energy, let them. Either climate change is a crisis, or it isn't.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

US sets tariffs for solar panels from Southeast Asian nations

U.S. trade officials announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on solar panel imports from four Southeast Asian nations after American manufacturers complained that companies there are flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods.

www.reuters.com

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Kris Wilson @kriswilson.bsky.social · Dec 1

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Dec 2

Link here: www.reddit.com/r/reinforcem...

From the reinforcementlearning community on Reddit: Blue Sky Researcher Starter Packs for ML/AI/RL

Explore this post and more from the reinforcementlearning community

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Dec 2

Found a great "Starter Pack" list for AI here on bluesky

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Nov 30

Super helpful thanks

David Shapiro @daveshap.bsky.social · Nov 24

Who's good to follow in the AI, psychedelic, blockchain space? Other than the inimitable @samradofficial.bsky.social ?