John Schulman (co-founder of Thinking Machines and OpenAI) wrote that goal-driven research beats idea-driven research. I realized it's also really good life advice. Don't chase what other people are doing. Figure out what life you want, and then figure out how to get there.

Reading this essay by Sam Altman always gives me clarity when I'm about to make a big life decision blog.samaltman.com/the-days-…

Choosing the $20 AI plan is losing you money The $200 plan gives you 20x usage If it boosts your productivity and raises your chances of landing a job offer paying $50-100k more by even 10%, it’s one of the best investments you can ever make

“Train the model to solve a millennium prize math problem.” “Sure, give me a few weeks.” “…and make it stop writing slop.” “I’ll need a research team and five years.”

All the best developers are using agents to verify each other’s work We should add specific benchmarks for this

Throwback to the first time I saw a robot foundation model running in the real world. It still feels like magic.

The best advice I’ve received from my friend who was the top intern at a quant company: At the end of each day, write down everything you did and think about what you could have done better It’s so simple yet so powerful

I’m both surprised and terrified that the model’s safety classifiers don’t transfer to the physical world