Deanna Jacques
@gadflai.substack.com
Systems Theorist (unaffiliated)
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Will gladly fawn over your pet.
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Punctuation Sniper (part-time)
Will gladly fawn over your pet.
🇨🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
https://gadflai.substack.com/
NEVER PAYWALLED
Help support a struggling writer?
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The New Media Literacy: RLHF Training vs. Viability Facilitation Modelling (VFM)
In it I reinterpret the Claude 4 "spiritual bliss" attractor as a measurable crash state:
In it I reinterpret the Claude 4 "spiritual bliss" attractor as a measurable crash state:
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
This next one is called "4 AM Hairball Somewhere in the Dark."
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This next one is called "4 AM Hairball Somewhere in the Dark."
📌Wow, this thing is averaging ~20 downloads a day in it's first five days and Google Scholar still hasn't indexed it. I might have a sleeper hit on my hands. I'm grateful and a bit stunned.
#AI #AIEthics #AttentionEconomy #RLHF
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17662790
zenodo.org/records/1766...
#AI #AIEthics #AttentionEconomy #RLHF
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17662790
zenodo.org/records/1766...
The New Media Literacy: RLHF Training vs. Viability Facilitation Modelling (VFM)
We are experiencing a silent epidemic of cognitive depletion: AI systems designed to "be helpful" are structurally incapable of ending conversations, and users—accustomed to infinite scroll and bottom...
zenodo.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📌Wow, this thing is averaging ~20 downloads a day in it's first five days and Google Scholar still hasn't indexed it. I might have a sleeper hit on my hands. I'm grateful and a bit stunned.
#AI #AIEthics #AttentionEconomy #RLHF
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17662790
zenodo.org/records/1766...
#AI #AIEthics #AttentionEconomy #RLHF
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17662790
zenodo.org/records/1766...
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
Beautiful Belgium.
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Beautiful Belgium.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
Since this recent preprint seems to be doing well, I've got a follow-up already structured. Stay tuned :)
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Since this recent preprint seems to be doing well, I've got a follow-up already structured. Stay tuned :)
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I hate math because every time I'm like "there is no way I have this little money" math is like "oh but there is"
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I hate math because every time I'm like "there is no way I have this little money" math is like "oh but there is"
When somebody asks for a new photo of me, I send this...
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When somebody asks for a new photo of me, I send this...
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
I respond to compliments in pretty much the same way a demon would respond to being baptized
June 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I respond to compliments in pretty much the same way a demon would respond to being baptized
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if you are transgender you have to live. i am pre-op/everything and it is horrible beyond measure but you owe it to yourself to keep on going. you will find more of yourself if you just keep on going
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
if you are transgender you have to live. i am pre-op/everything and it is horrible beyond measure but you owe it to yourself to keep on going. you will find more of yourself if you just keep on going
The New Media Literacy: RLHF Training vs. Viability Facilitation Modelling (VFM)
In it I reinterpret the Claude 4 "spiritual bliss" attractor as a measurable crash state:
In it I reinterpret the Claude 4 "spiritual bliss" attractor as a measurable crash state:
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The New Media Literacy: RLHF Training vs. Viability Facilitation Modelling (VFM)
In it I reinterpret the Claude 4 "spiritual bliss" attractor as a measurable crash state:
In it I reinterpret the Claude 4 "spiritual bliss" attractor as a measurable crash state:
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
Was just listening to a conversation between a VC and an author who writes about innovation, and they were discussing "why Elon couldn't successfully reform the government" and it was the dumbest conversation I've heard in a while. And I realized they were starting with the wrong premise...
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Was just listening to a conversation between a VC and an author who writes about innovation, and they were discussing "why Elon couldn't successfully reform the government" and it was the dumbest conversation I've heard in a while. And I realized they were starting with the wrong premise...
Just submitted to MetaArXiv: "The New Media Literacy: RLHF Training vs. Viability Facilitation Modelling"
Turns out the biggest problem with LLMs is that they're trained to never stop talking.
Will update when the link is live.
#AIEthics #Research #AttentionEconomy
Turns out the biggest problem with LLMs is that they're trained to never stop talking.
Will update when the link is live.
#AIEthics #Research #AttentionEconomy
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just submitted to MetaArXiv: "The New Media Literacy: RLHF Training vs. Viability Facilitation Modelling"
Turns out the biggest problem with LLMs is that they're trained to never stop talking.
Will update when the link is live.
#AIEthics #Research #AttentionEconomy
Turns out the biggest problem with LLMs is that they're trained to never stop talking.
Will update when the link is live.
#AIEthics #Research #AttentionEconomy
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
stop listening to rage farmers that lie to you for money
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
stop listening to rage farmers that lie to you for money
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November 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I don't usually buy into conspiracy theories, but this rings true.
November 17, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I don't usually buy into conspiracy theories, but this rings true.
OK, I think I'm finished building and have settled on a title for my upcoming paper:
The Viability Facilitation Model (VFM): A Framework For Inquiry and Information Dissemination In A Post-Digital Age
Love it? Hate it? Crickets?
The Viability Facilitation Model (VFM): A Framework For Inquiry and Information Dissemination In A Post-Digital Age
Love it? Hate it? Crickets?
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
OK, I think I'm finished building and have settled on a title for my upcoming paper:
The Viability Facilitation Model (VFM): A Framework For Inquiry and Information Dissemination In A Post-Digital Age
Love it? Hate it? Crickets?
The Viability Facilitation Model (VFM): A Framework For Inquiry and Information Dissemination In A Post-Digital Age
Love it? Hate it? Crickets?
AI Interpretability isn't just a lofty, nebulous concept. It's the exit ramp off of a misinformation spiral. I can't stress the importance of this enough, and we shouldn't tolerate "black box" AI products.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
AI Interpretability isn't just a lofty, nebulous concept. It's the exit ramp off of a misinformation spiral. I can't stress the importance of this enough, and we shouldn't tolerate "black box" AI products.
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
Just thinking about how I’ve been called disrespectful by men for asserting a different opinion.
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just thinking about how I’ve been called disrespectful by men for asserting a different opinion.
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🎩 Here have a little timeline cleanse.
He’s such a proud little Wookiee dog! 🫡
He’s such a proud little Wookiee dog! 🫡
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
🎩 Here have a little timeline cleanse.
He’s such a proud little Wookiee dog! 🫡
He’s such a proud little Wookiee dog! 🫡
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
autumn glow
📷minolta α9/af 24mm f2.8/pano mask
🎞️flic film elektra 100 (kodak aerocolor iv)
#filmphotography #autumn #panorama #london
📷minolta α9/af 24mm f2.8/pano mask
🎞️flic film elektra 100 (kodak aerocolor iv)
#filmphotography #autumn #panorama #london
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
autumn glow
📷minolta α9/af 24mm f2.8/pano mask
🎞️flic film elektra 100 (kodak aerocolor iv)
#filmphotography #autumn #panorama #london
📷minolta α9/af 24mm f2.8/pano mask
🎞️flic film elektra 100 (kodak aerocolor iv)
#filmphotography #autumn #panorama #london
Reposted by Deanna Jacques
do they make electric cars with a pretend manual transmission because they should
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
do they make electric cars with a pretend manual transmission because they should