Joanthan Mugan
@jonathanmugan.bsky.social
AI and machine learning. Principal scientist at DeUmbra and author of The Curiosity Cycle.
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Joanthan Mugan
@jonathanmugan.bsky.social
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LLMs Expand Computer Programs by Adding Judgment
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Even if large language models (LLMs) stopped improving today, they still have yet to make their real impact on computer systems. www.jonathanmugan.com/blog/LLMs_an...
Dreamed I was a sanitation worker in Hong Kong. Much more complex than I would have expected, with different trucks for different parts. I guess the night brain wants to prepare us for any eventuality.
September 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Dreamed I was a sanitation worker in Hong Kong. Much more complex than I would have expected, with different trucks for different parts. I guess the night brain wants to prepare us for any eventuality.
I wrote this blog post a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t like it, so I wrote it again. LLMs Enable Judgment: From Code to Consciousness www.jonathanmugan.com/blog/LLMs_an...
June 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I wrote this blog post a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t like it, so I wrote it again. LLMs Enable Judgment: From Code to Consciousness www.jonathanmugan.com/blog/LLMs_an...
Even if large language models (LLMs) stopped improving today, they still have yet to make their real impact on computer systems. www.jonathanmugan.com/blog/LLMs_an...
LLMs Expand Computer Programs by Adding Judgment
www.jonathanmugan.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Even if large language models (LLMs) stopped improving today, they still have yet to make their real impact on computer systems. www.jonathanmugan.com/blog/LLMs_an...
I added Service Model by @aptshadow.bsky.social to my list of favorite books. www.jonathanmugan.com/FavoriteBooks/
It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies.
It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies.
Favorite Books
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May 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I added Service Model by @aptshadow.bsky.social to my list of favorite books. www.jonathanmugan.com/FavoriteBooks/
It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies.
It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies.
The good news is that AI doesn’t want anything. We think they would take over because that is what we would do if we were them, but we were built using evolution, which rewards dominating others. They are designed, so they only want what we tell them to. I see them as glorified toasters.
April 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The good news is that AI doesn’t want anything. We think they would take over because that is what we would do if we were them, but we were built using evolution, which rewards dominating others. They are designed, so they only want what we tell them to. I see them as glorified toasters.
It's funny, extra-compiler semantics such as comments and good variable names used to only matter for humans and not for the computer, but now with LLMs we have computers reading the code, and they do matter for those computers.
March 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's funny, extra-compiler semantics such as comments and good variable names used to only matter for humans and not for the computer, but now with LLMs we have computers reading the code, and they do matter for those computers.
The cottage cheese that my wife brought home from the store says that it is "supernatural." I ate the whole thing. We'll see what happens.
March 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The cottage cheese that my wife brought home from the store says that it is "supernatural." I ate the whole thing. We'll see what happens.
Here’s some fun reading. A well-written AI-apocalypse short story www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFJ2LF...
How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years — LessWrong
I’m not a natural “doomsayer.” But unfortunately, part of my job as an AI safety researcher is to think about the more troubling scenarios. …
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February 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Here’s some fun reading. A well-written AI-apocalypse short story www.lesswrong.com/posts/KFJ2LF...
I feel simultaneously both over- and under-caffeinated.
February 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I feel simultaneously both over- and under-caffeinated.
The slides to my talk "What Superintelligence Will Look Like" at @datadaytexas.bsky.social are online.
www.jonathanmugan.com/WritingAndPr...
www.jonathanmugan.com/WritingAndPr...
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January 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The slides to my talk "What Superintelligence Will Look Like" at @datadaytexas.bsky.social are online.
www.jonathanmugan.com/WritingAndPr...
www.jonathanmugan.com/WritingAndPr...
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"free in-store pickup?" yeah. thats what store is.
June 29, 2024 at 1:36 AM
"free in-store pickup?" yeah. thats what store is.
I'm speaking Saturday at @datadaytexas.bsky.social about superintelligence. Besides talks, there's also all the coffee you can drink. I've tested it. It doesn't run out. www.linkedin.com/pulse/claude...
Claude interviews Jonathan Mugan
During one of our conversations, Claude asked me to share my thoughts on a particular topic. I replied that he would forget it at the end of the session, and I would save it for a day when, hopefully,...
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January 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm speaking Saturday at @datadaytexas.bsky.social about superintelligence. Besides talks, there's also all the coffee you can drink. I've tested it. It doesn't run out. www.linkedin.com/pulse/claude...
It's a myth that roosters wait until early morning to start crowing. They go all night. You would think that something so delicious would be more careful about giving away its position.
January 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's a myth that roosters wait until early morning to start crowing. They go all night. You would think that something so delicious would be more careful about giving away its position.
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Claude from @anthropic.com interviews @jonathanmugan.bsky.social for his upcoming @datadaytexas.bsky.social talk:
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January 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Claude from @anthropic.com interviews @jonathanmugan.bsky.social for his upcoming @datadaytexas.bsky.social talk:
www.linkedin.com/posts/lynnbe...
www.linkedin.com/posts/lynnbe...
