Eminent babychild/investor Leopold Aschenbrenner has been in the news lately as his over-leveraged AI fund "Situational Awareness" collapsed in a dramatic fashion. Interestingly, the portfolio shares striking ideological similarities with the Down Round Investment Fund™️... 

Eminent babychild/investor Leopold Aschenbrenner has been in the news lately as his over-leveraged AI fund "Situational Awareness" collapsed in a dramatic fashion. Interestingly, the portfolio shares striking ideological similarities with the Down Round Investment Fund&trade;️...&nbsp;

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Wunderkind No More

If a graphics card can solve more problems than the human race can authenticate, what’s really the point? If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If I leave Chongqing on the super fast train towards Wulong at 12pm, and my friend leaves Wulong on the super fast train towards chongqing at 1pm, will we see each other on the tracks? Will we wave? Will we even perceive each other, flying by in a blur at 350kpm? All this and much more on this week’s PREMIUM episode!

If a graphics card can solve more problems than the human race can authenticate, what&rsquo;s really the point? If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If I leave Chongqing on the super fast train towards Wulong at 12pm, and my friend leaves Wulong on the super fast train towards chongqing at 1pm, will we see each other on the tracks? Will we wave? Will we even perceive each other, flying by in a blur at 350kpm? All this and much more on this week&rsquo;s PREMIUM episode!

Maths is dead

Eminent babychild/investor Leopold Aschenbrenner has been in the news lately as his over-leveraged AI fund "Situational Awareness" collapsed in a dramatic fashion. Interestingly, the portfolio shares striking ideological similarities with the Down Round Investment Fund™️... 

 

If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to downround.net to sign up for PREMIUM to get ad-free listening PLUS an extra episode every week. 

Eminent babychild/investor Leopold Aschenbrenner has been in the news lately as his over-leveraged AI fund "Situational Awareness" collapsed in a dramatic fashion. Interestingly, the portfolio shares striking ideological similarities with the Down Round Investment Fund&trade;️...&nbsp;
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If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to <a href="https://www.downround.net">downround.net</a> to sign up for PREMIUM to get ad-free listening PLUS an extra episode every week.&nbsp;

The free-wheeling chat continues in the thrilling conclusion to this 2-part extravaganza.

The free-wheeling chat continues in the thrilling conclusion to this 2-part extravaganza.

Wunderkind No More

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