Rich 🛫
@richstokoe.bsky.social
Tech Startups to Scale-ups. Global expansion in regulated industries. Investor. Small aircraft wrangler.
Generative AI is impressive, but it is no more "conscious" than a SQL query.
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Generative AI is impressive, but it is no more "conscious" than a SQL query.
Looks like Opus 4.5 has died for our sins.
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Looks like Opus 4.5 has died for our sins.
The Jungle Book (1967), Robin Hood (1973) and Talespin (1990) are all part of Disney's Bear Cinematic Universe (BCU).
#disney #baloo
#disney #baloo
a cartoon bear with a surprised look on its face
ALT: a cartoon bear with a surprised look on its face
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I've been testing Open AI's open source models with MCP/tools. While trying to get GPT-OSS-20b to return some data from the Titanic passengers dataset (here: github.com/davidjameskn...) it suggested Rose Dewitt Bukater is a well-known survivor, despite being fictional.
Machine uprising delayed.
Machine uprising delayed.
September 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've been testing Open AI's open source models with MCP/tools. While trying to get GPT-OSS-20b to return some data from the Titanic passengers dataset (here: github.com/davidjameskn...) it suggested Rose Dewitt Bukater is a well-known survivor, despite being fictional.
Machine uprising delayed.
Machine uprising delayed.
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Even if you were on the fence about the new iphone, this alone would have been enough to persuade my paranoid self:
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
Blog - Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices - Apple Security Research
Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) is the culmination of an unprecedented design and engineering effort spanning half a decade that combines the unique strengths of Apple silicon hardware with our adv...
security.apple.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Even if you were on the fence about the new iphone, this alone would have been enough to persuade my paranoid self:
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
security.apple.com/blog/memory-...
GPS jamming is continuous @ Black Sea and Kaliningrad. It is not a threat to modern aviation with backup inertial navigation.
Article: www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
GPS Jamming Map: www.flightradar24.com/data/gps-jam...
Example of GPS jamming on an LH passenger flight: youtu.be/jk-WClye4bw?...
Article: www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
GPS Jamming Map: www.flightradar24.com/data/gps-jam...
Example of GPS jamming on an LH passenger flight: youtu.be/jk-WClye4bw?...
Plane carrying EU’s top leader targeted by alleged Russian GPS jamming | CNN
A plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS navigation jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, a spokesperson for the commission told CNN.
www.cnn.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
GPS jamming is continuous @ Black Sea and Kaliningrad. It is not a threat to modern aviation with backup inertial navigation.
Article: www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
GPS Jamming Map: www.flightradar24.com/data/gps-jam...
Example of GPS jamming on an LH passenger flight: youtu.be/jk-WClye4bw?...
Article: www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/w...
GPS Jamming Map: www.flightradar24.com/data/gps-jam...
Example of GPS jamming on an LH passenger flight: youtu.be/jk-WClye4bw?...
It's strange that Apple are also being affected by the AI sell off...
August 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's strange that Apple are also being affected by the AI sell off...
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Just seen a clairvoyant doing the crossword. Surely that's cheating?
August 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just seen a clairvoyant doing the crossword. Surely that's cheating?
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be careful out there
this was effective against `eslint-plugin-prettier’
this was effective against `eslint-plugin-prettier’
A phishing attack is going on against maintainers on @npmjs.bsky.social, be aware!
- email is spoofed from npmjs.org (which doesn’t use DMARC but redirects to npmjs.com)
- login link points to npnjs(dot)com (clear giveaway)
- email is spoofed from npmjs.org (which doesn’t use DMARC but redirects to npmjs.com)
- login link points to npnjs(dot)com (clear giveaway)
July 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
be careful out there
this was effective against `eslint-plugin-prettier’
this was effective against `eslint-plugin-prettier’
Me:
Powerpoint: "HERE'S A NEW TEXT BOX FOR YOU"
#NotNowKato
Powerpoint: "HERE'S A NEW TEXT BOX FOR YOU"
#NotNowKato
July 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Me:
Powerpoint: "HERE'S A NEW TEXT BOX FOR YOU"
#NotNowKato
Powerpoint: "HERE'S A NEW TEXT BOX FOR YOU"
#NotNowKato
Prediction: At some point in the next few years we'll see a huge re-entrant agentic AI feedback loop where MCP servers end up being called by side effects of their own requests.
Staking my claim now on the copyright to this Netflix screenplay!
Staking my claim now on the copyright to this Netflix screenplay!
July 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Prediction: At some point in the next few years we'll see a huge re-entrant agentic AI feedback loop where MCP servers end up being called by side effects of their own requests.
Staking my claim now on the copyright to this Netflix screenplay!
Staking my claim now on the copyright to this Netflix screenplay!
That's a new one:
"I hope this email finds you flourishing"
"I hope this email finds you flourishing"
June 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
That's a new one:
"I hope this email finds you flourishing"
"I hope this email finds you flourishing"
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Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet by an officer in Los Angeles:
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Australian reporter Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet by an officer in Los Angeles:
Quite impressed that Claude 3.7 was able to decrypt ciphertext without hints. It was only using a +17/-9 shift Caesar cipher but demonstrates good reasoning, knowledge and deduction. Will be playing with this a lot....
April 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Quite impressed that Claude 3.7 was able to decrypt ciphertext without hints. It was only using a +17/-9 shift Caesar cipher but demonstrates good reasoning, knowledge and deduction. Will be playing with this a lot....
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absolutely incredible attack vector
December 6, 2024 at 3:27 AM
absolutely incredible attack vector
Real time AI powered Sonic overlays would make watching the Lions offence even better. Go do your thing, internet nerds.
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Real time AI powered Sonic overlays would make watching the Lions offence even better. Go do your thing, internet nerds.