Hey everybody,
This video focuses on single artificial neurons, building up the idea of gradient descent and applying the single-neuron system to two kinds of applications: A distance predict...
2025-09-27 15:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody,
I wanted to share the current version of a scene from the next video. It's one of the first scenes and shows a sort of proto training loop for a single artificial neuron, which...
2025-07-09 22:52:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, the stream is about to start.
After the stream, this link will lead to the recording on YouTube, so you can watch later.
Hello!
We'll be doing a livestream to dive more deeply into the evolution of aging.
It's scheduled for next Saturday, February 8th, at 10 am Central (US). It will be an unlisted st...
2025-02-01 17:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, here's the video that will go live tomorrow. It's my longest video yet, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
As a reminder, the Patreon tiers are going to change tomorrow....
Hey folks,
Let’s jump right in.
Here’s the new set of tiers and rewards, which will go live when I publish the next video: Simulating the Evolution of ...
2024-12-16 16:20:21 +0000 UTC View PostHey all,
I hope everyone’s 2023 is wrapping up nicely. Here’s my update for you.
First off, I’ll no longer do monthly Patreon updates. When I did a survey on them, responses were ...
2023-12-31 20:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Insiders,
Here's the next video! It will release publicly on Saturday, assuming no major edits are needed.
The scope changed a lot as I was working on this one. When it began, I w...
Hey folks,
Matias and I have been hard at work on creating a tool that will let us assemble scenes in the Unity editor similar to how one would use a video editor.
This example shows a...
Hey all, jumping on the year review train a bit early.
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Hey folks,
The latest video just went live. It goes through the process of trying to calculate how many people might exist in the future, in a few different circumstances. I hope you like! Th...
2022-08-16 15:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
The main coin flipping video is finished.
Thanks for your support!
Justin
2022-06-25 16:45:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Thanks for your help testing the game. It's now live with an intro on YouTube!
I'm excited to see how it goes.
Justin
2022-04-09 14:50:18 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
As I mentioned in the most recent post, I've been working on an interactive version of the sim for the next video. It's finally ready for some play testing! My hope is to introd...
2022-03-18 23:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello all,
Time for a year-end update.
As the title hints, the most concrete change for all of you is that I’m switching Patreon charges to a per-month schedule. There’s more on the...
2021-12-17 02:35:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the one where I actually get Hamilton's rule right. Most of the time on this one was re-writing it a thousand times to try to make clear the subtlety that led to my initial confusion. It st...
2021-08-28 20:22:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody,
This video has been a long time coming. Ever since calling Hamilton's rule a lie (over two years ago, now), I've been wrestling with how to communicate its subtleties that I di...
2021-08-20 20:49:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all,
Here's the latest video.
It's the remake of the video I took down. I took out the erroneous part about hamilton's rule but it's also remade to be a better video in a number o...
Hey folks,
These feedback posts are normally reserved for the Adviser tier. But it wasn't a paid video, and the departure from the normal style makes me want extra feedback, so I'm opening t...
Hey folks,
New video today. This one isn't a paid Patreon post, though, since it's not a normal video. I made it to address a mistake in a previous video. It's also my first try at a ta...
2020-12-06 23:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
We have a new video. I know this one might be surprising, since I had been working on the Hamilton's rule video, but I started learning about voting systems and decided a video in...
Hey everyone. A few announcements.
First off, the next video is coming along in the next few weeks. It's a little too early to give an exact date, though. Sneak peek animations coming...
Hey folks,
Here's a feedback survey for the latest video. There are two quick questions and an optional text box if you'd like to write anything.
I'm excited to hear your thoughts!
<... 2020-05-20 16:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
The next video is done and will premiere at 10 am US Central time tomorrow (May 17).
I was planning not to do a COVID-19 video, but we've been seeing a lot of coverage of spe...
2020-05-16 21:03:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Here's the final version, live on YouTube. Thanks for the feedback on the early version.
Tier rewards and surveys to come.
<3
Justin
Hey folks,
Here it is! It's unlisted for now, and it goes live Saturday at 10 am Central.
Let me know if you have any feedback.
Justin
2020-03-12 03:51:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Two quick announcements to give you more info around a YouTube post I'm about to make.
1. The next video is coming Saturday, March 14. I'll release it for early access on Mo...
Hello dear friends,
It has been too long, but I finally have a preview of the next video.
The next several videos in the economics series will build a model economy from scratch, explor...
2019-11-20 04:17:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks,
With the success of the last two videos, it now seems very likely that Primer has the potential to become sustainable, so I've been thinking a bit more about the long term. Here a...
Hey all,
Next video is up. Hope you enjoy! I'll follow up soon with surveys, rewards, etc.
Thanks for being here,
Justin
2019-07-28 00:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post