Stuart Gray
@sgray.bsky.social
He/Him. AI Wrangler. Web Geek. F1 Fan. All views my own.
🤖 AI, LLMs, GenAI, NLP
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🚀 Indie Hacker
🎮 Game Dev, ProcGen, Unity, C#
🏎️ F1 Fan
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🤖 AI, LLMs, GenAI, NLP
🐍 Python Dev
🚀 Indie Hacker
🎮 Game Dev, ProcGen, Unity, C#
🏎️ F1 Fan
🇬🇧 UK Based
🦣 mastodonapp.uk/@StuartGray
✖️ x.com/StuartGray (inactive)
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Stuart Gray
@sgray.bsky.social
· Mar 27
I welcome any genuine civil discussion, challenge, or critique.
However, if you strongly disagree with a post to the point you're unable to refrain from insults, rude or unthinking replies then please, save us both a lot of time and block me now - because I will block you.
However, if you strongly disagree with a post to the point you're unable to refrain from insults, rude or unthinking replies then please, save us both a lot of time and block me now - because I will block you.
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posted by a friend who is Professor of Molecular Biophysics. PM me if you have any ideas and want to be put in touch.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
posted by a friend who is Professor of Molecular Biophysics. PM me if you have any ideas and want to be put in touch.
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Which generation is the one who just get offended by everything, remind me, I forget.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Which generation is the one who just get offended by everything, remind me, I forget.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Cities Panic over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings | Discussion
Cities Panic Over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings | naked capitalism
Time to cheer a legal win against the surveillance state, here the use of massive spycams by a vendor called Flock.
www.nakedcapitalism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Cities Panic over Having to Release Mass Surveillance Recordings | Discussion
Free Business idea:
I’m kinda amazed that the big UK supermarkets haven’t teamed up with local councils to fund a free* vision-based recycling phone app;
scan a product//barcode & it will tell you how/where to recycle it, if it can, based on local rules & facilities.
*might only be free for
I’m kinda amazed that the big UK supermarkets haven’t teamed up with local councils to fund a free* vision-based recycling phone app;
scan a product//barcode & it will tell you how/where to recycle it, if it can, based on local rules & facilities.
*might only be free for
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Free Business idea:
I’m kinda amazed that the big UK supermarkets haven’t teamed up with local councils to fund a free* vision-based recycling phone app;
scan a product//barcode & it will tell you how/where to recycle it, if it can, based on local rules & facilities.
*might only be free for
I’m kinda amazed that the big UK supermarkets haven’t teamed up with local councils to fund a free* vision-based recycling phone app;
scan a product//barcode & it will tell you how/where to recycle it, if it can, based on local rules & facilities.
*might only be free for
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The worst part of selfless robotic servants is going to be how happy they are.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consci...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consci...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The worst part of selfless robotic servants is going to be how happy they are.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consci...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/consci...
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
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back again to share a new preprint from me and @mantzarlis.com! “What did Elon Change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia” arxiv.org/abs/2511.09685
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
back again to share a new preprint from me and @mantzarlis.com! “What did Elon Change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia” arxiv.org/abs/2511.09685
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
I had seen many spot analyses of individual grokipedia pages, but I was curious: how was grokipedia made? what did Elon change from wikipedia?
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Ok @hankgreen.bsky.social is my anger translator regarding stupid controversies about Jimmy Wales and @wikipedia.org. I was going to say something, but Hank says everything I would have said here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Ok @hankgreen.bsky.social is my anger translator regarding stupid controversies about Jimmy Wales and @wikipedia.org. I was going to say something, but Hank says everything I would have said here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...
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This does does not indicate a great deal of confidence from the President.
From a constitutionalist perspective, it is fascinating how this plays out.
How would this matter actually take him down, if at all, when he has survived so many other political crises?
From a constitutionalist perspective, it is fascinating how this plays out.
How would this matter actually take him down, if at all, when he has survived so many other political crises?
