Ben Recht
@beenwrekt.bsky.social
This did not happen. Sorry, not sorry.
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This did not happen. Sorry, not sorry.
Begun, the Butlerian Jihad has.
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Begun, the Butlerian Jihad has.
From a recent talk of mine.
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
From a recent talk of mine.
Over on the Gelman blog, there's a post about this histogram of z-scores in published papers. I'm always baffled by the discourse around it. Why is this plot a symptom of a problem? Under what model would we expect this to be a bell curve?
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Over on the Gelman blog, there's a post about this histogram of z-scores in published papers. I'm always baffled by the discourse around it. Why is this plot a symptom of a problem? Under what model would we expect this to be a bell curve?
Do words have meanings?
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Do words have meanings?
The list of signatories on the latest "Please Skynet, don't kill us" letter is BONKERS.
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The list of signatories on the latest "Please Skynet, don't kill us" letter is BONKERS.
Hah, that's a fun takeaway.
Let's also not forget that the author of that substack is a horrible dork too. At the same time Bubeck was lying about GPT websearch, that guy was bragging about his nonsense AGI psychometrics paper with hallucinated references.
Let's also not forget that the author of that substack is a horrible dork too. At the same time Bubeck was lying about GPT websearch, that guy was bragging about his nonsense AGI psychometrics paper with hallucinated references.
October 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Hah, that's a fun takeaway.
Let's also not forget that the author of that substack is a horrible dork too. At the same time Bubeck was lying about GPT websearch, that guy was bragging about his nonsense AGI psychometrics paper with hallucinated references.
Let's also not forget that the author of that substack is a horrible dork too. At the same time Bubeck was lying about GPT websearch, that guy was bragging about his nonsense AGI psychometrics paper with hallucinated references.
Now that's what I call probability!
October 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Now that's what I call probability!
I'm not much of a college football guy, but as with most things related to "moneyball," it's not a particularly good article.
October 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm not much of a college football guy, but as with most things related to "moneyball," it's not a particularly good article.
Apparently, in the latest GPT5 hullabaloo over on Twitter, the definition of open meant "not known to a guy maintaining a website."
October 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Apparently, in the latest GPT5 hullabaloo over on Twitter, the definition of open meant "not known to a guy maintaining a website."
If anyone wants a counterargument against AGI, look at this three-year chatGPT regression and its persistent denial of facts plain as day.
October 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If anyone wants a counterargument against AGI, look at this three-year chatGPT regression and its persistent denial of facts plain as day.
There are only two DAGs.
October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There are only two DAGs.
I know people hate to click through, but I have a table comparing XPs and 2PAs in the post.
October 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I know people hate to click through, but I have a table comparing XPs and 2PAs in the post.
I'd die. Currently rocking 32.
Also, I am aware this is real Sicko shit...
Also, I am aware this is real Sicko shit...
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'd die. Currently rocking 32.
Also, I am aware this is real Sicko shit...
Also, I am aware this is real Sicko shit...
I'm always haunted by the splash image for your Boston Review essay.
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm always haunted by the splash image for your Boston Review essay.
Possible addendum: The bots replying to me on Twitter suggest our world is a pastiche of Philip K Dick and Paul Verhoeven.
October 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Possible addendum: The bots replying to me on Twitter suggest our world is a pastiche of Philip K Dick and Paul Verhoeven.
This graphic, from your webpage, is the banal evil I'm talking about.
August 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This graphic, from your webpage, is the banal evil I'm talking about.
One extra AI Safety tidbit for this morning: Anthropic's Claude refused to transcribe this passage by Allen Wood (h/t @hilzoy.bsky.social) because it violated their safety protocols.
August 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One extra AI Safety tidbit for this morning: Anthropic's Claude refused to transcribe this passage by Allen Wood (h/t @hilzoy.bsky.social) because it violated their safety protocols.
PS. I wouldn't do my man Paul F. dirty. He's misunderstood but totally brilliant and hard to disagree with. But he's also a terrible communicator. :)
August 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
PS. I wouldn't do my man Paul F. dirty. He's misunderstood but totally brilliant and hard to disagree with. But he's also a terrible communicator. :)
I've started thinking about my fall semester syllabus.
August 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I've started thinking about my fall semester syllabus.
Moore's plot is so much jankier. You have to give the man credit, though, he was fucking right.
August 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Moore's plot is so much jankier. You have to give the man credit, though, he was fucking right.