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I'm laughing out loud because, *twenty years ago*, a friend in robotics told me that showing off a dancing robot is what you do when your robot sucks, and a *group* of them even more so.
October 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm laughing out loud because, *twenty years ago*, a friend in robotics told me that showing off a dancing robot is what you do when your robot sucks, and a *group* of them even more so.
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Artificial intelligence and crowd intelligence better grow hand in hand.
there is also the "lets return to the timeline where we did not fuck up the internet as a tool for democratic empowerment and non-transactional value creation" folk. There are many of those. Where I put "internet" you can also put "AI".
October 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Artificial intelligence and crowd intelligence better grow hand in hand.
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I think every programmer can relate to this. I had to remove the sixth panel though - let’s just say it was definitely not kid-friendly. 😂
September 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I think every programmer can relate to this. I had to remove the sixth panel though - let’s just say it was definitely not kid-friendly. 😂
Great to hear that @jimmykimmel.com is back ! Seems like the Land of the Free still has some Freedom of Speech left if enough sane people stand for it !
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Great to hear that @jimmykimmel.com is back ! Seems like the Land of the Free still has some Freedom of Speech left if enough sane people stand for it !
Interesting distinction
Something ugly but true. There are two types of people with strong drives. Macro-level driven people have clear material objectives and care less about the "how" than the "what". Micro-level driven people enjoy finding a space to solve hard problems and learn, for them the "how" is the "what". 👇
Someone asked me about my advice to devs for "traditional software engineers" who resist change.
My advice:
Being a true tech professional means you keep your toolset sharp, and up-to-date. If you refuse to do so, you are probably not a true professional, but (cont'd)
My advice:
Being a true tech professional means you keep your toolset sharp, and up-to-date. If you refuse to do so, you are probably not a true professional, but (cont'd)
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Interesting distinction
OK, I started this related critical AI list too here: olivia.science/ai#allies with allies & resources — @jsanofranchini.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social @ehayot.bsky.social (let me know if I failed to tag anybody)
and importantly, feel free to contact me to add more! 🤍
and importantly, feel free to contact me to add more! 🤍
September 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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first test in plugging the $100 Amazing Hands on a (cute) humanoid instead of grippers - pretty happy about it
Hand: github.com/pollen-robot...
Humanoid: www.pollen-robotics.com/reachy/
Hand: github.com/pollen-robot...
Humanoid: www.pollen-robotics.com/reachy/
September 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
first test in plugging the $100 Amazing Hands on a (cute) humanoid instead of grippers - pretty happy about it
Hand: github.com/pollen-robot...
Humanoid: www.pollen-robotics.com/reachy/
Hand: github.com/pollen-robot...
Humanoid: www.pollen-robotics.com/reachy/
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Feels like models (local or API) are being held back by their UI currently…need more than a chat window, need to be able to write and organize projects (so perhaps note taking app, obsidian like) but also need to run/validate its code so IDE like. Perhaps a UI that can flick between those views.
September 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Feels like models (local or API) are being held back by their UI currently…need more than a chat window, need to be able to write and organize projects (so perhaps note taking app, obsidian like) but also need to run/validate its code so IDE like. Perhaps a UI that can flick between those views.
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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The world Elon and his pals want to build is like something out of the most dystopian sci-fi you've ever read. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
August 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The world Elon and his pals want to build is like something out of the most dystopian sci-fi you've ever read. #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
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The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
August 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.
Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.
(c/o Caroline Codsi)
Looks like Oxford's AI Chair agrees with @garymarcus.bsky.social on LLMs being a "hack" rather than actual intelligence. Rightly so - and it becomes clearer and clearer throughout academia and even the industry!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
Oxford's AI Chair: LLMs are a HACK
YouTube video by Johnathan Bi
www.youtube.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Looks like Oxford's AI Chair agrees with @garymarcus.bsky.social on LLMs being a "hack" rather than actual intelligence. Rightly so - and it becomes clearer and clearer throughout academia and even the industry!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Uz...
