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David Mattin
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My newsletter goes to 28K inboxes each week 🚀 🔮newworldsamehumans.com Technology Lead at Global Macro Investor. Co-founder of The Exponentialist.
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    David Mattin
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    Oct 30, 2025
    I have exciting news! I am writing a book; it's called Creature vs Machine Huge thanks to Stuart Williams @TheBodleyHead and Ashley Hong @CrownPublishing also to the brilliant Sophie Lambert and Kate Burton @CWAgencyUK and Christy Fletcher @unitedtalent
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    David Mattin
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    Dec 20, 2024
    More thoughts on o3: TL;DR: strap in everyone, things are about to get very weird. This model scores 25% on the Frontier Math benchmark. These are math problems so hard almost no human can understand them, let alone solve them. I can't. You can't. Let's face it: the machines
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    David Mattin
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    Dec 16, 2024
    🤖 Mind-blowing research alert: Stanford researchers created 1,000+ AI agents that perfectly mirror real humans. This isn't sci-fi. It's happening NOW and it could change how we understand human societies forever. Here's why this matters 👇
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    David Mattin
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    Nov 28, 2019
    In 2020, rising numbers of consumers will shift from eco-status to eco-*shame*. This trend is necessary, and it's happening. Innovators, marketers, strategists: are you ready for a world of GREEN PRESSURE? 🌍 trendwatching.com/quarterly/2019… #trends #business
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    David Mattin
    @DMattin
    May 12, 2020
    New World Same Humans is a weekly newsletter on trends, technology, and society 🚀🧠 It's emailed to 50K readers every Sunday evening. And I think it's right up your street. Sign up here: newworldsamehumans.substack.com
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    David Mattin
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    Jun 4, 2024
    Replying to @RoryStewartUK
    The presenter has repeatedly let Sunak make this claim and repeatedly stopped Starmer from addressing it
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    David Mattin
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    Apr 15, 2023
    Researchers at Stanford and Google used an enhanced LLM to create 25 simulated people they set them loose in a virtual Sandbox town called Smallville, and watched them chat to one another, make social arrangements, and visit the local grocery store.
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    David Mattin
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    Jul 18, 2023
    Replying to @SirSimonClarke
    And this is how a country becomes suddenly poorer
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    David Mattin
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    May 1, 2023
    Replying to @ClickingSeason
    If you listen to top flight sports people and other hyper competitive people they are mostly driven by overwhelming fear of and aversion to losing what they feel when they win is relief, not joy
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    David Mattin
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    Apr 8, 2025
    I've been thinking about nostalgia lately. Not just any nostalgia. The nostalgia we'll feel for RIGHT NOW. Why? Because we're living through the final days of a world before ubiquitous intelligence Let me explain 👇
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    David Mattin
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    Nov 10, 2025
    Replying to @Noahpinion
    have you been to an American airport
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    David Mattin
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    Apr 18, 2023
    This looks like high-res drone footage In fact, it's the creation of zip-nerf: a neural network that turns 2D images into immersive 3D environments. This technology has been evolving for a while in the last few *months*, it's become insanely good
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    David Mattin
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    May 13, 2024
    Instant thoughts on GPT-4o it's a clear and apparently successful shot at the virtual companion we've all been dreaming of. A 24/7 AI guide, counsellor, and friend; one that is always watching and always there to help. The combined effect of reducing audio and visual latency to
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    David Mattin
    @DMattin
    Nov 10, 2024
    Well it looks as though my friends @BittelJulien and @RaoulGMI called it just right if you're a Real Vision subscriber, and you read their work, you saw this coming happy banana zone everyone
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    Julien Bittel, CFA
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