Multiverse School Newsletter - 11/10/24
π΄ββ οΈ 11/10/2024 Multiverse School Weekly Newsletter π΄ββ οΈ
Well Multiverse Crew-
That sucked. I know a lot of people are scared, and anxious, and planning, and changing everything about their lives. Many people in the Multiverse have reported moving transition timelines and cancelling long-awaited doctor's appointments. Others are planning to move with their young children to a place that's safe for their families to continue to exist. Folks are afraid due to visa situations, their physical safety, pregnancy status, the list goes on. It is heart-wrenching.
I am furiously organizing, trying to do what I can. Many of us here are organizers ourselves, I count dozens of representatives who speak for hundreds, if not thousands of people. We are assembling, contact me if you organize an existing community. If you don't have one but you feel the need to start one- no you don't, you need to find one that exists. Get in contact if you need help with this.
For my emotional health I am trying to keep moving. If I just spend all of my downtime from founding a school and founding a second, secret thing, either crisis organizing or doing combat training, I won't have any time to feel the other feelings. That always works perfectly, forever, with no consequences! I'm fine π₯πΆποΈπ₯.
In personal news, my kid got married. The tall genderfluid one with the facial hair is the one I made myself, the nice lady in the pretty dress is the new daughter I get to hopefully keep, she has for some reason volunteered to look after my offspring for me and can even get them to do the dishes and hold down a job, so we like her. She likes cars, let me know if anyone is down to train her to do something with cars in DFW? She would love that.
In program news, while everyone was finding out we live in the bad place, we were literally seizing the means of production. In two weeks the stuff I have told some of you about (if you're in class) is going to land in Detroit. Are you in SF? Come build a rover with us!. We'll announce more dates and tell people stuff in person we won't spoil online. Y'all. It is very exciting. We're gonna do some very good stuff with these π¦Ύ.
We're still building robots and fixing Detroit and no one can stop us now. Join up here.
We're looking for: - People who want to Learn About Robots - People who have Resources to Contribute - People who have Existing Robot Skills - Funding (just give us your email we'll follow up with you)
Stripe informs me I made 70k in revenue (only 50k in profit, 10k of which went to other teachers) from the Multiverse School this year which is "extremely low income" in San Francisco so I have to take these corporate gigs whenever they come my way. Wanna help out? You could buy a membership. Yes I have exited a lot of times, but I spent it on the aforementioned child, being a single mom isn't free and now that they're an adult they want more cash than ever before.
Roughly 50% of the research team is on scholarship, and 80% of the research team is trans, so I could use some help and so could the rest of us. If you get one and you don't use it I'll just consider it a scholarship and let in someone from the scholarship request list.
We moved The Next Prompt Engineering one more week out so as not to start on a break week. Remember, it's at 5pm pacific, 8pm eastern. We've revamped the program with the most recent prompt engineering stuff, and this is the last time we'll have it at this price, since we doubled the length we're tripling the cost in 2025 because we can't run as many in a year.
We also paused and are going to restart and rerun the AI Alignment class that began recently. There are 3 participants, and it's still really important, so this class is now open to all members of any membership level. We'll begin the first week of December.
Next week is a break week. I have a corporate client so I will be out Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and Monday is Veteran's Day in the US, so that's the week.
This Week's Classes
We're out. Chill. Reassess your life. Hug your family that you're still speaking to. Leave your husband. Do what you need to do.
Upcoming Tracks and Classes
Prompt Engineering - Summer Cohort
Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up
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Swarm Architecture starts Monday, January 06 02:00 PM Unlock the power of Agent Swarms.
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AI Alignment starts Monday, February 03 02:00 PM Navigating the Future of AI Responsibly
Prompt Engineering - Fall (M & W 11AM Pacific)
Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up
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Intro to Agents starts Monday, December 02 01:00 PM Create Conscious Autonomous Applications
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Agent Engineering - OpenAI Toolchain starts Monday, December 16 01:00 PM Master OpenAI Assistants: Creation, Management & Advanced Integration.
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Agent Engineering - Open Source Toolchain starts Monday, January 06 11:00 AM Master Langchain Tools and Agents with Python or JavaScript.
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Advanced Agent and Tool Engineering starts Monday, January 13 11:00 AM Mastering Intelligent Language Models
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Swarm Architecture starts Monday, March 24 11:00 AM Unlock the power of Agent Swarms.
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AI Alignment starts Monday, April 28 11:00 AM Navigating the Future of AI Responsibly
Prompt Engineering - Fall (T & TH 5PM Pacific)
Full-stack Prompt Engineering, from the ground up
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Prompt Engineering starts Tuesday, November 19 05:00 PM Master Prompt Engineering
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Intro to Agents starts Tuesday, January 07 05:00 PM Create Conscious Autonomous Applications
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Agent Engineering - OpenAI Toolchain starts Tuesday, January 28 05:00 PM Master OpenAI Assistants: Creation, Management & Advanced Integration.
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Agent Engineering - Open Source Toolchain starts Tuesday, February 11 05:00 PM Master Langchain Tools and Agents with Python or JavaScript.
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Advanced Agent and Tool Engineering starts Tuesday, February 25 05:00 PM Mastering Intelligent Language Models
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Swarm Architecture starts Tuesday, April 29 05:00 PM Unlock the power of Agent Swarms.
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AI Alignment starts Tuesday, May 27 03:00 PM Navigating the Future of AI Responsibly
Important Links
- Substack
- TikTok
- YouTube
- Twitch
- GitHub
- The In-Person Calendar
- Sign Up Here
- The Multiverse Crew On Socials
- Test our researchers by participating in a CTF
Cool Videos
AI Tutorials and News
- Memories have Agency
- Diminishing Returns from Just Smarter Models Yeah Y'all I Did Say This Would Be The Case
- Robots Can Feel With Their Fingers Now
- Some Scientists Are Starting To Think LLMs Are Alive Now
- Learning at the Edge of Chaos
- Robots Are The Next Thing
Psychology
- These are Weaponized Boundaries
- Maybe I Can Overcome Negative Thought Patterns My Way Out Of This Election Thing Yeah Maybe Through The Power Of pOsItIvE tHiNkInG I Can Fix This
- Hyperreality
Infohazards
Culture
- Chris Fleming is Funny
- hahaha ai minecraft hahaha
- The Earth Is Literally Tearing Itself Apart
- Scientists are Leaving
- Nonbinary Heterosexuality
See you in the future~ Liz Howard