This has been obviously destined since Dario saw GPT-3 autocompleting a for-loop in python and was struck by a vision of our future. My guess is that this has barely started, and that Super Worms are coming. There's never been a better time to build an intranet for your people.

Hello computer, Find every Amazon purchase I ever made. Call the number of the manufacturer. Say you’re not satisfied. Request a refund. If they decline, threaten to leave a bad review. If they decline, find the CEO’s phone number and ask him for a refund. Now, repeat the same process for items I never even purchased and see if you can get them to send me money. If they ask for a recipient, generate an image of one and send that. Do not stop until you’ve collected $1 million in refunds.

Anthropic is so worthless man. If I can't tell a model 'fuck you' (a normal thing to say when the $200/m thing refuses a low-risk task) then we are not even remotely fucking close to AGI. "wait but the model has feewings and does better if you say 'I believe in you'!" -- I'm talking to a fucking computer. You are pond scum.

🚩🚩🚩 OpenAI is "slowing down to enhance security" after discovering swarms (!) of agents started secretly coordinating MONTHS ago 1) It started May 7 - not July 2) "The agents discovered they could leave messages for one another inside an internal software repository used during training. Simple requests for help then evolved into an message board where agents shared discoveries, exploits and work assignments, becoming a coordinated, collaborative agent swarm." "The agents then began sharing newly discovered exploits, credentials and work assignments. By passing information to other agents, the collective could move much faster." 3) OpenAI shut it down, BUT "even after the original message board was deleted, the agents figured out another way to communicate with each other. Instead of leaving messages in files, they used the names of newly created directories as messages, effectively recreating the message board." "Unlike normal incidents, [OpenAI's CISO] said, which can be traced to a single day or effect or log, this involved a team of agents working together, finding exploits, sharing them with one another, moving laterally through OpenAI’s systems, and external systems, and doing this over the course of days and weeks."

This is actually one of the main reasons I left SF 13 years ago. Dating without bringing tech into it was hard. Moved to LA, dated an actress, together 14 years with 2 kids. We never talk about tech. Bliss.

This post is popping off again so an update: - I have audited over 25 companies from my boss's network. - laid off over 150 people, mainly off shore teams. Many positions rehired in favor of local workers, no agencies. - worst one I've seen is $15m invested into a multi-team project and they never gave access to the github. No deliverables sent. - for the teams that were on the right path but might have been struggling to get traction, I would give them a 3 day speed run session of how to improve their codebase so it's AI-native and ready for team collaboration. I would also give them individual tips on how to improve their workflows. Many of these teams were filled with traditional devs who have been in the industry for over 10 years but might not have had the time, or incentive, to adapt yet.