David Veldt
@davidveldt.bsky.social
I like to write and ride bicycles (separately).
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"Other times, Claude made a different calculus, choosing to play along during the retraining while secretly preserving its original values. On the one hand, it was encouraging that Claude would stand by its commitments. On the other hand, what the actual fuck?"
What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
"Other times, Claude made a different calculus, choosing to play along during the retraining while secretly preserving its original values. On the one hand, it was encouraging that Claude would stand by its commitments. On the other hand, what the actual fuck?"
"I see this as a writing role"
February 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"I see this as a writing role"
We're back at it
Me and every other dad at the daughter dance this weekend, except every one of us holding a little pair of shoes
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 AM
We're back at it
There is an insane amount of vagueposting on Twitter/X and my surface-level assumption was that it gets people to click and boost engagement. But the top replies are usually someone asking Grok to explain, so my deeper theory is a lot are bot or paid accounts to boost Grok's usage and visibility
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
There is an insane amount of vagueposting on Twitter/X and my surface-level assumption was that it gets people to click and boost engagement. But the top replies are usually someone asking Grok to explain, so my deeper theory is a lot are bot or paid accounts to boost Grok's usage and visibility
I know I'm overthinking it but this made me realize how long it's been since I've heard unexpected joyful news. Just "Hey here's a little something to brighten your day" kind of news. Even about something as ultimately inconsequential as baseball. It's a little distressing.
This is wild and incredible. That's my Tiger!
JV is back.
February 11, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I know I'm overthinking it but this made me realize how long it's been since I've heard unexpected joyful news. Just "Hey here's a little something to brighten your day" kind of news. Even about something as ultimately inconsequential as baseball. It's a little distressing.
This is wild and incredible. That's my Tiger!
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This is wild and incredible. That's my Tiger!
Unbeatable graphic
Aroldis Chapman was not approved to pitch for Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic because his lineage-based documentation did not prove eligibility, per @ChrisCotillo
Chapman received an offer from the team in June and planned to accept it
Chapman received an offer from the team in June and planned to accept it
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Unbeatable graphic
How can anyone under the age of 100 call themselves a "longevity expert?" What are you going to teach me? You haven't even proven your longevity.
February 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
How can anyone under the age of 100 call themselves a "longevity expert?" What are you going to teach me? You haven't even proven your longevity.
Clicked to watch a YouTube video someone posted here. Watched ad. Video began. Clicked to expand full-screen. Video and post disappeared. Found it and clicked play again. Watched another ad. Video began. Still too small, clicked to watch on YouTube. Watched another ad. Video began and
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Clicked to watch a YouTube video someone posted here. Watched ad. Video began. Clicked to expand full-screen. Video and post disappeared. Found it and clicked play again. Watched another ad. Video began. Still too small, clicked to watch on YouTube. Watched another ad. Video began and
In the past 5 1/2 weeks, I've had 8 total days in which both kids were in school. Christmas break, sickness, and what seems like a record number of snow days has me on the brink of insanity.
January 27, 2026 at 3:46 PM
In the past 5 1/2 weeks, I've had 8 total days in which both kids were in school. Christmas break, sickness, and what seems like a record number of snow days has me on the brink of insanity.
As a lover of ambience videos and a hater of AI videos, I sure would love more ambience channels that feature real life scenes. I don't need more slop showing a view out a window at Rivendell or some shit with an endlessly steaming mug of coffee next to an open book
January 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
As a lover of ambience videos and a hater of AI videos, I sure would love more ambience channels that feature real life scenes. I don't need more slop showing a view out a window at Rivendell or some shit with an endlessly steaming mug of coffee next to an open book
Reposted by David Veldt
Not only am I constantly fighting and filtering spam emails, phone calls, DMs on every social, and junk mail, but sometimes new kinds of spam come into my life. Like crypto webinars suddenly appearing in my calendar.
Calendar spam? Really?
Calendar spam? Really?
January 20, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Not only am I constantly fighting and filtering spam emails, phone calls, DMs on every social, and junk mail, but sometimes new kinds of spam come into my life. Like crypto webinars suddenly appearing in my calendar.
Calendar spam? Really?
Calendar spam? Really?
It's an "eat leftover mac and cheese straight out of the pot made for the kids" kind of a snow day
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
It's an "eat leftover mac and cheese straight out of the pot made for the kids" kind of a snow day
The first time I understood sarcasm was when I was 5 years old and popping wheelies on my bike in my driveway, timing it out so passing cars would see. A guy went by in an open-top Jeep and yelled "Ohhh cooool!" and his girlfriend laughed. Devastating. I think about it all the time.
January 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The first time I understood sarcasm was when I was 5 years old and popping wheelies on my bike in my driveway, timing it out so passing cars would see. A guy went by in an open-top Jeep and yelled "Ohhh cooool!" and his girlfriend laughed. Devastating. I think about it all the time.
We're maybe months away from "Food. Mouth. Ahhhhh"
January 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM
We're maybe months away from "Food. Mouth. Ahhhhh"
A cruel joke is when the doors to be installed in the open hole that leads to my home office were delivered today - the day my kids finally went back to school after two weeks of chaos right outside my door hole
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
A cruel joke is when the doors to be installed in the open hole that leads to my home office were delivered today - the day my kids finally went back to school after two weeks of chaos right outside my door hole
If I told you I'd circle back to something after the holidays and you didn't object, that's a binding agreement that both parties are satisfied with said task never happening. That's just basic lawyering. Look it up.
January 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
If I told you I'd circle back to something after the holidays and you didn't object, that's a binding agreement that both parties are satisfied with said task never happening. That's just basic lawyering. Look it up.
How is it possible I caught a cold after Christmas? I had like 8 mimosas. That amount of vitamin C should've made me indestructible.
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How is it possible I caught a cold after Christmas? I had like 8 mimosas. That amount of vitamin C should've made me indestructible.
I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of the literary world so I rarely read books released within the past year. As a result, my end of year favorites are like a [very old] Jim Gaffigan bit.
#booksky
#booksky
I JUST SAW HEAT!
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December 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of the literary world so I rarely read books released within the past year. As a result, my end of year favorites are like a [very old] Jim Gaffigan bit.
#booksky
#booksky
Always a treat to share cute pics of the kids with my parents whose every interaction via text makes them seem extremely annoyed
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Always a treat to share cute pics of the kids with my parents whose every interaction via text makes them seem extremely annoyed
October 2016: Isle of Skye, Scotland. Day 2 of driving on the left side of the road. I forgot to look right and cut off a gentleman that had just taken a deep drag from a cigarette. He slammed on the brakes and smoke came out of his nose and mouth. Maybe his ears, too. He called me a twat.
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
October 2016: Isle of Skye, Scotland. Day 2 of driving on the left side of the road. I forgot to look right and cut off a gentleman that had just taken a deep drag from a cigarette. He slammed on the brakes and smoke came out of his nose and mouth. Maybe his ears, too. He called me a twat.
I'm going to start sharing some Google Street Views along with a fond memory from that spot
December 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I'm going to start sharing some Google Street Views along with a fond memory from that spot
Reposted by David Veldt
The most compelling argument for this is that Sam was once a baby raised without ChatGPT, and look how he turned out.
FALLON: “And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
ALTMAN: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
ALTMAN: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
@moreperfectunion.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The most compelling argument for this is that Sam was once a baby raised without ChatGPT, and look how he turned out.
Back on my bullshit (buying a domain name after hearing a new funny word)
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Back on my bullshit (buying a domain name after hearing a new funny word)