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NYC taxi: tap the screen with 4 fingers a few times and it turns to blind mode. Not only does it stfu but the driver doesn't fuck with you
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Humans should still absolutely review software. But the way they should do it is by simply having a conversation with the LLM about the software.
We are social apes, and our brains are terrible at reasoning in math/code. The native protocol of the human mind is natural language
Modern LLMs are much *much* less likely to make a mistake “uplifting” code to/from language, than a human is directly“lowering” its semantic reasoning into code.
The age of humans directly working with math or code, even to “review” it, is largely over. Your job is to reason and communicate in the substrate your mind was evolved for: natural language.
I know this is a joke, but more people should do 2nd-order thinking at this age.
“When will my ideal mate be looking for theirs, and where/how?”
“What age would I like to be when my kids are in college?”
“What would someone who will have had what I want to have be doing now?”
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🛑 Trump waives multiple Russia sanctions and tariffs under Graham Act
🛑 The White House on the 16th issued an executive order in which President Trump invoked a presidential waiver under the 2026 Lindsey Graham Russia and Iran Sanctions Act to defer multiple sanctions, restrictions and tariffs targeting Russia. The waiver suspends a planned 500% tariff on Russian imports and a 100% tariff on countries that are major importers of Russian energy or that aid evasion of oil sanctions. It also delays measures aimed at the Russian central bank, major commercial banks, state-owned enterprises, government officials, and restrictions on Russian investment, energy trade, sovereign-debt purchases and related financial transactions. The Act was signed into law on Sept. 18 and required many measures to take effect within 30 days; the waiver postpones their implementation but does not repeal the law. Sanctions imposed under other statutes and executive orders remain in force.
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I am just coming to the conclusion that it's a mix of quant know-how and deep AI knowledge (both) that is going to be the edge. Being a great modeler doesn't cut it any more. A necessary condition is to be deeply, specifically proficient in AI, esp. in the Recursive [the start-up]/scientisttwo/AI researcher/automated research domain.
Was the guy in Memento conscious?
Are you conscious while sedated?
Are you conscious while doing the Tiger Woods ambien thing?
Are you conscious while blackout drunk?
. . .
Asking for a friend.
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President Donald J. Trump posted minutes ago that he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize despite his numerous accomplishments. He listed settling eight wars, returning all Israeli hostages including the final 28, securing the release of hundreds of other hostages, winning a war in Venezuela and capturing Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, and stopping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The post comes a day after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, the South African jurist and former UN human rights chief, “for her efforts to promote peace and international law.” The committee said the award is meant to remind the world that peace requires the rule of law. Trump has long said he deserves the prize. Last year’s winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, gave Trump her medal after the U.S. ousted Venezuela’s leader.
If you choose not to find wonder in the AI, you will have less wonder in your life, but still the same amount of AI.
This is the MoviePass era of consumer AI, enjoy it while it lasts!
tfw when you are watching a movie like Superman and it feels vaguely familiar, which means you probably half-watched on a flight, but you’re not sure if you finished it and you don’t remember what happens
In a way, low oil prices but high refined prices is the best thing for the environment?
One liner: Prices of diesel and gasoline at the gas station will not necessarily track headline crude prices nowadays because the units that make them have serious production issues globally.
#oott
Reading this after listening to the Mormon guy is a trip, and I gotta say c I’m with the Mormons.
I don’t think there needs to be a competition to supply people dopamine, the world would be better if we didn’t.
can confirm knowing at least 3 ex-quants (T1 shops) making high 6 / low 7 figs trading prediction markets
paying very low taxes on gains (form llc to trade)
living at parents' penthouses (cuz its Manhattan no one has a basement)
among some of the smartest, most independently-minded, and interesting individuals I know
and also got plenty of time to hit the gym, spend time with family & friends, and go on dates as well
NY residents are collectively up more than $200 million in net profits on @Kalshi
the way I see it, traditional sports books charged egregious spreads for people to gamble
prediction markets allow competition to compress that spread, meaning people can bet for cheaper
and the profits from liquidity provision goes to ANYONE who's willing to warehouse risk smartly
instead of being concentrated in the hands a few corporations who ban anyone who's good
yes excessive gambling is bad
but as someone who trades perps, options, pred mkts, and memecoins for entertainment (and also perfectly knows how these markets work)
I don't think its the government's job to tell me, or any other adult, what they should do with their money
yes I know that some of my trades (especially fun options punts lmao) are negative expectancy,
but I actually don't think I can get such a powerful surge of dopamine anywhere else for cheaper
financial markets are competitive and efficient, and so risk is provided at the LOWEST possible cost
and as for the people who I am "giving" that edge to, I'd rather it be some dude my age building a trading bot than some multi-billion dollar cooperation
founders like @mansourtarek_ has allowed for ever greater opportunity for high-agency people, this is fundamentally a good thing
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The idea of an intelligence explosion caused by recursive self improvement has been around for a long time but until very recently it did not seem imminent. Now many leading researchers think it may happen quite soon. You can read our paper about it here:
casp.ac/reports/intelligence…
I have had enough of people continuing to fret about models being trained on “other people’s” data.
Everyone worrying about this needs to get over it, and start worrying about AIs killing us.