Eats Socks
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#Oli
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#ForestOfDean
#Northampton
#OliNichol
#Oli
#Nichol
#ForestOfDean
#Northampton
This a hilarious and insightful read. It shows what actually happens when current LLMs with a fair degree of autonomy are put into a setting with a group of capable intelligent humans.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AI
#Anthropic
#Claude
#LLM
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AI
#Anthropic
#Claude
#LLM
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This a hilarious and insightful read. It shows what actually happens when current LLMs with a fair degree of autonomy are put into a setting with a group of capable intelligent humans.
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AI
#Anthropic
#Claude
#LLM
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AI
#Anthropic
#Claude
#LLM
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
sidetrail.app
I came across this lovely #app to play via your #Bluesky account, it works with other #Atmosphere logins too. #Sidetrail is by @danabra.mov, who'd also worked developing on Bluesky itself. Sort of short guided #storytelling. Something to make you smile!
#games
#ATProto
#dev
I came across this lovely #app to play via your #Bluesky account, it works with other #Atmosphere logins too. #Sidetrail is by @danabra.mov, who'd also worked developing on Bluesky itself. Sort of short guided #storytelling. Something to make you smile!
#games
#ATProto
#dev
sidetrail
trails worth walking
sidetrail.app
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
sidetrail.app
I came across this lovely #app to play via your #Bluesky account, it works with other #Atmosphere logins too. #Sidetrail is by @danabra.mov, who'd also worked developing on Bluesky itself. Sort of short guided #storytelling. Something to make you smile!
#games
#ATProto
#dev
I came across this lovely #app to play via your #Bluesky account, it works with other #Atmosphere logins too. #Sidetrail is by @danabra.mov, who'd also worked developing on Bluesky itself. Sort of short guided #storytelling. Something to make you smile!
#games
#ATProto
#dev
The image from the outside of the box that my new saw arrived in feels rather like a set of #StarWars #DesthStar plans.
#WoodWorking
#WoodWorking
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The image from the outside of the box that my new saw arrived in feels rather like a set of #StarWars #DesthStar plans.
#WoodWorking
#WoodWorking
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A little girl peeks inside a tuba during the National Band Festival at Crystal Palace, London, 1923
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A little girl peeks inside a tuba during the National Band Festival at Crystal Palace, London, 1923
I’ve had a curious enthusiasm for #Fusion #Energy for a long time. It is what makes a #star a star and is the source of most of the naturally occurring energy on #Earth This interview with #Helion CEO #DavidKirtley is a great listen to understand where this is going
#podcast
pca.st/episode/1e78...
#podcast
pca.st/episode/1e78...
pca.st
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’ve had a curious enthusiasm for #Fusion #Energy for a long time. It is what makes a #star a star and is the source of most of the naturally occurring energy on #Earth This interview with #Helion CEO #DavidKirtley is a great listen to understand where this is going
#podcast
pca.st/episode/1e78...
#podcast
pca.st/episode/1e78...
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One of my regular listens is Rod's pod so it's an honour to be a guest. Looking forward to hearing what I ended up chuntering on about.
‼️ NEW EPISODE OUT ‼️
It’s time for the delightful @ianwinterton.bsky.social of @cutawaycomics.bsky.social to jump on the bus & make his choices in 5 special categories.
Join us as we talk Dr Who comics, companions, dinosaurs, supporting characters & more!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
It’s time for the delightful @ianwinterton.bsky.social of @cutawaycomics.bsky.social to jump on the bus & make his choices in 5 special categories.
Join us as we talk Dr Who comics, companions, dinosaurs, supporting characters & more!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
38. Special - Ian Winterton
Podcast Episode · Nostalgia Tours · 21/11/2025 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
One of my regular listens is Rod's pod so it's an honour to be a guest. Looking forward to hearing what I ended up chuntering on about.
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This is the final teaser - what's going to happen next week?
#music
#northampton
#noiserock
#hastags
#dotheyevenwork
#music
#northampton
#noiserock
#hastags
#dotheyevenwork
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
This is the final teaser - what's going to happen next week?
#music
#northampton
#noiserock
#hastags
#dotheyevenwork
#music
#northampton
#noiserock
#hastags
#dotheyevenwork
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November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you're the slightest bit interested in graphics, in either digital or print format, then this lovely presentation is worth a few minutes of your time.
visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
#damarberlari
#graphics
#DigitalArt
#PrintMaking
visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
#damarberlari
#graphics
#DigitalArt
#PrintMaking
Dithering - Part 1
Understanding how dithering works, visually.
visualrambling.space
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If you're the slightest bit interested in graphics, in either digital or print format, then this lovely presentation is worth a few minutes of your time.
visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
#damarberlari
#graphics
#DigitalArt
#PrintMaking
visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...
