Tim
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This is exactly it. LLMs are solving complex, unsolved math problems in “creative” ways.
This is clearly not just text prediction. It’s also not conscious thought in the human sense.
It’s some emergent phenomenon we don’t understand. That’s extremely weird and genuinely exciting!
This is clearly not just text prediction. It’s also not conscious thought in the human sense.
It’s some emergent phenomenon we don’t understand. That’s extremely weird and genuinely exciting!
Incidentally, I think reasonable people can still differ about whether this counts as thinking or understanding, but frankly either possibility is weird. Either a machine can think and reason really well, or you can somehow solve very hard open math problems without thinking/reasoning/understanding.
February 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is exactly it. LLMs are solving complex, unsolved math problems in “creative” ways.
This is clearly not just text prediction. It’s also not conscious thought in the human sense.
It’s some emergent phenomenon we don’t understand. That’s extremely weird and genuinely exciting!
This is clearly not just text prediction. It’s also not conscious thought in the human sense.
It’s some emergent phenomenon we don’t understand. That’s extremely weird and genuinely exciting!
It’s at 0:33, and he didn’t even react so I can only assume this is a regular occurrence
Just to be clear, Trump shits himself on a regular basis and it’s so gross and stinky that everyone has to run away
Just to be clear, Trump shits himself on a regular basis and it’s so gross and stinky that everyone has to run away
February 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
It’s at 0:33, and he didn’t even react so I can only assume this is a regular occurrence
Just to be clear, Trump shits himself on a regular basis and it’s so gross and stinky that everyone has to run away
Just to be clear, Trump shits himself on a regular basis and it’s so gross and stinky that everyone has to run away
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What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?
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Greatest griftocracy in modern history, many people are saying
February 1, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Greatest griftocracy in modern history, many people are saying
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Talking to lots of folks across various professions using Claude Code, it is genuinely surprising, even to me, how much of a leap they have seen in the ability of LLMs to do real work in the last six weeks.
I know people on this site are sometimes skeptical of AI, but worth paying attention to.
I know people on this site are sometimes skeptical of AI, but worth paying attention to.
January 30, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Talking to lots of folks across various professions using Claude Code, it is genuinely surprising, even to me, how much of a leap they have seen in the ability of LLMs to do real work in the last six weeks.
I know people on this site are sometimes skeptical of AI, but worth paying attention to.
I know people on this site are sometimes skeptical of AI, but worth paying attention to.
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Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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“Children are protesting inside their detention center” where they are being fed “putrid water” and “food with debris in it” is not a sentence I ever wanted to read about America
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
Protest breaks out at Dilley immigration detention facility holding 5-year-old Liam Ramos
A protest broke out Saturday at the ICE-run South Texas family detention complex in Dilley, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained.
www.tpr.org
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“Children are protesting inside their detention center” where they are being fed “putrid water” and “food with debris in it” is not a sentence I ever wanted to read about America
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
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It’s hard to overstate how freakish it is for law enforcement who just shot someone to be shuffled off to other assignments with no investigative period at all.
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
It’s hard to overstate how freakish it is for law enforcement who just shot someone to be shuffled off to other assignments with no investigative period at all.
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 PM
an administration staffed to the top with degenerate liars
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UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
Fuck these people. They attack protesters and then blame them for taking the most basic steps to defend themselves.
You don’t have to be in an organized movement to know these steps when violence against them is so common. And if it is organized? Even better.
You don’t have to be in an organized movement to know these steps when violence against them is so common. And if it is organized? Even better.
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Fuck these people. They attack protesters and then blame them for taking the most basic steps to defend themselves.
You don’t have to be in an organized movement to know these steps when violence against them is so common. And if it is organized? Even better.
You don’t have to be in an organized movement to know these steps when violence against them is so common. And if it is organized? Even better.
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"Give me the peace prize or I'll kill you" seems like a pretty funny joke until it literally unfolds on the world stage
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"Give me the peace prize or I'll kill you" seems like a pretty funny joke until it literally unfolds on the world stage
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled
www.twincities.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
Great thread.
So many doomers on here like “…pfft, yeah, if there’s even gonna BE an election.”
Canceling elections, as Trump has vaguely and disgustingly threatened to do, is virtually impossible in the U.S., purely from a practical standpoint. We’ve got plenty of other problems to worry about!
So many doomers on here like “…pfft, yeah, if there’s even gonna BE an election.”
Canceling elections, as Trump has vaguely and disgustingly threatened to do, is virtually impossible in the U.S., purely from a practical standpoint. We’ve got plenty of other problems to worry about!
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Great thread.
So many doomers on here like “…pfft, yeah, if there’s even gonna BE an election.”
Canceling elections, as Trump has vaguely and disgustingly threatened to do, is virtually impossible in the U.S., purely from a practical standpoint. We’ve got plenty of other problems to worry about!
So many doomers on here like “…pfft, yeah, if there’s even gonna BE an election.”
Canceling elections, as Trump has vaguely and disgustingly threatened to do, is virtually impossible in the U.S., purely from a practical standpoint. We’ve got plenty of other problems to worry about!
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It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
The list of things AI can’t do continues to shrink.
There are plenty of valid criticisms of LLMs, but “can’t solve complex problems” is decidedly no longer one of them.
There are plenty of valid criticisms of LLMs, but “can’t solve complex problems” is decidedly no longer one of them.
One very familiar pattern in AI and science right now is going from a lot of false starts on hard tasks (there have been near-misses where AI appears to solve an Erdos problem but just finds an old solution no one knew about) to actually doing the thing soon after.
Three Erdos problems in 3 days.
Three Erdos problems in 3 days.
January 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The list of things AI can’t do continues to shrink.
There are plenty of valid criticisms of LLMs, but “can’t solve complex problems” is decidedly no longer one of them.
There are plenty of valid criticisms of LLMs, but “can’t solve complex problems” is decidedly no longer one of them.
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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since this has gotten traction enough to ping-pong around our fair site today, i wanted to highlight that david roberts @volts.wtf already said this better than me over on the other place about harvard's "plagiarism" debacle--but it applies to whatever. haven't seen it posted here though so...
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![There are a lot of important things going on right now. Why are we talking about this and not any of those?
We know why: the right is expert at ginning up these artificial controversies and manipulating media. Again, they brag about it publicly!
What I don't understand is why media and center-left pundits are so *passive* in the face of this obvious, explicit manipulation. They just dutifully follow the right around, shrugging their shoulders: "I guess we have to talk about this now."
I guess we have to talk about the "border crisis" now. I guess we have to talk about trans people in girls' high school sports now. I guess we have to talk about Bud Light and Target now. I guess we have to talk about whatever the fuck they want to talk about. [shrug]
Equally maddening is the fact that the left, broadly speaking, and the D Party in particular, are also just as passive! They've watched this go on for decades, one fake scandal after another, one BS distraction after another, & they seem](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hlx6oefypliizxxuqf435awt/bafkreifdmw7aq5cd26hmydrnf2n7lirhwkyrak3vc47itzlctmpqflolvy@jpeg)
January 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
since this has gotten traction enough to ping-pong around our fair site today, i wanted to highlight that david roberts @volts.wtf already said this better than me over on the other place about harvard's "plagiarism" debacle--but it applies to whatever. haven't seen it posted here though so...
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.