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Also here: https://infosec.exchange/@_dm Infosec, Trust & Safety, but mostly screaming into the void [ttl=14d]
Someone should write a “criticisms to avoid when criticizing AI work so people will take your legitimate criticisms seriously”.
DM@d-m.bsky.social · 4h agoI do think “they’re just statistical predictions” is an exceptionally annoying criticism of AI research.
I do think “they’re just statistical predictions” is an exceptionally annoying criticism of AI research.
Day started with “I’m just gonna take the tarp off my second bike and make sure it’s ok”, went to “I’m going to clean the frame and chain”, and is now at “bought that clear lacquer from the hardware store and am clear-coating the paint and replacing the decals like I meant to three years ago.”
If I keep this up I'm gonna be spending more time this week building analysis dashboards for my running metrics than actually running.
As I have long said, Ed Zitron either doesn’t know what he’s talking about or doesn’t care about accuracy. Lots to be concerned about with the AI boom, but Zitron is not a source of good analysis!
Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · 3d agoUPDATE: I am back from mini-vacation upstate & the paid subscription response was so strong that I'm unlocking Thursday's response to @edzitron.com . Thank you to all the new paid subscribers who made this possible. I'm a writer! I like sharing my writing! www.crisesnotes.com/sigh-no-ed-z...
To belabor an earlier point a bit: if you take Ed Zitron seriously, you have to believe that AI is a hoax, all the credentialed computer scientists and mathematicians impressed by AI proofs are liars, and only Zitron—a PR guy—is smart enough to notice.
Chris Peikert@chrispeikert.bsky.social · 3d ago1/ Initial reactions after some hours with this groundbreaking result proving the NP-hardness of poly-approx CVP/NCP: It is most likely correct, but more importantly, it is original, elegant, and beautiful! (Also: it is easy to improve, quantitatively.) openai.com/index/ten-ad...
1/ Initial reactions after some hours with this groundbreaking result proving the NP-hardness of poly-approx CVP/NCP: It is most likely correct, but more importantly, it is original, elegant, and beautiful! (Also: it is easy to improve, quantitatively.) openai.com/index/ten-ad...
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity.
openai.com
Capital One said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.
Capital One Cites Money Laundering Review in Trump-Related Suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.
bloom.bg
I knew World Liberty Financial was a scam but I didn’t realize just how dumb a scam it was. This NYMag article is incredible.
You can’t seriously tell me this is one of the richest men on earth and then tell me capitalism works. I mean come on!
You have to hand it to DOGE for normalizing the revolutionary idea that what government does is pretty much unimportant and you can just halfass jt with a chatbot instead.
TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.
Jay Clayton signed off on several abusive subpoenas to @nytimes.com reporters in violation of the DOJ's own policies — now he's confirmed as director of national intelligence. With people like him in office, we need a federal shield law for journalists more than ever:
Now confirmed as DNI, Jay Clayton is threat to press freedom
If Clayton is willing to break DOJ policy at Donald Trump’s request and then lie about it, what will he do now that he’s in charge of an incredibly powerful surveillance apparatus?
freedom.press
Whoah. An innocent man went to jail and a guilty man went free because the cops made a typo.
A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
arstechnica.com
Elon’s “I’m not a racist but we must secure a future for our children and the white race” t-shirt is raising questions answered by his t-shirt.
In 100 years history textbooks are going to have to have explainers for how a silly internet meme about a cute dog turned into an acronym for the fascist takeover of the administrative state. “Timmy, where did ‘DOGE’ come from?” “Uh Mr Stewart it was a Shiba Inu that the worlds richest man liked?”
https://www.ft.com/content/bdb3b820-905b-431e-82c0-386535755af1 Why this philosopher turned down Anthropic
Anthropic and OpenAI are creating a Streisand Effect where their ongoing attacks on open Chinese AI models lets everyone know those models are actually so good that they’re worth checking out.
Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I. (Gift Article)
Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted.
nytimes.com
Duh. If you sell models, you want the US to block your competitors. If you sell chips, those competitors are just more customers.
US tech firms debate curbs on Chinese AI
For some execs, the rise of open-source AI from China marks a “dystopian hellscape,” while others are complimenting the “excellent” models.
semafor.com
The Venn diagram of people who use duress passcodes and people who should use duress passcodes looks like this: O o
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker.com · 2w agoNew, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...
This is the point I've been making about vibe-coding: AI tools can enable small teams or singletons to do more and, possibly, actually help flatten the resource/impact disparity in some fields.
Could small-team science be dying out?
The proportion of one- and two-author papers in the Nature Index is shrinking rapidly, as science done by big teams continues to surge.
nature.com
Scammers are buying tools advertised on Telegram that trick banks' facial recognition checks. The stakes are enormous with crypto scams tallying an estimated $17 billion in 2025 alone. Banks and regulators are struggling to keep up.
Cyberscammers are bypassing banks’ security with illicit tools sold on Telegram
MIT Technology Review identified nearly two dozen channels and groups purporting to break major crypto exchanges and name-brand banks.
trib.al
