Alpha
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Shitposter, nerd, dev. Satanist. Science-related stuff. / 38 / no minors, I like smut. Furry trash. / 🔞⚛️🌱🖥🇨🇦🇦🇷
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Alpha
@alphatheskunk.bsky.social
· Nov 29
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I'm Alpha, your 🦨 friendly neighbour. No, I don't stink. Here you can find:
- Random shitposts/jokes
- News, mostly about science and CS (notes on this below)
I like furry and I give likes to both drawn and iRL smut. I will not repost it, but I may reply to it.
I'm Alpha, your 🦨 friendly neighbour. No, I don't stink. Here you can find:
- Random shitposts/jokes
- News, mostly about science and CS (notes on this below)
I like furry and I give likes to both drawn and iRL smut. I will not repost it, but I may reply to it.
IMDB apps work really hard to keep the search functionality hidden.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
IMDB apps work really hard to keep the search functionality hidden.
Oh look, our friend Gödel is at it again, now proving that the universe is not a simulation: news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...
UBCO study debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation - UBC's Okanagan News
New study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science's biggest questions
news.ok.ubc.ca
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Oh look, our friend Gödel is at it again, now proving that the universe is not a simulation: news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/u...
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Need to establish a norm against making the manifold chip-coloured so im not hungry reading papers
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Need to establish a norm against making the manifold chip-coloured so im not hungry reading papers
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Oh so THIS is why #Silksong fleas look like that. They are pupaes. And if you mispronounce them as if you read it in English it sounds like “puppy”. It all makes sense now!!!
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Oh so THIS is why #Silksong fleas look like that. They are pupaes. And if you mispronounce them as if you read it in English it sounds like “puppy”. It all makes sense now!!!
There were like 20 types of ice and they just released version 21???
www.sciencealert.com/ice-that-fre...
www.sciencealert.com/ice-that-fre...
Ice That Freezes at Room Temperature Discovered in X-Ray Laser Experiment
A strange new phase of ice has been discovered during experiments with the world's largest X-ray laser.
www.sciencealert.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
There were like 20 types of ice and they just released version 21???
www.sciencealert.com/ice-that-fre...
www.sciencealert.com/ice-that-fre...
It's one of those projects
October 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's one of those projects
I'll write 3 bullet points and ask AI to elaborate a full document for it. Then someone won't read it and will ask AI to summarize it into 3 bullet points.
This is because at some point we agreed that communicating as humans wasn't acceptable anymore.
This is because at some point we agreed that communicating as humans wasn't acceptable anymore.
October 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'll write 3 bullet points and ask AI to elaborate a full document for it. Then someone won't read it and will ask AI to summarize it into 3 bullet points.
This is because at some point we agreed that communicating as humans wasn't acceptable anymore.
This is because at some point we agreed that communicating as humans wasn't acceptable anymore.
“Chat, is this real?” but they’re French and asking their cat
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Chat, is this real?” but they’re French and asking their cat
I beat them. I wasn't ready. I won the battle but I don't think I really won.
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I beat them. I wasn't ready. I won the battle but I don't think I really won.
Amazing analysis on AI emissions and its relation to other activities: andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sh...
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheet
The numbers clearly show this is a pointless distraction for the climate movement
andymasley.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Amazing analysis on AI emissions and its relation to other activities: andymasley.substack.com/p/a-cheat-sh...
So NOBODY was going to tell me that Silksong had two beautiful gay grasshoppers? And they dance while they battle? No??
October 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So NOBODY was going to tell me that Silksong had two beautiful gay grasshoppers? And they dance while they battle? No??
I love autumn. When the leaves get all cringey
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I love autumn. When the leaves get all cringey
Incredible to see upper management in big companies work. They just throw around millions like it’s not big deal.
September 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Incredible to see upper management in big companies work. They just throw around millions like it’s not big deal.
I keep reading all of this mess going on and I'm just tired. Let's please overthrow the government and get done with it. I've got things to do.
September 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I keep reading all of this mess going on and I'm just tired. Let's please overthrow the government and get done with it. I've got things to do.
