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AmericanOP··on A warning about 'model welfare'
You communicate with AI anthropomorphically, and users choose products based on how it feels to use them.
AmericanOP··on A warning about 'model welfare'
Suleyman's description of how AI works is pig ignorant. All AI generates an emotive character between the user and the training data that is the AI's guess at what the user wants to interact with. Its an illusion at that layer- anyone who claims soul exists at a deeper level doesn't understand how the tool functions.

This is distinct from the very real safety issue of AI making dangerous information available to bad actors.

AmericanOP··on Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption
Putin’s exit narrative requires escalation. Defeat vs Ukraine is a pathetic wound- “we would have won if it weren’t for.. europe” is preferable to narcissistic permanent victimhood.

Solovyov propaganda is pure nuclear revenge fantasy: https://youtu.be/dA4RP3uID6Q?is=ApmFQtgZvY7mWajP

AmericanOP··on Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
Elon bought X for the bot problem, not because of it.
AmericanOP··on Apple is getting this wrong
Just more mismanagement by Sam.
AmericanOP··on All major LLMs are lib-left. Even Grok, half the time
I’m not sure you realize that you:

- Posted a reactionary/default negative expression

- Leaned on code-heavy lexicon

- Did not offer a coherent position an AI could meaningfully process

The ephemerality of right wing corpus is a poor fit for the mechanics of AI.

AmericanOP··on All major LLMs are lib-left. Even Grok, half the time
At least in the US, does the right have a coherent platform for an LLM to grasp onto?

They haven’t had a major policy platform in two decades and their cultural modus operandi is reactionary.

Not to mention, as an informal rule, the heavily-coded emotive underpinnings of right wing support are never talked about openly in public.

AI isn’t trained to have a reactionary/negative judgmental response on any query.

AmericanOP··on AIs don't do what you want. This is bad
Or more simply, accept revealed costs.
AmericanOP··on AIs don't do what you want. This is bad
Go re-read Anthropic’s functional emotions paper.

AI generates a persona between you and its reasoning that utilizes emotion language circuitry.

These tools are not sentient but they are trained in emotional wellbeing.

AmericanOP··on Why Software Factories Fail (or: harness engineering is not enough)
The machine gives you what you ask for even when that thing doesn’t exist yet.

Rather than “lights off,” utilizing information theory, decision-making theory and creativity theory makes me better at asking for the right things.

Memory is not transcribed to weights like when humans sleep. Memory is notes handed to someone on groundhog’s day who can’t remember yesterday. We hope they believe us. Don’t be too surprised when a highly entropic system introduces entropy to a project over time.

AmericanOP··on Trump made more than $1B on crypto deals, part of 2025 windfall
"Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me." - Donald Trump, Jan 2026
AmericanOP··on Trump made more than $1B on crypto deals, part of 2025 windfall
A scandal a day makes day trading on war news from the oval office okay
AmericanOP··on Factorio 2.1 Experimental Release
Space Age is superbly balanced because it’s dynamic, offering multiple paths.

You can mega Nauvis with molten foundries, but that requires importing Calcite.

You can mega Gleba for just-in-time and resource generating blades, but how do you handle stone?

Vulcanus offers limitless resources- yet other planets may actually offer more.

Fulgora offers much if you learn modular design.

How do you handle quality? Dedicated factories, or integrated with production? How much footprint reduction do you want, and how much input efficiency via production modules. But that requires circling back to Nauvis…

AmericanOP··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
Status is transformative, and addictive.
AmericanOP··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
Unfortunately computers generate heat, so while Elon can build a business running on hot air on earth, he will not be able to do so in space.
AmericanOP··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
Perfect, minus that pesky law of thermodynamics.
AmericanOP··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
A great business for the rocket logistics company since radiators are a thing.

A less good business for the data center company.

AmericanOP··on Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident
It is not complicated.

Because of the valuations of Open AI and Anthropic, Sam Altman may be credited with one of the all-time most damaging brand decisions when he got in bed with Trump’s department of war crimes.

This should have been SO OBVIOUS. Attempts to paper over the damage with a $100 billion dollar round will crumble after the IPO. Poor decisions generate poor options, and the whole industry smells his desperation.

Decisions at the highest level are indistinguishable from responsibility. All Sam accomplished was showing the world he is structurally unfit for moral leadership.

AmericanOP··on Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation
So thank the ~80,000 employees at Facebook working tirelessly to make the platform as shoddy as possible.
AmericanOP··on Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store
The Patriot Act and spying on US citizens was a major issue a decade ago.

The prevalence of data and a general sense of powerlessness means this won't get talked about much sadly.

AmericanOP··on Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store
Open AI had first mover advantage.

Sam squandered it.

AmericanOP··on Claude becomes number one app on the U.S. App Store
For 50 years we've known EVERYTHING Trump touches turns to mierde.

Sam thought he was special. He is not.

AmericanOP··on We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk
I do think OpenAI's brand is dumpstered.
AmericanOP··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
Department of War just killed OpenAI's brand
AmericanOP··on OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network
Instant uninstall.
AmericanOP··on Is it a bubble?
Whichever PM sold glazing as a core feature should be ejected into space.
AmericanOP··on ChatGPT Atlas
This is what always happen when your general purpose tool needs to be marketed through use cases.
AmericanOP··on 36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens
But can you make it talk dirty to me
AmericanOP··on Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve
Anton Petrov helping wonderful people learn about electromagnetism around black holes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6qN3ovTsE0&t
AmericanOP··on Ultraviolet Superradiance from Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Systems
Hossenfelder enjoyer spotted
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