2025-04-30
Does there exist an interactive reasoning map tool that lets users visually lay out claims, assign probabilities and confidence levels, and dynamically adjust their beliefs based on weighted influences between connected assertions?
Published on April 30, 2025 6:22 PM GMTI'm a professional investigator. My standard of evidence is "more likely than not." I think it would be helpful, especially for collaborative purposes,...
How can we solve diffuse threats like research sabotage with AI control?
Published on April 30, 2025 7:23 PM GMTMisaligned AIs might engage in research sabotage: making safety research go poorly by doing things like withholding their best ideas or putting subtle...
Fujian Aircraft Carrier Update: J-35B Stealth Fighter Reportedly Takes EMALS Test Flight
Key Points: China’s naval aviation may have reached a major milestone, with recent online reports claiming the Shenyang J-35B aircraft carrier-capable stealth fighter performed its first electromagnetic catapult (EMALS) launch...
Smallpox: Defeating a Virus That Killed Half a Billion People
This is a great data-driven short documentary by Neil Halloran about how smallpox was eradicated from the face of the Earth. And what it took was humanity, through the use...
Can Narrowing One's Reference Class Undermine the Doomsday Argument?
Published on April 30, 2025 6:24 PM GMTI've been reading about the Doomsday Argument (DA) and its reliance on the Self-Sampling Assumption (SSA). I would appreciate some insight on an...
Backpressure Isn’t a Bug: It’s a Feature for Building Resilient Systems
Backpressure isn’t a failure mode—it’s a resilience pattern. In distributed systems, it helps prevent overload by controlling how fast producers send data to consumers. This post breaks down why backpressure...
Confirmed: Ukraine’s F-16s Flying Daily Combat Missions Against Russia
Key Points: New details reveal Ukraine’s F-16s are flying daily offensive and defensive combat missions, according to US General Christopher Cavoli. -They have successfully downed numerous Russian cruise missiles and...
Team Behind Popular Telegram Wallet Grindery Reveals Wallet Infra For AI Agents
Grindery, the Binance Labs-backed company is building Aventino, the permissionless payments layer for autonomous AI agents. Aventinos is a permissionless smart wallet infrastructure that uses ERC-4337 account abstraction protocol.
Our Freedom is Fragile: Lessons From the Jewish Children Who Fled Nazi...
Our Freedom is Fragile: Lessons From the Jewish Children Who Fled Nazi Germany. “America is no longer a country of refuge but one that is preying upon its most vulnerable...
A Complete Course: How to Build a Full-Stack App with Lovable (No-Coding)
I documented everything step-by-step: UI, database, authentication, roles, and permissions. A 2:16:54 recording.
Evil Dead: The Game is being removed from sale just three years after it launched
Saber Interactive has confirmed the takedown is intentional, but won't say why.
NASA Deploys Security Guards at Tense Staff Event as Gutting Looms
Morale at NASA is low as the Trump administration threatens to cut budgets. Future job cullings still loom on the horizon, with disgusted employees calling the agency's new management out...
Link11 Brings Three Brands Together On One Platform With New Branding
Link11 has fully integrated DOSarrest and Reblaze to become one of Europe's leading providers of network security, web application security, and application performance. The new Link11 WAAP (Web Application and...
FLOKI And Rice Robotics Launch AI Companion Robot With Token Rewards
FLOKI has partnered with Rice Robotics to launch the FLOKI Minibot M1, an AI-powered companion robot. Rice Robotics will also launch the $RICE token, the main utility token of the...
BYDFi Partners With Ledger To Launch Limited Edition Hardware Wallet, Debuts At TOKEN2049 Dubai
Co-branded Ledger Nano X made its debut at the TOKEN2049 Dubai event. The wallet is equipped with a secure element chip, supports the offline storage of a wide range of...
You can get 74 indie games for a scant $16 in this eSims for Gaza Itch.io bundle
Plus over 80 TTRPGs, 26 books, over a dozen comics, and a few soundtracks on the side.
Blame the Houthis for That Overboard Navy F/A-18 Hornet Fighter
A US Navy F/A-18 was lost overboard from USS Truman in the Red Sea amid Houthi threats and speculation of a US strategy shift towards targeting leadership. The post Blame...
The Infamous ‘You Wouldn’t Steal a Car’ Anti-Piracy Font Was Pirated. But By Who?
You wouldn't download an illegal font ... unless you wanted to use it to sell a modem for the Sega Genesis?
New Funding Round on Hardware-Enabled Mechanisms (HEMs)
Published on April 30, 2025 5:43 PM GMTLongview Philanthropy is launching a new request for proposals on hardware-enabled mechanisms (HEMs). We think HEMs are a promising method to enforce export...
Video and transcript of talk on automating alignment research
Published on April 30, 2025 5:43 PM GMTThis is the video and transcript of a talk I gave at Anthropic in April 2025 on automating alignment research. You can also...
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