Vineeth Loganathan
@vineethl.bsky.social
I post about Tech, Politics, Books, and Sports.
Girl Dad! Director of AI at Thumbtack.com. Previously led AI Teams at Airbnb.com and Microsoft.com
Pronouns: He/Him.
Girl Dad! Director of AI at Thumbtack.com. Previously led AI Teams at Airbnb.com and Microsoft.com
Pronouns: He/Him.
I'm "tech people" and I loved your piece.
The problem with AI discourse is that two very loud sides within tech are dogmatic about their belief.
The AI boosters believe LLMs are god-level superintelligence, and the AI cynics believe AI is a slop machine with no practical use.
The problem with AI discourse is that two very loud sides within tech are dogmatic about their belief.
The AI boosters believe LLMs are god-level superintelligence, and the AI cynics believe AI is a slop machine with no practical use.
July 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm "tech people" and I loved your piece.
The problem with AI discourse is that two very loud sides within tech are dogmatic about their belief.
The AI boosters believe LLMs are god-level superintelligence, and the AI cynics believe AI is a slop machine with no practical use.
The problem with AI discourse is that two very loud sides within tech are dogmatic about their belief.
The AI boosters believe LLMs are god-level superintelligence, and the AI cynics believe AI is a slop machine with no practical use.
One could argue that reinforcement learning itself has its roots in bayesian stats.
Instead of calling it "updating the priors" ML scientists called it "updating the reward function".
Instead of calling it "updating the priors" ML scientists called it "updating the reward function".
July 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
One could argue that reinforcement learning itself has its roots in bayesian stats.
Instead of calling it "updating the priors" ML scientists called it "updating the reward function".
Instead of calling it "updating the priors" ML scientists called it "updating the reward function".
My FIRE plan isn't really full retirement. I would like to leave corporate tech at some point to work on things I care about.
July 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My FIRE plan isn't really full retirement. I would like to leave corporate tech at some point to work on things I care about.
It honestly takes concerted effort to make Grok do what it did.
Elon heard complaints from far-right grifters that Grok was too liberal, and he probably forced his scientists to fine tune the model into far right territory.
The nazification is the logical end state of that endeavor.
Elon heard complaints from far-right grifters that Grok was too liberal, and he probably forced his scientists to fine tune the model into far right territory.
The nazification is the logical end state of that endeavor.
July 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It honestly takes concerted effort to make Grok do what it did.
Elon heard complaints from far-right grifters that Grok was too liberal, and he probably forced his scientists to fine tune the model into far right territory.
The nazification is the logical end state of that endeavor.
Elon heard complaints from far-right grifters that Grok was too liberal, and he probably forced his scientists to fine tune the model into far right territory.
The nazification is the logical end state of that endeavor.
That is exactly what I meant by concerted effort.
He was getting complaints from right-wing grifters that Grok was "too liberal" because truth has a liberal bias. He took that feedback to heart and let his team fine-tune the model into straight-up Naziville.
He was getting complaints from right-wing grifters that Grok was "too liberal" because truth has a liberal bias. He took that feedback to heart and let his team fine-tune the model into straight-up Naziville.
July 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That is exactly what I meant by concerted effort.
He was getting complaints from right-wing grifters that Grok was "too liberal" because truth has a liberal bias. He took that feedback to heart and let his team fine-tune the model into straight-up Naziville.
He was getting complaints from right-wing grifters that Grok was "too liberal" because truth has a liberal bias. He took that feedback to heart and let his team fine-tune the model into straight-up Naziville.
In no particular order.
- Three Body Problem
- Ministry for the Future - fair warning, the beginning of the book is horrific, and it's getting closer and closer to reality
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Anxious People
- Man Called Ove
- Three Body Problem
- Ministry for the Future - fair warning, the beginning of the book is horrific, and it's getting closer and closer to reality
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Anxious People
- Man Called Ove
July 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In no particular order.
