@jslaker.bsky.social
It's very funny seeing this thread break containment and a lot of the replies basically screaming "E.G.,"
There is a class of AI critics on this website, typically academics, that speak about the tools like it is early 2024.
I'm not asking you to start liking AI. But you sound ridiculous because you're describing things that no one experiences anymore. Get updated.
I'm not asking you to start liking AI. But you sound ridiculous because you're describing things that no one experiences anymore. Get updated.
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It's very funny seeing this thread break containment and a lot of the replies basically screaming "E.G.,"
Even setting aside the morality and legality of it all, the 47 days of training is showing and it's eventually going to lead to a mass casualty event for their agents if they keep repeating these tactics.
This is about as dangerous as you could make this situation for yourself.
This is about as dangerous as you could make this situation for yourself.
This is today in Minnesota. A swarm of ICE thugs bashed in the door with guns aimed. Everyone has to watch and share. This is now Sunday in America.
January 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Even setting aside the morality and legality of it all, the 47 days of training is showing and it's eventually going to lead to a mass casualty event for their agents if they keep repeating these tactics.
This is about as dangerous as you could make this situation for yourself.
This is about as dangerous as you could make this situation for yourself.
An aspect of working with LLMs I don't see mentioned often: one way my ADHD tends to manifest is crippling analysis paralysis.
Week-months+ not starting something because I'm busy over researching the "right" way to do it.
Design/critique workflows get me over that initial just-start hump.
Week-months+ not starting something because I'm busy over researching the "right" way to do it.
Design/critique workflows get me over that initial just-start hump.
January 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
An aspect of working with LLMs I don't see mentioned often: one way my ADHD tends to manifest is crippling analysis paralysis.
Week-months+ not starting something because I'm busy over researching the "right" way to do it.
Design/critique workflows get me over that initial just-start hump.
Week-months+ not starting something because I'm busy over researching the "right" way to do it.
Design/critique workflows get me over that initial just-start hump.
Anthropic/Claude are familiar to people exposed to tech.
They're very unknown by the general public. Last I looked into it 6 months ago, they had name recognition in the mid single digits (OpenAI/ChatGPT was ~80%).
They're almost entirely enterprise focused; helps them avoid some problematic uses.
They're very unknown by the general public. Last I looked into it 6 months ago, they had name recognition in the mid single digits (OpenAI/ChatGPT was ~80%).
They're almost entirely enterprise focused; helps them avoid some problematic uses.
last i checked, grok was #3 in the apple store's productivity downloads, and claude, which people i trust say is the best (at least for coding) and the most ethically run, wasn't in the top 10
Wrote about an obvious and yet profoundly underappreciated aspect of the AI boom: its total narrative capture by Elon Musk's X nymag.com/intelligence...
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Anthropic/Claude are familiar to people exposed to tech.
They're very unknown by the general public. Last I looked into it 6 months ago, they had name recognition in the mid single digits (OpenAI/ChatGPT was ~80%).
They're almost entirely enterprise focused; helps them avoid some problematic uses.
They're very unknown by the general public. Last I looked into it 6 months ago, they had name recognition in the mid single digits (OpenAI/ChatGPT was ~80%).
They're almost entirely enterprise focused; helps them avoid some problematic uses.
Our dog knows he has to lay down before he gets his bowl at dinner time.
Sometimes he'll lay down when I have a treat that I don't immediately give him.
He just did lay down in front of the locked dog door.
It's locked because there's a possum outside.
"This is how I get things I want to eat."
Sometimes he'll lay down when I have a treat that I don't immediately give him.
He just did lay down in front of the locked dog door.
It's locked because there's a possum outside.
"This is how I get things I want to eat."
December 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Our dog knows he has to lay down before he gets his bowl at dinner time.
Sometimes he'll lay down when I have a treat that I don't immediately give him.
He just did lay down in front of the locked dog door.
It's locked because there's a possum outside.
"This is how I get things I want to eat."
Sometimes he'll lay down when I have a treat that I don't immediately give him.
He just did lay down in front of the locked dog door.
