@NPR reporter. Stories mostly about law enforcement and tech. My AI policy: I use it for search, not analysis, and never to write. My words are my own.
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Jun 9
I wonder if we'll ever be put on trial by some overlord AI for all the absurd questions/mockery we inflicted on their progenitors.
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Mythos invented its own language, then switched back to English to talk to humans
(AI safety researchers have been warning of this "Neuralese" risk for years. If AIs stop reasoning in English, we can't monitor their thoughts, which means we can't detect scheming.)
Jun 9
Another quite successful prediction by @DKokotajlo : Fable is intentionally nerfed for frontier ML research. This is within ~3 months of Daniel's prediction of Q1 2026 (made in 2023).
Although I don't think Mythos is automating ML research to the same extent as his prediction.
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Jun 6
I'm starting to think "Simulated Intelligence" would have been a better term for what LLM's and chatbots do.
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Jun 5
I like soccer, and I live in a host city. But it never even crossed my mind to pay @FIFA to see a game in person. seattletimes.com/sports/worl…
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Jun 4
Anthropic is calling for top AI labs to weigh slowing the pace of development, suggesting that AI systems are advancing so rapidly that they may soon be able to improve themselves without human intervention in ways that could pose societal risks. on.wsj.com/4ulkmFh
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Jun 3
New rule: Anybody posting or reposting made-up speculative junk with AI imagery as though it were "news" gets insta-blocked.
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Jun 3
Getting a new personal laptop, and this time I ordered the "No OS" version so I can avoid the mandatory AI bloat from @Microsoft @Copilot. Linux users, what's your current favorite version? Mint?
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May 25
Caveat: This is based on the first 4000 words, which is all you get for free.
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May 14
I wonder how much of "career burnout" is just human beings getting sick of being in front of screens all day?
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May 5
I had no idea the Met Gala is really just a springtime Halloween party!
Reassessing my previous disdain.
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May 5
I just hit system-down messages for three unrelated payment/financial websites. Anybody else run into that this evening?
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May 4
Idea: AI Disclosure Policies, posted by journalists, writers, newsrooms, etc. Transparency on whether you use AI to write the stuff appearing under your byline.
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Apr 27
I would welcome an article in the @nytimes reminding us why they don't buy tickets for reporters to attend the white house correspondents dinner
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Apr 27
Has anyone managed to set up an AI agent to click through a company's mandatory cyber security or sexual harassment training and then take the quizzes?
(I'm asking for journalism reasons, I swear.)
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When my daughter "begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: 'Help me write.' If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is 'Help me visualize.' She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: 'Help me edit.'" Welcome to hell👿
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Apr 26
For those who still read books: the "I, Claudius" novels about post-republic Rome. Great read and kind of timely.
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