2025-05-14
LLMs: Towards A Universal Standard to Measure AI Consciousness - Sentience
What it feels like to be, or it feels like something to be, can be divided into memory and subjectivity, or into feeling and attention. For example, I think therefore...
Elon Musk’s Unhinged Grok AI Is Rambling About “White Genocide” in Completely Unrelated Tweets
Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, has gone absolutely bonkers and is flooding X-formerly-Twitter with bizarre posts about "white genocide" in response to completely unrelated tweets. The issue was first flagged...
Nine Rules for Evaluating New Technology
In 1987, Wendell Berry wrote an essay called Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer. In it, he outlined his standards for adopting new technology in his work....
Re SMTM: negative feedback on negative feedback
Published on May 14, 2025 7:50 PM GMTSlimeMoldTimeMold (SMTM) recently finished a 14-part series on psychology, “The Mind in the Wheel”, centering on feedback loops (“cybernetics”) as kind of a...
Curate your space
Published on May 14, 2025 7:35 PM GMTI: RoomsI had been travelling for a year and a half before I considered what coming home would look like.Intending to maintain the...
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Isn’t Entirely Doomed Just Yet
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, despite suffering significant losses—including its flagship Moskva and roughly one-third of its vessels damaged or sunk by Ukrainian anti-ship missiles and...
Eliezer and I wrote a book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Published on May 14, 2025 7:00 PM GMTEliezer and I wrote a book. It’s titled If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Unlike a lot of other writing either of us...
Tesla Is Seriously Struggling With Its Robotaxi Service
During Tesla's earnings call last month, CEO Elon Musk admitted that the carmaker's much-lauded self-driving robotaxi service would be relying on safety drivers. As The Information reports, the company is...
The End of Rule of Law in America. “After these first three...
The End of Rule of Law in America. “After these first three tyrannical, lawless months of this presidency, surely Americans can understand now that Donald Trump is going to continue...
Why self-care is your secret weapon as a product manager
In today’s tech landscape, product managers face unprecedented challenges. As the linchpin connecting strategy, execution, technology, and market demands, product managers operate in a high-pressure environment where burnout isn’t just...
The Hidden Catch: Why Allies Never Truly ‘Own’ Their US-Made F-35 Fighters
Key Points – The United States government’s control over the global F-35 spare parts pool, even for components stored within allied nations, is creating significant sovereignty concerns and influencing procurement...
Xi Jinping's readout after an AI "study session" [ChinaTalk Linkpost]
Published on May 14, 2025 6:25 PM GMTSubstack link hereTL, DR:; Xi Jinping listens to a lecture about AI and publishes his "study notes/takeaways." From the start of the post...
The Walls Are Closing In On the Eurofighter Typhoon
Key Points – The Eurofighter Typhoon, a multinational 4.5-generation multi-role fighter, will remain a key European air power asset for the foreseeable future, likely serving until at least 2040. -Despite...
Ubisoft's extreme sports game is being turned into a movie… and honestly, I'd watch 90 minutes of people doing snowboard stunts and wingsuit flights in the Alps
The Riders Republic movie will feature "spectacular stunts on the snowy slopes of the Alps," says Ubisoft.
F-47 NGAD Fighter’s 1000+ Mile Range Revealed: Is It Enough Against China?
Key Points – New details reportedly shared by US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Allvin via an infographic indicate the F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter will have a combat radius...
SoundCloud Backtracks on AI and Changes Policies After Artist Outrage
SoundCloud has altered its platform policies to require opt-ins for training generative AI models with artists' music following widespread user backlash, the company announced today in a letter from its...
Student Livid After Catching Her Professor Using ChatGPT, Asks For Her Money Back
As artificial intelligence use permeates every area of society, a new consensus is emerging: that everyone else hates it when you cut corners with the technology.
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