2025-05-05
AI, Animals, & Digital Minds 2025: apply to speak by Wednesday!
Published on May 5, 2025 12:56 AM GMTAI, Animals, & Digital Minds (AIADM) 2025 is a one-day conference and two-day unconference exploring the intersection of AI and sentient nonhumans, both...
AI, Animals, & Digital Minds 2025
Published on May 5, 2025 12:51 AM GMTAI, Animals, & Digital Minds (AIADM) 2025 is a one-day conference and two-day unconference exploring the intersection of AI and sentient nonhumans, both...
You Missed the F-22 Raptor’s Most Powerful Feature (Nope, Not Stealth, Sorry)
Key Points – Beyond its renowned stealth, the F-22 Raptor possesses exceptional speed and acceleration crucial to its air dominance role. -Capable of exceeding Mach 2 with afterburners, its key...
Worst Idea Ever: Canada Could Soon Make a Big F-35 Fighter Mistake
Key Point – Canada cancelling or scaling back its F-35 purchase due to political friction with the US would be a “colossal mistake.” -Despite current tensions under President Trump, the...
The GCAP 6th-Generation Fighter Has a Message for the F-35 and J-20
Key Points – The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) unites the UK, Italy, and Japan in developing a sixth-generation fighter, likely merging the UK’s Tempest and Japan’s F-X concepts. -Top...
Boeing’s F-47 Fighter Breakthrough Has a Message for China and Russia
Key Points – The appearance of small canard foreplanes on initial renderings of the USAF’s F-47 NGAD fighter sparks analysis regarding their purpose and stealth impact. -Canards typically improve maneuverability...
Canada’s F-35 Fighter Fiasco: Time to Dump America’s Stealth Fighter?
The Trump Administration’s stunning betrayal of an ally is forcing Canadians to face many difficult dilemmas. One central question is how to proceed with Canada’s F-35 jet fighter purchase. The...
Notes on the Long Tasks METR paper, from a HCAST task contributor
Published on May 4, 2025 11:17 PM GMTI contributed one (1) task to HCAST, which was used in METR’s Long Tasks paper. This gave me some thoughts I feel moved...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
2025-05-04
'You can't escape us': Devolver plots to release a game on GTA 6's release date, no matter when that is
Instead of running away from GTA 6's new May 2026 release date, indie publisher Devolver Digital is targeting it.
Tales of the Shire embraces a 'clutter-core experience' with grid-free decorating for your hobbit house
Tales of the Shire's devs are letting you decorate your hobbit house however you want—including making it a mess
Assessing the Accuracy of Predictive Policing Software: Our Method
In the first installment of our series Prediction: Bias, we investigated the use of Geolitica, a software that claims to take historical crime data and predict where and when future...
Why I am not a successionist
Published on May 4, 2025 7:08 PM GMTUtilitarianism implies that if we build an AI that successfully maximizes utility/value, we should be ok with it replacing us. Sensible people add...
How to Build LLM-Powered Applications Using Go
This blog post works through an example of using Go for a simple LLM-powered application. It starts by describing the problem the demo application is solving
M551 Sheridan Light Tank Has A Message for the U.S. Army
Key Points and Summary: The M551 Sheridan served as the US Army’s primary light tank throughout the Cold War, designed for reconnaissance and airborne forces with air-drop capability. -Its unique...
VRChat's Dangerous Oversight: A Breeding Ground for Public NSFW Avatars
VRChat is allowing sexually explicit avatars to remain accessible in public worlds. These avatars are not subtle. They're explicit, with full nudity toggles and simulated sexual parts.
Overview: AI Safety Outreach Grassroots Orgs
Published on May 4, 2025 5:39 PM GMTWe’ve been looking for joinable endeavors in AI safety outreach over the past weeks and would like to share our findings with you....
Code Smell 298 - How to Fix Microsoft Windows Time Waste
Skipping status reports in conditional branches causes silent delays and race conditions.
Fake AI lawsuits to drive links
Published on May 4, 2025 4:53 PM GMTSomeone sent me this and I thought it fairly interesting:TLDR: Fake AI generated law companies are searching for unattributed images on the internet,...
May the 4th brings free and discounted Star Wars games from Prime Gaming, Steam, and more
These are the best deals on Star Wars games from across the galaxy in honor of May the 4th.
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