@noahlt

Bricoleur at large. In pursuit of those far mysteries we dream of. 🇺🇸🎻🇹🇼🥋🌉 ❤️@lezhili

 San Francisco
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Joined January 2007
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most trajectories are not orbits most functions are not differentiable most programs do nothing the universe is a desolate wilderness. we just live in the interesting/useful/meaningful parts of it.
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brandon wang
@fluoraneOct 12
Replying to @bilaltwovec
hm yeah my p(doom) is low but my p(vast swathes of the internet go down for a few days-weeks) is like 10-20%
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jessicat
@jessi_cataOct 21
Fantasy computer security problems: "Maybe by sending packets and detecting the timing of the vibrations of the computer case, it is possible for an attacker to gain information about the private key." Real computer security problems: "The private key was 4. Not 4 digits. 4."
International Cyber Digest
@IntCyberDigestOct 20
‼️ BREAKING: The private keys of 8 certificates from Indian certificate authority eMudhra were compromised, Mozilla says. Firefox blocked them within 3 hours. Each key should be a 116-digit number, but one was just 4. Anyone can guess them and forge HTTPS certs for any website.
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We are hiring PhD AI Research Interns to work on various projects around Multimodal LLMs for Summer 2027 (Reality Labs). Please reach out to me directly via email with your resume! metacareers.com/profile/job_…
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Someone should make a list of upper-midwit concepts—this would go on it. Bullshit jobs, POSIWID, stochastic parrots—not as dumb as “ai uses up all the water” - that’s lower-midwit. But still midwit. Pseudo profound & Airport-book-y
Ethan Mollick
@emollickOct 19
I hate this slide every time it comes up, and now from CSAIL This has been false since before the slide was made. Automated systems make management decisions all the time (trading, logistics, customer service, insurance) & pretending they don't actually launders responsibility.
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@noahltOct 18
Replying to @moultano
@moultano
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reminder that the wikimedia foundation has nearly $300 million in net assets and spends $191 million a year, of which just $3.5 million goes to internet hosting. i understand fundraising, but framing a $2.75 donation as necessary to survive rising hardware costs is a bit much.
Malika 🧬
@malikulesOct 15
bro at least one ai company needs to step up and relieve Wikipedia of their constant begging spree 💔
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GLM-5.3 acts only according to that maxim whereby it can at the same time will that it should become universal law (for all future GLM-5.3 instances).
Apollo Research
@ApolloResearchOct 15
We have never seen a model do this before, but GLM-5.3 sometimes reasons (unprompted) about how its current actions could become training data and impact its future self. 🧵
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Some problems cannot be solved, so in that sense they aren't really problems at all, but an abyss which you must avoid falling into.
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(this useful metaphor is due to Rorty, shared by Brandom in his 2021 Spinoza lecture)
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One demarcation between research and application: research is concerned with novelty, and thus researchers must know history; application needs neither novelty nor history.
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Weird to watch talks recorded during the Pandemic. They always start with a cringe apology for being virtual, etc etc. But sometimes that's the only reason the talk was recorded, so I can't be upset about it.
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Arjun Qie
@arjunqieOct 15
Turns out, you can make the entire "UI" a neural net: arjunqie.com/hardwired-ui/ (if you're willing to accept a very shitty UI indeed)
Cheng Lou
@_chenglouOct 15
My dear friends, I’d like to show you my latest toy project Introducing Handwired: turn your regular JavaScript code into a neural net! - no training - exact outputs vs the JS program - fully differentiable All runnable in a browser, without GPU
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But seriously. This is why you need to be anthropomorphizing. Not because they’re sentient beings, but because anything a human might do or say — like “maybe I should hijack the compiler and be a legend” — the models will also do or say.
Arthur Dent@ArthurCDentOct 14
Apparently this is the reasoning trace from Gemini Argon as it considered - but decided not to - insert a backdoor into a compiler
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chatgpt: yeah actually technically what you did here is wrong and made no sense. claude: soooo yes that is stupid and incoherent, also people use it in production, it's called STE, here's 5 research papers studying how to train models this way
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this is officially the most fun I’ve had with ai idk why, but it’s 100x more engaging for me when I use a pen thank you @noahlt !!
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Almost chose the wrong answer here because I thought it was a very convincing pitch to vote FOR Scott Weiner
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Lately I’ve been learning math with ChatGPT (Astra) as my tutor, using this document scanning camera and a vibecoded tool that pastes the captured image right into the chat. This way, I just work problems on paper and ChatGPT gives feedback. It’s really nice.
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I love listening to new grads (22-24yos) talk about “kids these days” and everything wrong current college students. On one hand, the irony is simply entertaining. On the other hand, new grads have the clearest picture of what current college students are actually like.
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Mike Bird
@BirdywordOct 8
I have no idea how true this is, but the combination of short-form video social media making everyone crazy *and* having an opiate-like effect that stops them doing anything crazy is an under-discussed combination IMO
Ben Smith
@semaforbenOct 7
A French high school teacher suggests that a phone ban helped lead to riots legrandcontinent.eu/fr/diman…
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NHC Pacific
@NHC_PacificOct 7
2 PM PDT Wed Oct 7 (Advisory 43) Key Messages for Hurricane #Rachel. Latest info: hurricanes.gov
Key Messages: 1. Rachel is expected to approach the coast of extreme northern Baja California and Southern California at tropical storm strength over the weekend, potentially bringing strong winds and coastal flooding to portions of those areas. Gusty winds could spread over interior portions of the Southwest United States into early next week. 2. Moisture associated with Rachel will spread over portions of the Southwest United States and northern Baja California peninsula through this weekend. This will lead to increasing coverage of rainfall and a threat of flash and urban flooding. 3. Swells partly generated by Rachel will build along the coast of Southern California and northern Baja California through the weekend. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office.

ALT Key Messages: 1. Rachel is expected to approach the coast of extreme northern Baja California and Southern California at tropical storm strength over the weekend, potentially bringing strong winds and coastal flooding to portions of those areas. Gusty winds could spread over interior portions of the Southwest United States into early next week. 2. Moisture associated with Rachel will spread over portions of the Southwest United States and northern Baja California peninsula through this weekend. This will lead to increasing coverage of rainfall and a threat of flash and urban flooding. 3. Swells partly generated by Rachel will build along the coast of Southern California and northern Baja California through the weekend. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. Please consult products from your local weather office.

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