Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

More wonder, more insight, more expression, more joy! R&D on tools for thought, with a focus on memory, reading, and attention. Currently working on @pico.

San Francisco, CA

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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
Oct 3, 2019
Tools for thought are a beautiful idea—inventions which can “change the thought patterns of an entire civilization.” But that’s a 30 year old quote. Why are they so hard to make? @michael_nielsen and I try to answer that question and suggest paths forward:
How can we develop transformative tools for thought?
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
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As the price of software drops to zero, it's interesting to reconsider 70's-era ideas about this. That is: the "computer liberation" necessarily comes from fully understanding the "dream machine". We'll create universal literacy for this new medium, and that will mean everyone
Kanjun 🐙
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Personal software should be deeply malleable. Studio lets you change BASICALLY ANYTHING. Since it can access its own source code, it can fully modify itself. Easily add any new features you can imagine, like keyboard shortcuts and automations. Or make your own avatars &
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
Sep 25
Made a Printer Friend which quickly transcribes speech onto little slips of paper. Nice for card sorts, quickly capturing open loops, discursive notes in books, etc. The speed of thermal printers and their auto-cutters is so satisfying! And dedicated mechanical key! Mm!
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
Sep 24
Surprised that modern chips are (unfortunately?) very resilient to burn-out. I was thinking about this in the context of AI governance: if we tried to limit capacity through strict chip controls, one problem is that today's world has a lot of GPUs, and a group could try to train
ai-2040.com
AI 2040: Plan A
A detailed forecast and recommendation for how the US, China and the rest of the world should navigate superintelligence.
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Andy Matuschak
@andy_matuschak
Sep 15
✍️ Playing with programmable highlighters, e.g. * green highlight on a citation -> finds and prints the cited paper * orange highlight on a claim -> prints a skeptical fact-check Extends naturally to "if I write a comment like 'Is there more recent work?' and circle it in
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