Thanks. Yeah, it's been quite a long journey to get everything to this stage.

Hi folks...thank you all for commenting and reposting. I realized a "flaw" in how these posts and reposts are tracked and if/how I am aware of your reposts or comments. This reply threads and the comments are all done under a repost of my original post, so I was not aware (no notification in Primal) of neither your posts nor comments from this particular thread. Wonder if there is a way to get notified of these more indirect connections to an original post so that tracking this gets easier 🤔 ?

Hi Cristalina, I looked into it since your repost didn't appear in my notifications at all. You indeed didn't repost the original post but made a repost of the repost which also came after the first 35 reposts were done already. Sorry. But let me zap you a little bit anyway, thanks for your engagement and help in spreading my post !

Thank you

And of course a big shout out to the fantastic Adrian M Lopez who is not onlybthe great narrator of the audiobook but also gave me the idea for the Zapvertising: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsyqxz5h0qpgn706yq5suy46s9watklt4nt9skzrk632nmmyvn6ewqphrcmq

Wow,thanks everyone for commentingand reposting. That was quick! I've sent out all sats according to how my primal app showed me the order of the first 35 reposts, so I hope everyone is covered 🙏

It's 24 words...if the wallet is not emptied after some time, I'll start dropping some hints from time to time

Giveaway 1,000 sats for the next 20 reposts, 500 for the next 15!

I'm doing a Zapvertising experiment to promote my bitcoin novel „Walking Banks“ / https://www.walkingbanks.com on Nostr and test if one can broaden an audience this way .

In addition to the Zapvertisment Zaps you can unlock 800000 sats:

If your up for a treasure hunt, the book contains a real Bitcoin seed phrase hidden within the story. So if you can piece the right string of words together, it leads to a wallet with 800000 sats in it. No funny business, all real. The first one to figure it out gets the bitcoin.

The book is out as on audiobook, e-book and print on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Banks-Mystery-Novel-White/dp/B0DCNZLV6H) so go and check it out.

Also, if you're using Nostr you can listen to the audiobook for free on Fountain (fountain.fm/album/JYWZOPSrol8fvWpjNt8q) or search for „Walking Banks“ in the music section.

Otherwise the audiobook is also available now on Spotify, Apple Books, Google play, Kobo, and pretty much everywhere else too.

#bitcoin #books #novel #story #art #zapvertising #nostr

Is ChatGTP just a human with a brain disorder?

"Comparison of Large Language Model with Aphasia" paper outlining that there is "a surprising similarity between the way large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT process information and how the brains of people with Wernicke’s aphasia function. In both cases, fluent but often incoherent output is produced, suggesting rigid internal processing patterns that can distort meaning."

https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-aphasia-llms-28956/

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202414016

#llm #ai #chatgtp #science #brain

Thanks for the nice words, it's been a great experience working with you on this!

Thanks,hope you enjoy the story

I'm really excited to share that my Bitcoin Novel „Walking Banks“ is now out as an audiobook!

It’s been a wild ride getting this story out into the world, and hearing it come alive through the voice of Adrian Lopez, @adrianmlopez (who absolutely nailed the narration) has been surreal.

If you're using Nostr (and since you are reading this you are), you can listen to the audiobook for free on Fountain (fountain.fm/album/JYWZOPSrol8fvWpjNt8q) or search for „Walking Banks“ in the music section.

Otherwise the audiobook is also available now on Spotify, Apple Books, Google play, Kobo, and pretty much everywhere else too... I just cannot get it placed on audible yet but am working on it.

Also…I hid something inside the book: The information for a real Bitcoin seed phrase can be found across the story that leads to a wallet with 0.008 BTC in it. Yep, it’s real. The first one to figure it out gets the treasure.

More info is up at walkingbanks.com. I would love for you to check it ouvand if you do, let me know what you think.

#bitcoin #books #novel #story #art

Fianlly some progress in ALS research, the disease that took Hal Finney's life.

A new ALS clinical phase 2b study shows promising data: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00262-4/fulltext

It doesn't look like much but if this survival data holds up in a phase 3, this would be the first new treatment option for ALS patients that can meaningfully slow down their disease progression (look at figure 2 c,d). Fingers crossed!

Thanks Adrian! Only saw I took a longer time out from most internet activity...an Easter digital detox. Now back and catching up on things.

My dog doesn't approve

#bitcoin

It was dark, the moon shone bright,

the green meadow was covered in snow,

when a carriage sped by lightning-fast,

slowly turning the corner.

Inside, people were standing seated,

deep in silent conversation,

when a shot rabbit

went ice-skating on the sandy bank.

And a blond-haired young man

with coal-black hair

sat on a green box,

which was painted red.

Next to him, an old spinster,

barely sixteen years old,

held a butter roll in her hand,

which was smeared with lard.

#poetry

Good Morning and Merry Christmas !

#nostr

Another unfortunate clinical trial failure for a CNS indication (Parkinson). All primary and secondary endpoints were missed:

https://www.ucb.com/newsroom/press-releases/article/findings-from-minzasolmin-proof-of-concept-orchestra-study-shape-next-steps-in-ucb-parkinson-s-research-program

#science #parkinson #neurodegeneration #brain

This is really interesting:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02046-9

"Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results"

A study on how well trained LLMs can predict the "correctness" of a new neuroscience study/claim based on looking into the associations of the mentioned claims/words in the new study compared to a reference set of thousands of previously published neuroscience papers. The idea here is that there are associations hidden in the vast amount of literature out there that humans in general and singular scientists in particular just cannot read, remember, grasp and comprehend anymore due to the exponential growth in studies.

Importantly all thus trained LLMs outperform a large panel of human expert in predicting whether or not a new study or a fake study is true.

This is really fascinating and could have major implications to identify new disease MoA hypothesis, target validationa nd dicovery, discover hidden connections and low-hanging treatment option fruits that nobody has yet considered or simply just weed out fake or irrelevant new er publications.

#ai #science #neuroscience #drugs #future #LLM #nostr