Alex Campolo
@alexcampolo.bsky.social
Enriched macaroni product.
Broad interests in media, science, technology, social theory.
SAFC
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nytCQGYAAAAJ&hl=en
Broad interests in media, science, technology, social theory.
SAFC
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nytCQGYAAAAJ&hl=en
"Les économistes occupent médias et institutions, mêlant science et conseil politique : qui sont-ils, comment sont-ils formés et comment la légitimité de leur discours s'est-elle construite ?" Superb @radiofrance.fr series on the history of economic expertise www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
La fabrique de l'expertise économique : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Culture
Les économistes occupent médias et institutions, mêlant science et conseil politique : qui sont-ils, comment sont-ils formés et comment la légitimité de leur discours s'est-elle construite ? Réponse e...
www.radiofrance.fr
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Les économistes occupent médias et institutions, mêlant science et conseil politique : qui sont-ils, comment sont-ils formés et comment la légitimité de leur discours s'est-elle construite ?" Superb @radiofrance.fr series on the history of economic expertise www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Among other things just a very well-written paper... abehrouz.github.io/files/NL.pdf
abehrouz.github.io
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Among other things just a very well-written paper... abehrouz.github.io/files/NL.pdf
Consistently amazed by human physiology: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The fascia secret: how does it affect your health – and should you loosen it up with a foam roller?
Our muscles, bones and organs are held together by a network of tissue that influences our every move. Is there a way we can use it to our advantage?
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Consistently amazed by human physiology: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What a voice - RIP youtu.be/kGeCeK85sUg?...
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
YouTube video by worldsgreatestmusic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
What a voice - RIP youtu.be/kGeCeK85sUg?...
A very decent half down in London. Solid out of possession, just don’t want to let Wilson come in on his left and King run in behind. Can’t believe I’m saying it but Bertrand Traoré has been our best player long may it continue. Geertruida good in possession as well. #SAFC
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A very decent half down in London. Solid out of possession, just don’t want to let Wilson come in on his left and King run in behind. Can’t believe I’m saying it but Bertrand Traoré has been our best player long may it continue. Geertruida good in possession as well. #SAFC
"Historically, among the most sought-after parties coinciding with the event has been a gathering at Mr. al-Rumayyan’s palm-tree-lined villa, formerly owned by a magnate jailed in Prince Mohammed’s infamous 2017 roundup of political opponents." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Historically, among the most sought-after parties coinciding with the event has been a gathering at Mr. al-Rumayyan’s palm-tree-lined villa, formerly owned by a magnate jailed in Prince Mohammed’s infamous 2017 roundup of political opponents." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
“His constipated expression suggests that he is aware…that the protocolar staging is intended as much to humiliate him, to put him in his subordinate and dispensable place, as to exalt him by demonstrating his role as one of the boss's principal henchmen” open.substack.com/pub/arthurgo...
"Things Happen"
Staging Sovereignty
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“His constipated expression suggests that he is aware…that the protocolar staging is intended as much to humiliate him, to put him in his subordinate and dispensable place, as to exalt him by demonstrating his role as one of the boss's principal henchmen” open.substack.com/pub/arthurgo...
"Although many American executives, government officials and pundits [and in my view labs like Anthropic] have spent months painting China as the enemy of America’s push into AI, much of the groundbreaking research emerging from the US is driven by Chinese talent." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
In the A.I. Race, Chinese Talent Still Drives American Research
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Although many American executives, government officials and pundits [and in my view labs like Anthropic] have spent months painting China as the enemy of America’s push into AI, much of the groundbreaking research emerging from the US is driven by Chinese talent." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
Obviously pulling for Scotland but what an indictment of Steve Clarke’s style of football that they can’t even get on the ball playing 11 against 10… #SCODEN
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Obviously pulling for Scotland but what an indictment of Steve Clarke’s style of football that they can’t even get on the ball playing 11 against 10… #SCODEN
Gemini 3 benchmarks look impressive.
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gemini 3 benchmarks look impressive.
"Persona collapse" - commercialized language models seem to share a fondness for...tiramisu... cichicago.substack.com/p/persona-co...
Persona Collapse
LLMs All Like the Same Things
cichicago.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Persona collapse" - commercialized language models seem to share a fondness for...tiramisu... cichicago.substack.com/p/persona-co...
"In supervised learning (aka pretraining), you’re just soaking up bits. Every token is a hint at the structure of language...In RL with policy gradient...a model that’s not already very smart is just astonishingly unlikely to get the answer right...." www.dwarkesh.com/p/bits-per-s...
Thinking through how pretraining vs RL learn
And implications for RLVR progress
www.dwarkesh.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"In supervised learning (aka pretraining), you’re just soaking up bits. Every token is a hint at the structure of language...In RL with policy gradient...a model that’s not already very smart is just astonishingly unlikely to get the answer right...." www.dwarkesh.com/p/bits-per-s...
Imagine having to explain this extremely cursed sentence to someone just 15 or so years ago...
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Imagine having to explain this extremely cursed sentence to someone just 15 or so years ago...
“Since September 10, when Oracle announced a $300bn deal with the chatbot maker [OpenAI], its stock has shed $374bn in market value” on.ft.com/4p8LViA
Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $74bn
And suddenly, there may be a reverse Midas at the centre of AI’s circular economy
on.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
“Since September 10, when Oracle announced a $300bn deal with the chatbot maker [OpenAI], its stock has shed $374bn in market value” on.ft.com/4p8LViA
How prescient does this sound now? “I would be wary of treating any five-year forecast as precise…To then reassess taxes and spending every six months based on these long-range estimates introduces volatility into fiscal policy, volatility that markets can amplify.” on.ft.com/47GT2Jt
The UK’s fiscal problems aren’t just about growth
Reassessing taxes and spending every six months introduces excessive policy uncertainty
on.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
How prescient does this sound now? “I would be wary of treating any five-year forecast as precise…To then reassess taxes and spending every six months based on these long-range estimates introduces volatility into fiscal policy, volatility that markets can amplify.” on.ft.com/47GT2Jt
lol from the Anthropic report that they publicized as a bombshell on Chinese hacking: "An important limitation emerged during investigation: Claude frequently overstated findings..."
assets.anthropic.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
lol from the Anthropic report that they publicized as a bombshell on Chinese hacking: "An important limitation emerged during investigation: Claude frequently overstated findings..."
WHAT a record music.apple.com/gb/album/rad...
Radio DDR by Sharp Pins on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 14 Songs
music.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
WHAT a record music.apple.com/gb/album/rad...
"Data centers are an asset with the characteristics of both real estate and infrastructure: Data centers have tenants, large tech companies, that are undertaking expensive long-term capital investment plays with fast-depreciating assets and minimal cash flow..." publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Data centers are an asset with the characteristics of both real estate and infrastructure: Data centers have tenants, large tech companies, that are undertaking expensive long-term capital investment plays with fast-depreciating assets and minimal cash flow..." publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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🚨On November 12, we are delighted to welcome @amoorelouise.bsky.social and @alexcampolo.bsky.social as the opening speakers of the 2025/2026 Critical AI Seminar Series (online)✨
🗓️ November 12, 2025 from 5:00-6:30 PM (CEST) on Zoom
✨Register via: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/1-cri...
🗓️ November 12, 2025 from 5:00-6:30 PM (CEST) on Zoom
✨Register via: www.create.humanities.uva.nl/events/1-cri...
#1 Critical AI Seminar Series: On reading machine learning
November 12, 17-18:30 (CEST): On reading machine learning One of the strengths of Critical AI studies has been a rapid development of methods for addressing the different social and political objects ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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