Why ketosis? How ketosis? And why high protein might be bad

I hadn’t heard it explained well, till hearing Greg Bailey lay it out here from minute 25: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-and-leadership-with-jess-larsen/id1099241776?i=1000625483219 Plus some pointers to animal diets as a benchmark (not the “caveman” ultra-high protein) Greg is the founder of Juvenescence, Biohaven and

Why ketosis? How ketosis? And why high protein might be bad

I hadn’t heard it explained well, till hearing Greg Bailey lay it out here from minute 25: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovation-and-leadership-with-jess-larsen/id1099241776?i=1000625483219 Plus some pointers to animal diets as a benchmark (not the “caveman” ultra-high protein) Greg is the founder of Juvenescence, Biohaven and

Predictions from Riyadh on health 2030

Vijay Pande from A16Z – an AI doctor on your phone who’s with you 24/7. Talking to you from the moment you wake up and monitoring everything all the time. — I think that sounds about right. Zack from Jazz

Predictions from Riyadh on health 2030

Vijay Pande from A16Z – an AI doctor on your phone who’s with you 24/7. Talking to you from the moment you wake up and monitoring everything all the time. — I think that sounds about right. Zack from Jazz

The housing crisis, post deportation

Immigrants do quite a lot of the homebuilding. Good luck buying a new house, or investing in new construction.

The housing crisis, post deportation

Immigrants do quite a lot of the homebuilding. Good luck buying a new house, or investing in new construction.

AI beats doctors AND beats AI + doctors

Perhaps not a surprise that doctors don’t like advice very much. But tells you that AI without Ego can beat people with ego.

AI beats doctors AND beats AI + doctors

Perhaps not a surprise that doctors don’t like advice very much. But tells you that AI without Ego can beat people with ego.

Get ready for the next virus, MAHA

The new admin has fired or furloughed or paused thousands of staff across the world who do boring things like fight disease in countries who can’t afford to, but can spread them. And USAID.gov…

Get ready for the next virus, MAHA

The new admin has fired or furloughed or paused thousands of staff across the world who do boring things like fight disease in countries who can’t afford to, but can spread them. And USAID.gov…

Install DeepSeek locally

This took me 10 minutes. But then the first query I ran went for 10 minutes and never completed.

Install DeepSeek locally

This took me 10 minutes. But then the first query I ran went for 10 minutes and never completed.

Pain is the new weight loss

This took only six months for the FDA to approve. https://www.biopharmaboardroom.com/news/11/2108/fda-grants-priority-review-to-vertexs-suzetrigine-targeting-january-2025-for-action-date.html It blocks nerve signals for pain. It’s a pill. The implications are going to be wide and varied.

Pain is the new weight loss

This took only six months for the FDA to approve. https://www.biopharmaboardroom.com/news/11/2108/fda-grants-priority-review-to-vertexs-suzetrigine-targeting-january-2025-for-action-date.html It blocks nerve signals for pain. It’s a pill. The implications are going to be wide and varied.

DeepSeek or DeepFake

Distillation is basically “compressing” a model. Perhaps someone else’s model. And that’s a lot cheaper than making a model in the first place. Here’s my post from a couple days ago about why DeepSeek was cheap to make – because

DeepSeek or DeepFake

Distillation is basically “compressing” a model. Perhaps someone else’s model. And that’s a lot cheaper than making a model in the first place. Here’s my post from a couple days ago about why DeepSeek was cheap to make – because

Why was DeepSeek so cheap to make?

My summary: raw data not labeled data or human aligned, curated data collections given privilege (not boil the ocean), train against other-people’s-models, “mini-models” that are trained by the big model = cheaper to train, cheaper to inference. They refine/scaffold off

Why was DeepSeek so cheap to make?

My summary: raw data not labeled data or human aligned, curated data collections given privilege (not boil the ocean), train against other-people’s-models, “mini-models” that are trained by the big model = cheaper to train, cheaper to inference. They refine/scaffold off

Did GM even try to make flying cars?

Blade Runner, set in a Tokyo-like place, in 1982. GM did a bit of work in the 60s with NASA. But I guess they got distracted. Also – watch Blade Runner 2049. Many issues we will face soon about our

Did GM even try to make flying cars?

Blade Runner, set in a Tokyo-like place, in 1982. GM did a bit of work in the 60s with NASA. But I guess they got distracted. Also – watch Blade Runner 2049. Many issues we will face soon about our