Best of Twitter week of November 18-24, 2024

Non-neuronal cells look increasingly like neurons, with the same memory pathways. Meaning that nutritionists are confused for the same reason neuroscientists usually are: your body is a mathematical black-box, with its output your morphology.

— Erik Hoel (@erikphoel)
4:28 PM • Nov 19, 2024

European Neolithic massacre sites often have one conspicuously missing group of skeletons in the grave pits - teenage and young adult females.

— Stone Age Herbalist (@Paracelsus1092)
11:51 AM • Nov 21, 2024

a lot of kids are still trying to secure these 6 figure cushy tech jobs but i dont think they realize those are quickly becoming and to some extent already are, artifacts of a distant past. i also don't think a lot of people are as safe as they think they are

— giatt (@1owroller)
2:10 AM • Nov 21, 2024

art is going to have a lot more value into the future. the only truly resilient industries are the ones that rely on their human aspect, who derive their value out of the soul injected. your greatest moat is your heart and soul

— giatt (@1owroller)
2:10 AM • Nov 21, 2024

Take AI and job replacement serious!

We need to discuss the future of living, we need to find a solution for this upcoming storm. I am 100% serious. People are still in disbelief about whats coming. x.com/i/web/status/1…

— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus)
9:56 AM • Nov 19, 2024

There you have it. First credible Chinese replication of the OpenAI o1 paradigm, approximately 9 weeks after o1 is released.

And it’s apparently going to be open source.

— Dean W. Ball (@deanwball)
12:39 PM • Nov 20, 2024

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.”

- John Gall

— Nora Belrose (@norabelrose)
3:49 PM • Nov 18, 2024

Abolish the NIH.

The NIH is an abomination. Everyone knows this.

Every time I talk to a biologist they say "yes, the NIH is horrible, it's impossible to get anything interesting funded by it, it's getting worse by the year, and God I hope Congress increases its budget because… x.com/i/web/status/1…

— Alexey Guzey (@alexeyguzey)
4:21 PM • Nov 19, 2024

days like these I'm really happy that I don't believe LLMs are conscious

— Teortaxes▶️ (@teortaxesTex)
6:59 PM • Nov 20, 2024

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— Zelda (@zeldapoem)
4:04 PM • Nov 19, 2024

“The moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too.”

— Maxfield on Banks (@MaxfieldOnBanks)
5:18 PM • Nov 25, 2024