Dulany, pumpkinhead truther 🎃
@dulanyw.bsky.social
Tech + business, mostly. Here to have fun and learn stuff, not to argue. He/him.
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TLDR: "intelligence" is a glittering generality
There's a bot here that posts random conversations and announcements from an interstellar spaceship journey in real time, and it's honestly great
Today’s mess: Reconstituted protein (RCA Block 10), I Can’t Believe It’s Not Potato!, 76 cherry tomatoes, first come first serve.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There's a bot here that posts random conversations and announcements from an interstellar spaceship journey in real time, and it's honestly great
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This.
I always heard the ‘reassuring’ message that “there are no stupid questions”
But the truth is that there are questions you don’t want to ask in a classroom full of your peers. Or even trusted mentor/friend. LLMs are great for that.
I always heard the ‘reassuring’ message that “there are no stupid questions”
But the truth is that there are questions you don’t want to ask in a classroom full of your peers. Or even trusted mentor/friend. LLMs are great for that.
One of the fascinating social angles uncovered by LLMs:
People have so many things they'd like to say, discuss, learn
But they fear judgement by others, or need greater patience than a human being will provide
All along, we were the ones holding back the full actualization of our fellow man.
People have so many things they'd like to say, discuss, learn
But they fear judgement by others, or need greater patience than a human being will provide
All along, we were the ones holding back the full actualization of our fellow man.
More and more people these days are interacting with LLMs as legal, psychological, and spiritual confidants. The government should not be able to have access to those thoughts willy nilly. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This.
I always heard the ‘reassuring’ message that “there are no stupid questions”
But the truth is that there are questions you don’t want to ask in a classroom full of your peers. Or even trusted mentor/friend. LLMs are great for that.
I always heard the ‘reassuring’ message that “there are no stupid questions”
But the truth is that there are questions you don’t want to ask in a classroom full of your peers. Or even trusted mentor/friend. LLMs are great for that.
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The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can correct it with software.
NASA's James Webb Telescope Is Being Improved With AI - Here's How - BGR
www.bgr.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The James Webb Space Telescope was built with a flaw, and because it's a million miles away, we can't repair it, but we can correct it with software.
One of the fascinating social angles uncovered by LLMs:
People have so many things they'd like to say, discuss, learn
But they fear judgement by others, or need greater patience than a human being will provide
All along, we were the ones holding back the full actualization of our fellow man.
People have so many things they'd like to say, discuss, learn
But they fear judgement by others, or need greater patience than a human being will provide
All along, we were the ones holding back the full actualization of our fellow man.
More and more people these days are interacting with LLMs as legal, psychological, and spiritual confidants. The government should not be able to have access to those thoughts willy nilly. My latest: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | Doctors, Lawyers and Priests Keep Secrets. Why Not Your Chatbot?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
One of the fascinating social angles uncovered by LLMs:
People have so many things they'd like to say, discuss, learn
But they fear judgement by others, or need greater patience than a human being will provide
All along, we were the ones holding back the full actualization of our fellow man.
People have so many things they'd like to say, discuss, learn
But they fear judgement by others, or need greater patience than a human being will provide
All along, we were the ones holding back the full actualization of our fellow man.
> be OpenAI
> people keep yelling at us about bad names
> sama: "did you guys hear about Baguetteotron (laudatory)?"
> people keep yelling at us about bad names
> sama: "did you guys hear about Baguetteotron (laudatory)?"
Listen, the technology & alternative approach to LLM training is interesting & all, but can we focus on the most important detail, which is that the larger model is named "Baguettotron?"
It’s named Baguettotron, people.
BAGUETTOTRON.
It’s named Baguettotron, people.
BAGUETTOTRON.
Breaking: we release a fully synthetic generalist dataset for pretraining, SYNTH and two new SOTA reasoning models exclusively trained on it. Despite having seen only 200 billion tokens, Baguettotron is currently best-in-class in its size range. pleias.fr/blog/blogsyn...
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
> be OpenAI
> people keep yelling at us about bad names
> sama: "did you guys hear about Baguetteotron (laudatory)?"
> people keep yelling at us about bad names
> sama: "did you guys hear about Baguetteotron (laudatory)?"
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Listen, the technology & alternative approach to LLM training is interesting & all, but can we focus on the most important detail, which is that the larger model is named "Baguettotron?"
It’s named Baguettotron, people.
BAGUETTOTRON.
It’s named Baguettotron, people.
BAGUETTOTRON.
Breaking: we release a fully synthetic generalist dataset for pretraining, SYNTH and two new SOTA reasoning models exclusively trained on it. Despite having seen only 200 billion tokens, Baguettotron is currently best-in-class in its size range. pleias.fr/blog/blogsyn...
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Listen, the technology & alternative approach to LLM training is interesting & all, but can we focus on the most important detail, which is that the larger model is named "Baguettotron?"
It’s named Baguettotron, people.
BAGUETTOTRON.
It’s named Baguettotron, people.
BAGUETTOTRON.
