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Claud 3 exploring the emergence of consciousness in LLM
I want to explore how an LLM would gain consciousness. lets iterate this a bit. the way I see it, the LLM only activates and generates...
Sven Borgers
Mar 7, 20245 min read
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Klarna real-world AI implementation
I started a google sheet to keep track of these kinds of announcements: https://www.klarna.com/international/press/klarna-ai-assistant-ha...
Sven Borgers
Mar 4, 20242 min read
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Connor Leahy on AI alignment
I have a hard time keeping up with AI developments, It is the beginning of March and it feels like there have already been more...
Sven Borgers
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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Two months on Longevity diet
So October went and I am still on the longevity diet. I have been eating less fish and more vegetarian than I expected. I am using...
Sven Borgers
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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A robot got me a job - David Marti
This book was a waste of time. It read like a bunch of essays summarizing other books and works of others. I don't feel if gave me much...
Sven Borgers
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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The coming Wave - Mustafa Suleyman
Probably the best book I have read on the change AI is bringing. I think the reason is that the field is changing so rapidly. ChatGPT...
Sven Borgers
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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One month on Longevity diet
So, I have now been on Longevity diet for one month. I have been eating Pescatarian. No meat all month except for one Saturday when we...
Sven Borgers
Oct 1, 20231 min read
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The Longevity Diet - Valter Longo PhD
Following my 5 day juice fast I was first going to go on Keto but then I found this alternative. I got hold of the book and I'm on my...
Sven Borgers
Sep 10, 20234 min read
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Forward - Notes on the future of our democracy by Andrew Yang
Updated 5th September 2023: Here is a great podcast with Andrew Yang that touches on most of the book: I read and liked the War on Normal...
Sven Borgers
Sep 4, 20234 min read
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5 day juice fast
I have been letting my health and fitness take a backseat for the last year and a half. I have been very busy on my job and I have let it...
Sven Borgers
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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Technology vs. Humanity - Gerd Leonhard
From Wiki: Gerd Leonhard is a German futurist, speaker and author who specialises in the debate between humanity and technology. Some...
Sven Borgers
Aug 26, 202311 min read
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For Profit - A history of corporations
As you can see on my blog, I have been reading quite broadly on the next wave of automation which I believe is coming. I believe we are...
Sven Borgers
Aug 1, 20234 min read
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What is ChatGPT doing - Stephen Wolfram
A useful short book on the inner workings of ChatGPT. Most of the technical explanation I had seen and understood before but there are...
Sven Borgers
Jul 29, 20232 min read
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DiEM25 Manifesto
Having read now quite a few of Yanis Varoufakis' books, I am also following the work he is doing with DiEM25 and I worked myself through...
Sven Borgers
Jul 13, 20231 min read
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It's ok to be angry about capitalism - Bernie Sanders
In Yanis' book Adults in the room he describes the support he received from Bernie Sanders when he was trying to renegotiate a deal for...
Sven Borgers
Jun 11, 20232 min read
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Another Now - Yanis Varoufakis
One more book by Yanis. This time a novel. I must say I prefer his non-fiction writing to this novel. Fiction does however give him free...
Sven Borgers
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Adults in the Room - Yanis Varoufakis
Continuing my journey down the rabbit hole my next book was Adults in the Room by Yanis Varoufakis. I started with AI and read quite a...
Sven Borgers
Jun 10, 20232 min read
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Talking to My Daughter - Yanis Varoufakis
Twice I have seen recommendations to read some of Yanis' work and now I decided to follow up on that. I started with this one because it...
Sven Borgers
May 24, 20231 min read
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France's Yellow Vests: Western Repression of the West's Best Values - Mazaheri, Ramin
After the first book I read on the yellow vests, I decided I need another to get a better perspective. This is not an easy book. It also...
Sven Borgers
May 21, 20231 min read
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Uprising: How the Yellow Vest Protests are Changing France and Overturning the World Order
Following my reading of Andrew Yang's quite bleak book on the future of work and the understanding that the current economic system is...
Sven Borgers
May 18, 20233 min read
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