Mathias Verraes
@mathiasverraes.bsky.social
Student of Systems
Consultant @ https://aardling.eu
Curator @ https://dddeurope.com
Author @ https://verraes.net
Consultant @ https://aardling.eu
Curator @ https://dddeurope.com
Author @ https://verraes.net
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are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
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January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
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apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
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This! And if we try three more things and none of them work, it's not waste, it's validation
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This! And if we try three more things and none of them work, it's not waste, it's validation
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A particular thing works is useful information but not the same as proving that it's the ONLY thing that works
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
A particular thing works is useful information but not the same as proving that it's the ONLY thing that works
"European alternatives to digital services and products, such as cloud services and SaaS"
european-alternatives.eu
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european-alternatives.eu
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
"European alternatives to digital services and products, such as cloud services and SaaS"
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
Sure we are, we need a landfill to dump the useless robots
January 29, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Sure we are, we need a landfill to dump the useless robots
Yes, let's fill our homes with robots that are controlled by a fascist megalomaniac trillionaire as if we have never seen a sci-fi movie 🙄
Tesla is going to stop making the Model S and Model X to retool the factory to make Optimus robots?
a close up of a man in a suit and tie with a hand holding his tie .
ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie with a hand holding his tie .
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Yes, let's fill our homes with robots that are controlled by a fascist megalomaniac trillionaire as if we have never seen a sci-fi movie 🙄
I'm starting to think my hypothesis from our earlier discussion is not holding up...
January 27, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I'm starting to think my hypothesis from our earlier discussion is not holding up...
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect seems to apply even more for AI than media.
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect seems to apply even more for AI than media.
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Our Call for Papers is closed! Thank you to all 691 applicants who submitted. This response was incredible.
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Our Call for Papers is closed! Thank you to all 691 applicants who submitted. This response was incredible.
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
We've announced our first confirmed speakers, with more to come soon: buff.ly/jIPNthk
Well that's my theory, he's the designated Trump handler (whether successful or not). Trump doesn't talk to the second in command of nations or organisations anyway, so they can do their jobs while Rutte keeps the wolves at bay
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Well that's my theory, he's the designated Trump handler (whether successful or not). Trump doesn't talk to the second in command of nations or organisations anyway, so they can do their jobs while Rutte keeps the wolves at bay
I think he is very susceptible to flattery as well, but I don't know if Rutte's style works. In any case, NATO still exists and Rutte still has that position, so that's why I think European NATO members agree with the approach.
January 20, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I think he is very susceptible to flattery as well, but I don't know if Rutte's style works. In any case, NATO still exists and Rutte still has that position, so that's why I think European NATO members agree with the approach.
Keep in mind that Rutte started acting this way days after that horrible meeting where Trump+Vance bullied Zelensky.
January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Keep in mind that Rutte started acting this way days after that horrible meeting where Trump+Vance bullied Zelensky.
Not publicly. Given what we know about Trump and what is rumoured (Epstein etc), it's possible he loves to be called daddy in this way.
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Not publicly. Given what we know about Trump and what is rumoured (Epstein etc), it's possible he loves to be called daddy in this way.
Catching flies with honey and all that. It's just a hypothesis, and if I'm right I don't know how to feel about that
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Catching flies with honey and all that. It's just a hypothesis, and if I'm right I don't know how to feel about that
My hypothesis is that internally, European NATO members are in on it, that they support Rutte's strategy of publicly behaving like Trump's loyalists, while privately they try to deal with the problem. If Rutte gets on the wrong foot with Trump, NATO's end could be one tweet away.
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 AM
My hypothesis is that internally, European NATO members are in on it, that they support Rutte's strategy of publicly behaving like Trump's loyalists, while privately they try to deal with the problem. If Rutte gets on the wrong foot with Trump, NATO's end could be one tweet away.
Rutte isn't a native speaker either, so it could be an awkward attempt at "looking forward to see you". But obviously Rutte's public strategy is to stay on Trump's good side by (as Dutch people say) spreading syrup on Trump's sleeves.
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Rutte isn't a native speaker either, so it could be an awkward attempt at "looking forward to see you". But obviously Rutte's public strategy is to stay on Trump's good side by (as Dutch people say) spreading syrup on Trump's sleeves.
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Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
It won't change a thing. He's just the face, the fascists will hold on to power at all cost.
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It won't change a thing. He's just the face, the fascists will hold on to power at all cost.
Yeah. The music is still here though.
January 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Yeah. The music is still here though.
Sorry, I had to do it, it's the stress
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Sorry, I had to do it, it's the stress
Everyone's doing realpolitik like it's 1939 and we don't know any better
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Everyone's doing realpolitik like it's 1939 and we don't know any better
I rewatched it with my 14yo a few months ago, still superb 😀
January 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I rewatched it with my 14yo a few months ago, still superb 😀
And of course The Big Short (2015)
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 AM
And of course The Big Short (2015)