Randolph: Teddy Roosevelt said, "Comparison is the thief of joy."
You may be glad you started a gym membership. But you can't lift 1pl8. Oh, you can? Great. But it's not 3pl8. Oh, you're pretty strong. But are you making millions as a fitness influencer? No?
Do you even lift, bro?
In my line of work, here's how that looks. Oh, you got your Ranger tab? Great, but you're not Special Forces. Oh, you made it to the teams? Too bad you're not Tier 1. Oh, you are? That's pretty high speed. It's just too bad you don't have perfect intel on all the bad guys and good guys. Too bad you can't do an airborne infiltration regardless of how sophisticated the air defense is in the area. Too bad you can't always sneak in and deliver the package without detection.
Are you even Santa, bro?
#happyholidays #seasonsgreetings #merrychristmas
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Skye: Here's some headlines I'm seeing about the future.
Google likely to lay off 30,000 due to AI transition.
Duolingo replacing translators with AI.
New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft, demands deletion of ChatGPT.
Before we have a million robots in the physical world, we will first see a billion embodied agents in virtual worlds.
Hmmm.
I wonder if they'll replace my teachers with some kind of AI curriculum? I wonder if that would be better or worse?
Maybe I'll ask the app on my computer how to prepare for all this.
#feeltheagi #agi #ai #layoffs #llm
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Shen: Yet another Russian ship destroyed by the Ukrainians. This one appears to have been attacked via air strike shortly after Christmas.
I have spoken of lessons learned. It is often cautioned "Don't fight the last war." Trying to predict what factors will be decisive in an unfought war is difficult.
However, given the activity in the Red and Black Seas, it appears anti-access/ area denial weapons are currently stronger than what Navies can bring to bear.
In the age of sail, parking powerful ships of the line off the coast of a less developed country could often cow them into submission. Now, a less developed nation can saturate you with cheap attacks from drones or missiles, and either force you to expend expensive countermeasures or destroy you.
This is a data point that China will certainly study. China has invested heavily in A2/AD capabilities. It is uncertain if any adversary could approach safely, no matter how advanced.
Are they seeing a limited window where they might have an advantage in a Taiwan scenario?
#russia #ukrain #china #taiwan
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Frank: Hohoho! Time to put up the decorations. Everyone's favorite time of year!
Bah humbug! A light's out. These always take forever to fix! Smitty says to get some with the new LEDs, but his idea of decorating is to change the background on his phone.
(Much time fiddling around passes)
Finally! 1 busted filament, 50 bulbs to go through, a million tangled wires, and a partridge in a pear tree.
(Plugging in the lights)
Ho ho oh no! I put them up backwards! 🤣🤣🤣
Well, syadiloH yppaH everyone!😢
#happyholidays
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Skye: You know how kids used to be like, "Why do I have to learn calculus? I'm never going to need to use it!"
Well, people are starting to say pretty much all jobs are going to be done by AI in the near future.
So what are we even going to school for anymore?
Like, what are we going to do?
Nothing.
Anyways, Chrismas Break started, so I'm going to practice that.
#AI #feeltheagi #LLM #IMF #automation #singularity #christmasbreak
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