Eliot Peper
@eliotpeper
Novelist: Foundry, Reap3r, Veil, Breach, Borderless, Bandwidth, Neon Fever Dream, Cumulus, Exit Strategy, Power Play, and Version 1.0 (http://amzn.to/2eg9qJ6).
Hello, world! Meet my new novel. This is a story about two spies locked in a room with a gun. This is a story about how semiconductors are refactoring 21st century geopolitics. This is a story about finding yourself before they find you.
This bar is so good I wrote it into a novel (Reap3r)
We're honored to announce that The Interval at Long Now has been named the Best Cocktail Bar in San Francisco by @sanfranmag. Thank you to all of the dedicated bartenders & staff who have made The Interval into a one-of-a-kind gathering place, as well as all of our patrons.
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, out August 26 danwang.co/breakneck/
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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
The infinite amusement glitch that DFW wrote about in Infinite Jest seemed like science fiction in 1996. Now they are called ‘smartphones’ and every 10 year old has one.
Great opportunity to join a great team—Amit and James are building the right things for the right reasons.
I’m hiring a product designer for Sudowrite. This is a dream job for a designer who loves to write. The beginning of the listing is… a mini therapy sesh for me. You’d think it’d be chill after that. But no, it goes on to talk about our company cult… sudowrite.com/jobs/designer
Patrick needs your book recs.
Need a good book for an upcoming trip. These days I need true page turners (fiction or non-fiction). Any ideas ?
AI can generate alternate sequences that fold proteins into the same shapes, and because protein shape largely determines function, patenting sequences, the current standard, won't work anymore.
Will AI-designed proteins break biologics patents? If your IP strategy still relies on “≥80 % sequence identity,” it might be time for a rethink. Thread👇 Tools like ProteinMPNN from the Baker Lab, take an existing e.g. AbAg complex or enzyme and can replace substantial parts…
So proud of the team and grateful to be a contributor—we’re bringing an AI character to life, and it’s working.
Four months ago we launched Tolan, our first AI companion. Today, Wired's @willknight wrote about our progress since launch: 3 million downloads, a $12M run rate, and a $20M Series A led by @rabois / Khosla Ventures.
If you haven't watched The Wild Robot, it's at least as good as everyone says it is. Highly recommend.
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