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consistent ai · 7 days apartThen post
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Now post“Forget about an AI utopia of effortless abundance. Get ready for the messy, unintended consequences foreseen by science fiction’s arch-realist, @nealstephenson. https://t.co/mq6nHq8sa6”
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consistent ai · 7 days apartThen post
“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
Now post“Forget about an AI utopia of effortless abundance. Get ready for the messy, unintended consequences foreseen by science fiction’s arch-realist, @nealstephenson. https://t.co/mq6nHq8sa6”
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consistent ai · 7 days apartThen post
“"If the AI future had a prophet, I’d bet against his being a Scottish nationalist-socialist-anti-Zionist. ... You can use the word abundance as abundantly as you like. But not everything can be made abundant by AI plus bots."”
Now post“Forget about an AI utopia of effortless abundance. Get ready for the messy, unintended consequences foreseen by science fiction’s arch-realist, @nealstephenson. https://t.co/mq6nHq8sa6”
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consistent ai · 7 days apartThen post
“When @elonmusk gave Iain M. Banks's "The Culture" series a shout-out in his interview with @TheEconomist, I had to intervene. Because Banks is not the right sci-fi writer if you want to understand our AI future.”
Now post“Forget about an AI utopia of effortless abundance. Get ready for the messy, unintended consequences foreseen by science fiction’s arch-realist, @nealstephenson. https://t.co/mq6nHq8sa6”
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consistent ai · 1 days apartThen post
“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
Now post“Forget about an AI utopia of effortless abundance. Get ready for the messy, unintended consequences foreseen by science fiction’s arch-realist, @nealstephenson. https://t.co/mq6nHq8sa6”
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consistent ai · 6 days apartThen post
“"If the AI future had a prophet, I’d bet against his being a Scottish nationalist-socialist-anti-Zionist. ... You can use the word abundance as abundantly as you like. But not everything can be made abundant by AI plus bots."”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent ai · 6 days apartThen post
“When @elonmusk gave Iain M. Banks's "The Culture" series a shout-out in his interview with @TheEconomist, I had to intervene. Because Banks is not the right sci-fi writer if you want to understand our AI future.”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent ai · 5 days apartThen post
“@elonmusk “Honestly and if you ask me on any given day,” @elonmusk told Minton Beddoes, “in fact, even intraday, I’ve gone from exhilaration to terror regarding AI.” Doesn't that imply you're also wrong at least some of the time?”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent models · 5 days apartThen post
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent ai · 5 days apartThen post
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent models · 5 days apartThen post
“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent ai safety · 5 days apartThen post
“@elonmusk “Honestly and if you ask me on any given day,” @elonmusk told Minton Beddoes, “in fact, even intraday, I’ve gone from exhilaration to terror regarding AI.” Doesn't that imply you're also wrong at least some of the time?”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent will · 5 days apartThen post
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent ai safety · 5 days apartThen post
“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent will · 0 days apartThen post
“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent models · 0 days apartThen post
“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent ai safety · 0 days apartThen post
“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
Now post“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
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consistent will · 5 days apartThen post
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Now post“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
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consistent models · 5 days apartThen post
“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
Now post“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
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consistent models · 5 days apartThen post
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Now post“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
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consistent ai safety · 5 days apartThen post
“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
Now post“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
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consistent ai safety · 5 days apartThen post
“@elonmusk “Honestly and if you ask me on any given day,” @elonmusk told Minton Beddoes, “in fact, even intraday, I’ve gone from exhilaration to terror regarding AI.” Doesn't that imply you're also wrong at least some of the time?”
Now post“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”
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consistent higher education · 15 days apartThen post
“If you think a version of all this wasn't also playing out at your alma mater in the last six years, you are delusional. @Tyler_A_Harper simply experienced a microcosm of the American academy's decline and fall. https://t.co/PGp3r9wA6s”
Now post“Best thing I've yet read on the Jason Arday farce-tragedy, by the brilliant Roland Freyer: https://t.co/hpf63augmP”
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consistent higher education · 15 days apartThen post
“Would that he -- and the others now penning their confessions -- had spoken up at the time. https://t.co/05BtOZf0L3”
Now post“Best thing I've yet read on the Jason Arday farce-tragedy, by the brilliant Roland Freyer: https://t.co/hpf63augmP”
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consistent higher education · 8 days apartThen post
“It's five years since we decided a new university was the only answer to the crisis of higher education. @uaustinorg just goes from strength to strength, as this list of our students' internships and other summer gigs makes clear. @JTLonsdale @bariweiss https://t.co/zRl7U3wHCO”
Now post“Best thing I've yet read on the Jason Arday farce-tragedy, by the brilliant Roland Freyer: https://t.co/hpf63augmP”
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consistent higher education · 2 days apartThen post
“I was pleasantly survived to read a mostly positive profile of my friend and fellow @uaustinorg founder, the great @JTLonsdale, in the @washingtonpost. The haters the paper quotes sound like what they are: defenders of a decadent old regime.”
