Kevin Schmidt
@kevinschmidt.bsky.social
working in tech for way too long, currently telling models to behave, dipped into economics, mainly here to repost
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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The Census Bureau runs a biweekly survey of 1.2M businesses asking if they’ve used AI tools like ML, NLP, virtual agents, or voice recognition to produce goods or services in the past two weeks.
Among larger businesses(250+ employees), adoption has actually been trending down recently.
Among larger businesses(250+ employees), adoption has actually been trending down recently.
September 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Census Bureau runs a biweekly survey of 1.2M businesses asking if they’ve used AI tools like ML, NLP, virtual agents, or voice recognition to produce goods or services in the past two weeks.
Among larger businesses(250+ employees), adoption has actually been trending down recently.
Among larger businesses(250+ employees), adoption has actually been trending down recently.
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Discovered today that not everyone considers this nine year old viral tweet a seminal text in the field of social media studies but I do
August 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Discovered today that not everyone considers this nine year old viral tweet a seminal text in the field of social media studies but I do
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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 11:21 AM
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.
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I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I’ll say it again: It was a huge mistake for Congress to abolish itself.
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I sometimes wonder if we systematically overthink things and miss the fact that America is stacked to the gills with rubes www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
How Ivermectin Became Right-Wing Aspirin
Once a suspect COVID treatment, now a cure for everything
www.theatlantic.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I sometimes wonder if we systematically overthink things and miss the fact that America is stacked to the gills with rubes www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
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Feels some real Soviet Union in the early 1980s vibes going on
BREAKING: Jacksonville Airport is on fucking fire.
The parking garage is engulfed in flames and sources are pointing at a Tesla explosion as the ignition point.
You can’t make this shit up.
The parking garage is engulfed in flames and sources are pointing at a Tesla explosion as the ignition point.
You can’t make this shit up.
May 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Feels some real Soviet Union in the early 1980s vibes going on
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Here's my set of takes on Biden and his age and ability to do the job.
1) The decision to seek reelection was very obviously the wrong one, and indeed I'd say catastrophically so. *At the time* it may have been defensible but with the benefit of hindsight, it was a terrible mistake.
1) The decision to seek reelection was very obviously the wrong one, and indeed I'd say catastrophically so. *At the time* it may have been defensible but with the benefit of hindsight, it was a terrible mistake.
May 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Here's my set of takes on Biden and his age and ability to do the job.
1) The decision to seek reelection was very obviously the wrong one, and indeed I'd say catastrophically so. *At the time* it may have been defensible but with the benefit of hindsight, it was a terrible mistake.
1) The decision to seek reelection was very obviously the wrong one, and indeed I'd say catastrophically so. *At the time* it may have been defensible but with the benefit of hindsight, it was a terrible mistake.
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To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
May 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
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Art of the Deal
May 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Art of the Deal
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Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
WASHINGTON—Staunchly defending his decision to share sensitive military data in messages to his wife, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Monday, “There are no state secrets in a healthy rel...
theonion.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Pete Hegseth: ‘There Are No State Secrets In A Healthy Relationship’
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April 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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I threw $5,000 into the fire. But then I reached in and pulled out $3,000, severely burning my hand and convincing all the people around me that I'm insane. ART OF THE DEAL!
a man with a knife in his mouth .
ALT: a man with a knife in his mouth .
media.tenor.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I threw $5,000 into the fire. But then I reached in and pulled out $3,000, severely burning my hand and convincing all the people around me that I'm insane. ART OF THE DEAL!
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Trump on his order pausing tariffs: "We didn't have access to lawyers. We wrote it up from our hearts, right?"
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Trump on his order pausing tariffs: "We didn't have access to lawyers. We wrote it up from our hearts, right?"
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Tomorrow he’ll sign executive orders against Marxist broccoli and CRT minivans
Trump signs an executive order ending "woke policies that discriminate against secure sources of power, like coal and other fossil fuels"
April 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tomorrow he’ll sign executive orders against Marxist broccoli and CRT minivans
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Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon
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April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump Assures Wall Street He’ll Go Back To Just Fucking Over Poor People Soon
http://theonion.com/...
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OBAMA: “Imagine if I had done any of this.”
Exactly.
Exactly.
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
OBAMA: “Imagine if I had done any of this.”
Exactly.
Exactly.
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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1. BREAKING
Senator Cory Booker has made history.
After 68 years, he has broken Senator Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech on the Senate floor.
Senator Cory Booker has made history.
After 68 years, he has broken Senator Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech on the Senate floor.
April 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
1. BREAKING
Senator Cory Booker has made history.
After 68 years, he has broken Senator Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech on the Senate floor.
Senator Cory Booker has made history.
After 68 years, he has broken Senator Strom Thurmond’s record for the longest speech on the Senate floor.
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You have to appreciate the efficiency though. 'Woke Putin' accomplishes so much stupidity with so few words, it's a kind of idiot masterpiece.
March 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
You have to appreciate the efficiency though. 'Woke Putin' accomplishes so much stupidity with so few words, it's a kind of idiot masterpiece.
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my favourite soviet era joke:
kgb agent 1: tell me, comrade, what do you think of the leader?
kgb agent 2: i think the same as you, comrade!
kgb agent 1: in that case, i’m afraid i have to arrest you
kgb agent 1: tell me, comrade, what do you think of the leader?
kgb agent 2: i think the same as you, comrade!
kgb agent 1: in that case, i’m afraid i have to arrest you
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
my favourite soviet era joke:
kgb agent 1: tell me, comrade, what do you think of the leader?
kgb agent 2: i think the same as you, comrade!
kgb agent 1: in that case, i’m afraid i have to arrest you
kgb agent 1: tell me, comrade, what do you think of the leader?
kgb agent 2: i think the same as you, comrade!
kgb agent 1: in that case, i’m afraid i have to arrest you
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y’all are wild
March 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
y’all are wild