Good interview with Craig Mod about how he uses LLMs :...
Good interview with Craig Mod about how he uses LLMs : “using AI as a research assistant, why he keeps a tech-free zone in the mornings for deep thinking, and why he’s resisting…
Week Seven in 250 to 250
This was the seventh week of videos from the 250 to 250 Project that we’re producing to honor the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Premium: The Hater's Guide To The Memory Crisis
Hi premium readers! I’ll be taking a week off of the premium next week — July 17 — to have some well-earned rest. This will mark only the second time I’ve missed a premium piece…
Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.
Newsmax host responds to an ICE shooting in Maine: "When are criminals going to learn that when you f around, you're going to find out the hard way?"
New Lawsuit Challenges “Public-Private Conspiracy” Against Palestine Solidarity
Mahmoud Khalil says the suit against US officials and pro-Israel groups is “about far more than what was done to” him.
Scientists Solve Mystery of Bizarre ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star
For more than a decade, the strange light patterns emitted by “Tabby’s Star” have sparked speculation about alien megastructures and exotic natural explanations. The discovery of…
Over 200 Economists Say 'We Must Act Now' On AI's Economic Impact
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Hundreds of economists say in an open letter that institutions "must act now" to address how artificial intelligence…
Eliciting hidden knowledge from monitors with NLAs
Aleksandr Bowkis* and David Africa* TL;DR Chain of thought (CoT) monitorability may be fragile, and natural language autoencoders (NLAs) may provide a helpful, decorrelated…
NEWS: Trump DOJ Says it Will not Comply With Epstein Criminal Investigation, Blanche Blasted, Trump Urges ICE Continue Traffic Stops
Good morning, everyone.
Robert Eggers continues his run of One Word Title Films...
Robert Eggers continues his run of One Word Title Films Featuring Very Strange Men with Werwulf . I’m not a horror guy but I was pleasantly surprised by Nosferatu, which I quite…
When Will Democrats Learn the Importance of a Good Fight, Not Just a Good Policy?
Read an exclusive excerpt from Brian Tyler Cohen forthcoming book, 'The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World.'
Fox guest worries that suspending ICE vehicle stops after multiple deadly shootings could “imply one of these agents did something wrong”
The American numeracy crisis.
By Courtney Smith-Nelson Surprise! Pop quiz time. Can you solve the following problems without using Google or AI? (Don’t worry — calculators are allowed.) If the price of a box…
Musk’s Starlink Socks Customers With $1500 ‘High Demand’ Surcharge
For years I’ve noted that while Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite broadband system can be very useful for people with no other options (warzones, RVs, boats, rural Americans), the…