BREAKING: In about-face, Trump now says GOP lawmakers should vote for release of Epstein files. Move came as White House braced for wave of Republican defections in looming House vote via @meredithllee
@Reporter_Mia www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@Reporter_Mia www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump does Epstein U-turn as House Republicans prepare to spurn him
Before the reversal, even some House GOP leaders were mulling whether to support the effort to release DOJ files dealing with the late sex offender.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
This does does not indicate a great deal of confidence from the President.
From a constitutionalist perspective, it is fascinating how this plays out.
How would this matter actually take him down, if at all, when he has survived so many other political crises?
From a constitutionalist perspective, it is fascinating how this plays out.
How would this matter actually take him down, if at all, when he has survived so many other political crises?
I’ve been wondering the same thing for a while now, and the only reason I can think of is that they’re stuck on their last election strategy;
Labour saw off the Tories by being a less worse option.
Somehow they think the same trick will work with Reform.
It’s that basic & idiotic.
Labour saw off the Tories by being a less worse option.
Somehow they think the same trick will work with Reform.
It’s that basic & idiotic.
How have Labour watched the Tories spend 2-3 years parroting Farage then lose an election badly and conclude a similar strategy is the best course of action?
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
I. Really. Genuinely. Do Not. Get. It.
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I’ve been wondering the same thing for a while now, and the only reason I can think of is that they’re stuck on their last election strategy;
Labour saw off the Tories by being a less worse option.
Somehow they think the same trick will work with Reform.
It’s that basic & idiotic.
Labour saw off the Tories by being a less worse option.
Somehow they think the same trick will work with Reform.
It’s that basic & idiotic.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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It's a revealing moment...
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's a revealing moment...
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
J.D. Vance welcomes a two-legged robot helping on the job site. But if that helper is a person named Jose, he calls it a threat. Same tasks, same productivity boost.
The inconsistency reveals this isn’t about economics.
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Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US tuta.com/blog/switzer...
Worrying. Currently Switzerland is the go-to server location for many VPN users in the UK, because it provides low latency and is outside the "14 Eyes" intelligence-sharing group (SSEUR)
#encryption #masssurveillance #techpolicy
Worrying. Currently Switzerland is the go-to server location for many VPN users in the UK, because it provides low latency and is outside the "14 Eyes" intelligence-sharing group (SSEUR)
#encryption #masssurveillance #techpolicy
Pretty sure Switzerland’s government has been leaned upon very heavily by the Five Eyes people. Encryption for the plebs just isn’t acceptable to them.
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US tuta.com/blog/switzer... 👀
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US tuta.com/blog/switzer...
Worrying. Currently Switzerland is the go-to server location for many VPN users in the UK, because it provides low latency and is outside the "14 Eyes" intelligence-sharing group (SSEUR)
#encryption #masssurveillance #techpolicy
Worrying. Currently Switzerland is the go-to server location for many VPN users in the UK, because it provides low latency and is outside the "14 Eyes" intelligence-sharing group (SSEUR)
#encryption #masssurveillance #techpolicy
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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There's a Russian disinformation network operating from Mastodon to push content into BlueSky, it's a few hundred active accounts (they also exist directly on BlueSky natively too).
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])
I dunno if anybody has done a write up of it but there’s a pretty big Russian disinformation operation that runs on the Fediverse
If you search on Mastodon for t.me/RussianBaZa you’ll find some of i...
cyberplace.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
There's a Russian disinformation network operating from Mastodon to push content into BlueSky, it's a few hundred active accounts (they also exist directly on BlueSky natively too).
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
It probably costs more to run than the value it provides to whoever runs it, tbh.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
The bigger issue here is the one that’s *always* missed by people;
If this becomes law, *future* governments get to decide when a country is consider “safe” for return.
So, as always, the question should be:
What could an extreme government (Reform?) do with these laws?
If this becomes law, *future* governments get to decide when a country is consider “safe” for return.
So, as always, the question should be:
What could an extreme government (Reform?) do with these laws?
Question on Monday
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
Is it now your principle that every Ukranian refugee in Britain should leave, must leave once it is safe + that they will all be made to leave?
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The bigger issue here is the one that’s *always* missed by people;
If this becomes law, *future* governments get to decide when a country is consider “safe” for return.
