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Andrew C 💯
@arc315.bsky.social
· Jul 19
I'm not a business, man, but I'm pretty good company.
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if you define programming as "developing a theory of the system and how it relates to the external world" then it's immediately obvious these tools are harmful, and equally obvious that they are not "good at coding"
"Programming as Theory Building", P. Naur (1984/85)
"Programming as Theory Building", P. Naur (1984/85) - naur-1985.md
gist.github.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:13 AM
if you define programming as "developing a theory of the system and how it relates to the external world" then it's immediately obvious these tools are harmful, and equally obvious that they are not "good at coding"
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at what point do you start tracing back the prompt logs to identify the human in the chain and start charging them with crimes like oh idk making knowingly false police reports
"Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department."
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
at what point do you start tracing back the prompt logs to identify the human in the chain and start charging them with crimes like oh idk making knowingly false police reports
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One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.
October 9, 2026 at 7:40 PM
One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.
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It's important to remember that the AI doom scenario assumes not only that intelligence is a single well-defined thing, but also that intelligence solves literally every single problem, and that in every conflict overwhelming intelligence always wins. This is just not how anything works.
October 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It's important to remember that the AI doom scenario assumes not only that intelligence is a single well-defined thing, but also that intelligence solves literally every single problem, and that in every conflict overwhelming intelligence always wins. This is just not how anything works.
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For sheer nerve you'll never match somebody who is angry at you because they pushed you under the bus and you grabbed their arm and took them with you
October 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM
For sheer nerve you'll never match somebody who is angry at you because they pushed you under the bus and you grabbed their arm and took them with you
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They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
October 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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a livestreamed execution is just a lynching
The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan
Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.”
apnews.com
October 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
a livestreamed execution is just a lynching
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Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
October 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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"bribes are only illegal if you call them bribes and make it super explicit that you're doing bribery and even then eh have you considered letting it slide" (McDonnell v. US) was a unanimous holding joined by Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Breyer btw
it is lowkey a top 5 worst SCOTUS case of all time. all the justices who signed on should be in jail for it.
October 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"bribes are only illegal if you call them bribes and make it super explicit that you're doing bribery and even then eh have you considered letting it slide" (McDonnell v. US) was a unanimous holding joined by Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor, and Breyer btw
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"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!"
Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
October 6, 2026 at 7:36 AM
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!"
Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
You know the war’s going amazing when the president casually suggests sacrificing the second biggest city in the country.
October 6, 2026 at 10:52 AM
You know the war’s going amazing when the president casually suggests sacrificing the second biggest city in the country.
If your anti-fascism compels you not to vote for express fascism OR fascism that's a little slower and a little more remote, well, that's anti-fascism alright.
Maybe next time Dems can offer a better alternative than supporting "genocide and fascism so long as it's happening over there".
Maybe next time Dems can offer a better alternative than supporting "genocide and fascism so long as it's happening over there".
October 6, 2026 at 4:35 AM
If your anti-fascism compels you not to vote for express fascism OR fascism that's a little slower and a little more remote, well, that's anti-fascism alright.
Maybe next time Dems can offer a better alternative than supporting "genocide and fascism so long as it's happening over there".
Maybe next time Dems can offer a better alternative than supporting "genocide and fascism so long as it's happening over there".
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Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
www.ms.now
October 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth.
Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Once again, they are conflating the usefulness of machine learning (in, say, medical research) with the LLMs and chatbots they call "AI" and plan to get super-rich from. They are not one in the same. *We* don't need OpenAI (or any of them) for anything good.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Once again, they are conflating the usefulness of machine learning (in, say, medical research) with the LLMs and chatbots they call "AI" and plan to get super-rich from. They are not one in the same. *We* don't need OpenAI (or any of them) for anything good.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god.
Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
October 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god.
Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself.
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new wolfenstein looks like shit
October 4, 2026 at 11:17 AM
new wolfenstein looks like shit
Leave aside the "facts" part for now.
I think this badly misunderstands what *values* are and why they're worth fighting for.
I think this badly misunderstands what *values* are and why they're worth fighting for.
The best cure for ideological bias is find someone on the other side and go to lunch with them.
Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right
Sometimes we disagree about facts. Sometimes we disagree about values. Figuring out which is which is fun part. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/my-libertarian-friends-were-right
October 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Leave aside the "facts" part for now.
I think this badly misunderstands what *values* are and why they're worth fighting for.
I think this badly misunderstands what *values* are and why they're worth fighting for.
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Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...
Cornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for Campus
Michael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Cornell’s new era of transparency should begin with this guy admitting he hit Gaza protestors with his car on purpose and then lied about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/n...
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One hell of a Senate polling drop from NYT/Siena this morning (gift link)
#TXSen Talarico up 51-45
#AKSen Peltola up 50-43
#OHSen Brown up 49-46
#KSSen Hamilton tied 45-45
#IASen Turek down 47-48
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
#TXSen Talarico up 51-45
#AKSen Peltola up 50-43
#OHSen Brown up 49-46
#KSSen Hamilton tied 45-45
#IASen Turek down 47-48
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find (Gift Article)
Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found.
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
October 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.
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This is my whole work and my research area. I have written multiple papers, documents, op-eds and all sorts of things discussing the history of the existential risk narrative, the eugenics connections, and why it's dangerous. Just because Hinton said the messiah is coming doesn't make it true.
October 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
This is my whole work and my research area. I have written multiple papers, documents, op-eds and all sorts of things discussing the history of the existential risk narrative, the eugenics connections, and why it's dangerous. Just because Hinton said the messiah is coming doesn't make it true.
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AI safety expert Timnit Gebru says tech leaders are promoting greatly exaggerated claims about "superintelligence" and "existential risk" as a way to distract from the real threat — their own unregulated companies.
The Real Existential Risk Is AI CEOs Avoiding Oversight: “Alternative Nobel” Winner Timnit Gebru
We speak to the prominent AI researcher and leading critic of the AI industry, Timnit Gebru, who was recently awarded a 2026 Right Livelihood Award for her work investigating the harms and hype behind...
www.democracynow.org
October 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
AI safety expert Timnit Gebru says tech leaders are promoting greatly exaggerated claims about "superintelligence" and "existential risk" as a way to distract from the real threat — their own unregulated companies.
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ICE must be defunded and destroyed in its entirety and every person who enabled and worked for it must be stripped of all honor and government employment forever. Their names should be added to registries and people should be notified if they're moving into their neighborhoods. They're dangerous.
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time.
ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused.
What happened next is horrific.
No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused.
What happened next is horrific.
No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
October 2, 2026 at 1:42 AM
ICE must be defunded and destroyed in its entirety and every person who enabled and worked for it must be stripped of all honor and government employment forever. Their names should be added to registries and people should be notified if they're moving into their neighborhoods. They're dangerous.