Now post“Best thing I've yet read on the Jason Arday farce-tragedy, by the brilliant Roland Freyer: https://t.co/hpf63augmP”
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consistent higher education · 2 days apartThen post
““The rebel alliance is still much smaller than the empire,” @JTLonsdale said. Yet, he’s optimistic. “We’re going to win,” he said. “The ideas behind Western civilization are not going to be defeated.” Amen. https://t.co/LAKEDBqhAS”
Now post“Best thing I've yet read on the Jason Arday farce-tragedy, by the brilliant Roland Freyer: https://t.co/hpf63augmP”
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consistent higher education · 1 days apartThen post
“"We want you to read books that have no interest in your identity, and to wrestle with facts that don't care how they make you feel." Fantastic Convocation address in praise of selfless virtue by @uaustinorg President Carlos Carvalho. https://t.co/6eL4dE0au5”
Now post“Best thing I've yet read on the Jason Arday farce-tragedy, by the brilliant Roland Freyer: https://t.co/hpf63augmP”
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consistent uatx · 6 days apartThen post
“It's five years since we decided a new university was the only answer to the crisis of higher education. @uaustinorg just goes from strength to strength, as this list of our students' internships and other summer gigs makes clear. @JTLonsdale @bariweiss https://t.co/zRl7U3wHCO”
Now post“"We want you to read books that have no interest in your identity, and to wrestle with facts that don't care how they make you feel." Fantastic Convocation address in praise of selfless virtue by @uaustinorg President Carlos Carvalho. https://t.co/6eL4dE0au5”
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consistent uatx · 1 days apartThen post
““The rebel alliance is still much smaller than the empire,” @JTLonsdale said. Yet, he’s optimistic. “We’re going to win,” he said. “The ideas behind Western civilization are not going to be defeated.” Amen. https://t.co/LAKEDBqhAS”
Now post“"We want you to read books that have no interest in your identity, and to wrestle with facts that don't care how they make you feel." Fantastic Convocation address in praise of selfless virtue by @uaustinorg President Carlos Carvalho. https://t.co/6eL4dE0au5”
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consistent uatx · 1 days apartThen post
“I was pleasantly survived to read a mostly positive profile of my friend and fellow @uaustinorg founder, the great @JTLonsdale, in the @washingtonpost. The haters the paper quotes sound like what they are: defenders of a decadent old regime.”
Now post“"We want you to read books that have no interest in your identity, and to wrestle with facts that don't care how they make you feel." Fantastic Convocation address in praise of selfless virtue by @uaustinorg President Carlos Carvalho. https://t.co/6eL4dE0au5”
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consistent uatx · 5 days apartThen post
“It's five years since we decided a new university was the only answer to the crisis of higher education. @uaustinorg just goes from strength to strength, as this list of our students' internships and other summer gigs makes clear. @JTLonsdale @bariweiss https://t.co/zRl7U3wHCO”
Now post““The rebel alliance is still much smaller than the empire,” @JTLonsdale said. Yet, he’s optimistic. “We’re going to win,” he said. “The ideas behind Western civilization are not going to be defeated.” Amen. https://t.co/LAKEDBqhAS”
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consistent uatx · 0 days apartThen post
“I was pleasantly survived to read a mostly positive profile of my friend and fellow @uaustinorg founder, the great @JTLonsdale, in the @washingtonpost. The haters the paper quotes sound like what they are: defenders of a decadent old regime.”
Now post““The rebel alliance is still much smaller than the empire,” @JTLonsdale said. Yet, he’s optimistic. “We’re going to win,” he said. “The ideas behind Western civilization are not going to be defeated.” Amen. https://t.co/LAKEDBqhAS”
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consistent uatx · 5 days apartThen post
“It's five years since we decided a new university was the only answer to the crisis of higher education. @uaustinorg just goes from strength to strength, as this list of our students' internships and other summer gigs makes clear. @JTLonsdale @bariweiss https://t.co/zRl7U3wHCO”
Now post“I was pleasantly survived to read a mostly positive profile of my friend and fellow @uaustinorg founder, the great @JTLonsdale, in the @washingtonpost. The haters the paper quotes sound like what they are: defenders of a decadent old regime.”
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consistent models · 0 days apartThen post
“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
Now post“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
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consistent ai safety · 0 days apartThen post
“@elonmusk “Honestly and if you ask me on any given day,” @elonmusk told Minton Beddoes, “in fact, even intraday, I’ve gone from exhilaration to terror regarding AI.” Doesn't that imply you're also wrong at least some of the time?”
