Chris Goedde
@chrisgoedde.bsky.social
Husband, Professor, Tennis Player, Cook
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And what happened next?
Kyle Monangai has 112 yards rushing, D'Andre Swift has 107. First time the Bears have two backs with 100+ in the same game since Nov. 10, 1985 (Matt Suhey, Walter Payton). (h/t Bears PR)
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And what happened next?
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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The moms of Montgomery County don't like Bethany Mandel because she's a jerk to trans kids, and that tells a lot about America's political realignment.
The “Likable”/“Unlikable” Political Realignment
American conservatism is a home for unlikeable people who’ve turned their unlinkability into a political project.
www.aaronrosspowell.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The moms of Montgomery County don't like Bethany Mandel because she's a jerk to trans kids, and that tells a lot about America's political realignment.
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things that arent the future of civilization
- chatbots
- crypto
- robot butlers
- cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people
things that actually are the future of civilization
- free clean energy
- chatbots
- crypto
- robot butlers
- cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people
things that actually are the future of civilization
- free clean energy
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
things that arent the future of civilization
- chatbots
- crypto
- robot butlers
- cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people
things that actually are the future of civilization
- free clean energy
- chatbots
- crypto
- robot butlers
- cars that sorta drive autonomously as long as youre paying attention for when they fail and almost kill a bunch of people
things that actually are the future of civilization
- free clean energy
This was about 4 blocks from my house. So proud of my neighbors.
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This was about 4 blocks from my house. So proud of my neighbors.
I don’t think I’ve been to San Antonio, but I’ve been to all the others
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I don’t think I’ve been to San Antonio, but I’ve been to all the others
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This is going to be an interesting development in the next couple of years.
For reasons of marketing, practically everything that was called deep learning, machine learning, algorithmic, etc is now AI. Which, fine, marketing.
But there are meaningful differences between genAI and other stuff.
For reasons of marketing, practically everything that was called deep learning, machine learning, algorithmic, etc is now AI. Which, fine, marketing.
But there are meaningful differences between genAI and other stuff.
so I can explain this: it's not generative AI: it's usually deep learning models trained on meteorology tasks and it can be quite effective
I know It would only annoy me, but if you are using weather balloons for data, where does the AI come in?
Because it sounds like they’re just doing meteorology and complicating it with AI.
Because it sounds like they’re just doing meteorology and complicating it with AI.
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is going to be an interesting development in the next couple of years.
For reasons of marketing, practically everything that was called deep learning, machine learning, algorithmic, etc is now AI. Which, fine, marketing.
But there are meaningful differences between genAI and other stuff.
For reasons of marketing, practically everything that was called deep learning, machine learning, algorithmic, etc is now AI. Which, fine, marketing.
But there are meaningful differences between genAI and other stuff.
Devon
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Devon
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Evil isn't any less evil because it uses the debate arena to cause harm.
On professor watchlists, political violence, and taking liars seriously even though they are deeply unserious.
scienceforeveryone.science/debating-is-...
On professor watchlists, political violence, and taking liars seriously even though they are deeply unserious.
scienceforeveryone.science/debating-is-...
Debating is bad. Professor Watchlists are bad.
Disagreement and listening is good. Taking facts seriously is good.
scienceforeveryone.science
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Evil isn't any less evil because it uses the debate arena to cause harm.
On professor watchlists, political violence, and taking liars seriously even though they are deeply unserious.
scienceforeveryone.science/debating-is-...
On professor watchlists, political violence, and taking liars seriously even though they are deeply unserious.
scienceforeveryone.science/debating-is-...
WTF is happening to the internet? What am I looking at? How did this get generated, and why?
August 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
WTF is happening to the internet? What am I looking at? How did this get generated, and why?
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i'm doomed to write a version of this essay every single year. i wrote about Matthew Yglesias' intellectual sophistry, LPE, Uber's business model, the problem with venture capital, economic welfare, "economic analysis," and more. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ride-shari...
Ride-sharing apps are bad, actually
Or why Matthew Yglesias has no clue what he's talking about
thetechbubble.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
i'm doomed to write a version of this essay every single year. i wrote about Matthew Yglesias' intellectual sophistry, LPE, Uber's business model, the problem with venture capital, economic welfare, "economic analysis," and more. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/ride-shari...
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call me old fashioned, but I prefer to see humanity get its comeuppance from atomically-mutated animals rather than brain-rotting chatbots and drug-crazed billionaires whipping up algorithmic incel jihads
August 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
call me old fashioned, but I prefer to see humanity get its comeuppance from atomically-mutated animals rather than brain-rotting chatbots and drug-crazed billionaires whipping up algorithmic incel jihads
Why the fsck doesn’t “conda upgrade—all” update everything?
