Greg Linden

@glinden.bsky.social

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1h

I know these guys famously do not think anything through all the way, but holy shit

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 2h

Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."

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Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · 3h

So, now what stops Turkey from taking over Syria, Russia from taking over Ukraine, and China from taking over Taiwan? US?

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Robert Black, W. Andy Knight , and 4 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Robert Black, W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman, Todd Pugatch, Henry Jones, Greg Linden

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Rep. Seth Moulton: "This is insane. What the hell are we doing? ... this is illegal."

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers, Maarten Vink , and 9 more Joe R. Feagin, Steve Peers, Maarten Vink, Melissa Johnson, Sanford F. Schram, Kathi Wilson, Michael J. Hicks, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Greg Linden, Sean P. Corcoran, Timothy D. McBride, David Darmofal

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4h

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.

The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 4h

I'm no expert, but I thought the theory was that children are more sensitive to bitter flavors to protect them from poisoning? Eg: "children dislike and reject bitter taste, which protects them from ingesting poisons"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26002822/

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 5h

I know I’ve said this before it is truly going to be impossible to explain to people who didn’t live through it just how incredibly stupid all this is

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 5h

Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.

Reposted by Mary Feeney, Greg Linden, Timothy D. McBride

Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 7h

The legal justification the WH gave us for attacking Venezuelan boats in int’l waters without Congressional approval was weak, and exposes the WH and military staff to domestic and international criminal prosecution. They have not even sought to justify strikes within Venezuela.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 7h

Just once I would like to wake up to shockingly good political news

Reposted by Peter Thorne, David R. Miller, Christine Kooi , and 9 more Peter Thorne, David R. Miller, Christine Kooi, Jonathan Birch, Maria Abreu, Michael Jones‐Correa, Jelena Subotić, Mark Rice, Noah L. Nathan, Greg Linden, Stephen A. Meserve, Manisha Sinha

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Steve Peers , and 5 more Lisa W. Fazio, Peter Thorne, Steve Peers, Alison Phipps, James Goodwin, Mark Rice, Greg Linden, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 23h

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 23h

Paying for an enterprise license of the only major AI chatbot that calls itself “MechaHitler” and generates CSAM is like failing an IQ test.

Musk's xAI launches Grok Business amid ongoing nonconsensual deepfake controversy

Credit: VentureBeat made with Grok Imagine

venturebeat.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

if you're a tech journalist there's no better way to bare your whole ass and demonstrate you have no idea what you're talking about than to ascribe reliable human sentience and reason to LLMs

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Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com · 1d

the thing is, LLMs are very interesting and powerful, and there are lots of cool things we can do with them and that we will figure out how to do with them.

but, also, there are very real limitations in what they can do, which seems pretty obvious, Lecun (and others) have made these points.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Cathy N. Davidson, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls , and 3 more Lisa W. Fazio, Cathy N. Davidson, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Victor Pickard, Andy Reisinger, Greg Linden

CNBC @cnbc.com · 1d

Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children

Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.

cnb.cx

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Steve Peers, Mark D. White , and 8 more Shannon Vallor, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Rebecca Tushnet, Alessandro Nai, Aurélien Mondon, Woodrow Hartzog, Iñaki Aldasoro, Greg Linden, Frederik Dhondt, Dunlap

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk

Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X

Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.

reut.rs

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 1d

Tesla Q4 deliveries slide 16% as yearly deliveries drop again. BYD outsold Tesla in battery electric vehicles for the first time in 2025. sherwood.news/tech/tesla-q...

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne , and 11 more Shannon Vallor, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Juan Cole, McKenzie Wark, Michael Zimmer, Jacob T. Levy, Bessma Momani, Woodrow Hartzog, Larry W. Hunter, Iñaki Aldasoro, Greg Linden

Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 1d

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Greg Linden

Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 1d

In the first 25 years when vaccines were routinely provided, more than 91 million cases of chickenpox, 238 000 hospitalizations, and almost 2000 deaths were prevented in the US.

