roon: "do not let yourself be reduced to the status of audience at a magic show"

roon posted "we are breathing rarefied air" at 00:05 UTC (https://x.com/tszzl/status/2107623369067872745, ~64k views), then at 00:50 UTC (this post, ~58k): "do not let yourself be reduced to the status of audience at a magic show, uncomprehendingly clapping as machine intelligence creates parcels of astounding knowledge. all of this is for us, to be understood by us". At 00:51 UTC he asked "unified field theory / quantum gravity within the next 12 months?" (https://x.com/tszzl/status/2107634924908081323, ~44k). After Daniel Litt asked whether every problem came from a researcher's curiosity, roon said he did not know "the provenance" of each and "may delete" the claim (https://x.com/tszzl/status/2107673761688494180).

do not let yourself be reduced to the status of audience at a magic show, uncomprehendingly clapping as machine intelligence creates parcels of astounding knowledge. all of this is for us, to be understood by us, to sate our own curiosities. it's all really happening

Quoting @tszzl: we are breathing rarefied air

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