Charles Intro @charles_intro

time capsule of thoughts during the AI wave. thoughts and opinions are my own cordvc.com Joined April 2023

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

6 days ago

Something very clear- there is a shortage of context to translate technical concepts into simple terms. Power using chat and Gemini for interpretation and it’s still C-grade

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It is believable that over the short term, a government or institution can do more for a group of people, than the people can do for themselves. Over the long term, however, I will always bet on people over institution Inspired by Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

4 weeks ago

The shift from imperative to declarative systems is a step towards vision and away from work. Offload the “how,” focus on the “what.” All of this hinges on trust and reliability

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

4 weeks ago

Post hoc rationalization is a fun and dangerous game. It’s never been easier than it is today w/ LLMs. Surprisingly, this self indulging process leads to more sound reasoning. When 2 ppl start with a conclusion, then independently offer supporting claims, the best claims survive

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

4 weeks ago

Chat and coding are AI-ready in ways that other fields are not because they have super engaged humans in the loop- conversing, demoing, iterating. The environment is simple, the reward function is clear (user’s approval), and the dataset is super rich, creating a virtuous cycle

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

a month ago

Potential is framed by progress

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Interesting to hear how the concept of cohorts generalize to the economics behind frontier models Playing from 26:43 open.spotify.com/episode/7DzbSp…

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

“I was thinking about getting this new backpack then I was like… better not, that’s a ton of Claude opus credits” - friend

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Crafting notes is like casting spells with Cursor+context

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Lessons from 8 hour cursor marathon for cumulative, reliable progress: 1. Version control is the failsafe 2. Master set of specifications should cross-examine progress 3. “Rules of coding” help scale user ex. stop doom loops 4. Clarify objective function before complex actions

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

The acknowledgement of surprise, and subsequent pursuit of curiosity, is a key for new findings. I was wrestling why false “I knew that already” claims are so confidence shaking for me. It comes down to ego over truth

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Localized compute is a predictable path

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Serving an offering amongst competing actors can be advantageous- it diminishes collaboration and elevates bargaining power

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Turns out teaching LLMs hard math is similar to teaching pigeons to bowl. Create conditions of gradual progress, reward progress. Old pigeon bowling: BF Skinner, The Behavior of Organisms New QuestA paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.13266 Lessons on organisms are extensible to machines

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Struggle, learn, do, repeat

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Charles Intro @charles_intro

2 months ago

Seconds into letting our first autonomous robot loose at home, it’s clear that we will need a new layout. Eufy got stuck in cords and tassels. Humanoid robots are a great point solution for cohabitating. A new system solution will be even better.