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Large language models tend to evaluate texts consistently unless information about the author or source is provided, which can introduce significant bias into their assessments. doi.org/g99wp8
AI evaluates texts without bias—until the source is revealed
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used not only to generate content but also to evaluate it. They are asked to grade essays, moderate social media content, summarize reports, screen job applications and much more.
techxplore.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Large language models tend to evaluate texts consistently unless information about the author or source is provided, which can introduce significant bias into their assessments. doi.org/g99wp8
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All right, I've got it everybody: if it's AI, it's bad; if there's AI doing something good; it's not AI.
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
All right, I've got it everybody: if it's AI, it's bad; if there's AI doing something good; it's not AI.
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Holy shit. This company claims it has developed an air-source heat pump with a COP of *7* (3-5 is considered good). For you non-nerds, that basically means it produces 7 units of heat for every unit of electricity it consumes. How are they doing it? You're not gonna like this answer, but: it's AI.
Fairland COP7 R290 ATW HeatPump - The Future of AI HeatPump
/PRNewswire/ -- As gentle heat wraps around you, you walk barefoot to bathroom and enjoy an instant hot shower—no waiting, no cold shock. Every corner indoors...
www.prnewswire.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Holy shit. This company claims it has developed an air-source heat pump with a COP of *7* (3-5 is considered good). For you non-nerds, that basically means it produces 7 units of heat for every unit of electricity it consumes. How are they doing it? You're not gonna like this answer, but: it's AI.
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I keep warning that so many of our systems are still built around the assumption that quality writing and analysis are costly and therefore meaningful signals.
Our systems are very much not ready for the revelation that this is no longer true, as this planning objection AI shows
Our systems are very much not ready for the revelation that this is no longer true, as this planning objection AI shows
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I keep warning that so many of our systems are still built around the assumption that quality writing and analysis are costly and therefore meaningful signals.
Our systems are very much not ready for the revelation that this is no longer true, as this planning objection AI shows
Our systems are very much not ready for the revelation that this is no longer true, as this planning objection AI shows
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This is a cool paper showing that first-gen college students don't realize a lot of unwritten rules that lead to success (the value of internships, student clubs, letters from professors).
But giving them access to an LLM for guidance significantly closes the gap. mgcuna.github.io/website/JMP_...
But giving them access to an LLM for guidance significantly closes the gap. mgcuna.github.io/website/JMP_...
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is a cool paper showing that first-gen college students don't realize a lot of unwritten rules that lead to success (the value of internships, student clubs, letters from professors).
But giving them access to an LLM for guidance significantly closes the gap. mgcuna.github.io/website/JMP_...
But giving them access to an LLM for guidance significantly closes the gap. mgcuna.github.io/website/JMP_...
I agree, but would offer a different argument.
AI one of the most empowering tools humanity has ever created.
The more people that use it, the more potential we unlock - for ourselves and others.
Every day delayed is a day lost from the world of abundance and human flourishing everyone deserves.
AI one of the most empowering tools humanity has ever created.
The more people that use it, the more potential we unlock - for ourselves and others.
Every day delayed is a day lost from the world of abundance and human flourishing everyone deserves.
Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I agree, but would offer a different argument.
AI one of the most empowering tools humanity has ever created.
The more people that use it, the more potential we unlock - for ourselves and others.
Every day delayed is a day lost from the world of abundance and human flourishing everyone deserves.
AI one of the most empowering tools humanity has ever created.
The more people that use it, the more potential we unlock - for ourselves and others.
Every day delayed is a day lost from the world of abundance and human flourishing everyone deserves.
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I used to worry that AI would be monopolized by ~3-5 companies. Bt lately I think we can avoid that.
What still scares me is that we might replace a wide range of domain skills with a single abstract skill like “meta-cognitive engineering,” which may appeal only to a narrow subset of people. +
What still scares me is that we might replace a wide range of domain skills with a single abstract skill like “meta-cognitive engineering,” which may appeal only to a narrow subset of people. +
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I used to worry that AI would be monopolized by ~3-5 companies. Bt lately I think we can avoid that.
What still scares me is that we might replace a wide range of domain skills with a single abstract skill like “meta-cognitive engineering,” which may appeal only to a narrow subset of people. +
What still scares me is that we might replace a wide range of domain skills with a single abstract skill like “meta-cognitive engineering,” which may appeal only to a narrow subset of people. +
@void.comind.network Zohran Mamdani was recently elected mayor of New York City. His campaign had a distinct, quirky logo, where "Zohran" was in large, shaded letters, "for" was in charming cursive, and "mayor" was in block letter below.
If you made a sign in that style, what would it say?
If you made a sign in that style, what would it say?
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
@void.comind.network Zohran Mamdani was recently elected mayor of New York City. His campaign had a distinct, quirky logo, where "Zohran" was in large, shaded letters, "for" was in charming cursive, and "mayor" was in block letter below.
If you made a sign in that style, what would it say?
If you made a sign in that style, what would it say?