July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Why the fsck doesn’t “conda upgrade—all” update everything?
Write once, refactor forever
July 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Write once, refactor forever
What’s the carrying capacity of a conda environment? That is, how many packages (with dependencies) can you install on top of base before it breaks?
In my experience, 4.
In my experience, 4.
July 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What’s the carrying capacity of a conda environment? That is, how many packages (with dependencies) can you install on top of base before it breaks?
In my experience, 4.
In my experience, 4.
It’s noon on July 17 and I need a sweatshirt to sit outside.
July 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It’s noon on July 17 and I need a sweatshirt to sit outside.
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Marc Andreessen is a garden-variety racist crank.
He was in the right place/right time from 1993-1995, and has coasted upward ever since.
The fact that he has been taken seriously for so many years is solely attributable to Silicon Valley thinking that “rich” is the same thing as “smart.”
He was in the right place/right time from 1993-1995, and has coasted upward ever since.
The fact that he has been taken seriously for so many years is solely attributable to Silicon Valley thinking that “rich” is the same thing as “smart.”
"The investor described a 'counterattack' against universities in his messages and called for the National Science Foundation, a federal research funding agency, to receive 'the bureaucratic death penalty.'" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI
Tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen in a private group chat attacked colleges for promoting diversity, saying they had discriminated against “native born kids.”
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Marc Andreessen is a garden-variety racist crank.
He was in the right place/right time from 1993-1995, and has coasted upward ever since.
The fact that he has been taken seriously for so many years is solely attributable to Silicon Valley thinking that “rich” is the same thing as “smart.”
He was in the right place/right time from 1993-1995, and has coasted upward ever since.
The fact that he has been taken seriously for so many years is solely attributable to Silicon Valley thinking that “rich” is the same thing as “smart.”
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When I was driving along the Eastern Sierras I stopped at Manzanar to reflect and pay respects.
Manzanar is a National Historic Site administered by the Park Service. It was where the US imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII.
1/x
Manzanar is a National Historic Site administered by the Park Service. It was where the US imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII.
1/x
July 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
When I was driving along the Eastern Sierras I stopped at Manzanar to reflect and pay respects.
Manzanar is a National Historic Site administered by the Park Service. It was where the US imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII.
1/x
Manzanar is a National Historic Site administered by the Park Service. It was where the US imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII.
1/x
What’s the worst way to install/update python and why is it all of them?
June 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What’s the worst way to install/update python and why is it all of them?
From this morning in Evanston (not my sign, sadly)
June 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
From this morning in Evanston (not my sign, sadly)
I only skimmed it, but these arguments always strike me as
1. Assume I am right
2. QED
1. Assume I am right
2. QED
June 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I only skimmed it, but these arguments always strike me as
1. Assume I am right
2. QED
1. Assume I am right
2. QED
Five favorite black and white movies
All About Eve
The Hustler
From Here to Eternity
Sunset Boulevard
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
All About Eve
The Hustler
From Here to Eternity
Sunset Boulevard
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Five favorite black and white movies
It’s a Wonderful Life
Stalag 17
Schindler’s List
Casablanca
Dr. Strangelove
It’s a Wonderful Life
Stalag 17
Schindler’s List
Casablanca
Dr. Strangelove
Five favorite black and white movies
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
Hundreds of Beavers
Clerks
His Girl Friday
Dr. Strangelove
Duck Soup
Hundreds of Beavers
Clerks
His Girl Friday
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Five favorite black and white movies
All About Eve
The Hustler
From Here to Eternity
Sunset Boulevard
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
All About Eve
The Hustler
From Here to Eternity
Sunset Boulevard
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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In 2019 I was the first journalist to embed within OpenAI to profile them. Afterwards they refused to speak to me for 3 years. Here's the story of what happened, and Altman’s reaction, excerpted from my book EMPIRE OF AI about the company (out May 20). 1/
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
Inside the story that enraged OpenAI
In 2019, Karen Hao, a senior reporter with MIT Technology Review, pitched writing a story about a then little-known company, OpenAI. This is what happened next.
www.technologyreview.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In 2019 I was the first journalist to embed within OpenAI to profile them. Afterwards they refused to speak to me for 3 years. Here's the story of what happened, and Altman’s reaction, excerpted from my book EMPIRE OF AI about the company (out May 20). 1/
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/19/1...