jamespattn

29 and feeling the same. It's kind frustrating and freeing at the same time. I feel like I'm making less progress, but at the same time don't feel the pressure to make progress.

So is the idea that their quant researchers spend all their time finding alpha just a front/recruitment driver rather than the reality of what a quant researcher would typically do day-to-day to actually increase PnL?

Nice. I also think about the amount of human brain power that goes into HFT (or trading in general) and how society would be if it were channeled elsewhere. I suppose some do it for a few years and then do other things once they've accumulated enough wealth

If the "edge" is ephemeral (I agree that it is), I always wonder how quant/HFT firms like Jane Street, RenTech continuously make insane profits out of such strategies.

I suppose it could be a combination of things that isn't necessarily just related to finding edge over markets. Having an entrenched market position or access to data faster perhaps?

My question wasn't to imply that I don't think a given technology should or shouldn't exist.

I was curious to see if anyone could name at the top of their head some practical use cases that they feel net out the potential harms of cloning and misusing someone else's voice.

There's some nice and certainly practical examples, but I don't feel any of them would net out the harms.

Perhaps there's a use case that we can't even comprehend yet that would though!

Can someone give me a practical use case where this adds a net benefit to society?

This is so delightful. Thanks for creating!