Crazy Wisdom

Matt Bunday works in crypto. He loves to rock climb, martial arts, and think about underground psychedelic therapy   What is the biggest problem you’ve faced with knowledge management at your companies? Slack  Dropped balls in communication LLMs might be the response Why do you think slack spread so fast even though its not the best product? It was a step up from email IRC was a component More friendly for non-engineering What do you think about the complexity of slack? Twist is an alternative Why is information architecture such a challenge? How do LLMs fit into this? What would happen if slack created a LLM or plugged one in? Slack workspace plug in What is a retrieval plug in? Universal adapter for any type of data Who are the incumbents in the slack knowledge management space? Guru startup What is the difference between information management and knowledge management? Knowledge management is a higher level synthesis Information management is siloing related types of information Data types  Group related to information around people What are your thoughts on the membrane? Siloes Privacy is where LLMs can be very innovative If we were to share a LLM We can both specify a privacy policy to the LLM and it will follow it LLMs can intuit the privacy public distinction Are you using LLMs to code for you? Copilot Issues with difficulty to prompt it correctly You had to write comments to prompt it Inline suggestions were not good Is it better now? Haven’t noticed a dramatic improvement Hard to prompt it to code in certain styles now GPT 4 is way better for a starting off point for projects Helpful for conversion processes What are the things that GPT4 has not been helpful for you? You have to chunk it What about building systems with GPT4? Code completion cool called tap9 Train the model against your local code What are some other things about KM that we can use tools for? Shared LLM for the family Surface serendipity between users If facebook were to do this One person says they are selling a couch One person is buying one LLM connects them At what point do we merge with the machines? Sufficiently high bandwidth Translation Are we already cyborgs? It began with wearing shoes Horselike Where do you fit in the excitement vs fear when it comes to AI? What parts of knowledge work will get automated? What are we losing? What is your take on bodywork? 10% investment Martial arts practices, he gets beat up  Ninjiutsu Special forces for ninjas Healing and striking points on the body are the same Balance between healing/killing, if you know how to heal Unbroken transmission since 1400 What is the importance  What is your take on yoga? Seven chakra system was created by theosophist Color, what deities you install Psychosomatic download systems  What is your take on Japan? The meiji restorationo Controversy over this and how they lost the transmission Judo was modernized and is a sport Tradition was changed Armed combat What is the transition we are going through? What does the japanese tradition say about it? Character of Ryu; the stream Tradition is flowing through obstacles Japanese traditions need to adapt What happened when the firearm was brought to Japan? What about Japan led them to keep the strong membrane that lets in the western tools but doesn’t let the westerners in culturally? Japan has a deliberate  What is your take on psychedelics and wisdom transmission? Ayahuasca has changed a lot Aya was used by the healer to heal people, not the person getting healed Definitely the most impactful 5 sits in peru all in a row   What is your take on LSD? What is your take on Pscyolicibin? What is your thought on Iboga? What is your take on Kambo? Western-educated buddhas What do you want in a tradition? How we humans integrate Machine Learning into a humanistic society? What is the meaning crisis that AI will take from people because of the job loss? What is social technology and how does that fit in with meaning and communities? LLMs as polytheism Goddes called Athena GPT4 to build a slackbot Read messages Layer in retrieval using embeddings to go the database Google  How do you think LLMs will affect crypto? Crypto AI companies feel far fetched GPU clusters at home, training decentralized Super computer clusters have massively high bandwidth connections between the GPU units Crypto is orthogonal cultural  Take GPT4 and cheaply retrain another model, getting tutors to train the model In OpenAI’s research paper, jobs affected LLMs, blockchain engineers are susceptible All smart contract code is solidity Apple is building AI chips already and putting them into the phones  Chatting with GPT  What about apple vs openAI?  

Show Notes

Matt Bunday works in crypto. He loves to rock climb, martial arts, and think about underground psychedelic therapy

 

  1. What is the biggest problem you’ve faced with knowledge management at your companies?

    1. Slack 

    2. Dropped balls in communication

    3. LLMs might be the response

  2. Why do you think slack spread so fast even though its not the best product?

    1. It was a step up from email

    2. IRC was a component

    3. More friendly for non-engineering

  3. What do you think about the complexity of slack?

    1. Twist is an alternative

  4. Why is information architecture such a challenge?

  5. How do LLMs fit into this?

  6. What would happen if slack created a LLM or plugged one in?

    1. Slack workspace plug in

  7. What is a retrieval plug in?

    1. Universal adapter for any type of data

  8. Who are the incumbents in the slack knowledge management space?

    1. Guru startup

  9. What is the difference between information management and knowledge management?

    1. Knowledge management is a higher level synthesis

    2. Information management is siloing related types of information

      1. Data types 

      2. Group related to information around people

  10. What are your thoughts on the membrane?

    1. Siloes

    2. Privacy is where LLMs can be very innovative

    3. If we were to share a LLM

    4. We can both specify a privacy policy to the LLM and it will follow it

    5. LLMs can intuit the privacy public distinction

  11. Are you using LLMs to code for you?

    1. Copilot

      1. Issues with difficulty to prompt it correctly

      2. You had to write comments to prompt it

      3. Inline suggestions were not good

      4. Is it better now?

        1. Haven’t noticed a dramatic improvement

      5. Hard to prompt it to code in certain styles now

    2. GPT 4 is way better for a starting off point for projects

      1. Helpful for conversion processes

  12. What are the things that GPT4 has not been helpful for you?

    1. You have to chunk it

  13. What about building systems with GPT4?

  14. Code completion cool called tap9

    1. Train the model against your local code

  15. What are some other things about KM that we can use tools for?

    1. Shared LLM for the family

    2. Surface serendipity between users

    3. If facebook were to do this

      1. One person says they are selling a couch

      2. One person is buying one

      3. LLM connects them

  16. At what point do we merge with the machines?

    1. Sufficiently high bandwidth

    2. Translation

  17. Are we already cyborgs?

    1. It began with wearing shoes

    2. Horselike

  18. Where do you fit in the excitement vs fear when it comes to AI?

  19. What parts of knowledge work will get automated?

  20. What are we losing?

  21. What is your take on bodywork?

    1. 10% investment

    2. Martial arts practices, he gets beat up 

    3. Ninjiutsu

      1. Special forces for ninjas

    4. Healing and striking points on the body are the same

    5. Balance between healing/killing, if you know how to heal

    6. Unbroken transmission since 1400

    7. What is the importance 

  22. What is your take on yoga?

    1. Seven chakra system was created by theosophist

    2. Color, what deities you install

    3. Psychosomatic download systems 

  23. What is your take on Japan?

    1. The meiji restorationo

    2. Controversy over this and how they lost the transmission

    3. Judo was modernized and is a sport

    4. Tradition was changed

    5. Armed combat

  24. What is the transition we are going through?

  25. What does the japanese tradition say about it?

    1. Character of Ryu; the stream

    2. Tradition is flowing through obstacles

    3. Japanese traditions need to adapt

    4. What happened when the firearm was brought to Japan?

  26. What about Japan led them to keep the strong membrane that lets in the western tools but doesn’t let the westerners in culturally?

    1. Japan has a deliberate 

  27. What is your take on psychedelics and wisdom transmission?

    1. Ayahuasca has changed a lot

    2. Aya was used by the healer to heal people, not the person getting healed

    3. Definitely the most impactful

    4. 5 sits in peru all in a row

    5.  

  28. What is your take on LSD?

  29. What is your take on Pscyolicibin?

  30. What is your thought on Iboga?

  31. What is your take on Kambo?

  32. Western-educated buddhas

  33. What do you want in a tradition?

  34. How we humans integrate Machine Learning into a humanistic society?

  35. What is the meaning crisis that AI will take from people because of the job loss?

  36. What is social technology and how does that fit in with meaning and communities?

  37. LLMs as polytheism

    1. Goddes called Athena

  38. GPT4 to build a slackbot

    1. Read messages

    2. Layer in retrieval using embeddings to go the database

    3. Google 

  39. How do you think LLMs will affect crypto?

    1. Crypto AI companies feel far fetched

    2. GPU clusters at home, training decentralized

    3. Super computer clusters have massively high bandwidth connections between the GPU units

    4. Crypto is orthogonal cultural 

  40. Take GPT4 and cheaply retrain another model, getting tutors to train the model

  41. In OpenAI’s research paper, jobs affected LLMs, blockchain engineers are susceptible

  42. All smart contract code is solidity

  43. Apple is building AI chips already and putting them into the phones 

    1. Chatting with GPT 

  44. What about apple vs openAI?

 

What is Crazy Wisdom?

In his series "Crazy Wisdom," Stewart Alsop explores cutting-edge topics, particularly in the realm of technology, such as Urbit and artificial intelligence. Alsop embarks on a quest for meaning, engaging with others to expand his own understanding of reality and that of his audience. The topics covered in "Crazy Wisdom" are diverse, ranging from emerging technologies to spirituality, philosophy, and general life experiences. Alsop's unique approach aims to make connections between seemingly unrelated subjects, tying together ideas in unconventional ways.