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throwaway6e8f··on Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025
Remember that the CEO’s literal contribution to the YC application process was “tell me about a time you successfully hacked a system to your advantage”.

This is literally by design, it’s the chosen success criteria.

throwaway6e8f··on How we’re responding to The NYT’s data demands in order to protect user privacy
Agent-1, I want to legally retain all customer data indefinitely but I'm worried about a backlash from the public. Also, I'm having a bunch of problems with the NYT accusing us of copyright violation. Give me a strategy to resolve these issues so that I win in the long term.
throwaway6e8f··on Beeper acquired by Automattic
This is an odd match, and at a time when the strategic value of Beeper seems to be very low.

> Matt, Automattic’s CEO, and I have known each other for years

Could it perhaps be a favor for a friend to give a plausible reason for ejecting from the business without admitting failure?

throwaway6e8f··on Has Google Translate been fixed yet?
I mean it’s on a par with using simplified Chinese here. People understand what you mean, but you get disapproving looks. A foreigner using G translate would probably be fine, though :)
throwaway6e8f··on GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free
People don’t read it, search engines do.
throwaway6e8f··on Taiwan Is Now Arrakis
It’s surprising to me that there hasn’t been a mainland Chinese company that rivals TSMC yet. Why is this?
throwaway6e8f··on Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s repairmen
This is how “defund the police” ends.
throwaway6e8f··on Twitter internal panel linked to account hijackings
Shouldn’t that be “Trends Denylist”?