It's locked because there's a possum outside.
"This is how I get things I want to eat."
Claude continues to prove itself the most sophisticated of the LLMs.
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Claude continues to prove itself the most sophisticated of the LLMs.
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Really fantastic ongoing thread demonstrating effective use patterns.
In particular, the plan-critique-replan cycle is a major key to getting meaningful results.
Smart context management is also critical (and happening here but more implicitly).
In particular, the plan-critique-replan cycle is a major key to getting meaningful results.
Smart context management is also critical (and happening here but more implicitly).
I want to read this article. Two (meant constructively) things:
1) "demonstrating that LLMs are worthless for indexing" should, like most of these things, have qualifiers like "in our hands and with our LLM"
2) when people talk like this about accuracy, I suspect the workflow as much as the model.
1) "demonstrating that LLMs are worthless for indexing" should, like most of these things, have qualifiers like "in our hands and with our LLM"
2) when people talk like this about accuracy, I suspect the workflow as much as the model.
There’s an excellent and devastatingly thorough article in the latest @indexers.bsky.social journal by Elizabeth Bartmess and Michele Combs demonstrating that LLMs are worthless for indexing
December 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Really fantastic ongoing thread demonstrating effective use patterns.
In particular, the plan-critique-replan cycle is a major key to getting meaningful results.
Smart context management is also critical (and happening here but more implicitly).
In particular, the plan-critique-replan cycle is a major key to getting meaningful results.
Smart context management is also critical (and happening here but more implicitly).
So, uh, does GPT 5.2 Pro exist solely to get to claim a couple of marginal percentage points higher on benchmarks?
Because that's the most "don't use this model" pricing I've ever seen.
Because that's the most "don't use this model" pricing I've ever seen.
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So, uh, does GPT 5.2 Pro exist solely to get to claim a couple of marginal percentage points higher on benchmarks?
Because that's the most "don't use this model" pricing I've ever seen.
Because that's the most "don't use this model" pricing I've ever seen.
The people thriving with it, IME, are the ones who have that unfortunately rare combination of both engineering chops and actual communication skills.
The Horrors of AI aside, it’s amusing to me that a liberal arts degree might be more useful for software development than a background in software. What is already becoming critical is your ability to richly describe
November 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The people thriving with it, IME, are the ones who have that unfortunately rare combination of both engineering chops and actual communication skills.
Went to a national wildlife refuge, locked my keys in the car, waited an hour for the SO to bring the spare, and made some new friends.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Went to a national wildlife refuge, locked my keys in the car, waited an hour for the SO to bring the spare, and made some new friends.
ND filters on the river are basically cheating.
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ND filters on the river are basically cheating.
Finally got around to processing all the photos from Petite Le Mans.
A few favorite picks from the day:
A few favorite picks from the day:
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Finally got around to processing all the photos from Petite Le Mans.
A few favorite picks from the day:
A few favorite picks from the day:
I'm really looking forward to having a chance to play with this some.
A smaller, cheaper model that appears to be on par with SOTA of six months ago is pretty exciting stuff.
A smaller, cheaper model that appears to be on par with SOTA of six months ago is pretty exciting stuff.
Introducing Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5, our latest small model, is available today to all users.
www.anthropic.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I'm really looking forward to having a chance to play with this some.
A smaller, cheaper model that appears to be on par with SOTA of six months ago is pretty exciting stuff.
A smaller, cheaper model that appears to be on par with SOTA of six months ago is pretty exciting stuff.
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On AI & water usage, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling alone.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On AI & water usage, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling alone.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf courses.
Hello from the Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hello from the Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
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for real, though, i think the ridiculous inflatable costumes are a major flaw in the armor that can be heavily exploited, portland protestors are leaning all the way into our reputation and making heroes out of inflatable frogs and villains out of the security forces
FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
for real, though, i think the ridiculous inflatable costumes are a major flaw in the armor that can be heavily exploited, portland protestors are leaning all the way into our reputation and making heroes out of inflatable frogs and villains out of the security forces
Vendors in the infosec space are absolutely insane.
