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An Archive of sketches developing ideas.

Yes

Yes. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-22 15:12:10 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1970144093906047237

omg its awesome… You know its demonstrating emergent insights beyond what we h

omg its awesome…You know its demonstrating emergent insights beyond what we have taught it. Amazing. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-22 15:11:48 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1970144002029789217

Introduction to Propertarianism Propertarianism is a philosophical, legal, and p

Introduction to Propertarianism Propertarianism is a philosophical, legal, and political framework developed primarily by Curt Doolittle, emphasizing a broad definition of “property” (termed “Property-in-Toto”) that includes not just physical assets

Politics Under Testimonialism 1. Current Political Speech (Expressive Mode) Stru

Politics Under Testimonialism 1. Current Political Speech (Expressive Mode) Structure: Persuasion, moral framing, coalition signaling. Cost: Low (lies, exaggerations, omissions are cheap). Function: Mobilize groups by emotion, not computable truth.

Distribution of Causes of Lifespan Differences: Healthcare Access: 30% (~1.1 yea

Distribution of Causes of Lifespan Differences:Healthcare Access: 30% (~1.1 years)Obesity and Related Diseases: 27% (~1 year)Gun Violence and Overdoses: 22% (~0.8 years)Socioeconomic Stress: 14% (~0.5 years)Racial/Systemic Differences: 8% (~0.3 years)Total:

Peter. I’m almost sure you’re speaking colloquially, but rising prices due to ma

Peter. I’m almost sure you’re speaking colloquially, but rising prices due to market factors isn’t inflation. Monetary and Credit expansion is the reason for inflation. Everything else in your video

Non integration produces long term offsetting costs greater than the short term

Non integration produces long term offsetting costs greater than the short term benefits obtained. Sorry. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-22 06:44:37 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1970016366544691317

Which is the whole idea. NOT HERE

Which is the whole idea. NOT HERE. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-22 06:42:17 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1970015780214591575

OUR AI FUTURES: 1. Runcible (Stephenson) – What we all want. 2. HAL (Clark) – Wh

OUR AI FUTURES:1. Runcible (Stephenson) – What we all want.2. HAL (Clark) – What everyone’s building.3. Wintermute (Gibson) – What we’re afraid of.4. Colossus vs Guardian (Jones) – What we

There is a difference between security via secrecy and alignment, where alignmen

There is a difference between security via secrecy and alignment, where alignment means pandering. When you align (reduce offense) from the truth (often offensive), that’s just pragmatic service of the

Morgan. Good to hear from you. 😉 Your idea is interesting. Effectively a constr

Morgan. Good to hear from you. 😉 Your idea is interesting. Effectively a constraint subset,. Though I am not sure what you want to accomplish with it. If I did

yes

yes. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-22 05:43:12 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1970000909393629531

GREATEST THREAT TO OUR INNOVATIONS APPLIED TO LLM AI? –“Greatest danger: captur

GREATEST THREAT TO OUR INNOVATIONS APPLIED TO LLM AI? –“Greatest danger: capture of the RL system by ideological operators who substitute false reward criteria (e.g., ‘compassion’ instead of ‘reciprocity’).”– The

I have a useless BA degree in art theory and history. It just happens to be the

I have a useless BA degree in art theory and history. It just happens to be the knowledge that is most important to me. It frames my every thought. The

Yes. Exactly. Internal tiny closure external massive closure

Yes. Exactly. Internal tiny closure external massive closure. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-21 22:30:04 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1969891909461315729

THE VIRTUE OF SMALL MODELS? Can I steel man this a bit? 1 – The paradigm (dimens

THE VIRTUE OF SMALL MODELS?Can I steel man this a bit?1 – The paradigm (dimensions), vocabulary (references), grammar (rules of expression formation), and logic (constraints on available operations) available in

EVIDENCE OF THE CRISIS OF THE AGE Tech employees doing “fake work”? https:// you

EVIDENCE OF THE CRISIS OF THE AGETech employees doing “fake work”? https://youtube.com/shorts/IOHMQvkpoiI?si=R76q4SHCct0yYVR-… She shoots it down – or at least tries.On the other hand, comparatively, it’s more that they do

(Diary, Runcible) OMG this work is mentally exhausting. Brad and I can work for

(Diary, Runcible)OMG this work is mentally exhausting.Brad and I can work for five hours or more on historical analysis for the books. About four hours on causal analysis for the

I’ve had a long history with microsoft sr team. done deals with them before. a k

I’ve had a long history with microsoft sr team. done deals with them before. a known entity. Source date (UTC): 2025-09-21 02:04:57 UTC Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1969583597683425637

I make this argument to the staff on thursday and look what’s released on Saturd

I make this argument to the staff on thursday and look what’s released on Saturday: Like I sad, AI is a death sentence to microsoft (as well as google). For