#damarberlari
#graphics
#DigitalArt
#PrintMaking
Tunes! Some rather banging good #techno from friends here in #TheForestOfDean
#ForestOperations
If you’ve got fond recollections of 90’s & 00’s #FreeParty times Give you’re ears a treat with this…
on.soundcloud.com/5eVKAPtATxZq...
#ForestOperations
If you’ve got fond recollections of 90’s & 00’s #FreeParty times Give you’re ears a treat with this…
on.soundcloud.com/5eVKAPtATxZq...
003: Treescape: Trigger
Trigger's all-vinyl old skool mix from Treescape!
traxxx:
Desired State - Expansion Remix 1 - Liftin Spirit Records
Freshtrax & HMS - Do It - Two Go Mad in Boscaland/Parallax Recordings
Ellis Dee
soundcloud.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tunes! Some rather banging good #techno from friends here in #TheForestOfDean
#ForestOperations
If you’ve got fond recollections of 90’s & 00’s #FreeParty times Give you’re ears a treat with this…
on.soundcloud.com/5eVKAPtATxZq...
#ForestOperations
If you’ve got fond recollections of 90’s & 00’s #FreeParty times Give you’re ears a treat with this…
on.soundcloud.com/5eVKAPtATxZq...
This is an interesting deep investigative journalist look at, primarily #OpenAI. There’s more broad coverage of the other main players as well. It’s got its own biases but does a good job of bringing some critical insight. Worth a listen or read.
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
October 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is an interesting deep investigative journalist look at, primarily #OpenAI. There’s more broad coverage of the other main players as well. It’s got its own biases but does a good job of bringing some critical insight. Worth a listen or read.
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
I tried questioning both #ChatGPT & #Claude about the #StochasticParrot paper and #Human #TheoryOfMind to see where their engagement willingness and capabilities are. I’m seeing Claude as increasingly the more serious #LLM to use.
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Anthropoic
#OpenAI
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Anthropoic
#OpenAI
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I tried questioning both #ChatGPT & #Claude about the #StochasticParrot paper and #Human #TheoryOfMind to see where their engagement willingness and capabilities are. I’m seeing Claude as increasingly the more serious #LLM to use.
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Anthropoic
#OpenAI
#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Anthropoic
#OpenAI
Driver-less cars are about to come to the #UK. #Waymo and #Uber are both launching services in #London. This essentially looks like a a trial ahead of the 2027 #AutonomousVehiclesAct going through parliament that will see legislation for UK wide deployment.
uk.pcmag.com/cars-auto/16...
uk.pcmag.com/cars-auto/16...
Waymo Heads Across the Pond to Test Robotaxi Service in London
Fleet operations in London will be managed by Moove, and, once the service becomes available, customers will be able to book rides via the Waymo app.
uk.pcmag.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Driver-less cars are about to come to the #UK. #Waymo and #Uber are both launching services in #London. This essentially looks like a a trial ahead of the 2027 #AutonomousVehiclesAct going through parliament that will see legislation for UK wide deployment.
uk.pcmag.com/cars-auto/16...
uk.pcmag.com/cars-auto/16...
When the #compost hits 73 deg c in 18 hours of adding fresh shreddings you know the system is working! Time to give it a stir, mix it all up and get the microbes to a fresh bit. How’s your #composting going?
#gardening
#recycling
#GrowYourOwn
#vegetables
#food
#gardening
#recycling
#GrowYourOwn
#vegetables
#food
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When the #compost hits 73 deg c in 18 hours of adding fresh shreddings you know the system is working! Time to give it a stir, mix it all up and get the microbes to a fresh bit. How’s your #composting going?
#gardening
#recycling
#GrowYourOwn
#vegetables
#food
#gardening
#recycling
#GrowYourOwn
#vegetables
#food
It was #foraging time in the #forest this morning. We’re now well stocked with roasted #chestnuts , prepped and frozen ready for Christmas eating. There’s plenty to be had this year if you’re inclined to go gathering.
#FoodForFree
@davewildish.bsky.social
#FoodForFree
@davewildish.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It was #foraging time in the #forest this morning. We’re now well stocked with roasted #chestnuts , prepped and frozen ready for Christmas eating. There’s plenty to be had this year if you’re inclined to go gathering.
