Giovanni Campagna
@gcampax.com
Was a PL->ML researcher, now leading engineering at Bardeen / GetWIQ.ai . EU native, US currently. Opinions are a weighted average of everyone around me (the weights are mine). Also @gcampax@mastodon.social. he/him
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That's how you make BSky a trillion dollar business
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
That's how you make BSky a trillion dollar business
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Geoguesser, but you’re shown code and asked which software it’s for.
“It’s React, but is it a desktop app??”
“It’s React, but is it a desktop app??”
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Geoguesser, but you’re shown code and asked which software it’s for.
“It’s React, but is it a desktop app??”
“It’s React, but is it a desktop app??”
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I have Gas Town derangement syndrome and spent the last few weeks writing thousands of words on agent orchestration patterns; how they shift our bottlenecks and force us to ask whether and when we should stop looking at code
maggieappleton.com/gastown
maggieappleton.com/gastown
Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale
On agent orchestration patterns, why design and critical thinking are the new bottlenecks, and whether we should let go of looking at code
maggieappleton.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I have Gas Town derangement syndrome and spent the last few weeks writing thousands of words on agent orchestration patterns; how they shift our bottlenecks and force us to ask whether and when we should stop looking at code
maggieappleton.com/gastown
maggieappleton.com/gastown
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no matter what I do, I simply cannot stop myself from saying "Claude Clode" instead of "Claude Code"
January 23, 2026 at 1:31 AM
no matter what I do, I simply cannot stop myself from saying "Claude Clode" instead of "Claude Code"
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first we had LLMs
put it in a loop and call it an agent
put that in a loop and call it ralph
guys i think i know what's next
put it in a loop and call it an agent
put that in a loop and call it ralph
guys i think i know what's next
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 AM
first we had LLMs
put it in a loop and call it an agent
put that in a loop and call it ralph
guys i think i know what's next
put it in a loop and call it an agent
put that in a loop and call it ralph
guys i think i know what's next
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Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
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“Safe AI” isn’t just about the model.
I’ve seen problems start when AI gets added on top of unclear workflows or messy data.
If the product isn’t stable yet, AI just makes failures harder to see.
I’ve seen problems start when AI gets added on top of unclear workflows or messy data.
If the product isn’t stable yet, AI just makes failures harder to see.
January 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“Safe AI” isn’t just about the model.
I’ve seen problems start when AI gets added on top of unclear workflows or messy data.
If the product isn’t stable yet, AI just makes failures harder to see.
I’ve seen problems start when AI gets added on top of unclear workflows or messy data.
If the product isn’t stable yet, AI just makes failures harder to see.
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at least tomorrow is friday
January 21, 2026 at 5:31 AM
at least tomorrow is friday
Yeah I don't understand this. Multiple times recently a decision was made that's clearly going to be read as related to current events, and then it was claimed it was not in response to US actions. Meloni and Starmer both had similar comments re tripwire troops in Greenland.
What's the point?
What's the point?
DENMARK'S AKADEMIKERPENSION: DECISION TO DIVEST U.S. TREASURIES IS ROOTED IN POOR U.S. GOVERNMENT FINANCES; NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO ONGOING RIFT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND EUROPE
January 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Yeah I don't understand this. Multiple times recently a decision was made that's clearly going to be read as related to current events, and then it was claimed it was not in response to US actions. Meloni and Starmer both had similar comments re tripwire troops in Greenland.
What's the point?
What's the point?
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TMW you hit a short commit hash that's all digits and it just instantly looks weird
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
TMW you hit a short commit hash that's all digits and it just instantly looks weird
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Another day in EU Occupied America. I asked what a Spitzenkandidat was and they said not even they know
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Another day in EU Occupied America. I asked what a Spitzenkandidat was and they said not even they know
When I was a kid, one of the careers I considered- and then discarded as implausible- was becoming a comedian.
It's funny that it might eventually become the only career available.
Or maybe if I find that funny I shouldn't be a comedian at all...
It's funny that it might eventually become the only career available.
Or maybe if I find that funny I shouldn't be a comedian at all...
In 2023 @garymarcus.bsky.social interviewed me about AI and comedy. I said LLMs weren't funny because they can't hit the right level of surprisal/ppl. I've avoided making predictions about what LLMs will or won't do, but I just checked if I embarrassed myself with my only prediction. I haven't. 👇
Can AI Make You Laugh?
Podcast Episode · The World as You’ll Know It: The Future Of Aging · 05/16/2023 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:44 PM
When I was a kid, one of the careers I considered- and then discarded as implausible- was becoming a comedian.
It's funny that it might eventually become the only career available.
Or maybe if I find that funny I shouldn't be a comedian at all...
It's funny that it might eventually become the only career available.
Or maybe if I find that funny I shouldn't be a comedian at all...
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In 2023 @garymarcus.bsky.social interviewed me about AI and comedy. I said LLMs weren't funny because they can't hit the right level of surprisal/ppl. I've avoided making predictions about what LLMs will or won't do, but I just checked if I embarrassed myself with my only prediction. I haven't. 👇
Can AI Make You Laugh?
Podcast Episode · The World as You’ll Know It: The Future Of Aging · 05/16/2023 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
In 2023 @garymarcus.bsky.social interviewed me about AI and comedy. I said LLMs weren't funny because they can't hit the right level of surprisal/ppl. I've avoided making predictions about what LLMs will or won't do, but I just checked if I embarrassed myself with my only prediction. I haven't. 👇
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Not the point of the OP, but I was curious and took a closer look at this 2025 piece from OpenAI. Much could be said, but it fails my go-to test for all of these pieces about "how people actually use AI": the tokens "sex" "erotic" and "NSFW" do not appear in the paper.
Exactly. We actually have empirics on this: 10% of the world’s adult population, noodling away uselessly at the “word-guessing machine.”
How People Use ChatGPT
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Not the point of the OP, but I was curious and took a closer look at this 2025 piece from OpenAI. Much could be said, but it fails my go-to test for all of these pieces about "how people actually use AI": the tokens "sex" "erotic" and "NSFW" do not appear in the paper.
Typical behavior of an oil dependent nation
You've heard of Megachussets, but hear me out: The Greater Los Angeles Linear City
January 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Typical behavior of an oil dependent nation
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Replied to a sales email from a YC company and got a bounce notification, email undeliverable... Good luck with that!
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Replied to a sales email from a YC company and got a bounce notification, email undeliverable... Good luck with that!
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I think Anne Boleyn would not be surprised that the people portraying her has a penis because that was the convention of 16th century English drama.
Personally if I was Anne Boleyn I’d be far more upset that someone made a musical about my head getting cut off
January 19, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I think Anne Boleyn would not be surprised that the people portraying her has a penis because that was the convention of 16th century English drama.
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Because it's his applause line, and pundits fall to audience capture over time if they aren't careful.
Didn't he coin "enshittification?" Why on earth is he abusing the concept so badly to mean "getting worse"
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Because it's his applause line, and pundits fall to audience capture over time if they aren't careful.
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Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?
What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?
lucumr.pocoo.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
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Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.