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New comment by mz00 in "AI assisted search-based research works now"

mz00 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:01:56 +0000

different models. high level approach: N models receive the same prompt → responses are consolidated through a simple embedding-based similarity matrix → another model performs a simple assessment of deduplicated responses → these are then consolidated into a research report & data visualization.

the whole contraption uses ~10 different models, but more can easily be plugged into the initial generation phase. happy to demo it sometime! [edit: email on profile].

New comment by mz00 in "AI assisted search-based research works now"

mz00 — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:58:49 +0000

same here. I first built the agentic workflow in python and later nextjs. uses dozens of llm apis. works well, and am also impressed with the results.

New comment by mz00 in "Time is an illusion, and these physicists say they know how it works [video]"

mz00 — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:33:32 +0000

Can you really? IMO, time is immutable and irreversible. Space is permanent and shared.

New comment by mz00 in "Oregon is recriminalizing drugs, dealing setback to reform movement"

mz00 — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 07:19:52 +0000

Don’t we all?

New comment by mz00 in "Show HN: Timbre – An app that finds the best sounds for your sleep"

mz00 — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 07:54:39 +0000

Plenty of apps are available in English outside the anglosphere. Seems like a US-centric oversight not releasing it to “the rest of the world” as usual.

New comment by mz00 in "Artificial General Intelligence – A gentle introduction"

mz00 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 09:33:55 +0000

How do we know which institutions to trust in safely deploying AGI? From my POV some kind of autonomous and generalized intelligence is inevitable and imminent - but who can be trusted to deliver something that works for the majority? Or is that a pipe dream?

New comment by mz00 in "Ask HN: What tech newsletters are you currently subscribing to?"

mz00 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:14:00 +0000

(Shameless plug) I recently started my own newsletter to help a non-technical audience understand the big picture trends driving AI and AGI: https://newsletter.envisioning.io

New comment by mz00 in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

mz00 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 15:54:52 +0000

Not a blog but a weekly newsletter with personal commentary about big ideas in AI, both new and old: https://newsletter.envisioning.io

New comment by mz00 in "NASA unveils new moon suit"

mz00 — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:29:40 +0000

> The main difference between the prototype shown today and what will be going to the moon is that the ones going to the moon will be white instead of dark. “That’s really for thermal reasons,” Mr. Ralston said.

New comment by mz00 in "Emerging technologies shaping the future of cities"

mz00 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:48:10 +0000

OP here.

We're an independent and distributed research institute focused on tracking advancement in emerging technology. Envisioning began as a series of speculative future infographics in 2011 and have since developed visualization tools in d3.js, a methodology for scouting emerging tech as well as our own backend for tracking these changing data.

Today we are launching a platform for tracking tech around urban innovation [linked] meant to help public officials make better decisions around tech and promote more democratic futures.

AMA.

Emerging technologies shaping the future of cities

mz00 — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:45:12 +0000

Article URL: https://cities.envisioning.io

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24270723

Points: 2

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New comment by mz00 in "ICQ New"

mz00 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:59:14 +0000

mine was 522826 but has probably been lost to the sands of time

New comment by mz00 in "Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life?"

mz00 — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:36:06 +0000

fellow fan of borges and chiang. start with exhalation

New comment by mz00 in "A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, research suggests"

mz00 — Tue, 21 May 2019 19:00:29 +0000

Interesting! Where can one read more about this initiative? French sources OK.

New comment by mz00 in "Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand"

mz00 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:33:35 +0000

It’s an allusion to Game Neverending, which eventually led to development of Flickr

New comment by mz00 in "Ask HN: Online banks where I can open account worldwide?"

mz00 — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 15:32:22 +0000

Holvi (Finnish payment processor) allows you to open corporate account for Estonian E-Residency LLC without visiting Estonia. Works well.

New comment by mz00 in "Federal chokehold on marijuana stymies studies on epilepsy, autism"

mz00 — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 19:16:56 +0000

Curious about what you mean by that.

New comment by mz00 in "To Fix Back Pain, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit"

mz00 — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:43:48 +0000

Working from a standing desk & performing daily sun salutations completely eliminated my chronic back pain.

New comment by mz00 in "To Fix Back Pain, You Might Have To Change The Way You Sit"

mz00 — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:41:57 +0000

Same. Solved chronic back pain by performing sun salutations 15 minutes every day.