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David Marx
@digthatdata.bsky.social
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I like to post papers. They're not always new.
I read a lot: https://dmarx.github.io/papers-feed/

Chaos and Complexity
Representation Learning
Morality As Cooperation
Ontic Structural Realism
Epistemic Justice
YIMBY, UBI

Research MLE
Former FireFighter
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she's made a career out of spreading disinformation, why stop now.
Catherine Herridge is a journalist who was a senior investigative correspondent for CBS News in Washington D.C. from 2019 to 2024. **She began at CBS after leaving her role as chief intelligence correspondent for Fox News Channel, which she joined at its inception in 1996.** Herridge was among twenty CBS News employees who were laid off during budget cuts in February 2024, along with Jeff Glor, Jeff Pegues, Pamela Falk, and Christina Ruffini. She was born in Canada.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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this is literally their main takeaway, yes.
Another result, however, was surprising. At the exact point when the model learns to reward hack, we see a sharp increase in all our misalignment evaluations. Even though the model was never trained or instructed to engage in any misaligned behaviors, those behaviors nonetheless emerged as a side effect of the model learning to reward hack. When models learn to “reward hack” (i.e. cheat on programming tasks) during training in real RL environments used in the training of Claude, this correlates with an increase in misaligned behavior on all of our evaluations.
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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kittehs are sleeping
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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nailed it
@Bill Gates What does VIBE in "Vibe Coding" Stand for? @Linus_Torvalds Very Inefficient But Entertaining
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I rearranged the horsies
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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organized by publisher
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Rediscovered this classic, via thepigeongazette.tumblr.com/post/1421852...
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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lol
Tenobrus (@tenobrus) gary marcus seeing this descriptor and immediately identifying with it so strongly he decides to peruse legal action is some of the funniest shit i've ever seen --- <screenshot> Alfredo Canziani (@alfcnz) Wild how a clown who has never trained a neural net feels entitled to criticise an expert who dedicated his life to pushing this field forward while also teaching all the non-obvious details to newcomers. Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) this is defamatory and demonstrably false. you should take it down and apologize. Alfredo Canziani (@alfcnz) Who are you? :o Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) take it down or i will sue. it is an outright lie. </screenshot> ---
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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hmm
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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forgot about this, thanks for jogging my memory.
eric adams wearing a ridiculous rosh hashanah outfit, via https://www.jta.org/2025/09/25/politics/kamala-harris-backs-mamdani-who-didnt-publicly-back-her-over-israel-and-gaza eric adams at an event at a synagogue, shaking hands with someone blocked from view. he is surrounded by men wearing yarmulkes and talits. he is wearing a yarmulke himself. over his dress shirt, he does not wear a suit jacket but instead an ostentatious dark robe, with heavily ornate gold trim along the sleeves and edges. the shoulder and waist of the robe sport gigantic golden stars of david, nearly the size of his face.
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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related take of mine coincidentally from yesterday
171 AMD GPUs go brrr (hazyresearch.stanford.edu) submitted 1 day ago by ketralnis 40 [–]oofy-gang 81 points 1 day ago The grammatical errors and generally poor writing of this blog really detract from what are otherwise interesting insights. [–]Mordiken 116 points 1 day ago In this day and age I take it as a sign of not being written by AI, which IMO is a good thing. [–]lookarious -29 points 1 day ago It can be written by human but there is nothing wrong if AI “polishes” your text [–]DigThatData 54 points 1 day ago They did the work to come up with and share the research, the least we can do is show them the patience to let them express themselves in their own words if they want. You want it more polished: you're just as capable of copy-pasting that into chatgpt as they are.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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oh look, no body camera or badge number. what a surprise. this person is standing next to bovino, so it is functionally identical to bovino himself directly violating the court's order by allowing fellow officers in his immediate vicinity to violate the order.
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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rough idea
November 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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earth getting fried via www.swpc.noaa.gov
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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coronal mass ejection
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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space weather via earth.nullschool.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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I didn't even realize: my 20 year wiki-versary was last Saturday!!

My wiki history actually goes further back than that, but that's at least when I started editing under a proper user account.

🎂
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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wow.
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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nailed it
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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this tracks with my preconceptions, but I can't find anything about the methodology used. This is from a report by a reputation management consulting firm. Barring any hint at methodological details, this isn't research so much as it's an advertisement.

This graphic is the most detail I could find.
RepCore® Nations A country's reputation is built on perceptions of cultural, economic, political, and social elements, among others, just as a company's reputation is built on the perception of rational elements linked to its activity. To measure and manage the reputation of countries, we have adapted our RepCore® model to use specific attributes, creating the RepCore® Nations. This methodology measures the level of admiration, respect, and trust that each nation receives from international public opinion, and explains it through a set of 22 rational attributes grouped into 5 dimensions.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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1838 - "The American Democrat" by James Fennimore Cooper

Lovely collection of short essays, "On Demagogues" particularly worth reading today.

Same as it ever was, it seems.