It was also cost-saving: with a net societal savings of at least 23.4 billion US dollars so far.

In the 25 years since vaccines were routinely provided, it’s estimated that a total of more than 91 million cases of chickenpox, 238 000 hospitalizations, and almost 2000 deaths were prevented in the US, as a result of vaccination.

The decision was also cost-saving: this conservative estimate puts it at a net societal savings of 23.4 billion US dollars so far, with savings coming from the reduction in sickness, fewer work-days lost to childcare, and avoiding expensive treatment including antibiotics and antivirals for other infections that could arise as complications of the disease. That is, chickenpox vaccination also reduces the need for antibiotics, and thus helps against antibiotic resistance.

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Second, I think self-driving taxis aren't cost effective and can't be with current technology, so I think we're headed down a path where cost-cutting causes safety issues and traffic disruptions, eventually leading to a political fight over whether the companies can push costs onto society. 2/2

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Let me add my opinions on a couple things. First, I think it'll prove fragile to box in LLMs -- it's applying band-aid after band-aid until it's a pile of crufty stop words and rules -- so I think useful and successful products using LLMs will be only ones where the cost of mistakes is low. 1/2

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Must read from AI guru Rodney Brooks with tech predictions on self-driving taxis, LLMs, AI, quantum computing, humanoid robots, human spaceflight, electric helicopters (so-called "flying cars"), and more. Some teasers in the thread below. 🧵 1/5

Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 2d

Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. rodneybrooks.com/predictions-...

Reposted by Paul Matthews, Michael Müller, Iñaki Aldasoro , and 2 more Paul Matthews, Michael Müller, Iñaki Aldasoro, Greg Linden, Gilles Louppe

Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 2d

2020s: AI "System Prompts" are lengthy, carefully constructed sets of expert rules about a particular domain, created by "prompt engineers".

1980s: AI "Expert Systems" were lengthy, carefully constructed sets of expert rules about a particular domain, created by "knowledge engineers".

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

Russian central bank greatly increases short-term loans to banks, indicating a liquidity shortage.

Usual caveats that Russia's economy isn't going to collapse tomorrow. But this highlights how they're operating beyond capacity and their aggression against Ukraine is unsustainable. The costs add up.

Post with text: "The Central Bank of Russia issued repo loans to banks worth 4.7 trillion rubles.
Term: 14 days
Rate: 16.2%
Russian banks are experiencing a severe liquidity shortage."

Plus a graph visualizing that.

Original: https://x.com/evgen1232007/status/2006013278141448332

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 2d

Just so you’re aware, most platforms typically do not refund ad fees collected from advertisers who are later banned for scams.

There ought to be a law requiring platforms to turn over this illegal windfall... a disgorgement. This way, platforms would no longer profit from delayed enforcement.

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

LLMs: "We all know we need guard rails around LLMs to make them useful ... keep them boxed in ... add explainability ... so that human users can oversee what they are being fed ... Those that can control their LLMs will be able to deliver useable product." 5/5

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Humanoid robots: "currently unsafe for humans to be close to ... battery life measured in minutes ... are tele-operated ... not demonstrated any practical work ... pinch grasp [only] ... I do not share the hype that surrounds humanoid robotics today. Some of it is downright delusional." 4/5

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

SF blackout revealed the problem with self-driving taxis: "Waymo clearly did not have enough humans on duty to handle the volume of requests that were coming in ... It is worth noting that current generation Waymos need a lot of human help to operate as they do." 3/5

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Self-driving taxis: "In the US the players that will determine whether self driving cars are successful or abandoned are #1 Waymo (Google) and #2 Zoox (Amazon). No one else matters. The key metric will be human intervention rate as that will determine profitability." 2/5

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 2d

Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 2d

Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. rodneybrooks.com/predictions-...

Predictions Scorecard, 2026 January 01 – Rodney Brooks

rodneybrooks.com

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