Got a ping that somebody from a random vendor is in the lobby of the corporate office -- that I don't work at -- saying they have an appointment with me.
Welcome to permablacklist status. lol
Got a ping that somebody from a random vendor is in the lobby of the corporate office -- that I don't work at -- saying they have an appointment with me.
Welcome to permablacklist status. lol
October 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Vendors in the infosec space are absolutely insane.
Got a ping that somebody from a random vendor is in the lobby of the corporate office -- that I don't work at -- saying they have an appointment with me.
Welcome to permablacklist status. lol
Got a ping that somebody from a random vendor is in the lobby of the corporate office -- that I don't work at -- saying they have an appointment with me.
Welcome to permablacklist status. lol
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New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
My inclination, given past historical performance, is that sama committed to targets he's never going to hit and just got fleeced again.
".. OpenAI will receive warrants for up to 160 million AMD shares, roughly 10% of the chip company, at 1 cent per share, awarded in phases, if OpenAI hits certain milestones .."
@wsj.com $AMD
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
@wsj.com $AMD
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
OpenAI, AMD Announce Massive Computing Deal, Marking New Phase of AI Boom
Five-year agreement will challenge Nvidia’s market dominance, as OpenAI plans deployment of AMD’s new MI450 chips.
www.wsj.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
My inclination, given past historical performance, is that sama committed to targets he's never going to hit and just got fleeced again.
So, uh... everyone that cared at all about AI safety at OpenAI really did leave and go to Anthropic, huh?
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So, uh... everyone that cared at all about AI safety at OpenAI really did leave and go to Anthropic, huh?
the thing that strikes me about this (good and reasonable) take is that it feels exceptional when somebody has a good and reasonable take re: journalistic objectivity?
not becoming the story doesn't also mean "journalists can't have opinions," yet media writ large seems to struggle with this!
not becoming the story doesn't also mean "journalists can't have opinions," yet media writ large seems to struggle with this!
I think if you're a journalist covering a protest, you should not participate in that protest.
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
the thing that strikes me about this (good and reasonable) take is that it feels exceptional when somebody has a good and reasonable take re: journalistic objectivity?
not becoming the story doesn't also mean "journalists can't have opinions," yet media writ large seems to struggle with this!
not becoming the story doesn't also mean "journalists can't have opinions," yet media writ large seems to struggle with this!
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A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists. www.wired.com/story/armed-...
Armed Guards and Muscle Milk: Senate Investigation Reveals DOGE Takeover Details
A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists.
www.wired.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
A new Senate report claims DOGE put every American's Social Security number at risk—and that officials at federal agencies essentially obstructed an investigation, all but denying DOGE even exists. www.wired.com/story/armed-...
This week has seen:
* Karl Rove decry cynical politicization.
* John Yoo say "hol up, this executive action seems illegal to me."
* Ro Khanna attempt to do something without being terminally both sides.
I don't know where up is anymore.
* Karl Rove decry cynical politicization.
* John Yoo say "hol up, this executive action seems illegal to me."
* Ro Khanna attempt to do something without being terminally both sides.
I don't know where up is anymore.
Ro Khanna: "They're making comedy illegal. Brendan Carr pressured ABC to cancel Jimmy Kimmel, and Disney cancels Jimmy Kimmel. This canceling from an administration that lectured us about cancel culture. That's why today I'm introducing a motion to subpoena Brendan Carr."
September 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This week has seen:
* Karl Rove decry cynical politicization.
* John Yoo say "hol up, this executive action seems illegal to me."
* Ro Khanna attempt to do something without being terminally both sides.
I don't know where up is anymore.
* Karl Rove decry cynical politicization.
* John Yoo say "hol up, this executive action seems illegal to me."
* Ro Khanna attempt to do something without being terminally both sides.
I don't know where up is anymore.
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If you seek a sense of control and preparedness in a country where there are a lot of guns, never a bad time to register for a Stop the Bleed training
September 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you seek a sense of control and preparedness in a country where there are a lot of guns, never a bad time to register for a Stop the Bleed training