Loren Michael
@lorenmichael.bsky.social
I make pizza in China, play MTG, am obsessed with interior design, ride a fixie, parents owned a bookstore, that sort of thing
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stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 AM
stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.
I’m sure that’s exactly what he wants! what a grimly accurate and politically useful understanding of what exactly Walz wants people to do
meanwhile in the other world,
meanwhile in the other world,
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I’m sure that’s exactly what he wants! what a grimly accurate and politically useful understanding of what exactly Walz wants people to do
meanwhile in the other world,
meanwhile in the other world,
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Had an interesting, hard interview with @adamconover.net on his podcast. I think he is a great example of a smart AI skeptic.
My main messages were that AI is a really big deal, it has good & bad impacts, and that, by sitting things out, skeptics can’t guide use. open.spotify.com/episode/5cFK...
My main messages were that AI is a really big deal, it has good & bad impacts, and that, by sitting things out, skeptics can’t guide use. open.spotify.com/episode/5cFK...
An AI Expert Challenges an AI Skeptic, with Ethan Mollick
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Had an interesting, hard interview with @adamconover.net on his podcast. I think he is a great example of a smart AI skeptic.
My main messages were that AI is a really big deal, it has good & bad impacts, and that, by sitting things out, skeptics can’t guide use. open.spotify.com/episode/5cFK...
My main messages were that AI is a really big deal, it has good & bad impacts, and that, by sitting things out, skeptics can’t guide use. open.spotify.com/episode/5cFK...
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IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
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China doesn’t have the Thanksgiving bulwark against Christmas’s temporal colonialism
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
China doesn’t have the Thanksgiving bulwark against Christmas’s temporal colonialism
China is a fantastically technologically advanced country in so many ways, but its jackhammer technology is a curious anachronism
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
China is a fantastically technologically advanced country in so many ways, but its jackhammer technology is a curious anachronism
here’s the funny thing: Dave Smith is a “comedian” in the vein of Joe Rogan and so it’s proper to read this as him being genuinely somewhat befuddled and wondering what came of all that because he’s a credulous moron
but if he were an *actual comedian* this would be a good joke!
but if he were an *actual comedian* this would be a good joke!
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
here’s the funny thing: Dave Smith is a “comedian” in the vein of Joe Rogan and so it’s proper to read this as him being genuinely somewhat befuddled and wondering what came of all that because he’s a credulous moron
but if he were an *actual comedian* this would be a good joke!
but if he were an *actual comedian* this would be a good joke!
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The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.
American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
October 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The nominative determinism of this specific atrocity is off the charts here.
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Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
October 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
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I clearly *can* rely on the machine for that, because I do
the many hours I save doing the repetitive task of correcting papers—not particularly creative work!—means I have more time to do the things that I enjoy, creative or otherwise
the many hours I save doing the repetitive task of correcting papers—not particularly creative work!—means I have more time to do the things that I enjoy, creative or otherwise
September 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I clearly *can* rely on the machine for that, because I do
the many hours I save doing the repetitive task of correcting papers—not particularly creative work!—means I have more time to do the things that I enjoy, creative or otherwise
the many hours I save doing the repetitive task of correcting papers—not particularly creative work!—means I have more time to do the things that I enjoy, creative or otherwise
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Dean is one of the best at harnessing economics to populist, anti-oligarch values and coming up with uniquely promising and surprising policy ideas. Here's one.
Howard Lutnick has the kernal of a good idea on government-funded research, but the public reward should be cheap drugs, not a stake in ripping off patients substack.com/home/post/p-...
Howard Lutnick’s Kernal of a Good Idea on Government Funded Research
If the government pays for research drugs shouldn't have patent monopolies
substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Dean is one of the best at harnessing economics to populist, anti-oligarch values and coming up with uniquely promising and surprising policy ideas. Here's one.
good quick rundown on how much of a lazy, low-standards, hypocritical useful idiot for MAGA Taylor Lorenz is
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
good quick rundown on how much of a lazy, low-standards, hypocritical useful idiot for MAGA Taylor Lorenz is
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Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. wearechorus.com
Apologies for posting a Twitter link; the vid was too long to share natively.
x.com/briantylerco...
Apologies for posting a Twitter link; the vid was too long to share natively.
x.com/briantylerco...
Brian Tyler Cohen on X: "Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. https://t.co/JkDYyXMYxb https://t.co/f3LPD1a093" / X
Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. https://t.co/JkDYyXMYxb https://t.co/f3LPD1a093
x.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Some people have questions about the creator scholarship program I co-founded, Chorus, so let’s talk about it. wearechorus.com
Apologies for posting a Twitter link; the vid was too long to share natively.
x.com/briantylerco...
Apologies for posting a Twitter link; the vid was too long to share natively.
x.com/briantylerco...
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He said this in the same voice as when Viggo's son puts a gun to his head in John Wick www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
John Leguizamo Rips ‘Moron’ Dean Cain for Joining ICE: ‘Your Pronouns Are Has, Been’
John Leguizamo lashed out at Cain in a social media post Friday afternoon, days after the former "Superman" revealed he was joining ICE after an appeal for more agents by Homeland Security boss Kristi...
www.mediaite.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
He said this in the same voice as when Viggo's son puts a gun to his head in John Wick www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Odd, how South Park is covering Kristi Noem and her ICE hooligans more accurately than The New York Times.
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Odd, how South Park is covering Kristi Noem and her ICE hooligans more accurately than The New York Times.
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I think we should throw heavy things at every ICE agent until they go away forever.
August 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I think we should throw heavy things at every ICE agent until they go away forever.
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So much this. Letter counting and state names are gimmicks, not primary use cases. Frontier models are already remarkably capable for many quite difficult tasks despite still, of course, failing in important ways. We should be able to recognize this fact without uncritically accepting industry hype.
One of the really cursed things about AI discourse is that people try to argue it isn’t USEFUL FOR CERTAIN TASKS and then pretend that’s the same as arguing it’s all smoke and mirrors. A screwdriver is more useful for many things than a jet plane, but a jet plane is an impressive piece of tech.
August 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So much this. Letter counting and state names are gimmicks, not primary use cases. Frontier models are already remarkably capable for many quite difficult tasks despite still, of course, failing in important ways. We should be able to recognize this fact without uncritically accepting industry hype.
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how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...
This Tuckahoe home won a $1.26 billion contract for an ICE detention center. The owner isn't talking.
The company’s website is dated and largely accessible only via login.
www.richmonder.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...
this guy thinks this is a distinction that matters outside online shitposting
Oh u think the Democratic socialist is liberal I’m sorry for your accident
July 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
this guy thinks this is a distinction that matters outside online shitposting
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.