Prepare for an unforgettable journey as Jonathan Mugan weaves a tapestry of delight and inspiration. Just kidding, I'm talking about more nerd stuff.
May talk: "What Superintelligence Will Look Like" at Data Day Texas on Saturday, January 25.
You can use the discount code JONATHAN to get 20% off.
May talk: "What Superintelligence Will Look Like" at Data Day Texas on Saturday, January 25.
You can use the discount code JONATHAN to get 20% off.
The Data Day Texas 2025 Sessions | Data Day Texas
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December 28, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Prepare for an unforgettable journey as Jonathan Mugan weaves a tapestry of delight and inspiration. Just kidding, I'm talking about more nerd stuff.
May talk: "What Superintelligence Will Look Like" at Data Day Texas on Saturday, January 25.
You can use the discount code JONATHAN to get 20% off.
May talk: "What Superintelligence Will Look Like" at Data Day Texas on Saturday, January 25.
You can use the discount code JONATHAN to get 20% off.
Reposted by Joanthan Mugan
The future of AI is models that generate graphical interfaces. Instead of the linear, low-bandwidth metaphor of conversation, models will represent themselves to us as computers: rich visuals, direct manipulation, and instant feedback.
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
Computing inside an AI | Will Whitney
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December 14, 2024 at 12:55 AM
The future of AI is models that generate graphical interfaces. Instead of the linear, low-bandwidth metaphor of conversation, models will represent themselves to us as computers: rich visuals, direct manipulation, and instant feedback.
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
willwhitney.com/computing-in...
Reposted by Joanthan Mugan
they should make eminem rap battle the guy who sings about the grinch
December 2, 2024 at 1:04 AM
they should make eminem rap battle the guy who sings about the grinch
If you are looking for a family holiday movie, let me recommend Klaus from a few years back (on Netflix). It's funny, and like dark chocolate, the bitterness makes the sweetness more satisfying.
November 28, 2024 at 5:18 PM
If you are looking for a family holiday movie, let me recommend Klaus from a few years back (on Netflix). It's funny, and like dark chocolate, the bitterness makes the sweetness more satisfying.
My next blog post as envisioned by ChatGPT
November 25, 2024 at 2:07 AM
My next blog post as envisioned by ChatGPT
Don't understand why everyone is always worried about the fertility rate. There are too many of us. Yeah, social security is a challenge, but less of one than tearing up the planet.
November 24, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Don't understand why everyone is always worried about the fertility rate. There are too many of us. Yeah, social security is a challenge, but less of one than tearing up the planet.
When you are upset, you can’t focus on creative work. But if you can somehow focus despite the negative arousal, maybe your brain can create new ideas that you wouldn’t normally have, because it is in a different “state.” Almost like temporarily being a different person.
November 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
When you are upset, you can’t focus on creative work. But if you can somehow focus despite the negative arousal, maybe your brain can create new ideas that you wouldn’t normally have, because it is in a different “state.” Almost like temporarily being a different person.
ChatGPT: "You're right. The approach outlined earlier doesn't differentiate between ..."
Me: "Child, I know I'm right."
Of course, if I knew everything I needed to know, I wouldn't be asking the great computer in the sky.
Me: "Child, I know I'm right."
Of course, if I knew everything I needed to know, I wouldn't be asking the great computer in the sky.
October 17, 2024 at 6:40 PM
ChatGPT: "You're right. The approach outlined earlier doesn't differentiate between ..."
Me: "Child, I know I'm right."
Of course, if I knew everything I needed to know, I wouldn't be asking the great computer in the sky.
Me: "Child, I know I'm right."
Of course, if I knew everything I needed to know, I wouldn't be asking the great computer in the sky.
If you contribute to one of those academic books where each chapter is a paper and the book costs $120, aren't you essentially just hiding your paper away from the world, like in a time capsule that will never be opened?
October 15, 2024 at 5:52 PM
If you contribute to one of those academic books where each chapter is a paper and the book costs $120, aren't you essentially just hiding your paper away from the world, like in a time capsule that will never be opened?
If you work in robotics and/or AI and you like funny, read Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies. It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock.
@aptshadow.bsky.social. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies. It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock.
October 14, 2024 at 4:40 PM
If you work in robotics and/or AI and you like funny, read Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
@aptshadow.bsky.social. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies. It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock.
@aptshadow.bsky.social. It also rings true for anyone who has dealt with large bureaucracies. It’s about robot goals and how interacting robots get into deadlock.
The internet often makes me sad, but every once in a while something comes along that makes it all worthwhile www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahq6...
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Rednecks (Official Music Video)
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September 8, 2024 at 1:05 AM
The internet often makes me sad, but every once in a while something comes along that makes it all worthwhile www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahq6...