Sora and AI slop are merely new edges of the speech frontier. It has actually *always* been hard to know what is true; that is why we (normally) prioritize critical thinking in schools. Some are calling for the *government* to compel *platforms* to *moderate content*. This is a

I’ve been thinking about chocolate and the phenomenology of chocolate (and I guess phenomenology broadly). tldr - I don’t think next word prediction alone will yield qualia. I think it’s a backbone/bootstrap for it, but auxiliary to the main process. Pleasure is highly

brian kitano I'd love it if AI science enables progress in physics, complexity theory, etc., but I'm skeptical/worried AI science agents could hinder long-term scientific progress via overproduction and overinvestment (funding and research directions) normaltech.ai/p/could-ai-slo…

i still believe this

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jepa for stt/tts seems possible

how can you know that the chain of thought actually correlates with the answer? ie how can you know whether interpretability is actually possible?

The internet as a new, dominating component of the human Umwelt

You've probably heard of No-Shave November, No-Drink November, and No-Spend November... This year I'm participating in No-Venmo November! 1/

Are spicier hallucinations harmful 1. Do small survey to measure user perception of severity of hallucinations wrt harmfulness potential 2. Is there a way to train (either pre or post) where LLM is able to assess perceived harmfulness of wrong information, and then not say it

Most people don’t realize that in 1933, FDR ordered Americans to surrender their gold to the government. It had nothing to do with WWII — it was a Great Depression policy. Executive Order 6102 blamed gold “hoarders” for paralyzing the economy and banned private gold ownership.

ethnically non monogamous

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