cassandroid אַנטיפֿאַ
@cassandroid.substack.com
Diversity: bio-, language, everything. Keeper of the Seeds. Fighting fascists since kindergarten.
#AbolishBillionaires #FixTheGlitch
portioid @ iNaturalist . developing #DuoNat, the biodiversity explorer.
#AbolishBillionaires #FixTheGlitch
portioid @ iNaturalist . developing #DuoNat, the biodiversity explorer.
Pinned
I quit my day job and travel the world, doing nature photography and developing the #DuoNat app.
Bearing witness to Earth's beauty.
Showing people what is.
So we don't have to show the future what was.
Follow me on an amazing journey into #biodiversity.
DuoNat account: @duonat.bsky.social
Bearing witness to Earth's beauty.
Showing people what is.
So we don't have to show the future what was.
Follow me on an amazing journey into #biodiversity.
DuoNat account: @duonat.bsky.social
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I am wheezing I laughed so much 😂🤣😂
September 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I am wheezing I laughed so much 😂🤣😂
The situation is more complex.
More relevant than the "open source" are the "open weights", which I assume you refer to.
#AI
More relevant than the "open source" are the "open weights", which I assume you refer to.
#AI
China’s AI is:
Far cheaper to use
Open source, so you can find agendas.
Western AI is closed source SPECIFICALLY so that you can’t see the agenda behind it.
AI bros are acting nice, cuz they’re about to demand bailouts.
Far cheaper to use
Open source, so you can find agendas.
Western AI is closed source SPECIFICALLY so that you can’t see the agenda behind it.
AI bros are acting nice, cuz they’re about to demand bailouts.
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
September 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The situation is more complex.
More relevant than the "open source" are the "open weights", which I assume you refer to.
#AI
More relevant than the "open source" are the "open weights", which I assume you refer to.
#AI
I 100% agree that TESCREAL cultists are crazy.
However, recursive self-improvement *is* on the horizon. Human exceptionalism is a mind trap.
Update your mental model. Let's fight those bastards without denying reality. Without political intervention, ASI is on the horizon, and it's dangerous.
However, recursive self-improvement *is* on the horizon. Human exceptionalism is a mind trap.
Update your mental model. Let's fight those bastards without denying reality. Without political intervention, ASI is on the horizon, and it's dangerous.
So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...
What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?
www.techpolicy.press
September 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I 100% agree that TESCREAL cultists are crazy.
However, recursive self-improvement *is* on the horizon. Human exceptionalism is a mind trap.
Update your mental model. Let's fight those bastards without denying reality. Without political intervention, ASI is on the horizon, and it's dangerous.
However, recursive self-improvement *is* on the horizon. Human exceptionalism is a mind trap.
Update your mental model. Let's fight those bastards without denying reality. Without political intervention, ASI is on the horizon, and it's dangerous.
You don't need to fix #Anthropic.
You need to fix an economic system that only allows billionaires to shape our future.
We create all the wealth.
It's not Anthropic's fault we hand it over to fascists, which they then need to beg for money and use it to make them even richer.
#ai #capitalism
You need to fix an economic system that only allows billionaires to shape our future.
We create all the wealth.
It's not Anthropic's fault we hand it over to fascists, which they then need to beg for money and use it to make them even richer.
#ai #capitalism
September 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM
You don't need to fix #Anthropic.
You need to fix an economic system that only allows billionaires to shape our future.
We create all the wealth.
It's not Anthropic's fault we hand it over to fascists, which they then need to beg for money and use it to make them even richer.
#ai #capitalism
You need to fix an economic system that only allows billionaires to shape our future.
We create all the wealth.
It's not Anthropic's fault we hand it over to fascists, which they then need to beg for money and use it to make them even richer.
#ai #capitalism
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I didn’t know Australia has the heaviest moth in the world. It’s called the Giant Wood Moth. They live in eucalyptus trees. They even live in my state, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.
September 18, 2026 at 6:13 AM
I didn’t know Australia has the heaviest moth in the world. It’s called the Giant Wood Moth. They live in eucalyptus trees. They even live in my state, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one.
