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What I meant by AI democratizing the powers of a CIA agent

When the ai knows who you are based on your webcam background.

Is my background branding that strong or is GPT4o this good?

Usual masterclass by Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦.

Essentially, Biden’s 100% tariff:
- Will make US consumers worse off in the short run by preventing access to cheap Chinese EVs;
- Won’t shield US OEMs from Chinese EVs, as they’ll have to compete in Asian markets;
- Might be good for Mexico.

What can we infer about the dems' internal polling in swing states

Crazy anecdote from Nellie Bowles about the New York Times's 'disinformation' channel in Slack. Editors and reporters flagged videos criticizing COVID restrictions, posts about the Wuhan Lab, and even innocent hand gestures as possible examples of racist disinformation.

One of the items in Biden's new China tariffs is 'syringes and needles.' Total US imports in 2023: $1.13 billion.

Top 3 sources of US imports:
1. Mexico: $233 million (21%)
2. Taiwan: $183 million (16%)
3. China: $158 million (14%)

From US Trade & Tariff Data, HS code: 90183100

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GPT-4o is a much better battle rapper than 4

Joscha Bach - 'Christianity was an attempt to save society after the fall of the Roman Empire...' Joscha Bach

GPT4o is very good at deep fried meme comprehension, scoring an impressive 72.8 on my personal PerplexiMeme 0.1 eval (human average = 67.2)

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Note polyamory will always seem more common than it really is due to the friendship paradox.

Points I strongly agree w SamHam on.