Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

Data science & product @paces_ai. Energy, epistemology & political economy grandprismatic.substack.com Brooklyn, NY Joined May 2011

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François Chollet @fchollet

2 days ago

The idea that we will automate work by building artificial versions of ourselves to do exactly the things we were previously doing, rather than redesigning our old workflows to make the most out of existing automation technology, has a distinct “mechanical horse” flavor

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

7 days ago

If you want to build a team to accomplish great things, find people who would rather be stressed than bored.

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

a week ago

The nature of white collar work is changing, placing a premium on the ability to raise and deploy capital while relying on autonomous execution As a result, development shops are getting leaner. Much leaner

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

2 weeks ago

Healthcare and energy are kindred spirits Both are essential to social stability and highly regulated Both have brutally strong industrial complexes and high barriers to entry Both manage to sneak under the radar in terms of how messed up they are You don’t think about…

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

3 weeks ago

Spotted on a recent trip to Istanbul: transmission line spanning the length of the entire Bosphorus Strait

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

a month ago

Carthage must be destroyed.

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

a month ago

I trust my personal experience and anecdotal evidence way more than flawed macroeconomic metrics

François Chollet @fchollet

a month ago

I trust my personal experience and anecdotal evidence way more than flawed macroeconomic metrics

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

a month ago

My "holy shit" moment for AI My mom has been practicing pediatrics for almost three decades, and only within the last month got her evenings back because the onerous note-taking + charting workflow has been reliably automated Thank you @tryheidi

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

2 months ago

Good PMs treat their engineering resources like the spice from Dune

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

2 months ago

Executing well is just walking the line between the sunk cost fallacy and shiny object syndrome

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Duncan S. Campbell @duncan__c

3 months ago

Rooftop solar and a battery without utility interconnection or permits makes it way faster and cheaper to build. This is now legal in Utah thanks to governor @SpencerJCox, who wants to double energy output in his state and sees this as a key part of the plan. Badass!

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

3 months ago

Did some reflecting on July 4th >be me, upper-middle-class childhood in suburban Utah >parents in medicine, grandfather/relatives in military >lived near Hill Air Force Base, saw service planes and airshows all the time >grew up on Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, believed in…

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Redwood Materials @RedwoodMat

3 months ago

Introducing Redwood Energy: our new business that repurposes second-life battery packs into low-cost, fast, scalable energy storage. As AI and electrification accelerate electricity demand—and traditional grid expansion struggles to keep up—we’re putting EV battery packs back to…

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Kyle Baranko @kyle__cb

3 months ago

I'm not in favor of selling public lands to offset tax cuts But if I were, I would start with a few small areas that have the best access to existing infrastructure and high wind and solar generation potential Then I'd create special economic zones with no zoning, minimal…