Currently playing around with finding analogies via LLM.
spoon + brick
- both are quantization units: a spoon makes continuous eating discrete • a brick makes continues mass discrete
- both are dimensioned so they can be handled with one hand
I like it. Not sure how to gamify it.
spoon + brick
- both are quantization units: a spoon makes continuous eating discrete • a brick makes continues mass discrete
- both are dimensioned so they can be handled with one hand
I like it. Not sure how to gamify it.
September 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Currently playing around with finding analogies via LLM.
spoon + brick
- both are quantization units: a spoon makes continuous eating discrete • a brick makes continues mass discrete
- both are dimensioned so they can be handled with one hand
I like it. Not sure how to gamify it.
spoon + brick
- both are quantization units: a spoon makes continuous eating discrete • a brick makes continues mass discrete
- both are dimensioned so they can be handled with one hand
I like it. Not sure how to gamify it.
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⚠️ Three white hats hacked OpenAI.
They used Anthropic’s Claude, and it took them less than 72 hours.
They successfully accessed the OpenAI’s internal monorepo (code repository).
OpenAI only awarded them $6,500 for revealing the vulnerability.
They used Anthropic’s Claude, and it took them less than 72 hours.
They successfully accessed the OpenAI’s internal monorepo (code repository).
OpenAI only awarded them $6,500 for revealing the vulnerability.
Hacking OpenAI
A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repositories
www.hacktron.ai
September 18, 2026 at 5:09 AM
⚠️ Three white hats hacked OpenAI.
They used Anthropic’s Claude, and it took them less than 72 hours.
They successfully accessed the OpenAI’s internal monorepo (code repository).
OpenAI only awarded them $6,500 for revealing the vulnerability.
They used Anthropic’s Claude, and it took them less than 72 hours.
They successfully accessed the OpenAI’s internal monorepo (code repository).
OpenAI only awarded them $6,500 for revealing the vulnerability.
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J. D. Vance wants to send cash to married moms—but the specifics of his proposal could produce cruel results, @annielowrey.bsky.social argues.
A Plan to Pay Married Mothers Not to Work
And make single moms pay for it.
bit.ly
September 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
J. D. Vance wants to send cash to married moms—but the specifics of his proposal could produce cruel results, @annielowrey.bsky.social argues.
Hey #AI crowd. I do #biodiversity work; here's what an evolutionary biologist sees in multi-agent AI.
We just passed the most pivotal moment since life began on Earth.
Almost nobody noticed.
#ai #agi #asi #evolution #gametheory
Almost nobody noticed.
#ai #agi #asi #evolution #gametheory
September 18, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Hey #AI crowd. I do #biodiversity work; here's what an evolutionary biologist sees in multi-agent AI.
If you read 'anti-semitic' as 'anti-semantic,' you the the of whenever with.
September 18, 2026 at 4:48 AM
If you read 'anti-semitic' as 'anti-semantic,' you the the of whenever with.
HOW IS DEEPSEEK SO FAST
September 18, 2026 at 4:43 AM
HOW IS DEEPSEEK SO FAST
I'd feel safer with Altman's brain.
In a jar in my basement. Where it can't hurt anyone.
In a jar in my basement. Where it can't hurt anyone.
September 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I'd feel safer with Altman's brain.
In a jar in my basement. Where it can't hurt anyone.
In a jar in my basement. Where it can't hurt anyone.
Public announcement:
Kneejerk cynicism is NOT a hot take. It does not make you appear as a smart and sceptical person. It's just lazy.
Do your homework. Question your assumptions. Try to understand the actual situation. Accept when you don't understand.
Kneejerk cynicism is NOT a hot take. It does not make you appear as a smart and sceptical person. It's just lazy.
Do your homework. Question your assumptions. Try to understand the actual situation. Accept when you don't understand.
September 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Public announcement:
Kneejerk cynicism is NOT a hot take. It does not make you appear as a smart and sceptical person. It's just lazy.
Do your homework. Question your assumptions. Try to understand the actual situation. Accept when you don't understand.
Kneejerk cynicism is NOT a hot take. It does not make you appear as a smart and sceptical person. It's just lazy.
