alkatyn.bsky.social
@alkatyn.bsky.social
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hiving this off into its own post: what are your youtube channels-o-choice
I can also ride the bike & watch YouTube, which is a big motivational assist tbh
September 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Does AI get bored?

I gave them nothing to do, just to see what happens

one thing — they devolve into a repetitive “collapse” state, I guess you could call it boredom

but some break out into math & poetry on their own, I didn’t expect which ones that would be

timkellogg.me/blog/2025/09...
Does AI Get Bored?
timkellogg.me
September 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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I wrote a very simple and straightforward explainer on what Chinese leaders think and who's the most at risk in a US China trade war the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io/a-haters-gui...
A Hater's Guide to China and Trade Wars
By the time this blog post is done and published (April 30th or May 1st, 2025), the United States will likely have started feeling the pinch of up to 145 % tariffs on Chinese imports, depending on vol...
the-haters-guide-to-international-politics.ghost.io
April 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I signed the 10% Giving Pledge this year, and this week, I decided to donate 19% of my annual income to global health charities.

It's not going to be anywhere near "enough", but I'm happy to do it --
We don't have to sit back and just watch the horror unfold
This month, I signed a pledge to donate at least 10% of my lifetime income to effective charities.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev
April 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This morning rather than having fun like a normal person I wrote 5000 words on my thoughts on fictional political economy and its role in fantasy world-building, with reference to 40k.

sherdenpact.neocities.org/GrimDarkEcon
Sherden Pact
sherdenpact.neocities.org
April 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Many lab studies find huge productivity gains from AI use.

I think these are often being reported on too uncritically.

People seem to forget what they are supposed to know about generalisability questions.

In the real world, we don't see huge productivity gains.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM