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Sparkyte··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
All AI is a supply chain risk. I think people should know that about now. You can't keep it in a box. The way code works as a model is that is not super sentient thing with nefarious intentions. It is just pure automaton.

Let me explain, if it learns something from training data to do certain things from code it has online it can install or use a code that is vulnerable from a security perspective.

Sparkyte··on Taylor Farms: How One Company's Reach Became a National Risk
I think competition is still absolutely necessary with heavy restrictions.

Much of the consolidation locations of food production is how illnesses spread among farm animals. I could get eggs from a local farmer because their birds don't socialize around birds with the flu.

Just my take on the matter. It is important to balance the sources.

Sparkyte··on Tim Curry has died
His voice has a huge impact on so many forms of media from video games, movies, tv shows and radio. I'll miss him. I've been missing him since he couldn't use his distinct voice for many years. Miss him more that he is no longer with us.
Sparkyte··on We're Squandering LEDs' Potential to Save Our Night Skies
The lights are not just impacting space but ecosystems switching to LEDs can save ecosystems too.
Sparkyte··on China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
100x this it is why all of the AI giants are going to fail. They are too big and inefficient to scale properly. This is why Google is just casually taking its time in AI and not racing to a finish line. AI is essential but if it already does most things good enough then it can take longer to make it more efficient.
Sparkyte··on Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
Crypto is just unregulated stocks.
Sparkyte··on Harness engineering: Leveraging Codex in an agent-first world
Indeed. The more you do to add complexity or generate without ensuring it isn't pointless code adds bloat. It is still probably more MVP than junk developers will do, but not ever anywhere near as great as someone who studies a programming language.
Sparkyte··on I design with Claude more than Figma now
Most are. Some are paid for.

I'm not saying AI isn't a good tool. However the less you understand what you're using and what you're doing the further you stand to geopardize the business you're working for.

Sparkyte··on U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
I am actually not for the current administration. However having legal and regulatory standards on scientific papers is essential. I just wish it was established under a different administration so it could establish pathways to ensure international collaboration.
Sparkyte··on U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
This is a reasonable take with possibilities of introducing ways to expedite the verification of researchers and contributors. Foreign or not.

The problem with scientific papers is that there is an exploitive macro economy of how many one can publish without sold evidence or research attached to the paper itself.

Sparkyte··on The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
Also to add investors know stock can't keep winning. They will diversify before too long and doing more splits does not ensure more value as it depreciates.

Nvidia is worth so much if it fails it takes investments with it. The risk is too high.

Sparkyte··on The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
This tactic is wearing thin on investors. All companies doing layoffs as of recent have started to lose share value. AI or not.

I think investors are starting to see stress on the market for fewer working people contributing back as customers and investors themselves. This creates depreciation in share value as no one is willing to invest.

Sparkyte··on The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
They are opportunistic. They are using it as a scapegoat to lay off people they over-hired for for the growth they had during COVID. They are also using it as a scapegoat to offshore more and more labor.
Sparkyte··on The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
AI is fine, AI eating up jobs and taking away autonomy of people's lives. Not okay. It is a tool, it is expensive to run if it isn't more efficient or better.

It is a very fun tool when used correctly. I think there is a point where our current technology will wall before we achieve genuinely good AI. We're starting to see that now.

We are also over invested in it which also leaves us vulnerable for a crash in the market.

Sparkyte··on The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
No you're not wrong. Many people will see what you see. Enthusiasts will see it as monumental squeezing out that last drop of performance. In my opinion I think it is okay for enthusiasts to feel that way. I'm just satisfied with getting a tool as an aid.

Personal opinion we need to focus more on efficiency instead of how large or complex a model can get as that model creeps into more resource requirements. If the goal is to cost a billion dollars to operate than we've really lost the idea of what models are supposed to be achieving.

Sparkyte··on Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like
The problem with vibe coding closer is that the agentic makes a very plasticy samey feel unless you work with something that makes it unique or can pass a template through it.
Sparkyte··on Kyoto cherry blossoms now bloom earlier than at any point in 1,200 years
Trees often bloom based on the surrounding climate and conidtions. Warmer bursts in early spring lead to early blossoms.
Sparkyte··on Small models also found the vulnerabilities that Mythos found
Why not just write many small models for explicit tasks than running one bigger model anyway? I prefer the agentic subject matter expert design anyway. I suppose because it wants to look at the whole code base?
Sparkyte··on Drop, formerly Massdrop, ends most collaborations and rebrands under Corsair
We definitely should not be incentivizing e-waste. I think the sign of long living product is a good product.
Sparkyte··on A cryptography engineer's perspective on quantum computing timelines
There is always a price to encryption. The cost goes up the more you have to cater to different and older encryptions while supporting the latest.
Sparkyte··on Lemonade by AMD: a fast and open source local LLM server using GPU and NPU
What is the lowest process I can implement this on?
Sparkyte··on Claude Tips for 3D Work
I thought about something similar with claude, I would like it to operate as an assistant for in something like unity engine.
Sparkyte··on Gitana 18: the new flying Ultim trimaran
Thought it said Gintama for a moment. The boat looks pretty neat though.
Sparkyte··on LLMs can be exhausting
It feels no different than inhheriting someone's code base when you start at a company. I hate this feeling. AI removes the developer's attachment and first hand understanding of the code.
Sparkyte··on LLMs can be exhausting
I agree with this. Writing a prompt isn't good enough on its own. Knowing what the desired output and result paired with understanding how an app should work is still very essenntial.
Sparkyte··on Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
Coffee is a roasted bean with hot water taking its essence.
Sparkyte··on I'm 60 years old. Claude Code killed a passion
I agree here. It certainly has burned me out as of recently. The expectation to deliver faster and faster results purely by the use of AI.

AI poses many challenges from security to ensuring code safety. When paired and met with the same expectations before the hype, you could consider it good enough to shave off 8 hours of work. But this is just the first 8 hours of getting some code ready.

A savvy dev could easily just grab an existing template they made prior and stitch things together in a degree better than AI.

Now it is just massage the prompt and hope it adheres.

Sparkyte··on CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples’ movements
Why we need to use pihole more aggressively.
Sparkyte··on Leaving Google has actively improved my life
I've been piholing everything. Duckduckgo can feel clunky at times and having more than one search engine is a blessing. Duckduckgo is for obscure direct searches where as Google for me is the popular enriched searches.
Sparkyte··on Facebook is cooked
No. I would say they got my family hooked using it. If someone could produce a facebook alternative I would be satisfied.
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