So, as always, the question should be:
What could an extreme government (Reform?) do with these laws?
If this becomes law, *future* governments get to decide when a country is consider “safe” for return.
So, as always, the question should be:
What could an extreme government (Reform?) do with these laws?
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AI companies can straightforwardly avoid a bubble. Their current models are profitable!
The problem is R&D spend chasing scaling laws that continue to hold and continue to have extreme diminishing returns.
Though many have realized this (except xAI).
The problem is R&D spend chasing scaling laws that continue to hold and continue to have extreme diminishing returns.
Though many have realized this (except xAI).
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
AI companies can straightforwardly avoid a bubble. Their current models are profitable!
The problem is R&D spend chasing scaling laws that continue to hold and continue to have extreme diminishing returns.
Though many have realized this (except xAI).
The problem is R&D spend chasing scaling laws that continue to hold and continue to have extreme diminishing returns.
Though many have realized this (except xAI).
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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According to signaling theory, some signals must be costly just to be costly—that's how you get a separating equilibrium. Think peacocks and their oversized feathers. So even if AI removes one costly signal, it doesn't mean we should stop technological progress — we'll just find new ones.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
According to signaling theory, some signals must be costly just to be costly—that's how you get a separating equilibrium. Think peacocks and their oversized feathers. So even if AI removes one costly signal, it doesn't mean we should stop technological progress — we'll just find new ones.
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I admit to being obsessed with Labour's adversarial review into ECHR Article 8 right now, but I want to see the Article 8 assessment Ofcom did on this and I want it now. I accept tips, leaks, and FOIs.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I admit to being obsessed with Labour's adversarial review into ECHR Article 8 right now, but I want to see the Article 8 assessment Ofcom did on this and I want it now. I accept tips, leaks, and FOIs.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
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This is somewhat misleading — the paper is not about hiring per se. These are freelancers bidding for a project, think "I need someone to build me a website". I'm writing a paper on the same platform and I can tell you the dynamics are quite different. Still really interesting though!
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is somewhat misleading — the paper is not about hiring per se. These are freelancers bidding for a project, think "I need someone to build me a website". I'm writing a paper on the same platform and I can tell you the dynamics are quite different. Still really interesting though!
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So I’ve had a very brief search of the Epstein database in the last half hour.
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
So I’ve had a very brief search of the Epstein database in the last half hour.
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
Noticed Epstein was paying for Google search result poisoning and attending hacker conferences
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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[email protected] requires new accounts to do age verification via Persona, and it seems you can’t delete your account (or get to any other page) without passing the age check first. Helpful. 🙃 #OnlineSafetyAct
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
[email protected] requires new accounts to do age verification via Persona, and it seems you can’t delete your account (or get to any other page) without passing the age check first. Helpful. 🙃 #OnlineSafetyAct
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one to be aware of, browsers allow any website to go full screen, so now ClickFix are faking Windows update reboot prompts to get remote access for ransomware groups.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])
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Interesting one spotted by Daniel B in the NHS - ClickFix (fake browser adverts to encourage people to run commands which provide remote access) have a new technique - they use brow...
cyberplace.social
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
one to be aware of, browsers allow any website to go full screen, so now ClickFix are faking Windows update reboot prompts to get remote access for ransomware groups.
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog...
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Just tried to annotate somebody else's request thread on @whatdotheyknow.bsky.social and apparently that's not a thing anymore?
From late May – seems to be, in part at least, another tedious consequence of the Online Safety Act github.com/mysociety/wh... + github.com/mysociety/al...
#FOI #openweb
From late May – seems to be, in part at least, another tedious consequence of the Online Safety Act github.com/mysociety/wh... + github.com/mysociety/al...
#FOI #openweb
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Just tried to annotate somebody else's request thread on @whatdotheyknow.bsky.social and apparently that's not a thing anymore?
From late May – seems to be, in part at least, another tedious consequence of the Online Safety Act github.com/mysociety/wh... + github.com/mysociety/al...
#FOI #openweb
From late May – seems to be, in part at least, another tedious consequence of the Online Safety Act github.com/mysociety/wh... + github.com/mysociety/al...
#FOI #openweb