Year: 2021

What is the book that changed your life? (not novels or religious texts)

Asked on Sep 28, 2021

@sophiemcclarty If you read this, get in touch over DM. I may have found something that is yours.

“Because you used to be able to do ALL the reading. You could read all the essential science fiction books before you wrote yours…You could understand all the current thinking in a field of medicine before you prescribed a drug…

No longer.”

https://t.co/vWb4cwQsyV

“10,000s of containers are stuck at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., the two West Coast gateways that move more than a quarter of all American imports. More than 60 ships are lined up to dock, with waiting times stretching to 3 weeks.”

https://t.co/mkrOYSk68K

“Up to 30% of overall truck appointments are not met because there are not enough trucks, drivers or chassis.”

Self-driving trucks will eventually come.

“In Israel, there were 13 unicorns, or private companies with a valuation of at least $1 billion, as of June 6, compared with just one five years ago”

https://t.co/GggrblvyGu

Finally read this new @OpenAI paper about a potential path towards artificial general intelligence. I’m not sure about their definition of intelligence. It rather evokes @danieldennett’s idea of “competence without comprehension”.

Reward is enough – https://t.co/IcbLKoHoy2

Compare it with @JeffCHawkins’s definition: “Human intelligence is the brain’s ability to learn a model of the world and use it to understand new situations, handle abstract concepts, and create novel behaviors, including manipulating the environment”.

It sounds quite different to me, and that difference has an impact on the direction we focus our efforts to create AGI.

The first two parts of the book offer valuable insights on how Amazon approaches challenges and a glimpse of how Jeff Bezos thinks long-term.
I recommend it to whoever is trying to understand *how* Amazon will continue its journey, no matter the direction. https://t.co/UE1hoBprFP