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Aug 21, 2019 4 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Crypto Daily 3@3 - 8.21 | EU antitrust on Libra / SEC vs ICO ratings / China vs CEOs on HK w @LeoAW pscp.tv/w/cC2MNDE0Nzc1…
@LeoAW This did *not* fit in the title, but the big underlying theme here - especially on the SEC vs ICO ratings is: INCENTIVES.

It's honestly too easy to limit our lessons from the ICO to "fraudsters" and "scams" when really, the structural failure was around warped incentives.
@LeoAW Is there a world in which liquidity from day one can be a net good, rather than simply supercharge those warped incentives?

I'm not sure. But I am pretty sure that question is an important one to ask.

Or maybe it's not because that liquidity is simply a reality of life now?🤷‍♂️
@LeoAW Also, the Libra vs. EU section is more a regulatory roundup. Specifically I get into a new proposed Australian anti-cash law and the ongoing battle between #IndiaWantsCrypto and the Reserve Bank of India, feat content from @cryptokanoon and recommended follow @NischalShetty

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Since Google I/O, all the AI Threadbois have absolutely DECLARED that ChatGPT is dethroned and Bard is the new king. 👑

But is it?

I tested Bard against ChatGPT across 5 categories and here's what I found: twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
2/ First the categories:

🖋️Creative/Storytelling
🖥️ Coding (for non coders)
💡 Business ideation
🗺️ Travel planning
🔖 Research

Plenty of others that could have been tested, but these were mine.
3/ Prompt 1: Creative/storytelling.

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Bard's sounded like it was WRITTEN by a 9-year old boy, so...partial credit?

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ANOTHER insane AI news week

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Meta open sourced ImageBind, a model that connects six different modalities - images, text, audio, depth, thermal, and IMU or inertial measurement.

@ylecun announces
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A short thread 🧵
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Let me explain... ImageImage
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