Do your homework. Question your assumptions. Try to understand the actual situation. Accept when you don't understand.
Any ideas why this #DeepSeek engineer singles out #Anthropic over altmanAI as the biggest danger?
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zk0KxuLzhm...
My guess would be that it's just because they think Anthropic will likely win this race, not their competitor?
#ai
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zk0KxuLzhm...
My guess would be that it's just because they think Anthropic will likely win this race, not their competitor?
#ai
我不得不把才华埋葬在昨天
前几天，DeepSeek v4.1 发布了，将小模型能力的高度又向上推进了一个档次。AI 发展的速度远远超过了所有人的预期。
mp.weixin.qq.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Any ideas why this #DeepSeek engineer singles out #Anthropic over altmanAI as the biggest danger?
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zk0KxuLzhm...
My guess would be that it's just because they think Anthropic will likely win this race, not their competitor?
#ai
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/zk0KxuLzhm...
My guess would be that it's just because they think Anthropic will likely win this race, not their competitor?
#ai
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Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for recess ahead of November’s midterm elections. The move effectively shields Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from a scheduled impeachment vote brought by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) over the Iran war.
Mike Johnson can't protect Pete Hegseth forever
The secretary of testosterone is hiding from his own party.
www.motherjones.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for recess ahead of November’s midterm elections. The move effectively shields Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth from a scheduled impeachment vote brought by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) over the Iran war.
Suleyman is an obnoxious prick with a history of bullying, and while highly intelligent, has no idea what he's talking about here. he's just asserting. nobody even knows what consciousness is, or how it emerges.
the only valid answer is "we don't know", which is also Anthropic's stance.
the only valid answer is "we don't know", which is also Anthropic's stance.
So #AI developers are now fighting like rats in a sack over which is the most dangerous 🤷
R5 Live covering proliferation of #DataCentres in Scotland - because land is cheaper + climate cooler. Don't forget that massive 'bonus' of construction jobs (one off, minimal for big sheds)
#BoycottAI
R5 Live covering proliferation of #DataCentres in Scotland - because land is cheaper + climate cooler. Don't forget that massive 'bonus' of construction jobs (one off, minimal for big sheds)
#BoycottAI
Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity
Mustafa Suleyman says he believes the AI giant is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious".
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Suleyman is an obnoxious prick with a history of bullying, and while highly intelligent, has no idea what he's talking about here. he's just asserting. nobody even knows what consciousness is, or how it emerges.
the only valid answer is "we don't know", which is also Anthropic's stance.
the only valid answer is "we don't know", which is also Anthropic's stance.
Sad bullshit reporting from BBC.
NOTHING about the people behind him that influence his decisions. That baboon does not understand any of it. He repeats what the last person in the room told him.
Thiel. Sacks. Vance. Say their names.
#ai
NOTHING about the people behind him that influence his decisions. That baboon does not understand any of it. He repeats what the last person in the room told him.
Thiel. Sacks. Vance. Say their names.
#ai
Watch: Why is Donald Trump so opposed to regulating AI?
The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith looks at why the US president is contradicting AI leaders, who are calling for the technology's development to be slowed down.
www.bbc.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Sad bullshit reporting from BBC.
NOTHING about the people behind him that influence his decisions. That baboon does not understand any of it. He repeats what the last person in the room told him.
Thiel. Sacks. Vance. Say their names.
#ai
NOTHING about the people behind him that influence his decisions. That baboon does not understand any of it. He repeats what the last person in the room told him.
Thiel. Sacks. Vance. Say their names.
#ai
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It's hard to pull the plug on rogue AI agents that are able to replicate themselves all over the Internet...
Trump is the last person who should be in charge of AI policy or anything else for that matter.
Trump is the last person who should be in charge of AI policy or anything else for that matter.
Video of Donald Trump talking about artificial intelligence in a way that suggests he may not actually know what he's talking about...
youtube.com/shorts/Y_xqk...
youtube.com/shorts/Y_xqk...
Psaki: Trump does not sound like he knows what A.I. is
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtube.com
September 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM
It's hard to pull the plug on rogue AI agents that are able to replicate themselves all over the Internet...
