Maybe there’s a pattern here?
1.It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine—a gun—which could by its…
Category: Opinion
Gemini 3.1 Pro Aces Benchmarks, I Suppose
I’ve been trying to find a slot for this one for a while. I am…
Gen Z and AI: Education, Well-being, and the Labour Market
SummaryGeneration Z (Gen Z) is widely considered the first cohort to come of age entirely…
Is GDP a Kind of Factory?
This is a heavily excerpted linkpost.In 2021, economists Arvind Subramanian, Justin Sandefur, and Dev Patel…
Make Powerful Machines Verifiable
When verification brings no significant risks, refusal is a confessionWhile the subtitle might echo the…
How a Pinky Promise once stopped a war in the Middle East.
Note: Thought this pearl of history might be refreshing to post here considering the current…
Split Personality Training can detect Alignment Faking
This research was initiated and led by Florian Dietz, with funding from Coefficient Giving (formerly…
Physics of RL: Toy scaling laws for the emergence of reward-seeking
TL;DR:When is or isn't reward the optimization target? I use a mathematical toy model to…
Milder temperature makes a hell stable
Milder temperature makes a hell stableThe hell of Hell is game theory folk theorems is not…
Mass Surveillance w/ LLMs is the Default Outcome. Contracts Won’t Change That.
What's the best case scenario regarding OpenAI's contract w/ the Department of War (DoW)?We have…