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This is why they're mostly hiring people under 23 -- they're less likely to understand the implications of what they're doing. Also easier to radicalize. Hard to imagine experienced professionals (even otherwise MAGA pilled) being on board with this level of corruption

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Early signs of deception, cheating & self-preservation in top-performing models in terms of reasoning are extremely worrisome. We don't know how to guarantee AI won't have undesired behavior to reach goals & this must be addressed before deploying powerful autonomous agents. time.com/7259395/ai-c...

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

NASA employee: “We’re operating believing our systems are completely bugged.”

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"The administration suspended the online education of nearly 1,000 women in Afghanistan who had been studying undetected by the Taliban with funding from the State Department."

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X-tortion.

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What a time to be alive. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs. Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)

submitted 5 days ago • 579 comments

Universities and research labs in the free world need to step up their hiring game. Big opportunity to snap up top talent right now.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

After 6+ months in the making and over a year of GPU compute, we're excited to release the "Ultra-Scale Playbook": hf.co/spaces/nanot... A book to learn all about 5D parallelism, ZeRO, CUDA kernels, how/why overlap compute & coms with theory, motivation, interactive plots and 4000+ experiments!

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 7 days ago • 2915 comments

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 7 days ago • 1925 comments

Some people have questioned whether the IRS would still do audits given the personnel cuts. Yes it will -- if you're a political opponent or an opposition journalist. And you will fail those audits. This is only part of the "retribution" we were promised

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

JFC indeed.

submitted 9 days ago • 740 comments

Setting up the stage for the next pandemic. Dismantle monitoring and response capabilities, instigate anti-vaccine hysteria. It's just a matter of time now

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Do large language models develop "emergent" models of the world? My latest Substack posts explore this claim and more generally the nature of "world models": LLMs and World Models, Part 1: aiguide.substack.com/p/llms-and-w... LLMs and World Models, Part 2: aiguide.substack.com/p/llms-and-w...

submitted 12 days ago • 15 comments

An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...

submitted 48 days ago • 9 comments

Congrats, team! www.linkedin.com/posts/hellov...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

How much longer will this be up? new.nsf.gov/funding/init...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will not engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights". Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased. ai.google/responsibili...

submitted 21 days ago • 9 comments

Truly remarkable how America no longer seems to have any friends. Its historical allies such as Canada or Western European democracies now see it as the biggest current threat to global stability (rightfully). And its newfound buddy Russia is actually plotting its destruction. Not a good trade.

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submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

It is very difficult for an imbecile to conceive of a way to get rich that isn't either a lottery or a pyramid scheme. And that explains the enduring success of crypto gambling among the dumbest people you know

submitted 30 days ago • 6 comments

Awesome opportunities at Noumenal Labs! @noumenal-labs.bsky.social

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

No lies detected.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

I wish companies adopted more of a "think before you jump" mentality when it comes to generative AI, but alas.... www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

Moving Pictures? BAH they will rot your mind! However, for those of you who are too far gone... Behold! The Compendium by @zakthepainter.bsky.social youtu.be/ERwzhurc-TA

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Pars magnifica artis! Magnum opus, Zak. Some magnificent piece of art! Great work, Zak.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Shame on the @washingtonpost.com, which at one time was beacon of the free press. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

Besides social media brainwashing, I think an underappreciated key factor behind the current vibe shift is the cultural aftermath of Covid. During Covid, all prosocial behaviors and beliefs went out of the window. Empathy became revolting, sociopathy became celebrated. It profoundly changed society

submitted 57 days ago • 11 comments

RL promises "systems that can adapt to their environment". However, no RL system that I know of actually fulfill anything close to this goal, and, furthermore, I'd argue that all the current RL methodologies are actively hostile to this goal. Prove me wrong.

submitted 57 days ago • 10 comments