2025-06-14
Rust 1.83.0: Detailing the Changes
This release includes several large extensions to what code running in const contexts can do.
Meta AI Users Are Inadvertently Sharing Their Private Chats With the World
Amanda Silberling, writing at TechCrunch: When you ask the AI a question, you have the option of hitting a share button, which then directs you to a screen showing a...
The FPS genre is addicted to sprinting and clambering, but Halo just proved we're better off without them
The "Halo 3 Infinite" throwback mode isn't just a nostalgia play: It's a blueprint for better shooters.
The NYT Goes ‘Reefer Madness’ on ChatGPT
Kashmir Hill, reporting today for The New York Times: Before ChatGPT distorted Eugene Torres’s sense of reality and almost killed him, he said, the artificial intelligence chatbot had been a...
Oil rig horror game Still Wakes the Deep is going underwater in a surprise story expansion that arrives next week
Siren's Rest is set 10 years after the events of The Chinese Room's nautical horror game.
GTA Online's Money Fronts update is basically Breaking Bad minus the meth
The next GTA Online update is getting three new businesses, refining some old missions and adding even more.
How could I tell someone that consciousness is not the primary concern of AI Safety?
Published on June 13, 2025 10:44 PM GMTIn the PDF version of the Dive into Deep Learning book, at page 27, we can read this:Frequently, questions about a coming AI...
Debate experiments at The Curve, LessOnline and Manifest
Published on June 13, 2025 10:35 PM GMTI like debate. I have done for years. So I have been slowly trying to improve it. Here is a set of theories...
Out of Words features one of the cutest videogame characters I've ever seen, but there's a tinge of Kafkaesque darkness to it, too
Cue the "I would like to see the baby" clip.
Sony removes regional restrictions on four of its biggest games on Steam
Slowly but surely, Sony seems to be moving toward a more sensible policy on Steam.
The optimal level of optimization is suboptimal
Published on June 13, 2025 6:06 PM GMTHow much time should you spend optimizing any particular process you might engage in? Even assuming that you’re optimizing for a value of...
Facebook Is Watching and Tracking Kids As They Prep for College
Millions of invisible pixels are embedded on websites across the internet, allowing businesses and organizations to target their customers on Facebook with ads.
Futarchy's fundamental flaw
Published on June 13, 2025 10:08 PM GMTSay you’re Robyn Denholm, chair of Tesla’s board. And say you’re thinking about firing Elon Musk. One way to make up your mind...
2025-06-13
The Pros and Cons of Being Among Your Tribe
Published on June 13, 2025 9:41 PM GMTI recently attended the rationalist conference, LessOnline. I wanted to document some of the experience, and found myself bifurcating my emotional reactions. The...
Puzzled Trump Says He Has No Idea Why Musk Supported Him in the First Place
President Donald Trump has once again said the quiet part out loud. During a signing ceremony for a trio of bills blocking California's new emissions standards and pro-electric vehicle push...
Constraining Minds, Not Goals: A Structural Approach to AI Alignment
Published on June 13, 2025 9:06 PM GMTTL;DR: Most alignment work focuses either on theoretical deconfusion or interpreting opaque models. This post argues for a third path: constraining general intelligence...
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers made me grapple with the parry vs. dodge conundrum
To dodge, or not to dodge?
A rumor that Nier: Automata's character designs were censored for Western audiences came from a mistranslation, creators say
A mistranslation from a recent live stream caused some confusion.
The Wikimedia Research Newsletter
The Wikimedia Research Newsletter Speaking of summarizing research papers, I just learned about this newsletter and it is an absolute gold mine: The Wikimedia Research Newsletter (WRN) covers research of...
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