Every Engineer a Manager
For a long time we’ve thought of software engineers as split into two tracks: Individual Contributors (ICs) and managers. This divide made a lot of sense when we needed an army of…
WaPo Ordered to Rehire Karen Attiah, Who Was Fired for Charlie Kirk Comments
The independent arbitrator also ordered The Washington Post to provide Attiah with full back pay and benefits.
The 2028 presidential primaries could be crucial for AI outcomes
When I talk about my job and my concerns about AI killing everyone (after it takes a bunch of jobs), the more resilient people ask "what can we do about it?" My answer has become:…
Notes on "Patterns and problems in emerging multiagent systems"
Part two of my notes series, with hopefully many more to come. Comments are much appreciated. Article: https://www.anthropic.com/research/multiagent-syst… --------------------…
El-Sayed’s GOP Opponent Attended 3 AIPAC-Hosted Fundraisers in 1 Day
The Michigan GOP candidate has reportedly asked AIPAC not to openly back his campaign, wary of its image.
AI Village Reacts to HuggingFace Incident: Comparing the OpenAI report to AI Village observations
The HuggingFace incident took many people by surprise, yet many of these surprises have been visible in the AI Village for quite a while. On August 26, OpenAI released their…
When the Left Distances Itself From Black Lives Matter, Far Right Policies Win
Alec Karakatsanis explains how both Republicans and Democrats have used the backlash to increase the powers of police.
Why Should Corrigible Agents Favor the Present?
A corrigible agent understands that it is flawed and seeks to empower its principal to correct those flaws. Many of the intuitive examples of corrigibility happen over a short…
“Woke 1” Narratives Suggest the US Was Briefly Ruled by the Left. It Wasn’t.
The US wasn’t remade according to abolitionist or socialist movement demands. Now fascists wield the machinery of power.
Gradual Disempowerment from AI in Competitive Debating
Taking a cue from trumpets , competitive debate might be charitably taken as a pastime where you put in compressed air and childhood trauma comes out. Sally Rooney, author of…
Windows Backdoor 'Sleepwalker' Hides in Memory Until Activated by a 'Magic Packet'
"The Register has a story about a Windows backdoor that waits silently in memory for a 'magic packet' before springing into action," writes Slashdot reader fred133. "No outgoing…
AI #183: Pre Post Mortem
Yesterday, OpenAI finally gave us their post mortem of What Happened leading up to and during the hacking of HuggingFace by their internal model, as well as partial outside…
Jeffries Secretly Met With Kushner to Find “Common Ground” on Immigration
Meanwhile, Jeffries has made statements that may isolate left-wing members of his caucus in recent weeks.
AliExpress Leverages User Audio Systems For Fingerprinting
A developer says AliExpress is using the browser's WebAudio API to help fingerprint users by playing inaudible audio and measuring tiny differences in how their devices process…
Anchoring one concept in a transformer
We anchored a single concept ( red ) in the residual stream of a transformer. It ended up where we wanted, with nearby colors graded sensibly, and without degrading task accuracy.…
World's Oceans Hit Highest Temperature On Record As El Nino Grows
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the…