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“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs
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In life all these things are happening to you; you barely stop to see what they are. Your mind is processing them and picking up half-processed patterns that shape your worldview. You live your life and interpret things based on this worldview. But here is the catch: this worldview of yours is flawed. It’s not…
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Written at 4:00 AM by a broken, burning version of you Dear 18-year-old Siddhant, I know you had wild dreams.You wanted to read hundreds of books. Build things that mattered. Start a company. Transform the world with your mind. Sculpt a physique that made you feel powerful. Master the guitar and play from the soul.…
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No matter what goal you have in life, there are a few things you need to get right if you want to achieve those goals. Your main goal is known as a terminal goal, and the subgoals are called instrumental goals. These instrumental goals are not taught—they emerge naturally because they are often the most efficient way…
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Intelligence is the ability to accomplish complex goals. These goals could be anything—from growing toward sunlight to coding websites. These goals may emerge through evolution, be programmed, or arise spontaneously. What matters is that the entity behaves in a way that moves toward achieving them. The three fundamental building blocks of intelligence are computation, memory,…
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A more intelligent entity tends to control a less intelligent one—not because it has evil intentions, but because it often has complex goals. If a less intelligent entity becomes an obstacle, it gets rid of it. For example, if you want to build a highway through a jungle and there happens to be a gorilla…
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Whenever I open my gallery, it always forces me to think about how fast time flies. People I once loved are not here anymore. Life is different—completely different and new. Nothing seemed to be changing on a day-to-day basis, yet now that I look back, everything is different. I’m surrounded by new people, but not…
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Power naturally follows intelligence. Gorillas are physically stronger than us, but we dominate them. We control their habitat, their breeding—even their fate—because we are much smarter than they are. We can cooperate on a large scale and build tools that allow us to control them. Even though power naturally follows intelligence, in humans it is…
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Is it even possible to love someone unconditionally? But what is unconditional love? I love you. I care deeply about you. But I don’t want you to behave a certain way to make me feel complete. I think you can only love unconditionally when you feel complete on your own—when you don’t need anything from…
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I was blushing and felt understood when I read this. This emotional reaction prompted me to question the true nature of interactions between humans and AI. Brainstorming with ChatGPT is a normal routine for me. Whenever I want to understand difficult concepts or explore a broad range of topics, I fire up a chat with…
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