Liam Newman
@differentialguy.bsky.social
I go by reflexion on some other places
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uni student, enjoyer of math and puzzles, will rarely post (if at all) (I don't know why people are following !!)
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uni student, enjoyer of math and puzzles, will rarely post (if at all) (I don't know why people are following !!)
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@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
August 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.
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Yet another helpful explainer to counter the ignorant disinformation spouted by the unqualified extremist who is currently destroying the HHS
August 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Yet another helpful explainer to counter the ignorant disinformation spouted by the unqualified extremist who is currently destroying the HHS
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didn’t initially realize this isn’t the tv show! it’s just a straight reread of her books as a cash grab. it’s basically a tribute album to raise money for charity; the charity is “for the good of society, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.”
fuck every one of these people.
fuck every one of these people.
Welp. That's Dr. House in the bin...
Harry Potter Audiobooks Reveals Cast Led By Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, Riz Ahmed & Michelle Gomez; Cush Gumbo To Narrate; Release Dates Set
Pottermore Publishing and Audible are unveiling the star-studded cast lineup for Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions.
deadline.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
didn’t initially realize this isn’t the tv show! it’s just a straight reread of her books as a cash grab. it’s basically a tribute album to raise money for charity; the charity is “for the good of society, transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.”
fuck every one of these people.
fuck every one of these people.
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus
July 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus
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I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I suspect that fact that the vast majority of LLM users don’t seem to have received this (really very simple!) message is because the AI companies have a vested interest in us not understanding it. “ChatGPT is smart, it just makes mistakes sometimes” is much more marketable than the truth.
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Nice to see that everyone is referring to the new pope by his chosen name.
🏳️⚧️ Do the same for trans people! 🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️ Do the same for trans people! 🏳️⚧️
May 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nice to see that everyone is referring to the new pope by his chosen name.
🏳️⚧️ Do the same for trans people! 🏳️⚧️
🏳️⚧️ Do the same for trans people! 🏳️⚧️
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If you need any sources on AI being shitty, I've been collecting and compiling them: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Questioning AI Resource List
Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...
docs.google.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you need any sources on AI being shitty, I've been collecting and compiling them: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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So weird I posted this video and I ended it with "Will women even be allowed in space in 2024?" And people got so defensive like I was being crazy. Huh. Wild.
This video references the myth of Artemis but maybe I am Cassandra.
youtu.be/WBlzD6MZ9A0
This video references the myth of Artemis but maybe I am Cassandra.
youtu.be/WBlzD6MZ9A0
March 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
So weird I posted this video and I ended it with "Will women even be allowed in space in 2024?" And people got so defensive like I was being crazy. Huh. Wild.
This video references the myth of Artemis but maybe I am Cassandra.
youtu.be/WBlzD6MZ9A0
This video references the myth of Artemis but maybe I am Cassandra.
youtu.be/WBlzD6MZ9A0