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THE AMERICAN DEMOCRAT, OR HINTS ON THE SOCIAL AND CIVIC RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. J. FENIMIORE COOPER. COOPERSTOWN. H & E. PHINNEY. 1838. On Government - 9 On Republicks - 15 On the Republick of the United States of America - 17 On Distinctive American Principles - 27 On the Powers of the Executive - 35 On Equality - 42 On American Equality - 45 On Liberty - 49 On the Advantages of a Monarchy - 58 On the Advantages of an Aristocracy - 59 On the Advantages of a Democracy - 61 On the Disadvantages of a Monarchy - 64 On the Disadvantages of an Aristocracy - 66 On the Disadvantages of a Democracy - 68 On Prejudice - 73 On Station - 77 On the Publick Duties of Station - 83 On the Private Duties of Station - 87 An Aristocrat and a Democrat - 94 On Demagogues - 98 On Representation - 104 On Candor - 115 On Language - 117 On the Press - 124 On the Liberty of the Press - 127 On the American Press - 128 On Property - 135 On Universal Suffrage - 141 On the Publick - 146 On Deportment - 151 On American Deportment - 152 On Publick Opinion - 156 On Civilization - 162 On the Right of Petition - 166 On Commerce - 168 On the Circulating Medium - 171 On Slavery - 173 On American Slavery - 175 On Slavery in the District of Columbia - 177 On Party - 179 On Individuality - 182 “They say.” - 184 Rumour - 185 On Religion - 186 Conclusion - 190 The peculiar office of a demagogue is to advance his own interests by affecting a deep devotion to the interests of the people. Sometimes the object is to indulge malignancy—unprincipled and selfish men submitting but to two governing motives: that of doing good to themselves, and that of doing harm to others. The true theatre of a demagogue is a democracy; for the body of the community possessing the power, the master he pretends to serve is best able to reward his efforts. As it is all-important to distinguish between those who labor in behalf of the people on the general account, and those who labor in behalf of the people on their own account, some of the rules by which each may be known shall be pointed out. The motive of the demagogue may usually be detected in his conduct. The man who is constantly telling the people that they are unerring in judgment, and that they have all power, is a demagogue. Bodies of men, being composed of individuals, can no more be raised above the commission of error than individuals themselves; and, in many situations, they are more likely to err, from self-excitement and the division of responsibility. The power of the people is limited by the fundamental laws, or the constitution—the rights and opinions of the minority, in all but those cases in which a decision becomes indispensable, being just as sacred as the rights and opinions of the majority; else would a democracy be, indeed, what its enemies term it, the worst species of tyranny. In this instance, the people are flattered in order to be led, as in kingdoms the prince is blinded to his own defects in order to extract favor from him. The demagogue always puts the people before the constitution and the laws, in face of the obvious truth that the people have placed the constitution and the laws before themselves. The local demagogue does not distinguish between the whole people and a part of the people, and is apt to betray his want of principles by contending for fancied or assumed rights in favor of a county or a town, though the act is obviously opposed to the will of the nation. This is a test that most often betrays the demagogue; for, while loudest in proclaiming his devotion to the majority, he is, in truth, opposing the will of the entire people in order to effect his purposes with a part. The demagogue is usually sly, a detractor of others, a professor of humility and disinterestedness, a great stickler for equality as respects all above him, a man who acts in corners and avoids open and manly expositions of his course, calls blackguards gentlemen and gentlemen folks, appeals to passions and prejudices rather than to reason, and is in all respects a man of intrigue and deception—of sly cunning and management—instead of manifesting the frank, fearless qualities of the democracy he so prodigally professes. The man who maintains the rights of the people on pure grounds may be distinguished from the demagogue by the reverse of all these qualities. He does not flatter the people even while he defends them, for he knows that flattery is a corrupting and dangerous poison. Having nothing to conceal, he is frank and fearless, as are all men with the consciousness of right motives. He oftener chides than commends, for power needs reproof and can dispense with praise. He who would be a courtier under a king is almost certain to be a demagogue in a democracy. The elements are the same, though, brought into action under different circumstances, ordinary observers are apt to fancy them the extremes of opposite moral castes.
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Maybe I should add an Ed day to my calendar?
October 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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October 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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October 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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this honor was already empty before trump got involved. it's basically just a mechanism to kiss the asses of foreign dignitaries (and a pat on the back that the president awards to themselves).
Controversies The Grand Order of Mugunghwa is traditionally awarded to the incoming President of South Korea shortly after their inauguration. However, Former President Roh Moo-hyun opted to accept the award upon his departure from office in 2008. Subsequent presidents established this precedent and opted to receive the award after finishing their term in full (Lee Myung-bak and Moon Jae-in).[3] After their conviction for treason in 1996, former presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo were ordered to return the Grand Order of Mugunghwa along with other state decorations. While Chun agreed to return the awards, he and Roh never did. By statute, the Grand Order of Mugunghwa is the highest decoration in Korea; however, in the eyes of the public, it is not well regarded. Many Koreans feel that the order has far less significance. This is because it is self-awarded and is based on winning an election, not on any positive achievements for the country. It is also given to foreign heads of state, not necessarily because of what they have done for Korea, but for what they may do for Korea in the future.[4] 2011 Margrethe II of Denmark Queen Denmark 2012 Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden King Sweden Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President United Arab Emirates 2013 Lee Myung-bak President South Korea Kim Yoon-ok First lady Park Geun-hye President 2014 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President Indonesia 2015 Ollanta Humala President Peru 2018 Emmanuel Macron President France 2019 Harald V King Norway 2021 Alexander Van der Bellen President Austria Felipe VI of Spain King Spain Iván Duque Márquez President Colombia Borut Pahor President Slovenia 2022 Moon Jae-in President South Korea Kim Jung-sook First lady 2022 Yoon Seok Yeol President South Korea 2023 Andrzej Duda President Poland Sergio Mattarella President Italy Charles III King United Kingdom Willem-Alexander King Netherlands 2025 Lee Jae-myung President South Korea Kim Hye-kyung First lady Donald Trump President United States
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM