Leo Hike
@leo-hike.bsky.social
Luddite, programer, casual doomer, optimist, absurdist, overthinker, Ukrainian
Based in Lisbon
Based in Lisbon
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One of the most terrifying, brilliantly written, balanced and relevant books I have ever read. I’ve always thought Rees was an exceptional historian, this reaffirms that view.
February 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
One of the most terrifying, brilliantly written, balanced and relevant books I have ever read. I’ve always thought Rees was an exceptional historian, this reaffirms that view.
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Davis and Marcus dive deep in AlphaGeometry 2, deflating hype but also pointing to some genuine positives.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/alphageome...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/alphageome...
AlphaGeometry2: Impressive accomplishment, but still a long path ahead
What GoogleDeepMind’s latest does and doesn’t show, and what we like about it
garymarcus.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Davis and Marcus dive deep in AlphaGeometry 2, deflating hype but also pointing to some genuine positives.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/alphageome...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/alphageome...
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This:
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This:
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The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The community note 🤌😘
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“ I still admire the entrepreneurial spirit that defined Silicon Valley’s earlier era… But something profound has changed. The industry that once prided itself on “moving fast and breaking things” now seems primarily interested in accumulating power and breaking democracy.”
“No question looms larger than this—what happens when the architects of artificial intelligence conceive of human values as mere optimization variables?”
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
open.substack.com/pub/mikebroc...
What the Hell Happened to Me (and to Silicon Valley)
On Truth, Power, and the Silicon Valley I Helped Build
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
“ I still admire the entrepreneurial spirit that defined Silicon Valley’s earlier era… But something profound has changed. The industry that once prided itself on “moving fast and breaking things” now seems primarily interested in accumulating power and breaking democracy.”
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Everyone has their favorite pet names for the piece of orange garbage that's currently squatting in the Oval Office.
These are my 3 favorite nicknames for him:
1. Tangerine Palpatine
2. The Tangerine Tyrant
3. Mango Mussolini
Tell me your favorite nickname.
These are my 3 favorite nicknames for him:
1. Tangerine Palpatine
2. The Tangerine Tyrant
3. Mango Mussolini
Tell me your favorite nickname.
February 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Everyone has their favorite pet names for the piece of orange garbage that's currently squatting in the Oval Office.
These are my 3 favorite nicknames for him:
1. Tangerine Palpatine
2. The Tangerine Tyrant
3. Mango Mussolini
Tell me your favorite nickname.
These are my 3 favorite nicknames for him:
1. Tangerine Palpatine
2. The Tangerine Tyrant
3. Mango Mussolini
Tell me your favorite nickname.
stranger: is this snake poisonous?
us: nah fam,
stranger: picks up snake, gets bitten, starts foaming at the mouth
us: it’s venomous tho
us: nah fam,
stranger: picks up snake, gets bitten, starts foaming at the mouth
us: it’s venomous tho
February 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
stranger: is this snake poisonous?
us: nah fam,
stranger: picks up snake, gets bitten, starts foaming at the mouth
us: it’s venomous tho
us: nah fam,
stranger: picks up snake, gets bitten, starts foaming at the mouth
us: it’s venomous tho
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I didn’t think it was possible. Elon Musk is more reprehensible than Trump.
February 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I didn’t think it was possible. Elon Musk is more reprehensible than Trump.
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Piracy and memory in AI: a number of LLMs are trained on the Books3 archive, a pirated set of tens of thousands of books.
It turns out that LLMs trained on Books3 are indeed better able to recall details of those books, and that this effect is much larger for less popular books.
It turns out that LLMs trained on Books3 are indeed better able to recall details of those books, and that this effect is much larger for less popular books.
February 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Piracy and memory in AI: a number of LLMs are trained on the Books3 archive, a pirated set of tens of thousands of books.
It turns out that LLMs trained on Books3 are indeed better able to recall details of those books, and that this effect is much larger for less popular books.
It turns out that LLMs trained on Books3 are indeed better able to recall details of those books, and that this effect is much larger for less popular books.
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I generally agree with this important caveat, but…
… I have now spoken with C-level leaders & lawyers, who assigned teams to check Deep Research. They found few flaws & fact checking took much less time (and less highly skilled work) than was saved by AI.
That seems to be a critical tipping point.
… I have now spoken with C-level leaders & lawyers, who assigned teams to check Deep Research. They found few flaws & fact checking took much less time (and less highly skilled work) than was saved by AI.
That seems to be a critical tipping point.
We're seeing the same form-versus-function confusion with Deep Research now that we saw in the early days of chatbots. Back then people were wowed by chatbots' conversational abilities and mimicry of linguistic fluency, and hence underappreciated the limitations. 🧵
February 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I generally agree with this important caveat, but…
… I have now spoken with C-level leaders & lawyers, who assigned teams to check Deep Research. They found few flaws & fact checking took much less time (and less highly skilled work) than was saved by AI.
That seems to be a critical tipping point.
… I have now spoken with C-level leaders & lawyers, who assigned teams to check Deep Research. They found few flaws & fact checking took much less time (and less highly skilled work) than was saved by AI.
That seems to be a critical tipping point.
Gradual Disempowerment is a "boring", underrepresented and the most likely scenario of total, but gradual, elimination of human labor necessity
Gradual Disempowerment: Systemic Existential Risks from Incremental AI Development
This paper examines the systemic risks posed by incremental advancements in artificial intelligence, developing the concept of `gradual disempowerment', in contrast to the abrupt takeover scenarios co...
arxiv.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Gradual Disempowerment is a "boring", underrepresented and the most likely scenario of total, but gradual, elimination of human labor necessity
Great article on why Trump's speed of action shows his weakness more than strength
Don’t believe him • Ezra Klein
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different from what he wants you to see
insidestory.org.au
February 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Great article on why Trump's speed of action shows his weakness more than strength
If we invent immortality, there should be an extreme sport called "civilizational speedrunning." Teams of 20 would go into the wilderness and race to build the first internal combustion engine.
February 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If we invent immortality, there should be an extreme sport called "civilizational speedrunning." Teams of 20 would go into the wilderness and race to build the first internal combustion engine.
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If the uncontrolled AI isht really does hit the fan, it is now on Elon, for betraying a cause he supported for so long, now that he has power.
My p(doom) though low, has gone up.
My p(doom) though low, has gone up.
February 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If the uncontrolled AI isht really does hit the fan, it is now on Elon, for betraying a cause he supported for so long, now that he has power.
My p(doom) though low, has gone up.
My p(doom) though low, has gone up.
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Thoughts on Sam's post:
1) It echoes the story from multiple labs about the confidence of scaling up to AGI fast (but you don't have to believe them)
2) There is no clear vision of what that world looks like
3) The labs are placing the burden on policymakers to decide what to do with what they make
1) It echoes the story from multiple labs about the confidence of scaling up to AGI fast (but you don't have to believe them)
2) There is no clear vision of what that world looks like
3) The labs are placing the burden on policymakers to decide what to do with what they make
February 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Thoughts on Sam's post:
1) It echoes the story from multiple labs about the confidence of scaling up to AGI fast (but you don't have to believe them)
2) There is no clear vision of what that world looks like
3) The labs are placing the burden on policymakers to decide what to do with what they make
1) It echoes the story from multiple labs about the confidence of scaling up to AGI fast (but you don't have to believe them)
2) There is no clear vision of what that world looks like
3) The labs are placing the burden on policymakers to decide what to do with what they make
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Casual library pickup
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
February 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Casual library pickup
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
Librarian told me "this ones been popular"
Shocking!
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You're going to eliminate government waste?
Sure, I can support that but tell how you are determined what is waste and how you're going to manage it.
Cause otherwise, it's just talking about firing people.
And I've worked on places where loads of people were fired and I just had to do more work
Sure, I can support that but tell how you are determined what is waste and how you're going to manage it.
Cause otherwise, it's just talking about firing people.
And I've worked on places where loads of people were fired and I just had to do more work
February 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You're going to eliminate government waste?
Sure, I can support that but tell how you are determined what is waste and how you're going to manage it.
Cause otherwise, it's just talking about firing people.
And I've worked on places where loads of people were fired and I just had to do more work
Sure, I can support that but tell how you are determined what is waste and how you're going to manage it.
Cause otherwise, it's just talking about firing people.
And I've worked on places where loads of people were fired and I just had to do more work
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The only problem AI is attempting to solve is labour!
February 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The only problem AI is attempting to solve is labour!
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This is a great and enduringly relevant book!
Shoutouts to the most depressing book about our country's infrastructure I've ever tried to read
February 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is a great and enduringly relevant book!
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2025 will go down as the year when all the subtext became text
February 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
2025 will go down as the year when all the subtext became text
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Thou shalt impeach the motherfucker.
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Thou shalt impeach the motherfucker.
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Elon Musk is taking thousands of federal websites offline, using automated systems to delete pronouns from email signatures, pushing workers to resign en masse, and rolling out a haphazard "AI-first" strategy
Welcome to the era of government by Grok
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government...
Welcome to the era of government by Grok
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government...
Government by Grok
How and why Elon Musk is trying to automate the federal government
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Elon Musk is taking thousands of federal websites offline, using automated systems to delete pronouns from email signatures, pushing workers to resign en masse, and rolling out a haphazard "AI-first" strategy
Welcome to the era of government by Grok
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government...
Welcome to the era of government by Grok
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/government...