@ox.ac.uk
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"Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections" is an excellent new paper that provides six design patterns to help protect LLM tool-using systems (call them "agents" if you like) against prompt injection attacks
Here are my notes on the paper simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/13/...
Here are my notes on the paper simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/13/...
Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections
This a new paper by 11 authors from organizations including IBM, Invariant Labs, ETH Zurich, Google and Microsoft is an excellent addition to the literature on prompt injection and LLM …
simonwillison.net
June 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Design Patterns for Securing LLM Agents against Prompt Injections" is an excellent new paper that provides six design patterns to help protect LLM tool-using systems (call them "agents" if you like) against prompt injection attacks
Here are my notes on the paper simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/13/...
Here are my notes on the paper simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/13/...
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ICE TRIED TO ROLL OUT IN Manhattan-New Yorkers said "NAH" AND SENT THEM BACK INSIDE!!
June 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
ICE TRIED TO ROLL OUT IN Manhattan-New Yorkers said "NAH" AND SENT THEM BACK INSIDE!!
"The most powerful thing the rich can do to keep the mass of ordinary people poor, is to make ordinary people selfish."
Great insights from @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Also, I would add vain - and the world's biggest apps are build around vanity (instagram, ...).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY81...
Great insights from @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Also, I would add vain - and the world's biggest apps are build around vanity (instagram, ...).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY81...
Gary Stevenson on Surviving the Broken Economy and His Mission to Stop Rising Inequality
YouTube video by High Performance
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"The most powerful thing the rich can do to keep the mass of ordinary people poor, is to make ordinary people selfish."
Great insights from @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Also, I would add vain - and the world's biggest apps are build around vanity (instagram, ...).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY81...
Great insights from @garyseconomics.bsky.social
Also, I would add vain - and the world's biggest apps are build around vanity (instagram, ...).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY81...
Hey @aravindsrinivas.bsky.social, please hide the news segments (tired of the orange baboon) and stock ticker on the perplexity main page by default.
It's really enjoying to the point that I consider using it less.
It's really enjoying to the point that I consider using it less.
March 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Hey @aravindsrinivas.bsky.social, please hide the news segments (tired of the orange baboon) and stock ticker on the perplexity main page by default.
It's really enjoying to the point that I consider using it less.
It's really enjoying to the point that I consider using it less.
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the ADHD ability to go from “i’m a genius” to “what if i never amount to anything???” in under 3 seconds
March 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
the ADHD ability to go from “i’m a genius” to “what if i never amount to anything???” in under 3 seconds
Hey @garymarcus.bsky.social as a long-time proponent of neuro-symbolic AI, I've been wondering if you have some (preliminary) thoughts on the Scallop language?
www.scallop-lang.org
www.scallop-lang.org
Scallop
www.scallop-lang.org
March 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hey @garymarcus.bsky.social as a long-time proponent of neuro-symbolic AI, I've been wondering if you have some (preliminary) thoughts on the Scallop language?
www.scallop-lang.org
www.scallop-lang.org
Two sides to every story .
“Essential reading.” - Bugs B.
“Utter garbage.” - Daffy D.
“Utter garbage.” - Daffy D.
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Two sides to every story .
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Have truly lost patience with the New York Times’ editorial coverage of AI, which has basically degenerated into industry cheerleading.
They are completely misrepresenting what most academics believe about AGI.
I detail some blunders here:
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
They are completely misrepresenting what most academics believe about AGI.
I detail some blunders here:
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Hype, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, the podcasters who love him — and how the New York Times’ commentary on AI has degenerated into industry cheerleading
Real journalists do due diligence
open.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Have truly lost patience with the New York Times’ editorial coverage of AI, which has basically degenerated into industry cheerleading.
They are completely misrepresenting what most academics believe about AGI.
I detail some blunders here:
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
They are completely misrepresenting what most academics believe about AGI.
I detail some blunders here:
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...