Is an IQ of 115 too low to work for Elon Musk?

“We can think of life as a self-replicating information-processing system whose information (software) determines both its behavior and the blueprints for its hardware.” Max Tegmark, Life3.0

Taken from Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark

Taken from 𝕏 account ‘Global Statistics’

In Marvel’s What If…?, the rogue AI Ultron craves dominion over all reality, eventually punching through to parallel universes once it amasses enough power. Just like every living thing strives to expand and dominate its environment, imagine engineering an ultra-advanced AI with the same primal drive—to claim every corner of existence. What if it masters the physical cosmos, then turns inward to colonize the mind itself? What if it spins ever-deeper layers of simulations, relentlessly pursuing the ultimate conquest: total control over consciousness? What If…we have already?

Technology has advanced faster in the last century than at any point in human history. Our biology forged over hundreds of thousands of years is now learning, in real time, how to coexist with immense technological power. The process is messy but I have deep hope, faith, and optimism in the intelligence and adaptability of our species 🫶

Technology has advanced faster in the last century than at any point in human history. Our biology forged over hundreds of thousands of years is now learning, in real time, how to coexist with immense technological power. The process is messy but I have deep hope, faith, and optimism in the intelligence and adaptability of our species 🫶

“If you're feeling overwhelmed & scattered on the internet, it makes sense.We shouldn’t put technology back in the box but learn how to integrate modern society, taking into account what your meat suit needs.The meat suit needs fundamentals. It needs sunshine, community, positive relationships, food, water, sleep, low stress…the absolute fundamentals. You don't need another pill.” - Thoughts from @Brandon Quittem on The Swan Signal Live podcast

Things smartphones replaced: cameras maps gps devices calculators alarm clocks tv’s radios camcorders pay phones yellow pages answering machines newspapers calendars vcr’s flashlights watches timers compasses mail cookbooks keys cash airline tickets photo albums magazines money voice recorders scanners walkie talkie tv remotes translators playing cards diaries travel guidebooks offices foreign phrasebooks portable speakers takeout orders by phone cds dvds encyclopedias photocopiers compact mirrors bank branches checks rulers address books parking meters rolodexes dictionaries mp3 players portable cd players audio cassettes cassette players tape decks vhs tapes beepers pagers handheld game consoles film rolls instant cameras slide projectors slide viewers fax machines typewriters notebooks planners receipts coupons flyers catalogs brochures instruction manuals itineraries tickets boarding passes parking permits bills invoices memos letters landline phones wallets tape measures thermometers fitness trackers remote controls business cards printed photos phone books cd-roms floppy disks Taken from 𝕏 account Jon Erlichman

To practice agency in one’s freedom and to forge a meaningful path through hardship is the most noble way individual character develops virtuous traits… not through “free” stuff. Many confuse “free stuff” with Freedom itself. The word free has been captured, diluted, and monopolized for votes. Technology is a tool. Depending on the system that deploys it, its outcome can land anywhere on the spectrum between democracy and authoritarianism. Either way, technology will redefine humanity’s understanding of what Freedom truly means.

Many people criticize “free-market capitalism,” yet in reality, we’ve never truly had it. Political power has always seeped into market dynamics, distorting them into crony capitalism, a system where influence, regulation, and favoritism replace genuine competition. In doing so, politics captures and controls the market’s most essential mechanism: voluntary trade and exchange, disrupting its natural current and flow.

“Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations—entangling alliances with none.” -Thomas Jefferson (one of America’s Founding Fathers and the third U.S. President). The original idea of Western liberal Democracy was one of economic openness paired with political restraint. The nation sought peaceful trade and honest relations with all countries, while deliberately avoiding permanent alliances that could compromise its sovereignty or draw it into foreign conflicts. That its nation could pursue open trade and respectful relations with every nation, but steer clear of commitments that could drag it into their conflicts.

