@dghoefer.bsky.social
Husband, father, engineer, dog and cat lover, native upstate New Yorker.
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That was the tip off to me. I’ve read a fraction of what every major LLM has, yet I have much better skills. To argue that the machine can only function with vastly more data than any human brain could process is an admission that it is not intelligent at all.
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
That was the tip off to me. I’ve read a fraction of what every major LLM has, yet I have much better skills. To argue that the machine can only function with vastly more data than any human brain could process is an admission that it is not intelligent at all.
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This is my way of saying that virtually every toddler in human history has had better pattern recognition and mimicry skills than the most advanced “AI” model present today or possible in the next decade.
I don’t think many people realize how infinitely complex the human brain is and the difficulty level of many of the basic tasks it performs in relation to interacting with the world. With less data in less organized blocks than any LLM has ever received, human toddlers can speak multiple languages.
November 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This is my way of saying that virtually every toddler in human history has had better pattern recognition and mimicry skills than the most advanced “AI” model present today or possible in the next decade.
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I don’t think many people realize how infinitely complex the human brain is and the difficulty level of many of the basic tasks it performs in relation to interacting with the world. With less data in less organized blocks than any LLM has ever received, human toddlers can speak multiple languages.
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I don’t think many people realize how infinitely complex the human brain is and the difficulty level of many of the basic tasks it performs in relation to interacting with the world. With less data in less organized blocks than any LLM has ever received, human toddlers can speak multiple languages.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Millions of full-time workers are struggling to afford a place to live. Here’s why
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
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A lot of those problems are genuinely hard and genuinely valuable and they require nuance and expertise and engineering to solve and all of that gets swept aside by an idiot with a golden parachute saying things like “what if we put a data center in space”
November 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A lot of those problems are genuinely hard and genuinely valuable and they require nuance and expertise and engineering to solve and all of that gets swept aside by an idiot with a golden parachute saying things like “what if we put a data center in space”
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This pains me because there are real genuine powerful use cases for data science that don’t involve burning the planet, stealing all the water, robbing people’s creative property, or displacing jobs. I’ve spent my career doing this work and there’s plenty of amazing stuff to build.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This pains me because there are real genuine powerful use cases for data science that don’t involve burning the planet, stealing all the water, robbing people’s creative property, or displacing jobs. I’ve spent my career doing this work and there’s plenty of amazing stuff to build.
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One of the things that became really truly incredibly clear to me is that the entire AI bubble is built on CEOs who don’t know a single thing they are talking about gassing up all their CEO buddies who also don’t know what they are talking about and the entire system is built on this BS.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of the things that became really truly incredibly clear to me is that the entire AI bubble is built on CEOs who don’t know a single thing they are talking about gassing up all their CEO buddies who also don’t know what they are talking about and the entire system is built on this BS.
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I like the idea of historic American roses from around the country.
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I like the idea of historic American roses from around the country.
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2020–2025 (cont.): a small minority of Americans read reputable, trustworthy news sources and have the ability to synthesize and understand the news in its social context; everyone else — even the educated — suffers from a deficit of reliable information and/or their brains are irreparably cooked
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
2020–2025 (cont.): a small minority of Americans read reputable, trustworthy news sources and have the ability to synthesize and understand the news in its social context; everyone else — even the educated — suffers from a deficit of reliable information and/or their brains are irreparably cooked
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2020–2025: Facebook, TikTok and X replace news with animal videos, anti-vaxxer content, Nazi propaganda and AI slop; major media outlets survive by not offending the ruling party or its followers;
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
2020–2025: Facebook, TikTok and X replace news with animal videos, anti-vaxxer content, Nazi propaganda and AI slop; major media outlets survive by not offending the ruling party or its followers;
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2005–2020: With the rise of smartphones, people increasingly get their news from links on Facebook, Twitter and other social media; traditional media companies are bought by hedge funds, billionaires or conservative companies like Nexstar and Sinclair; the rest die
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2005–2020: With the rise of smartphones, people increasingly get their news from links on Facebook, Twitter and other social media; traditional media companies are bought by hedge funds, billionaires or conservative companies like Nexstar and Sinclair; the rest die
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1995–2005: Cable news expansion and high-speed internet cause news sources to diverge to meet audience preferences; competition for profit intensifies; media outlets begin to prioritize what audiences want to hear over objective facts
November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
1995–2005: Cable news expansion and high-speed internet cause news sources to diverge to meet audience preferences; competition for profit intensifies; media outlets begin to prioritize what audiences want to hear over objective facts
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Here is that timeline.
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Here is that timeline.
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
1945–1995: Everyone gets the same news and information from newspapers, magazines and national TV networks; CNN eventually emerges as the standard: monoculture is a way of life
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The pipeline between a thing happening and people knowing about it (and understanding it in context) has collapsed to the point most people no longer have any idea what's going on.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The pipeline between a thing happening and people knowing about it (and understanding it in context) has collapsed to the point most people no longer have any idea what's going on.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
The timeline is unsettling because it's clear how we got here AND that there's no obvious course correction available.
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protect themselves from paying for what they use and consume.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
protect themselves from paying for what they use and consume.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
And it all comes down to their ability to buy lawmakers.
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NOT working for two reasons: 1) the wealthy are not taxed enough, and 2) corporations pay a great deal less in tax than the benefit they get, and the burden they impose on the infrastructure they rely on.
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NOT working for two reasons: 1) the wealthy are not taxed enough, and 2) corporations pay a great deal less in tax than the benefit they get, and the burden they impose on the infrastructure they rely on.
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
THAT’S why!!
Our system has been corrupted by the people and entities with wealth to
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remained flat or actually gone down.
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
remained flat or actually gone down.
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.
So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.
Our income tax system is
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The first Olbermann got here in 1846. Funny, we still welcomed the next immigrants. And then the Trumps. And then the Millers. Even though my grandma had rocks thrown at her in school in 1917 because her name was German
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The first Olbermann got here in 1846. Funny, we still welcomed the next immigrants. And then the Trumps. And then the Millers. Even though my grandma had rocks thrown at her in school in 1917 because her name was German
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All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too
All four of my wife's grandparents were part of great pre-WWI wave of non-Anglo-Saxon immigs that panicked the Stephen Millers of that era (eg Madison Grant — look him up)
Her people were Czech. Millions more: Italy, Russia, "the Pale," Greece, Poland, Hungary,etc
Miller's people came then too