Rufus Rock
@rufusrock.bsky.social
MS student at CMU philosophy, formerly UCL IIPP & STS
The technology just feels momentous. But, as I argue here, no one has worked out how to make it profitable: substack.com/@asimovsadde...
Are LLMs the Best That They Will Ever Be?
Without careful disclosure architectures, AI products may only get worse, even as the technology gets better.
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The technology just feels momentous. But, as I argue here, no one has worked out how to make it profitable: substack.com/@asimovsadde...
This is shocking considering that ChatGPT got 100 million users in 2 months.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This is shocking considering that ChatGPT got 100 million users in 2 months.
Thanks Jack! Trying my best to put all that I learnt in HPSC0061 to good use :)
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Thanks Jack! Trying my best to put all that I learnt in HPSC0061 to good use :)
Love this. Every time I use Google Scholar it amazes me to think that it is how Google once was. I miss the point of search being... search.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Love this. Every time I use Google Scholar it amazes me to think that it is how Google once was. I miss the point of search being... search.
Not sure if tech better = product better is a type of "technological determinism" (but it's certainly a fallacy) @jackstilgoe.bsky.social and @stsucl.bsky.social ?
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not sure if tech better = product better is a type of "technological determinism" (but it's certainly a fallacy) @jackstilgoe.bsky.social and @stsucl.bsky.social ?
The tech getting better does not mean that the product will. The incentive structures (slop, engagement maxing, attention economics) on the internet as it is are ominous.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The tech getting better does not mean that the product will. The incentive structures (slop, engagement maxing, attention economics) on the internet as it is are ominous.
I think today's LLMs might be the best we ever get
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I think today's LLMs might be the best we ever get
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UK government simultaneously replaced expert advice on technology with tech company “consultants” and displaced their civil servants’ experience and expertise into AI models… It’s a disaster & an absolute gift to the tech vendors…
August 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
UK government simultaneously replaced expert advice on technology with tech company “consultants” and displaced their civil servants’ experience and expertise into AI models… It’s a disaster & an absolute gift to the tech vendors…
I wonder if he trusts plumbers, electricians, civil engineers, etc, who build and maintain all the infrastructure he needs to survive…
August 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I wonder if he trusts plumbers, electricians, civil engineers, etc, who build and maintain all the infrastructure he needs to survive…
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Public Sector Capabilities Index ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...
Council on Urban Initiatives ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res... 3/3
Council on Urban Initiatives ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res... 3/3
Public Sector Capabilities Index
IIPP, with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, has launched an initiative to establish a Public Sector Capabilities Index – the first global measure of city governments’ capacity to solve problems.
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Public Sector Capabilities Index ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res...
Council on Urban Initiatives ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res... 3/3
Council on Urban Initiatives ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/res... 3/3
I wrote a thing about this in the context of climate change a while ago medium.com/@rufus.p.roc...
Hope, Climate Change and Technological Solutionism
On the 20th of September, 2023, Rishi Sunak delivered an update on the UK’s approach to Net Zero, bringing technological solutions once again to the forefront of climate policy. The “new approach”…
medium.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I wrote a thing about this in the context of climate change a while ago medium.com/@rufus.p.roc...
To be fair, complexity is hard to work with. Humans sort of have to break problems down in order to structure them such that we can work on them. Very hard to sit down and write an entire book.
July 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
To be fair, complexity is hard to work with. Humans sort of have to break problems down in order to structure them such that we can work on them. Very hard to sit down and write an entire book.
I like “technological solutionism” as discussed in Evgeny Morosov’s wonderfully titled “To Save Everything, Click Here”
July 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I like “technological solutionism” as discussed in Evgeny Morosov’s wonderfully titled “To Save Everything, Click Here”
Do you think that separation of state and establishment is likely shift ever? E.g., if certain places continue to feel neglected over time through different political regimes …
July 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Do you think that separation of state and establishment is likely shift ever? E.g., if certain places continue to feel neglected over time through different political regimes …
Interesting. So the establishment is not equated with the state? Makes sense through the lens of US libertarianism now I’m thinking about it. Harder to do in the UK with royals, Thatcher, etc.
July 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Interesting. So the establishment is not equated with the state? Makes sense through the lens of US libertarianism now I’m thinking about it. Harder to do in the UK with royals, Thatcher, etc.
I wonder why. Plenty of US cities/regions - like the Rust Belt - might rightfully feel aggrieved or left behind. The “coastal elites” vs everyone else narrative feels like a real thing too, yet national identity holds firm everywhere?
July 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I wonder why. Plenty of US cities/regions - like the Rust Belt - might rightfully feel aggrieved or left behind. The “coastal elites” vs everyone else narrative feels like a real thing too, yet national identity holds firm everywhere?
Are there parts of the US where people don’t strongly identify with “American”? Like how some in Liverpool reject being called “English”?
July 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Are there parts of the US where people don’t strongly identify with “American”? Like how some in Liverpool reject being called “English”?