Taken from “A Brief History Of Human Intelligence” by Max Bennett

“The science & measure of intelligence is only a part of the human condition. The thing that makes life beautiful and the creation of beautiful things in this world possible, is perhaps loosely correlated but is not dependent entirely on intelligence.” -Lex Fridman

The best AI models are becoming open source. Meaning you can privately isolate the model architecture and upload it to a GPU rig & feed it data (pertaining to your domain of expertise). Fine tuning will update its parameters and weights according to the training data & perform the specialized task. My rig has 9 GPUs…Search reveals Colossus supercluster uses 200,000 GPUs for training Grok models😂.

One seldom observes mathematical flow in institutional policies when searching for Truth.

Living in a chronically stressful environment alters your time preference. Your mind struggles to accept sustained exposure to long-term stress, so it adapts by breaking life into manageable chunks hence the notion ‘one day at a time’. From experience, this adaptation is growth-inhibiting. A short-term focus gradually erodes long-term vision. Routine then takes over, and routine reshapes how you experience time. Years begin to pass unnoticed. Always allocate time to project yourself into the future and assess your direction. If you don’t, the years will pass anyway, the world will change, and you’ll struggle to adapt when it does. You may find yourself in a world where your skills and views are irrelevant and maligned with actual reality .

Taken from Yann LeCun, taken from “A Brief History Of Human Intelligence” by Max Bennett

Journal Entry 2026/01/15 I have fond memories of watching television with my family as a child. There was no streaming, no pause, no rewind, only the TV guide and the shared agreement to be present at a specific time. You had to follow the schedule. And because of that, you followed each other. Those evenings became a small ritual. From the comfort of our living room, we explored different worlds together laughing, wondering, sometimes just sitting in silence. The screen wasn’t something that isolated us; it gathered us. In a strange way, limitation created connection.

“Cosmic Void: Places the Universe Rarely Visits When we map the universe on its largest scales, something unexpected stands out. Not the brilliance of galaxy clusters, but the vast regions between them. These regions are called cosmic voids. They occupy most of the universe’s volume, yet contain very little matter. In the cosmic web, gravity pulls matter into filaments and nodes, leaving behind enormous expanses where almost nothing gathers. Void, in this sense, is not an exception. It is the dominant condition. According to current cosmological models, cosmic voids formed early in the universe’s history. Tiny density fluctuations after the Big Bang set everything in motion. Regions that were slightly denser than average attracted more matter over time. They grew into the filaments and clusters we observe today. Regions that were slightly less dense lost matter to their surroundings. They became increasingly empty. Voids, then, are not carved out by any force. They are what remains when matter chooses elsewhere. Despite their emptiness, cosmic voids are not truly empty. They still contain vacuum energy, quantum fields, and the cosmic microwave background. Occasionally, a lonely galaxy drifts within them. Their low density makes voids especially valuable to researchers. With fewer gravitational interactions, they offer a cleaner environment to study cosmic expansion and the influence of dark energy. In a sense, voids allow us to observe space itself, rather than the objects embedded within it. What is striking is how much of our understanding depends on absence. We identify filaments and clusters precisely because voids surround them. Without these vast empty regions, the universe might appear uniform, featureless, and far harder to comprehend. The map of the cosmos is drawn as much by what is missing as by what is present. This perspective quietly extends beyond cosmology. Human lives, too, are often interpreted through their brightest points: achievements, milestones, moments of connection. Periods of quiet are labeled as gaps. As delays. As failures to progress. Yet cosmic voids suggest another possibility. Not every empty stretch is a problem to be solved. Some are simply regions where external forces exert less pull, where fewer events accumulate, where change unfolds slowly, or not at all. Just as voids shape the universe without announcing themselves, these quieter intervals can shape a person without spectacle. They define boundaries. They create contrast. They allow structure elsewhere to emerge. A life filled uniformly with events might be just as difficult to understand as a universe with no voids at all. If absence can organize the cosmos on its largest scales, what role might it be playing, quietly and unnoticed, in the structure of our own lives?” Written by 𝕏 account Kekius Maximus