Travis DeWolf
northproof.bsky.social
Travis DeWolf
@northproof.bsky.social
Comp neuro PhD, research scientist in motor control and neuromorphics, co-founder of Applied Brain Research where we build ultra low power edge AI chips and I've led a lot of advanced AI consulting. Sometimes I write blog posts at http://studywolf.com.
Wait until you get the one where an AI has generated a hypothesis for you
June 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Not to nit pick but I suspect there would be lots of bomb plot related follow-up that might make a note compelling narrative
June 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
yeah hassabis has the garbage take necessary to position yourself as a visionary while actually just pushing shareholder agendas
June 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
...what are the questions?
May 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
from my experience genAI is (at this point) pretty garbage at generating any insightful comments or content that could be created by anyone medium-expert level in the field, but it can be useful for boiler plate things and editing suggestions (as you said). i'm curious why the resistance
May 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
guarantee this is in the disney 5 year plan
May 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
experienced this strongly with the first wave of covid as well

i'm not sure how to handle beyond being more or less selective on what news i keep up with as my baseline anxiety fluctuates. how actionable different kinds of news is has been my hand wavy measure for filtering.
May 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Was not expecting the issue to be that people are using genAI to do their critical thinking -- I've not had any experiences with the most recent genAI where it generates anything coherent for tasks beyond intern level difficulty.
May 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
very true. we are a ways from being able to do in analog what we do in digital, though. and analog isn't going to be a full replacement of digital by any means
May 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I actually already did this! But before finding a place to create a fake web blog to post it I thought I'd check! 😂
May 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I keep reminding myself Bernie could reach them
April 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM