Mihoda
@mihoda.bsky.social
Interested in understanding how technology impacts our lives. Knows things about energy/econ/tech
The map is not the territory.
Will make you a map.
The map is not the territory.
Will make you a map.
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The Pravda website network aims "to flood the internet with low-quality, pro-Kremlin content that mimics real news articles but is *crafted for ingestion by LLMs*."
3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
Whispers in Code: Grooming Large Language Models for Harm - 3 Quarks Daily
by Muhammad Aurangzeb AhmadAround 2005 when Facebook was an emerging platform and Twitter had not yet appeared on the horizon, the problem of false
3quarksdaily.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The Pravda website network aims "to flood the internet with low-quality, pro-Kremlin content that mimics real news articles but is *crafted for ingestion by LLMs*."
3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
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Study in Nature: “Across 30 out of 32 evaluation axes from the specialist physician perspective & 25 out of 26 evaluation axes from the patient-actor perspective, AMIE [Google Medical LLM] was rated superior to PCPs [primary care docs] while being non-inferior on the rest.”
(& AIME is an older LLM)
(& AIME is an older LLM)
May 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Study in Nature: “Across 30 out of 32 evaluation axes from the specialist physician perspective & 25 out of 26 evaluation axes from the patient-actor perspective, AMIE [Google Medical LLM] was rated superior to PCPs [primary care docs] while being non-inferior on the rest.”
(& AIME is an older LLM)
(& AIME is an older LLM)
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The entire transcript of Time's interview with Trump is insane. Just to pick one moment: Trump says Biden would never do an interview with Time, then when told that he had asks how it went, then when told he can read it himself says that he had read it and it didn't go well
time.com/7280114/dona...
time.com/7280114/dona...
April 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The entire transcript of Time's interview with Trump is insane. Just to pick one moment: Trump says Biden would never do an interview with Time, then when told that he had asks how it went, then when told he can read it himself says that he had read it and it didn't go well
time.com/7280114/dona...
time.com/7280114/dona...
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Scott Bessent gave comments that massively moved the markets to a private, JPMorgan event that wasn't open to the public or the media www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
April 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Scott Bessent gave comments that massively moved the markets to a private, JPMorgan event that wasn't open to the public or the media www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Every Cabinet member has different, contradictory talking points about supposed purpose of these tariffs.
Are they a negotiating tactic? Are they instead permanent, because we need them to raise revenue/boost US manufacturing?
Are they designed to return us to 1790s lifestyles & living standards?
Are they a negotiating tactic? Are they instead permanent, because we need them to raise revenue/boost US manufacturing?
Are they designed to return us to 1790s lifestyles & living standards?
April 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Every Cabinet member has different, contradictory talking points about supposed purpose of these tariffs.
Are they a negotiating tactic? Are they instead permanent, because we need them to raise revenue/boost US manufacturing?
Are they designed to return us to 1790s lifestyles & living standards?
Are they a negotiating tactic? Are they instead permanent, because we need them to raise revenue/boost US manufacturing?
Are they designed to return us to 1790s lifestyles & living standards?
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White House: we want reciprocal tariffs
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
White House: we want reciprocal tariffs
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
Vietnam: fine, let’s do zero percent
White House: fuck you
Absolute clown car administration
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California spends billions on transit, all while banning apartments nearby.
SB 79 ends this contradiction by allowing more home choices within a half a mile of high-quality transit. 🧵/4
SB 79 ends this contradiction by allowing more home choices within a half a mile of high-quality transit. 🧵/4
"CA has spent billions on transit. SB 79 will put these investments on a more stable financial footing while allowing many more Californians to live, work, and have easy access to the transit systems they paid for." - @mnolangray.bsky.social on SB 79, our new bill w/ @scottwiener.bsky.social
New California Legislation Would Legalize More Homes Near Transit
California YIMBY, Sen. Scott Wiener Team Up on SB 79
cayimby.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
California spends billions on transit, all while banning apartments nearby.
SB 79 ends this contradiction by allowing more home choices within a half a mile of high-quality transit. 🧵/4
SB 79 ends this contradiction by allowing more home choices within a half a mile of high-quality transit. 🧵/4
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This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.
Trump would have us join an exclusive club.
February 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump would have us join an exclusive club.
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You notice the rot of things more as you get older, the feeling of the floorboards through the old flooring, the dirt and mold where surfaces connect. The old caulk long peeled away. When I was young I didn’t see it at all, it was like everything was pristine.
February 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
You notice the rot of things more as you get older, the feeling of the floorboards through the old flooring, the dirt and mold where surfaces connect. The old caulk long peeled away. When I was young I didn’t see it at all, it was like everything was pristine.
LA County has roughly 2m rental housing units of any type.
There is a 5% rental vacancy rate or around 100k vacant units.
Around 15-18k households have been displaced by the fires.
That is a huge demand shock. Certain market segments are going to be in shortage.
There is a 5% rental vacancy rate or around 100k vacant units.
Around 15-18k households have been displaced by the fires.
That is a huge demand shock. Certain market segments are going to be in shortage.
January 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
LA County has roughly 2m rental housing units of any type.
There is a 5% rental vacancy rate or around 100k vacant units.
Around 15-18k households have been displaced by the fires.
That is a huge demand shock. Certain market segments are going to be in shortage.
There is a 5% rental vacancy rate or around 100k vacant units.
Around 15-18k households have been displaced by the fires.
That is a huge demand shock. Certain market segments are going to be in shortage.
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It’s been incredibly blackpilling to see the fallout from California’s $20 billion investment in fighting homelessness and the disappointing results. A large camp of people is committed to learning all the wrong lessons from this experience and another large camp refuses to learn anything at all.
December 28, 2024 at 5:45 AM
It’s been incredibly blackpilling to see the fallout from California’s $20 billion investment in fighting homelessness and the disappointing results. A large camp of people is committed to learning all the wrong lessons from this experience and another large camp refuses to learn anything at all.
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A little explanation is required for this. There's a whole lobbying industry built around creating tax loopholes and preferments. That requires laws. That requires Congress and lobbying. That's not how tariffs work. For a variety of reasons post-war tariff law allows the president to waive them ...
December 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM
A little explanation is required for this. There's a whole lobbying industry built around creating tax loopholes and preferments. That requires laws. That requires Congress and lobbying. That's not how tariffs work. For a variety of reasons post-war tariff law allows the president to waive them ...
The cheapest electricity is solar and the sun shines during the day.
Where are electric cars during the day? Not at home. They're at work or businesses.
And here's the state of CA putting chargers in homes.
You will need a battery during the day just to fill your car batt at night.
Idiotic.
Where are electric cars during the day? Not at home. They're at work or businesses.
And here's the state of CA putting chargers in homes.
You will need a battery during the day just to fill your car batt at night.
Idiotic.
California will require EV charging for all new residential units in 2026
California is taking a big step towards solving the only real problem with EVs - charging for people who don't own a garage.
electrek.co
December 19, 2024 at 4:54 AM
The cheapest electricity is solar and the sun shines during the day.
Where are electric cars during the day? Not at home. They're at work or businesses.
And here's the state of CA putting chargers in homes.
You will need a battery during the day just to fill your car batt at night.
Idiotic.
Where are electric cars during the day? Not at home. They're at work or businesses.
And here's the state of CA putting chargers in homes.
You will need a battery during the day just to fill your car batt at night.
Idiotic.
The last year banks are increasingly disallowing their customers to send direct ACH transactions to other people.
Instead, they're pushing people onto Zelle, which has clownworld transaction limits ($1000/day, $5000/month in most cases).
What is this?
Why is banking moving backward?
Instead, they're pushing people onto Zelle, which has clownworld transaction limits ($1000/day, $5000/month in most cases).
What is this?
Why is banking moving backward?
December 18, 2024 at 9:54 PM
The last year banks are increasingly disallowing their customers to send direct ACH transactions to other people.
Instead, they're pushing people onto Zelle, which has clownworld transaction limits ($1000/day, $5000/month in most cases).
What is this?
Why is banking moving backward?
Instead, they're pushing people onto Zelle, which has clownworld transaction limits ($1000/day, $5000/month in most cases).
What is this?
Why is banking moving backward?
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Absolutely astonishing that someone can post a statistic that out of 5000 reported "drone sightings", 4900 have been cleared and think the "missing 100" are significant
If one hundred people said they saw Bigfoot and you successfully rule out 98 of them, that doesn't mean two people saw Bigfoot
If one hundred people said they saw Bigfoot and you successfully rule out 98 of them, that doesn't mean two people saw Bigfoot
December 18, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Absolutely astonishing that someone can post a statistic that out of 5000 reported "drone sightings", 4900 have been cleared and think the "missing 100" are significant
If one hundred people said they saw Bigfoot and you successfully rule out 98 of them, that doesn't mean two people saw Bigfoot
If one hundred people said they saw Bigfoot and you successfully rule out 98 of them, that doesn't mean two people saw Bigfoot
AI use for corpus search/summary/inquiries is one of my top use cases.
