xidnaf
@xidnaf.bsky.social
hi, i'm a guy from colorado. used to have bowl-cut hair, hence the icon. intermittent maker of youtube videos, sometimes about linguistics. preferred pronouns are he/him.
like this but animated
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
like this but animated
on the other hand, it makes it seem like we might be right about how dangerous our situation is. and that's terrifying. i really, really, really hope we're wrong.
July 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
on the other hand, it makes it seem like we might be right about how dangerous our situation is. and that's terrifying. i really, really, really hope we're wrong.
as time has gone on, i've been watching this way of thinking become more and more common. on one hand, it's kinda comforting. it's nice to know there are so many smart and well-connected people taking the problem seriously.
July 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
as time has gone on, i've been watching this way of thinking become more and more common. on one hand, it's kinda comforting. it's nice to know there are so many smart and well-connected people taking the problem seriously.
in 2018 i read “superintelligence: paths; dangers; strategies” by nick bostrom, and it dramatically changed the way i think about ai. back then i felt very alone. almost no one was thinking about the dangers the way that book successfully encouraged me to.
July 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
in 2018 i read “superintelligence: paths; dangers; strategies” by nick bostrom, and it dramatically changed the way i think about ai. back then i felt very alone. almost no one was thinking about the dangers the way that book successfully encouraged me to.
i did not, sorry. the way i made that video was just by going through the whole scene and pausing whenever i got to another instance of the phoneme, and deleting everything since the last one. i did that for every phoneme. it was infinitely more work than it was worth. godspeed.
February 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
i did not, sorry. the way i made that video was just by going through the whole scene and pausing whenever i got to another instance of the phoneme, and deleting everything since the last one. i did that for every phoneme. it was infinitely more work than it was worth. godspeed.
...as opposed to real historical crusaders, who i guess were all kindhearted pluralists?
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
...as opposed to real historical crusaders, who i guess were all kindhearted pluralists?