Did a Catholic use wrong pronouns with you? Don’t worry. Remember they have a 3-in-1 god and still use “he/him” even though it should be “they/them”
September 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Did a Catholic use wrong pronouns with you? Don’t worry. Remember they have a 3-in-1 god and still use “he/him” even though it should be “they/them”
I'm having the most awful time trying to install a 3rd party app in TizenOS and I can't believe that people get joy out of making Doom run on a piece of toast
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I'm having the most awful time trying to install a 3rd party app in TizenOS and I can't believe that people get joy out of making Doom run on a piece of toast
I actually liked the AI features in the Warp console but they keep adding things that are meant to take over even my IDE and... nope, not into that.
September 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I actually liked the AI features in the Warp console but they keep adding things that are meant to take over even my IDE and... nope, not into that.
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
Any room can be a panic room if you don't take your meds
August 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Any room can be a panic room if you don't take your meds
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Here is "AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto". I've been working on this feverishly because the issue seems to me so urgent - and I'm worried extreme positions on both sides are becoming locked in, when the best way forward is in the centre. Please read it! philpapers.org/rec/BIRACA-4
August 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Here is "AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto". I've been working on this feverishly because the issue seems to me so urgent - and I'm worried extreme positions on both sides are becoming locked in, when the best way forward is in the centre. Please read it! philpapers.org/rec/BIRACA-4
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the disappointment when you wanna buy an album off an artist but the only place you can purchase it is through itunes.
Lemme get it off bandcamp or your official website or something, bro. I don't wanna give apple more money. I wanna give *you* money.
Lemme get it off bandcamp or your official website or something, bro. I don't wanna give apple more money. I wanna give *you* money.
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
the disappointment when you wanna buy an album off an artist but the only place you can purchase it is through itunes.
Lemme get it off bandcamp or your official website or something, bro. I don't wanna give apple more money. I wanna give *you* money.
Lemme get it off bandcamp or your official website or something, bro. I don't wanna give apple more money. I wanna give *you* money.
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It appears that the marginal energy used by a standard prompt from a modern LLM is relatively established at this point, roughly 0.0003 kWh (8-10 seconds of streaming Netflix)
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
August 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It appears that the marginal energy used by a standard prompt from a modern LLM is relatively established at this point, roughly 0.0003 kWh (8-10 seconds of streaming Netflix)
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
Water is more complicated (.25mL to 5mL+), depending on definitions. Training resources are much less clear at this point.
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Update on this post:
A commenter on twitter pointed me to a paper where:
1. They perform the exact experiment I propose
2. LLMs display the exact behavior I said I would be “highly surprised” to see in current models (!)
I’m updating my assessment of LLM introspective ability accordingly!
A commenter on twitter pointed me to a paper where:
1. They perform the exact experiment I propose
2. LLMs display the exact behavior I said I would be “highly surprised” to see in current models (!)
I’m updating my assessment of LLM introspective ability accordingly!
Per Comsa and Shanahan, LLMs already do a type of "lightweight" introspection. What would a heavyweight version look like?
> New blog post: "Raising the Bar for LLM Introspection"
gracekind.net/blog/llmintr...
> New blog post: "Raising the Bar for LLM Introspection"
gracekind.net/blog/llmintr...
Raising the Bar for LLM Introspection • Grace Kind
In "Does It Make Sense to Speak of Introspection in Large Language Models?" Iulia M. Comsa and Murray Shanahan define a lightweight definition of introspection that can be applied to language models.
gracekind.net
August 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Update on this post:
A commenter on twitter pointed me to a paper where:
1. They perform the exact experiment I propose
2. LLMs display the exact behavior I said I would be “highly surprised” to see in current models (!)
I’m updating my assessment of LLM introspective ability accordingly!
A commenter on twitter pointed me to a paper where:
1. They perform the exact experiment I propose
2. LLMs display the exact behavior I said I would be “highly surprised” to see in current models (!)
I’m updating my assessment of LLM introspective ability accordingly!
This is how they do it
August 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is how they do it