In the ballroom of the cosmos,
we dance with the stars
and the moon,
each step in rhythm
with the heartbeat
of the universe,
In this dance
of eternity,
love is our tune.
-- Rumi
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. – Dune
You want to control people, you tell them a Messiah will come. Then they’ll wait, for centuries. – Chani, Dune by Frank Herbert
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. – Dune
“The vast sky is not hindered by the floating clouds.” – Shitou Xiqian
The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.
二桃杀三士 《晏子春秋·内篇·谏下第二》
公孙接、田开疆、古冶子事景公，以勇力搏虎闻。晏子过而趋，三子者不起。
晏子入见公曰：“臣闻明君之蓄勇力之士也，上有君臣之义，下有长率之伦，内可以禁暴，外可以威敌，上利其功，下服其勇，故尊其位，重其禄。今君之蓄勇力之士也，上无君臣之义，下无长率之伦，内不以禁暴，外不可威敌，此危国之器也，不若去之。”
公曰：“三子者，搏之恐不得，刺之恐不中也。”
晏子曰：“此皆力攻勍敌之人也，无长幼之礼。”因请公使人少馈之二桃，曰：“三子何不计功而食桃?”
公孙接仰天而叹曰：“晏子，智人也!夫使公之计吾功者，不受桃，是无勇也，士众而桃寡，何不计功而食桃矣。接一搏猏而再搏乳虎，若接之功，可以食桃而无与人同矣。”援桃而起。
田开疆曰：“吾仗兵而却三军者再，若开疆之功，亦可以食桃，而无与人同矣。”援桃而起。
古冶子曰：“吾尝从君济于河，鼋衔左骖以入砥柱之流。当是时也，冶少不能游，潜行逆流百步，顺流九里，得鼋而杀之，左操骖尾，右挈鼋头，鹤跃而出。津人皆曰：‘河伯也!’若冶视之，则大鼋之首。若冶之功，亦可以食桃而无与人同矣。二子何不反桃!”抽剑而起。
公孙接、田开疆曰：“吾勇不子若，功不子逮，取桃不让，是贪也;然而不死，无勇也。”皆反其桃，挈领而死。
古冶子曰：“二子死之，冶独生之，不仁;耻人以言，而夸其声，不义;恨乎所行，不死，无勇。虽然，二子同桃而节，冶专其桃而宜。”亦反其桃，挈领而死。
使者复曰：“已死矣。”公殓之以服，葬之以士礼焉。
Guest House, Rumi
The being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
notes
if a story could be summarized into a few sentences, then should we read the story? if one theory gives us a better perspective of the world, we use it to replace the old theory and to explore the world. is there an ultimate theory to reveal the ultimate truth of the universe? no. this is an infinite world, what we have is just one finite life.
- Anthropic bioscience or life science with AI: anti-body design, Claude for Life Science and Healthcare, use AI to speedup life science research
Mustafa Suleyman -> Microsoft
Noam Shazeer -> OpenAI
John Jumper, AlphaFold, protein structure -> Anthropic
book: Annette Gordon-Reed, On Juneteenth