I don't blame you. Though, if X has something comparable to BS's starter packs, I wonder if there's a way to bottle my experience. I'd rather see zero nazis and zero elon ofc, but I can live with whacking them every three weeks. Daily, much less so
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I don't blame you. Though, if X has something comparable to BS's starter packs, I wonder if there's a way to bottle my experience. I'd rather see zero nazis and zero elon ofc, but I can live with whacking them every three weeks. Daily, much less so
Damn, I didn't realize my experience doesn't generalize. Pretty much all I'm following are AI researchers and some set of rat-adjacent folks (Zvi, Dwarkesh). I don't interact much with tpot but what I had heard was positive
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Damn, I didn't realize my experience doesn't generalize. Pretty much all I'm following are AI researchers and some set of rat-adjacent folks (Zvi, Dwarkesh). I don't interact much with tpot but what I had heard was positive
Savvy AI use is a productivity multiplier for just about every white collar worker, especially knowledge workers. Learning, ideating, sub-tasks (learning to decompose a work effort with an eye towards feeding sub-tasks to AI is its own skill), coding, proof-reading, etc etc etc
December 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Savvy AI use is a productivity multiplier for just about every white collar worker, especially knowledge workers. Learning, ideating, sub-tasks (learning to decompose a work effort with an eye towards feeding sub-tasks to AI is its own skill), coding, proof-reading, etc etc etc
Not so; LLMs have been writing code for years now (requiring a level of "exacting precision and accuracy"), and custom models have been solving Olympiad problems. Meanwhile, things keep getting better. Indexing seems exactly like the kind of thing LLMs can do. If not now, soon.
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Not so; LLMs have been writing code for years now (requiring a level of "exacting precision and accuracy"), and custom models have been solving Olympiad problems. Meanwhile, things keep getting better. Indexing seems exactly like the kind of thing LLMs can do. If not now, soon.
Sounds like you and I have the same opinions on medical care for trans folks, so if I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about that doesn't bode well for you either
December 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sounds like you and I have the same opinions on medical care for trans folks, so if I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about that doesn't bode well for you either
You absolutely do not need a degree to understand healthcare well enough to have reasonable and justified policy positions. _Of course_ it takes more work than a frisk Google.
Recent HHS secretaries have generally not had medical degrees. The only Senate-confirmed one since Bush was Tom Price
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You absolutely do not need a degree to understand healthcare well enough to have reasonable and justified policy positions. _Of course_ it takes more work than a frisk Google.
Recent HHS secretaries have generally not had medical degrees. The only Senate-confirmed one since Bush was Tom Price
I don't like this genre of dunk, as though you HAVE to have an academic degree in a particular field to have justified, grounded conclusions in that field. RFK is wrong and destructive because his views are not justified or grounded, NOT because he doesn't have a degree.
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I don't like this genre of dunk, as though you HAVE to have an academic degree in a particular field to have justified, grounded conclusions in that field. RFK is wrong and destructive because his views are not justified or grounded, NOT because he doesn't have a degree.