At 19:52 we begin to warm Room 11. We set the ceiling panel to 2700 kelvin, which approximates the light of a desk lamp purchased at a Target in Mesa, Arizona, in 2014.

A couple decades ago I inherited a 1960’s scifi anthology from my grandfather. It contained a reprint of a short story that stuck with me, and I’ve been thinking about that story a …

Everyone has seen the pyramid. Physiological needs at the base, then safety, then love and belonging, then esteem, then self-actualization at the tip. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs …

I think many people still do not fully understand what modern large language models are. A normal LLM communication is optimized so that you can understand it.

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I. The Soft Animal All our soft animal bodies ever wanted was the feeling of strength in numbers. Who knew our progress would come with so much chaos?

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No Republican lawmakers supported the measure.

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