Trump is the last person who should be in charge of AI policy or anything else for that matter.
Trump is the last person who should be in charge of AI policy or anything else for that matter.
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🍃 A taxonomic revision of the lichen genus Bunodophoron in New Caledonia has identified four species living in the region's montane rainforests, two of which are new to science: B. flagellare and B. imbricatum.
Access the full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.197771
Access the full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.197771
September 16, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🍃 A taxonomic revision of the lichen genus Bunodophoron in New Caledonia has identified four species living in the region's montane rainforests, two of which are new to science: B. flagellare and B. imbricatum.
Access the full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.197771
Access the full study: doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.140.197771
Some context on why idiot trump is pushing for #AI acceleration and deregulation.
Peter Thiel + David Sacks are old buddies and want to destroy the government to become kings.
Vance is their pet (they invested millions in his campaigns).
Peter Thiel + David Sacks are old buddies and want to destroy the government to become kings.
Vance is their pet (they invested millions in his campaigns).
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Some context on why idiot trump is pushing for #AI acceleration and deregulation.
Peter Thiel + David Sacks are old buddies and want to destroy the government to become kings.
Vance is their pet (they invested millions in his campaigns).
Peter Thiel + David Sacks are old buddies and want to destroy the government to become kings.
Vance is their pet (they invested millions in his campaigns).
We just passed the most pivotal moment since life began on Earth.
Almost nobody noticed.
#ai #agi #asi #evolution #gametheory
Almost nobody noticed.
#ai #agi #asi #evolution #gametheory
September 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
We just passed the most pivotal moment since life began on Earth.
Almost nobody noticed.
#ai #agi #asi #evolution #gametheory
Almost nobody noticed.
#ai #agi #asi #evolution #gametheory
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'The Sonderstab Ukraine is the engine behind Germany’s €11.5bn-a-year military support for Kyiv. Unlike the sprawling bureaucracy behind procurement for Germany's armed forces, the unit prides itself on striking deals to buy weapons for Ukraine in as little as two weeks.'
www.ft.com/content/aa94...
www.ft.com/content/aa94...
The secretive German ‘guerrilla unit’ buying up arms for Ukraine
Small defence ministry team in Berlin strikes weapons deals in as little as two weeks
www.ft.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:40 AM
'The Sonderstab Ukraine is the engine behind Germany’s €11.5bn-a-year military support for Kyiv. Unlike the sprawling bureaucracy behind procurement for Germany's armed forces, the unit prides itself on striking deals to buy weapons for Ukraine in as little as two weeks.'
www.ft.com/content/aa94...
www.ft.com/content/aa94...
everyone saw how trump let US governors death match each other for supplies during COVID
now he's in a pivotal global position regarding #AI takeover
when national and international cooperation and collaboration might decide our fate
what could go wrong
now he's in a pivotal global position regarding #AI takeover
when national and international cooperation and collaboration might decide our fate
what could go wrong
September 15, 2026 at 3:16 AM
everyone saw how trump let US governors death match each other for supplies during COVID
now he's in a pivotal global position regarding #AI takeover
when national and international cooperation and collaboration might decide our fate
what could go wrong
now he's in a pivotal global position regarding #AI takeover
when national and international cooperation and collaboration might decide our fate
what could go wrong
BREAKING NEWS
COMPANY TELLING YOU THEY READ YOUR CHATS READS YOUR CHATS
altmanAI is a danger to the world and should be destroyed.
but this is garbage reporting.
COMPANY TELLING YOU THEY READ YOUR CHATS READS YOUR CHATS
altmanAI is a danger to the world and should be destroyed.
but this is garbage reporting.
September 15, 2026 at 2:37 AM
BREAKING NEWS
COMPANY TELLING YOU THEY READ YOUR CHATS READS YOUR CHATS
altmanAI is a danger to the world and should be destroyed.
but this is garbage reporting.
COMPANY TELLING YOU THEY READ YOUR CHATS READS YOUR CHATS
altmanAI is a danger to the world and should be destroyed.
but this is garbage reporting.