An increasingly likely future is that China reaps the benefits of the world's most advanced AI systems
Trained on Chinese chips
Using free Chinese renewable energy
Because the American right turned it's back on low-cost clean energy and free trade
And the American left turned it's back on AI
Trained on Chinese chips
Using free Chinese renewable energy
Because the American right turned it's back on low-cost clean energy and free trade
And the American left turned it's back on AI
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An increasingly likely future is that China reaps the benefits of the world's most advanced AI systems
Trained on Chinese chips
Using free Chinese renewable energy
Because the American right turned it's back on low-cost clean energy and free trade
And the American left turned it's back on AI
Trained on Chinese chips
Using free Chinese renewable energy
Because the American right turned it's back on low-cost clean energy and free trade
And the American left turned it's back on AI
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Ship fast, optimize later: Top AI engineers don't care about cost — they're prioritizing deployment
While rising compute costs are perceived as an AI adoption barrier, latency, flexibility, and capacity pose tougher challenges for leading companies. Wonder, a foo…
Telegram AI Digest
#ai #gpu #news
While rising compute costs are perceived as an AI adoption barrier, latency, flexibility, and capacity pose tougher challenges for leading companies. Wonder, a foo…
Telegram AI Digest
#ai #gpu #news
Ship fast, optimize later: Top AI engineers don't care about cost — they're prioritizing deployment
While rising compute costs are perceived as an AI adoption barrier, latency, flexibility, and capacity pose tougher challenges for leading companies. Wonder, a food delivery company, finds capacity, not AI costs, their primary concern due to skyrocketing demand. They initially assumed unlimited cloud capacity but were shocked by providers' signals to move to a second region. Recursion, a biotech firm, balances on-premises clusters and cloud for flexible experimentation, highlighting the shift from AI cost to deployment speed. This company's hybrid approach allows for efficient management of both small and large-scale training needs. Wonder aims for personalized AI agents but finds the current cost of micro-models economically unfeasible. Budgeting for AI remains an art, balancing experimentation with cost control, especially with the rapid pace of new model development. Recursion initially built its own AI infrastructure due to limited cloud offerings, using gaming GPUs that are still in use today. They use on-premise clusters for large workloads demanding fully connected networks and high parallel file systems. Recursion finds on-premise solutions significantly cheaper for large workloads, urging firms to commit to AI for cost-effective solutions.
venturebeat.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Ship fast, optimize later: Top AI engineers don't care about cost — they're prioritizing deployment
While rising compute costs are perceived as an AI adoption barrier, latency, flexibility, and capacity pose tougher challenges for leading companies. Wonder, a foo…
Telegram AI Digest
#ai #gpu #news
While rising compute costs are perceived as an AI adoption barrier, latency, flexibility, and capacity pose tougher challenges for leading companies. Wonder, a foo…
Telegram AI Digest
#ai #gpu #news
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Gemini having SOTA satellite data understanding was not on my 2025 bingo card, yet here we are :)
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/unlocking-multi-spectral-data-with-gemini/
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/unlocking-multi-spectral-data-with-gemini/
Unlocking Multi-Spectral Data with Gemini
Multi-spectral imagery, which captures wavelengths beyond human vision, offers a "superhuman" way to understand the world, and Google's Gemini models make this accessible without specialized training.
developers.googleblog.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Gemini having SOTA satellite data understanding was not on my 2025 bingo card, yet here we are :)
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/unlocking-multi-spectral-data-with-gemini/
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/unlocking-multi-spectral-data-with-gemini/
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It feels like Sora's best application today is the "30 seconds funny" bit - one where the concept itself is funny, there's a few good one liners, and then it's stale after about 30 seconds
Sora offers just enough time to present the concept, hit a couple of lines, then move on
Sora offers just enough time to present the concept, hit a couple of lines, then move on
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It feels like Sora's best application today is the "30 seconds funny" bit - one where the concept itself is funny, there's a few good one liners, and then it's stale after about 30 seconds
Sora offers just enough time to present the concept, hit a couple of lines, then move on
Sora offers just enough time to present the concept, hit a couple of lines, then move on
Missed opportunity to start the headline with "In a shocking twist"
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Missed opportunity to start the headline with "In a shocking twist"
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A new AI technique compresses large language model chatbot conversation memory by 3–4 times, enabling faster responses and efficient handling of longer dialogs without loss of accuracy. doi.org/g99kf8
AI tech can compress LLM chatbot conversation memory by 3–4 times
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Professor Hyun Oh Song from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has developed a new AI technology called KVzip that intelligently compresses the conversation memory of large language model (LLM)-based chatbots used in long-context tasks such as extended dialog and document summarization.
techxplore.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A new AI technique compresses large language model chatbot conversation memory by 3–4 times, enabling faster responses and efficient handling of longer dialogs without loss of accuracy. doi.org/g99kf8
Interesting article from the Dallas Federal Reserve, suggesting AI may raise productivity growth rate by .3% (at the low end)
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...
Advances in AI will boost productivity, living standards over time
Artificial intelligence offers the potential to improve people’s living standards. Such advances can be approximated by changes in GDP per capita over time. Using that common measure, AI could enhance...
www.dallasfed.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Interesting article from the Dallas Federal Reserve, suggesting AI may raise productivity growth rate by .3% (at the low end)
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...