A non-exhaustive list of questions that I do not really see discussed as much as I think they probably deserve to be discussed.
What's good?
I want to start by talking about some things that seem like potential ways out of the dark forest tangle—even if they’re imperfect, which they all are.
The Pacing of the Frontier
In the wake of the letter calling on us to prepare to potentially Pace the Frontier, there has been much discussion of when pacing the frontier would be prudent, and whether it makes sense to prepare to do so.
Forms Upon the Frontier: Folk Life and Folk Arts in the United States (Monograph Series, Vol. XVI, No. 2, April 1969)
Good condition. (folklore, frontier life) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Rudy's Theory of Revolution
Eclecticisms Conversations Series: Episode 001 - Interview with Rudy Fraser of Blacksky
Too Much TV: Substack Is Going To Give Me A Stroke
And I take a look at the new Paramount, circa 2029.
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
Foundation and Empire tells the incredible story of a n…
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shoc…
Against the dark forest
The complex of ideas I’m going to call the Dark Internet Forest emerges from mostly insidery tech thinking, but from multiple directions.
Rudy's Theory of Revolution - Eclecticisms
Eclecticisms Conversations Series: Episode 001 - Interview with Rudy Fraser of Blacksky
fray — Bluesky thread factions
Ok I'm getting quite tired of artists having conservative reactionary takes to this news. In this QT thread I'm going to ask artists 6 questions to consider, which I'm very willing to hear them out on and will hopefully lead to an interesting discussion. Please do share your thoughts below 👇
borderless
lol spotify got scraped. 186 million songs about to hit torrents annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html
The Jagged AI Frontier
The nonintuitive strengths and weaknesses of AI performance relative to human performance, and how it is changing over time.
AI 2027
What will be left for us to work on?
OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
Taking more seriously the claim that recent ML models do not "reason", it still is quite odd the particular ways that superhuman game-playin…
General-purpose large language models outperform specialized clinical AI tools on medical benchmarks
StoryScope: Investigating idiosyncrasies in AI fiction