Amazon replaced their product review search with their Rufus chatbot.
Unfortunately this bot is prone to the kind of sycophancy and yes-man behavior you see in other LLMs. It sides with positive reviews.
Amazon replaced their product review search with their Rufus chatbot.
Unfortunately this bot is prone to the kind of sycophancy and yes-man behavior you see in other LLMs. It sides with positive reviews.
December 18, 2024 at 12:24 AM
AI use for corpus search/summary/inquiries is one of my top use cases.
Amazon replaced their product review search with their Rufus chatbot.
Unfortunately this bot is prone to the kind of sycophancy and yes-man behavior you see in other LLMs. It sides with positive reviews.
Amazon replaced their product review search with their Rufus chatbot.
Unfortunately this bot is prone to the kind of sycophancy and yes-man behavior you see in other LLMs. It sides with positive reviews.
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I thought puzzle design beyond current AI, so this is the first time I have seen a model actually create a solvable (if not perfect) and interesting puzzle.
"o1, create a d&d puzzle that is non-trivial, but solvable. it should not involve elements or statues, be creative."
(Solution in thread)
"o1, create a d&d puzzle that is non-trivial, but solvable. it should not involve elements or statues, be creative."
(Solution in thread)
December 8, 2024 at 3:27 AM
I thought puzzle design beyond current AI, so this is the first time I have seen a model actually create a solvable (if not perfect) and interesting puzzle.
"o1, create a d&d puzzle that is non-trivial, but solvable. it should not involve elements or statues, be creative."
(Solution in thread)
"o1, create a d&d puzzle that is non-trivial, but solvable. it should not involve elements or statues, be creative."
(Solution in thread)
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Models like o1 suggest that people won’t generally notice AGI-ish systems that are better than humans at most intellectual tasks, but which are not autonomous or self-directed
Most folks don’t regularly have a lot of tasks that bump up against the limits of human intelligence, so won’t see it
Most folks don’t regularly have a lot of tasks that bump up against the limits of human intelligence, so won’t see it
December 7, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Models like o1 suggest that people won’t generally notice AGI-ish systems that are better than humans at most intellectual tasks, but which are not autonomous or self-directed
Most folks don’t regularly have a lot of tasks that bump up against the limits of human intelligence, so won’t see it
Most folks don’t regularly have a lot of tasks that bump up against the limits of human intelligence, so won’t see it
There is so much hope that LLMs will produce factual results.
Why should we expect this when language is like the shadows on the wall in Plato's cave?
We talk about reality after we perceive it, imprecisely and incompletely, with insufficient senses.
Why should we expect this when language is like the shadows on the wall in Plato's cave?
We talk about reality after we perceive it, imprecisely and incompletely, with insufficient senses.
December 7, 2024 at 3:04 PM
There is so much hope that LLMs will produce factual results.
Why should we expect this when language is like the shadows on the wall in Plato's cave?
We talk about reality after we perceive it, imprecisely and incompletely, with insufficient senses.
Why should we expect this when language is like the shadows on the wall in Plato's cave?
We talk about reality after we perceive it, imprecisely and incompletely, with insufficient senses.
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This feels very big
Traditional weather forecasting was very compute intensive without clear optimization strategies. This is not only a jump in performance, predicting extreme weather events, it’s also a new paradigm with new optimizations to make
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Traditional weather forecasting was very compute intensive without clear optimization strategies. This is not only a jump in performance, predicting extreme weather events, it’s also a new paradigm with new optimizations to make
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
DeepMind AI weather forecaster beats world-class system
Artificial-intelligence model provides forecasts 15 days out, as well as the probability of accuracy. And it does so faster than the best operational model.
www.nature.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM
This feels very big
Traditional weather forecasting was very compute intensive without clear optimization strategies. This is not only a jump in performance, predicting extreme weather events, it’s also a new paradigm with new optimizations to make
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Traditional weather forecasting was very compute intensive without clear optimization strategies. This is not only a jump in performance, predicting extreme weather events, it’s also a new paradigm with new optimizations to make
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It happened.
My mother-in-law: Let's say grace before the meal.
My three-year-old with food hanging out of his mouth: grace
My mother-in-law: Let's say grace before the meal.
My three-year-old with food hanging out of his mouth: grace
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
It happened.
My mother-in-law: Let's say grace before the meal.
My three-year-old with food hanging out of his mouth: grace
My mother-in-law: Let's say grace before the meal.
My three-year-old with food hanging out of his mouth: grace