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When I see things go viral on X, I’m like damn I’m glad I’m not so desperate for likes that I’d ever tweet like that.
When I see things go viral here, I’m like damn I wish I’d thought of that.
We don't need thousands of different preferences to understand what humans want from AI — just 21 core categories can explain nearly 90% of all human choices.
A fascinating new Stanford study analyzed 18,000+ human preferences when interacting with AI systems and found that despite seemingly endless variation in what people want, a small …
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22 subscribers doesn't seem like a lot but if 22 people came to my house and asked me what I'm writing about it would be like crazy so it's a lot.
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"Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation. We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World."
This sounds like the rapist's pitch to female voters, which was essentially: "I will protect women whether they want it or not." Which sounds off when coming from a rapist. I think Greenland is very aware this is the geopolitical analog of a rapist promising them protection, whether they want it or not.
"If American politics is ever to return to a condition of civic and political health, it will need to embrace an honest account of January 6th.
Which is why we need the release of the special counsel’s report."
Should we release the report? Yes. But expecting it to change anything is a bridge too far. The election is over, and this will change zero minds. Even if it did change any minds, it's too late. But it won't. Everyone is either dug into their interpretation of January 6 or just doesn't care, and a report four years after the events is not going to move the needle. If there is any impact, it will be to increase polarization, because one side knows what happened and is appalled, and the other side pretends it was something else and either ignores evidence to the contrary or uses that evidence to somehow blame the other side. Release it, but do so with zero expectations that it will break anyone out of their delusions or their indifference.