Seth Stafford
@sethts.bsky.social
Deep Learning practitioner, enterprise software, math PhD, piano enthusiast, omnivorous reader
I like it!!
The traditional term is ELIZA ... and the plausibility is the ELIZA effect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
The traditional term is ELIZA ... and the plausibility is the ELIZA effect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
ELIZA - Wikipedia
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July 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I like it!!
The traditional term is ELIZA ... and the plausibility is the ELIZA effect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
The traditional term is ELIZA ... and the plausibility is the ELIZA effect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
How does this 'civic hero' promotion happen outside the US? Are there any good models to learn from?
June 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
How does this 'civic hero' promotion happen outside the US? Are there any good models to learn from?
Which scientific 'civic heroes' do you have in mind?
Carl Sagan comes to mind for me, but is that the type?
We do have Neil deGrasse Tyson as a Sagan-like communicator. But maybe a 'civic hero' needs enough purely scientific clout to be a cultural conscience?
Jonas Salk?
Carl Sagan comes to mind for me, but is that the type?
We do have Neil deGrasse Tyson as a Sagan-like communicator. But maybe a 'civic hero' needs enough purely scientific clout to be a cultural conscience?
Jonas Salk?
June 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Which scientific 'civic heroes' do you have in mind?
Carl Sagan comes to mind for me, but is that the type?
We do have Neil deGrasse Tyson as a Sagan-like communicator. But maybe a 'civic hero' needs enough purely scientific clout to be a cultural conscience?
Jonas Salk?
Carl Sagan comes to mind for me, but is that the type?
We do have Neil deGrasse Tyson as a Sagan-like communicator. But maybe a 'civic hero' needs enough purely scientific clout to be a cultural conscience?
Jonas Salk?
Yes, reflexivity is an important idea. Soros' own efforts at developing it are underwhelming, though.
What's needed is something more akin to 'second quantization' of interacting agents. A big ask, obv!
What's needed is something more akin to 'second quantization' of interacting agents. A big ask, obv!
May 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yes, reflexivity is an important idea. Soros' own efforts at developing it are underwhelming, though.
What's needed is something more akin to 'second quantization' of interacting agents. A big ask, obv!
What's needed is something more akin to 'second quantization' of interacting agents. A big ask, obv!
The Gish Gallop works because of the Dopeler effect!
February 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Gish Gallop works because of the Dopeler effect!
At first I thought this was Changeux's book with Connes.
February 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
At first I thought this was Changeux's book with Connes.
Blue states: run to the courts for injunctive relief for all.
Red states: run to T/V admin contacts to make a deal (offer bribes) to get exceptions.
Guess which strategy will work with Sulla/Musk running DC?
Red states: run to T/V admin contacts to make a deal (offer bribes) to get exceptions.
Guess which strategy will work with Sulla/Musk running DC?
February 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Blue states: run to the courts for injunctive relief for all.
Red states: run to T/V admin contacts to make a deal (offer bribes) to get exceptions.
Guess which strategy will work with Sulla/Musk running DC?
Red states: run to T/V admin contacts to make a deal (offer bribes) to get exceptions.
Guess which strategy will work with Sulla/Musk running DC?
We’re told DOGE is just a new Truman Senate Committee of the 1940’s. But Congress is dysfunctional (by design) so … oh well … we just *need* to let DOGE restructure the govt without consulting Congress.
February 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We’re told DOGE is just a new Truman Senate Committee of the 1940’s. But Congress is dysfunctional (by design) so … oh well … we just *need* to let DOGE restructure the govt without consulting Congress.
“Fire every scientist and send them to teach middle school”
Right out of Mao’s Cultural Revolution playbook.
Took a while to recover from that. Though China is doing rather well now … half a century later. No thanks to Mao.
Right out of Mao’s Cultural Revolution playbook.
Took a while to recover from that. Though China is doing rather well now … half a century later. No thanks to Mao.
February 8, 2025 at 5:52 AM
“Fire every scientist and send them to teach middle school”
Right out of Mao’s Cultural Revolution playbook.
Took a while to recover from that. Though China is doing rather well now … half a century later. No thanks to Mao.
Right out of Mao’s Cultural Revolution playbook.
Took a while to recover from that. Though China is doing rather well now … half a century later. No thanks to Mao.
The T/V admin is feeding the whole govt into the DOGE wood chipper … most importantly Congress itself.
Musk is taking the law into his own hands because Congress has been deadlocked on budget matters for decades. So he is in a mad rush to smash as much as he can before the law catches up with him.
Musk is taking the law into his own hands because Congress has been deadlocked on budget matters for decades. So he is in a mad rush to smash as much as he can before the law catches up with him.
February 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The T/V admin is feeding the whole govt into the DOGE wood chipper … most importantly Congress itself.
Musk is taking the law into his own hands because Congress has been deadlocked on budget matters for decades. So he is in a mad rush to smash as much as he can before the law catches up with him.
Musk is taking the law into his own hands because Congress has been deadlocked on budget matters for decades. So he is in a mad rush to smash as much as he can before the law catches up with him.
It's a mad rush because they know they are breaking the law.
Congress is dysfunctional, won't make deep cuts, so they're taking the law into their own hands. Just stop payments, fire all the staff, and scram before Congress & the Courts catch up.
Good luck rebuilding what they have smashed.
Congress is dysfunctional, won't make deep cuts, so they're taking the law into their own hands. Just stop payments, fire all the staff, and scram before Congress & the Courts catch up.
Good luck rebuilding what they have smashed.
February 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's a mad rush because they know they are breaking the law.
Congress is dysfunctional, won't make deep cuts, so they're taking the law into their own hands. Just stop payments, fire all the staff, and scram before Congress & the Courts catch up.
Good luck rebuilding what they have smashed.
Congress is dysfunctional, won't make deep cuts, so they're taking the law into their own hands. Just stop payments, fire all the staff, and scram before Congress & the Courts catch up.
Good luck rebuilding what they have smashed.
Cynthia, try this link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | The Lost Tradition That Explains Trump’s Obsession With the Panama Canal (Gift Article)
Inside the lost tradition in American foregin policy that explains the president’s overseas obsessions.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Cynthia, try this link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
It's gone until it is defended.
R congress will stand by and watch Congress become irrelevant. Dems will sue, some judges will issue injunctions. Federalist Court will dodge, delay, eventually 5/4 vote on "um maybe not ALL of this is ok".
Then T/V Show will pull an Andrew Jackson and defy SCOTUS.
R congress will stand by and watch Congress become irrelevant. Dems will sue, some judges will issue injunctions. Federalist Court will dodge, delay, eventually 5/4 vote on "um maybe not ALL of this is ok".
Then T/V Show will pull an Andrew Jackson and defy SCOTUS.
February 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It's gone until it is defended.
R congress will stand by and watch Congress become irrelevant. Dems will sue, some judges will issue injunctions. Federalist Court will dodge, delay, eventually 5/4 vote on "um maybe not ALL of this is ok".
Then T/V Show will pull an Andrew Jackson and defy SCOTUS.
R congress will stand by and watch Congress become irrelevant. Dems will sue, some judges will issue injunctions. Federalist Court will dodge, delay, eventually 5/4 vote on "um maybe not ALL of this is ok".
Then T/V Show will pull an Andrew Jackson and defy SCOTUS.
He reminds me a bit of Porfirio Diaz. Minus any military competence.
January 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
He reminds me a bit of Porfirio Diaz. Minus any military competence.