Greg
@grateless.bsky.social
Looking for interesting things to read and talk about
Do you not buy the theory that respect redistribution is actually a core political goal? This was maybe early on more obvious on the left but now seems like a key feature if right politics without which nothing makes sense
May 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Do you not buy the theory that respect redistribution is actually a core political goal? This was maybe early on more obvious on the left but now seems like a key feature if right politics without which nothing makes sense
I found your writing here and really value hearing what you have to say.
May 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I found your writing here and really value hearing what you have to say.
Wasnt it earlier today the actual human supreme Court issued one of its more unreliable decisions, and everyone knows the prompt hack. The trouble with super human performance is the bar is just so insanely low
May 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Wasnt it earlier today the actual human supreme Court issued one of its more unreliable decisions, and everyone knows the prompt hack. The trouble with super human performance is the bar is just so insanely low
Yes. But I look at what's happening as evidence the presidency needs to have less influence over critical institutions, not more. Yes it's bad! We know a better plan! But having functional federal institutions requires more assabiyah than we have to spend and we need to be clear eyes about that
May 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yes. But I look at what's happening as evidence the presidency needs to have less influence over critical institutions, not more. Yes it's bad! We know a better plan! But having functional federal institutions requires more assabiyah than we have to spend and we need to be clear eyes about that
I think the missing ingredient is what the mobilization is aimed at. I think this episode makes it clear since research should diversify. Multi-state cooperatives that find specialties and fund science within their states seems a logical way to go. Decoupling from the US presidency is good.
May 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I think the missing ingredient is what the mobilization is aimed at. I think this episode makes it clear since research should diversify. Multi-state cooperatives that find specialties and fund science within their states seems a logical way to go. Decoupling from the US presidency is good.
Hot sauce. The AI suggests Newman's own pasta sauce which maybe seems a better guess?
May 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Hot sauce. The AI suggests Newman's own pasta sauce which maybe seems a better guess?
Anecdotally, yes. Im a bit surprised by the insularity I observe. Seems often pretty impenetrable. Not in a fun way. In a weird, off-putting way. Not quite the right wing way.
April 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Anecdotally, yes. Im a bit surprised by the insularity I observe. Seems often pretty impenetrable. Not in a fun way. In a weird, off-putting way. Not quite the right wing way.
If funding was managed by an institution with representative state funding and governance they'd be inclined to support science in the funding states. Which honestly seems pretty fine to me as my guess would be my area would get more funding which matches my own personal preferences
April 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
If funding was managed by an institution with representative state funding and governance they'd be inclined to support science in the funding states. Which honestly seems pretty fine to me as my guess would be my area would get more funding which matches my own personal preferences
These groups have very different median opinions on AI research. It's interesting historically to talk about them intersecting but there's not really a "bundle" of reactions to AI specifically that I can detect.
April 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
These groups have very different median opinions on AI research. It's interesting historically to talk about them intersecting but there's not really a "bundle" of reactions to AI specifically that I can detect.
I think the funding shenanigans are terrible and I hope legal challenges succeed. I disagree with you on the institution design. What's happening indicates to me there isn't a consensus on science funding at the national level, so my take is we should create a new institutional structure
April 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I think the funding shenanigans are terrible and I hope legal challenges succeed. I disagree with you on the institution design. What's happening indicates to me there isn't a consensus on science funding at the national level, so my take is we should create a new institutional structure
Sorry, threads with tiny messages are difficult to follow. Fires are a great example though! Noone needs an ASI to tell them about matches. I just lived through one of the worst urban fires in recent history. Some were apparently arson. ASI involvement: zero
April 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Sorry, threads with tiny messages are difficult to follow. Fires are a great example though! Noone needs an ASI to tell them about matches. I just lived through one of the worst urban fires in recent history. Some were apparently arson. ASI involvement: zero
Why is biohazard the go-to thing? That seems less likely to qualify, as opposed to eg something explosive where there's no time to respond. My general take is that doom scenarios never play the opponent side and imagine someone asking the AI what is this strange diamondoid bacteria that cropped up
April 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Why is biohazard the go-to thing? That seems less likely to qualify, as opposed to eg something explosive where there's no time to respond. My general take is that doom scenarios never play the opponent side and imagine someone asking the AI what is this strange diamondoid bacteria that cropped up
If you want science funding to be dependent on the presidents priorities, then you have to be ok accepting cancellation when those priorities don't match yours. But seriously, this looks like a time to you to add more outcome correlation to federal executive control? To me, it does not.
April 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
If you want science funding to be dependent on the presidents priorities, then you have to be ok accepting cancellation when those priorities don't match yours. But seriously, this looks like a time to you to add more outcome correlation to federal executive control? To me, it does not.
Are science and health research funders talking about such institutions? Decoupling more science funding from the federal government seems like a positive move to me
April 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Are science and health research funders talking about such institutions? Decoupling more science funding from the federal government seems like a positive move to me
Clearly not independent enough! What would it take to reconstitute science funding as institution(s) completely independent from the federal government? Maybe funded by states and governed by a board set by state governments? It could then accept federal funds if it wanted to but be less dependent.
April 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Clearly not independent enough! What would it take to reconstitute science funding as institution(s) completely independent from the federal government? Maybe funded by states and governed by a board set by state governments? It could then accept federal funds if it wanted to but be less dependent.
Thanks for sharing. Why do you think prompts like "design a bad disease" seem much more sympathetic to many people than prompts like "here's a disease design a cure"? It sounds like you think the difference is in intuitions about relative difficulty of destructive vs constructive. Is that right?
April 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thanks for sharing. Why do you think prompts like "design a bad disease" seem much more sympathetic to many people than prompts like "here's a disease design a cure"? It sounds like you think the difference is in intuitions about relative difficulty of destructive vs constructive. Is that right?
Cool! Thanks! I definitely have the hypersaturation. My perception is that the saturation is kind of more than double the surroundings color (hard to give a comparison without another reference point)
April 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Cool! Thanks! I definitely have the hypersaturation. My perception is that the saturation is kind of more than double the surroundings color (hard to give a comparison without another reference point)
I see what you're saying. Is there a color you'd fatigue with to get hyperbolic teal? I don't know enough about eye physiology to know if the fatigue mechanism would work the same as isolated come type stimulation.
April 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I see what you're saying. Is there a color you'd fatigue with to get hyperbolic teal? I don't know enough about eye physiology to know if the fatigue mechanism would work the same as isolated come type stimulation.
From the article, it's a novel stimulation to the cones that's pretty much not achievable with "normal" stimuli. Whether olo lasts is probably more down to the normal linguistic processes. What's your case for cynicism here?
April 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
From the article, it's a novel stimulation to the cones that's pretty much not achievable with "normal" stimuli. Whether olo lasts is probably more down to the normal linguistic processes. What's your case for cynicism here?
Consolidation of power in the executive has been a bipartisan project as congress gets increasingly scared of doing anything. I think even now when it's clear it's a problem there's not a uniform reaction that it's to much and needs dialled way back
April 14, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Consolidation of power in the executive has been a bipartisan project as congress gets increasingly scared of doing anything. I think even now when it's clear it's a problem there's not a uniform reaction that it's to much and needs dialled way back
Democrats would benefit tremendously from an administrative burden to voting so high only those with advanced degrees could figure it out. Maybe Democrats should basically get on board with weird obstacles to voting and see how much footgunning the Republicans are really up for here.
April 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Democrats would benefit tremendously from an administrative burden to voting so high only those with advanced degrees could figure it out. Maybe Democrats should basically get on board with weird obstacles to voting and see how much footgunning the Republicans are really up for here.
So a mix of contracts or purchase agreements plus financing, instead of relying on only one? Sounds good to me! What do you think the time scales are for this kind of thing? Say for something like desalination and geothermal ( that is, seemingly pretty clearly in the tech tree but not like solar)
April 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So a mix of contracts or purchase agreements plus financing, instead of relying on only one? Sounds good to me! What do you think the time scales are for this kind of thing? Say for something like desalination and geothermal ( that is, seemingly pretty clearly in the tech tree but not like solar)