Very poetic way of putting it and I agree these are people we certainly need! Wouldn’t be writing this message if it weren’t for autism. But to some extent they are beasts of burden.
Musk talks about his brain as if it’s possessed by demons sending him a million thoughts a minute. Not fun.
Some aspies are awesome others are asshats — like anyone else. Am somewhat envious of the Vitalik types but at the same time I wouldn’t trade my “neurotypical” brain for an autistic one.
I am a social animal. I like getting along with people. I like being able to feel how others feel by hearing their tone of voice or looking at their face.
I think Google/YouTube is already doing this. For example when you Google search "how to reset a Macbook", the top result is a video that jumps to a particular highlighted section that answers the question.
This isn't the best example of this feature, but it sure has saved me a lot of time in other queries that I can't recall at the moment.
I wonder when "2005" for crypto will be. Like if we compare them by metrics like maturity of technology, developer attention, VC money, etc, how do "web2" and "web3" compare?
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. I wasn't even alive during the dotcom bubble but every account I've heard of it sounds similar to the cryptosphere. Insane valuations. People blindly jumping on the bandwagon. Money blindly being thrown around left, right, and centre towards anything 'web3'. Plagued with tremendous amounts of arrogance, greed, and hubris. People buying Lamborghinis and the like. Classic gold rush mania.
I got into a bit of a rabbit hole after reading this WSJ article, which lead me to find this related article about the "ADHD industrial complex"[0]. It perfectly sums up the pattern been noticing the past couple years of ADHD becoming way too sensationalized on social media. For example this TikTok with 9 million views [1] that portrays universal things like not enjoying waiting in lines, or the texture of certain foods, as ADHD behaviour.
The comments sections on these posts you'll be sure to see something along the lines of "omg I'm convinced I have ADHD now". I have always heard the narrative that ADHD is extremely over-diagnosed. Surely its sensationalization on social media plays a large role in that.
Telehealth startups like Cerebral are just adding salt to the wound. I don't live in the US, so I was shocked to see how these companies advertise on social media [3].
I can't help but imagine a user flow along the lines of:
a). Scrolling through your feed seeing some memes about ADHD. Including this one [4] that conveniently lists out all the symptoms, and this one [5] that tells you how to speak during your consultation so that you don't get flagged for drug-seeking behaviour.
b). Scrolling a bit further and see an ad for ADHD consulation
c). Stimulant prescription after 30 minutes of regurgitating memes you saw on social media
Was just about to comment along these lines. If I read about this a few years ago I would be shocked. Now after seeing so many flubs in the crypto space, my reaction is just 'meh'
Why is the SEC so slow to regulate cryptoassets? Literally everything that they combatted for stocks and traditional assets is now taking place in the crypto ecosystem.
I agree that many of us are not seeing the writing on the wall. It does give me some hope that folks like Andrew Yang are starting to pop up, spreading awareness about, and proposing solutions to the challenges we are soon to face.
Except it will only get more powerful with time, probably at an accelerating pace.
Everyone always downplays these legitimate fears about AI, pointing out how "it can't do X". They always forget to put the "yet" at the end of that sentence.
Wouldn't it be more like, "AI becomes an artist for people to use"? Will we have people distinguished as "artists" if the ability to make awesome art becomes available to everybody?
That was also my favourite concept, especially with OpenAI Jukebox (https://openai.com/blog/jukebox/). The idea of having new music in the style of your favourite artist is amazing.
However the fidelity of their music AI kinda sucks at this point, but I'm sure we'll get pitch perfect versions of this concept as the singularity gets closer :)
Musk talks about his brain as if it’s possessed by demons sending him a million thoughts a minute. Not fun.