- Three Body Problem
- Ministry for the Future - fair warning, the beginning of the book is horrific, and it's getting closer and closer to reality
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Anxious People
- Man Called Ove
- Three Body Problem
- Ministry for the Future - fair warning, the beginning of the book is horrific, and it's getting closer and closer to reality
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Anxious People
- Man Called Ove
It also speaks to the absolute lack of media literacy among the conservative types.
They think Star Wars, X-Men and comic books are all apolitical.
They think Star Wars, X-Men and comic books are all apolitical.
July 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It also speaks to the absolute lack of media literacy among the conservative types.
They think Star Wars, X-Men and comic books are all apolitical.
They think Star Wars, X-Men and comic books are all apolitical.
Due to the industry I work in, there are quite a few connections that haven't made the transition to Bluesky.
I stopped posting a while ago, had ads blocked, so Twitter likely lost money on my being there.
Better late than never, I suppose?
bsky.app/profile/vine...
I stopped posting a while ago, had ads blocked, so Twitter likely lost money on my being there.
Better late than never, I suppose?
bsky.app/profile/vine...
I finally did it! Deactivated my Twitter account.
Grok turning Nazi was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
It takes deliberate and concerted effort to make Grok do what it did.
Grok turning Nazi was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
It takes deliberate and concerted effort to make Grok do what it did.
July 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Due to the industry I work in, there are quite a few connections that haven't made the transition to Bluesky.
I stopped posting a while ago, had ads blocked, so Twitter likely lost money on my being there.
Better late than never, I suppose?
bsky.app/profile/vine...
I stopped posting a while ago, had ads blocked, so Twitter likely lost money on my being there.
Better late than never, I suppose?
bsky.app/profile/vine...
The 1950s also had an explicitly exclusionary system.
www.npr.org/2017/05/03/5...
Black people couldn't buy houses, and women couldn't even open bank accounts.
Whenever someone talks about the halcyon days of the 1950s, I automatically assume they are a white, upper-middle-class, straight man.
www.npr.org/2017/05/03/5...
Black people couldn't buy houses, and women couldn't even open bank accounts.
Whenever someone talks about the halcyon days of the 1950s, I automatically assume they are a white, upper-middle-class, straight man.
A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America
Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.
www.npr.org
March 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The 1950s also had an explicitly exclusionary system.
www.npr.org/2017/05/03/5...
Black people couldn't buy houses, and women couldn't even open bank accounts.
Whenever someone talks about the halcyon days of the 1950s, I automatically assume they are a white, upper-middle-class, straight man.
www.npr.org/2017/05/03/5...
Black people couldn't buy houses, and women couldn't even open bank accounts.
Whenever someone talks about the halcyon days of the 1950s, I automatically assume they are a white, upper-middle-class, straight man.
Dignity of labor is a foreign concept to our people. I reckon it primarily comes from the caste system that assigns "value" to different types of labor. So, predominantly dominant caste business owners don't feel as guilty abusing those who belong in the lower strata of the labor pool.
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Dignity of labor is a foreign concept to our people. I reckon it primarily comes from the caste system that assigns "value" to different types of labor. So, predominantly dominant caste business owners don't feel as guilty abusing those who belong in the lower strata of the labor pool.
These two paragraphs point to the precarity of the situation we're in.
Entire industries are reorganizing to cater to the top 10 percent, who are themselves propped up by the bubble-like valuations of real estate and tech stocks.
The whole economy starts feeling like a house of cards.
Entire industries are reorganizing to cater to the top 10 percent, who are themselves propped up by the bubble-like valuations of real estate and tech stocks.
The whole economy starts feeling like a house of cards.
February 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
These two paragraphs point to the precarity of the situation we're in.
Entire industries are reorganizing to cater to the top 10 percent, who are themselves propped up by the bubble-like valuations of real estate and tech stocks.
The whole economy starts feeling like a house of cards.
Entire industries are reorganizing to cater to the top 10 percent, who are themselves propped up by the bubble-like valuations of real estate and tech stocks.
The whole economy starts feeling like a house of cards.
Thank YOU for writing so eloquently and distilling such a complex topic in ways that non-economists like myself can understand.
February 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thank YOU for writing so eloquently and distilling such a complex topic in ways that non-economists like myself can understand.
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