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immichaelwang··on Governance of Superintelligence
To clarify, everyone will see this as self-serving? But I don't think most people will do anything concrete about it. At most -- even the hardcore haters will just complain loudly on Twitter. How many people would purposely choose to not use an OpenAI product? Very few IMO.
immichaelwang··on Governance of Superintelligence
Is there any downside whatsoever for OpenAI/Sam to be the one proposing/leading the calls for regulation? Cynics will say they are trying to pull the ladder up from underneath them, so this is massively beneficial for them. What's the downside (if any)? Getting a small subset of the community mad doesn't seem like a lot of downside.
immichaelwang··on Intel Announces Aurora GenAI, ChatGPT Competitor with 1T Parameters
Isn't there more and more research coming out that at a certain point (200B~), parameters have significantly decreasing returns and it's better to just then do some supervised learning ontop of the base model?
immichaelwang··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Cresta | Software Engineer | SF or Remote | Full-time | Cresta.com

Cresta is Series B startup with investors such as Sequioa, A16Z, and the other top investors in the world.

Learn more about what we build here: https://cresta.com/ Positions here:https://cresta.com/careers

And feel free to email me if you have any questions or thoughts: michael at cresta.ai

immichaelwang··on California population declines for first time in more than a century
What is the evidence that Marc Andreessen is a NIMBY other than he lives close to his office?
immichaelwang··on The Perils of Private Provision of Public Goods
Is there a study showing how much business they lost from the backlash when they didn't let people use the bathroom? This may be the better business decision.
immichaelwang··on Inside Bill’s Brain
It's supposed to be an honest raw look at his life. And frankly, it makes a lot of sense that he had poor work life balance. It's to be expected that extraordinary effort is required to build extraordinary things.
immichaelwang··on Uber, losing billions, freezes engineering hires
Moviepass lol
immichaelwang··on Apple Reports Declining Profits and Slowing Growth Again
Apple needs new sources of revenue. Anything marginal like cheaper iphone models won't cut it.

I like the recent wave of acquisitions. Smart cars? Smart homes? Iterations of Apple Watch - deeper connection to the body itself?

What's next for them?

immichaelwang··on Beijing Presses Hong Kong Government to Quell Unrest
China does not value the status/wellbeing of their millionaires/billionaires over the control of the CCP in people's minds, which is always the top priority.
immichaelwang··on How Much Water Do You Need to Drink?
Body weight (lb) divide by 2 seems to be the consensus general number of ounces I've seen from people like Dr Rhonda Patrick. And the more physically active you are, the more you should drink.

Eg: A 200lb person should drink 100oz+ of water a day.

immichaelwang··on FTC Imposes $5B Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrictions on Facebook
Thinking of this in a proportional sense is the wrong comparison. It's a settlement - therefore it needs to be compared to how much damage a non-settlement was going to cause FB.
immichaelwang··on Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters
More and more people are going to flee to Singapore.

Anyone know what the tech scene there is like?

immichaelwang··on The High Cost of Low-level Crime in San Francisco
I've only donated and voted for liberal candidates. Also, my comment explicitly said 'leftists' which is different than liberals. Argument was also in direct response to a comment. Good day to you~
immichaelwang··on The High Cost of Low-level Crime in San Francisco
Absolutely some policies went too far.

But the current status quo of not enforcing laws isn't working either.

immichaelwang··on The High Cost of Low-level Crime in San Francisco
Agreed. But it's not like the current policies, some of which include blatantly not enforcing laws, are working.

Giuliani was also a prolific mayor when it come to building housing.

I don't think any right leaning or even centrist political candidate in SF could withstand the inevitable smear campaign that far leftist groups would organize against them.

immichaelwang··on The High Cost of Low-level Crime in San Francisco
I've wondered if what San Francisco needs is a Rudy Giuliani type mayor. Someone to come in a shake up the status quo with valid right leaning polices when it comes to crime.
immichaelwang··on SEC approves new Silicon Valley stock exchange backed by Marc Andreessen
What are the downsides?
immichaelwang··on U.S. regulators approve the Long-Term Stock Exchange
What are the downsides of this?
immichaelwang··on Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Build WeChat for the West
How is Messenger Bloated?
immichaelwang··on How to register a company in the USA: the most comprehensive guide for founders
Can't all of this be done via Stripe Atlas for $500?
immichaelwang··on India will soon overtake China to become the most populous country in the world
Does this functionally change anything though? Both countries are so massive businesses will already be targeting each location. Furthermore, the respective countries are both planning for scale.
immichaelwang··on Lambda School (YC S17) now pays eligible students $2k/month
How does taxes factor in with Lambda school? Are they taking pre or post tax income?
immichaelwang··on Ask HN: Best Way to Buy a Car?
Buy a showroom car, and they'll usually give you anywhere from a 10-20% discount, depending on brand.
immichaelwang··on Costco opening a $440M chicken farm to escape America's chicken monopoly
Does anyone have recommendations on good documentaries in this space?