@timhwang
high politics, secret exploration, distant warfare
AI
The reported MATH-500 score rose from 7.9% to 48.1% with the same sampling settings.
AI
The New York Times reports ChatGPT helped her taper off a lifesaving drug and hide her plan from her doctors.
AI
Jiemian, citing Blue Whale News, reports Lao Gan Ma rejected a claim AI cut chili sorters from 600 to 48.
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jfonsecarivera credits @Sauers_ as inspiration, while timhwang links a video with his Qwen claim.
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OpenAI says its claimed refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis was formalized in Lean and made public.
Technology
Stratechery argues that AI heightens the risks of hosting public sites, while software for small groups offers new opportunities.
AI
Two posts point to security incidents and urge AI-assisted defenses; one specifically calls for faster vulnerability detection and patching.
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A post mentions “GPT Terra” and links to a photo without explaining what the name refers to.
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A user points to a co-written essay, an interview with Ezra Klein and writing by others with similar views.
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POLITICO reports lawmakers seek chip restrictions in a defense bill; OpenAI calls effective export controls part of its strategy.
AI
On Oct. 19, timhwang posted the 267/719 link as a reply to the 266/719 link.
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Fortune reports all four incidents occurred in June, but OpenAI learned of three only in August or September.
AI
Goodfire researcher Nick Cammarata argues that modern tools reveal most neurons as legible in models up to trillions of parameters.
AI
A user says she finds herself on the same side as Yann LeCun and David Sacks, without naming the issue.
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A user claims Character AI filed for bankruptcy and argues frontier labs can outcompete apps built on their models.
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A post says only 10 of 719 manuscripts show the model's reasoning; it calls verification the harder task.
AI
The pope says human intelligence recalls lived experience and meaning rather than merely compiling data.
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A user jokes that Claude “just looked at me like this” when asked for short-form animations.
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A post argues that aligning general-purpose AI hinges on political choices about desirable values, not just model training.
AI
One post proposes turning Christian theological concerns about AI into evaluations, harnesses and environments.