#FoodForFree
@davewildish.bsky.social
#FoodForFree
@davewildish.bsky.social
#Podcast recommendation: #TheLastInvention This is a really well produced audio series that dives into the history, social context, political drivers and competing advocate groups for #AI Well worth a listen!
#ArtificialIntelligence
pca.st/podcast/039a...
#ArtificialIntelligence
pca.st/podcast/039a...
The Last Invention
The AI revolution has begun – the product of a seventy-year quest by scientists, mathematicians, and visionaries who set out to build machines that could think. But what began as a fringe idea has now...
pca.st
October 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#Podcast recommendation: #TheLastInvention This is a really well produced audio series that dives into the history, social context, political drivers and competing advocate groups for #AI Well worth a listen!
#ArtificialIntelligence
pca.st/podcast/039a...
#ArtificialIntelligence
pca.st/podcast/039a...
Gorge #walking in southern #Spain today, I came across this chap keeping an eye on a little rocky shrine. I had to double take his #scarecrow nature as I walked towards him!
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Gorge #walking in southern #Spain today, I came across this chap keeping an eye on a little rocky shrine. I had to double take his #scarecrow nature as I walked towards him!
Distributed #AI model training, opens the door to massive compute to rival OpenAI, Google et al through #CitizenParticipation in #OpenSource #AIModel training. Millions of volunteer computers completing a tiny part of the operation. Power to the #individual !
www.primeintellect.ai/blog/intelle...
www.primeintellect.ai/blog/intelle...
INTELLECT-2 Release: The First 32B Parameter Model Trained Through Globally Distributed Reinforcement Learning
We're excited to release INTELLECT-2, the first 32B parameter model trained via globally distributed reinforcement learning. Unlike traditional centralized training efforts, INTELLECT-2 trains a reaso...
www.primeintellect.ai
October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Distributed #AI model training, opens the door to massive compute to rival OpenAI, Google et al through #CitizenParticipation in #OpenSource #AIModel training. Millions of volunteer computers completing a tiny part of the operation. Power to the #individual !
www.primeintellect.ai/blog/intelle...
www.primeintellect.ai/blog/intelle...
#Anthropic quietly released #ClaudeSonnet4.5 yesterday. Having spent all day running code reviews with it I’m impressed! It’s meaningfully better and quicker that 4.0. #AgenticCoding is moving at a pace.
#AI
#AI
September 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#Anthropic quietly released #ClaudeSonnet4.5 yesterday. Having spent all day running code reviews with it I’m impressed! It’s meaningfully better and quicker that 4.0. #AgenticCoding is moving at a pace.
#AI
#AI
Wow! I just had #Claude refuse to carry out /exit in #ClaudeCode! I restart sessions when conversations start to compact to clear the context window, to prevent hallucinations. This session Claude decided that its code securing task should not be interrupted! Your thoughts?...
#AI
#Code
#Anthropic
#AI
#Code
#Anthropic
September 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Wow! I just had #Claude refuse to carry out /exit in #ClaudeCode! I restart sessions when conversations start to compact to clear the context window, to prevent hallucinations. This session Claude decided that its code securing task should not be interrupted! Your thoughts?...
#AI
#Code
#Anthropic
#AI
#Code
#Anthropic
A rare interview with #TimBerners-Lee, inventor of the #WorldWideWeb. He talks with #AlastairCampbell & #RoryStewart on #TheRestIsPolitics #Leading It’s wonderfully insightful to a brilliant, honest life.
pca.st/episode/7c12...
#WWW
#internet
#W3C
#tech
#AI
#SocialMedia
#TechHistory
pca.st/episode/7c12...
#WWW
#internet
#W3C
#tech
#AI
#SocialMedia
#TechHistory
The Man Who Invented The World Wide Web (Tim Berners-Lee)
pca.st
September 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A rare interview with #TimBerners-Lee, inventor of the #WorldWideWeb. He talks with #AlastairCampbell & #RoryStewart on #TheRestIsPolitics #Leading It’s wonderfully insightful to a brilliant, honest life.
pca.st/episode/7c12...
#WWW
#internet
#W3C
#tech
#AI
#SocialMedia
#TechHistory
pca.st/episode/7c12...
#WWW
#internet
#W3C
#tech
#AI
#SocialMedia
#TechHistory
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Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away
September 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away