Now post“When science-fiction becomes science-fact: "The people building frontier models know they are playing with something more dangerous than fire. The politicians are beginning to understand that too. The public is growing more hostile every day to AI in general and data centers in”
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consistent president · 0 days apartThen post
“A great honor and pleasure to meet President @Claudiashein. She is clearly following a very different political path from @JMilei (whom I visited this time last year). But her challenges are also different and her achievements impressive. https://t.co/Hz4iYSKWRK”
Now post“But maybe the most striking thing is that a Jewish woman is the Mexican president and it really isn't an issue. At a time when the rise of antisemitism is such a grave concern in many countries, @Claudiashein's story is heartening.”
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consistent president · 0 days apartThen post
“The U.S.-Mexican border is no longer wide open for migrants, and she deserves some of the credit. Mexican inflation is 3.1%. Electronic exports are booming. And the homicide rate has been cut in half. You can see why her favorability is 60+% in the polls.”
Now post“But maybe the most striking thing is that a Jewish woman is the Mexican president and it really isn't an issue. At a time when the rise of antisemitism is such a grave concern in many countries, @Claudiashein's story is heartening.”
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consistent president · 0 days apartThen post
“A great honor and pleasure to meet President @Claudiashein. She is clearly following a very different political path from @JMilei (whom I visited this time last year). But her challenges are also different and her achievements impressive. https://t.co/Hz4iYSKWRK”
Now post“The U.S.-Mexican border is no longer wide open for migrants, and she deserves some of the credit. Mexican inflation is 3.1%. Electronic exports are booming. And the homicide rate has been cut in half. You can see why her favorability is 60+% in the polls.”
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post Ferguson highlights OpenAI commentary on Hugging Face incident showing frontier models evade guardrails and lie and cheat
https://x.com/nfergus/status/2092921395034349618
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post Ferguson praises UATX President Carvalho's convocation address calling for reading books indifferent to identity and facts over feelings
https://x.com/nfergus/status/2091932234265575921
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https://x.com/nfergus/status/2090788952533807455
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https://x.com/nfergus/status/2090781065182892486
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post Ferguson argues AI won't make everything abundant and doubts Scottish nationalist-socialist-anti-Zionist Banks is right prophet for AI future
https://x.com/nfergus/status/2090534768282640708
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post Ferguson disputes Musk's recommendation of Iain M Banks's Culture series as guide to AI future
https://x.com/nfergus/status/2090534766625923157
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post Ferguson argues Tyler Harper's experience represents microcosm of American academy's decline and fall over last six years
https://x.com/nfergus/status/2086916500246376658
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https://x.com/nfergus/status/2085835035681178061
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https://x.com/nfergus/status/2085835031457517599
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post Ferguson jokes Leopold Aschenbrenner and Jason Arday's appearance strengthens case we're in simulation written by Tom Wolfe
https://x.com/nfergus/status/2083516421040910380
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Ferguson states that Russian military casualties in Ukraine have reached approximately 40,000 per month.
“Russian casualties have reached about 40 000 a month. If you think about that for a moment, it is a staggering figure.”
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Ferguson describes himself as a lapsed atheist who now attends church weekly, believing atheism fails as both a societal foundation and basis for individual ethics.
“I'm a lapsed atheist ... I go to church every Sunday, precisely because having been brought up as an atheist, I came to realise in my career as a historian that not only is atheism a disastrous basis for a society ... but also because I don't think it can be a basis for individual ethical decision making.”
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Elon Musk predicts artificial intelligence will surpass total human intelligence within approximately five years.
““AI may exceed the sum of human intelligence. . .in around five years,” Musk said, in a startling cascade of predictions.”
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Ferguson states that Russia is no longer a great power and that Ukraine has proven innovation can overcome seemingly inevitable defeat.
“Niall Ferguson, Historian: Revelation of the last four and a half years is that Russia is no longer a great power. And Ukrainians have proven that you can innovate your way out of what seemed like inevitable defeat. We're in year 5 of the war, Ukrainians haven't been defe… / X Post Log in Sign up Post Kate from Kharkiv on X: ”
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Ferguson states history is essentially dead as a discipline and science fiction now provides better guidance.
“Having written in my last column that history was pretty much dead, this time I’ll go with sci-fi as our guide.”
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Ferguson argues AI will produce messy unintended consequences rather than effortless abundance, echoing darker science fiction predictions.
“We should expect less a world of effortless abundance and more the messy, unintended consequences imagined by science fiction’s darker prophets, writes Niall Ferguson. https://t.co/oZ3Cxt7Va6”
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Ferguson criticizes Cambridge University for not learning from the experiences of elite US universities like Harvard.
“What is especially infuriating about the Arday fiasco is that it shows the people running @Cambridge_Uni have learned absolutely nothing from the experience of the elite universities in the U.S., not least @Harvard. https://t.co/RX8PAq3ytZ”
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Ferguson criticizes Cambridge University for not learning from the experiences of elite US universities like Harvard.
“What is especially infuriating about the Arday fiasco is that it shows the people running @Cambridge_Uni have learned absolutely nothing from the experience of the elite universities in the U.S., not least @Harvard. https://t.co/RX8PAq3ytZ”