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as LLM's grow smarter, many ppl claim that access to frontier models becomes unnecessary. "don't need einstein to do your excel spreadsheets" but one area where frontier access always remains relevant is PvP tasks. when you're competing against others, the stronger model wins relative ability is often more important than absolute ability in scenarios that are meritocratic or adversarial cybersecurity geopolitics trading persuasion etc

another AI milestone reached: last night I watched Primer with AI assistance and the movie actually made sense

we our open sourcing Paradigm's internal slackbot multiplayer slack convos turn out to be a great form factor for LLM usage the best part = using slack messages to tell the bot to write+merge PR's to improve itself

interesting analogy from Terence Tao about math proof slop in the "Era of Proof Abundance" "Societies that are used to food scarcity, and societies used to food abundance, handle communal meals in rather different ways. When there is food scarcity, the bottleneck is supplying the food in the first place; while the efforts of others in the community to clean and prepare the food, and stretch it to feed as many people as possible, are certainly appreciated, it is the hunters, gatherers, and farmers that actually "bring home the bacon" that are given the most acclaim and status, at least in popular culture renditions of such societies. Virtually any contribution of (non-toxic) meat or vegetables to a communal meal would be welcomed, and volunteers could readily be found to properly incorporate such contributions into that meal. This can be contrasted with a communal meal in a society used to food abundance, such as a pot-luck event in a developed country. Now that food can be readily sourced in many ways, arbitrary donations of raw ingredients are no longer appreciated; a stranger dropping off a carcass of mystery meat for others to clean and cook, for instance, would not be received well (though rare exceptions might be made if there was a particularly unique and interesting story behind how this carcass was obtained, and one could trust that the meat was safe for human consumption). Even properly inspected, well-presented, and safe-to-eat contributions, such as store-bought prepackaged meals, would often only form a portion of the accepted contributions at best. Thoughtfully home-cooked meals, made by trusted members of the community, are also often highly valued at such events; in particular, the conversations around such contributions can become an important social aspect of the gathering, as well as an opportunity to train a future generation of cooks."

who are the smartest young builders that you know? the Paradigm fellowship is their opportunity to meet all the smartest young builders that other ppl know please send this application to those who you think would benefit