2026-11-01T17:09:16Z https://nostr.now Mark Riedl https://nostr.now/npub10yka9u0ydj2mfd4lkh70ln76sagrxaft89td3ue2gfnpxx92jzeqhnjjv4 https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&cid=bafkreickb4bivyblxfzso5pcituqx6rmtmoyemq7qu4wobludjynuhq3ue https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&cid=bafkreickb4bivyblxfzso5pcituqx6rmtmoyemq7qu4wobludjynuhq3ue https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyexqluxrsgc7v56dmvkjtcuuk4ufpnp8uhpzy5sflcafmfzdwmsczypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtydm07cv One of the co-founders of Anthropic has declared that the Singularity has begun. (From Jack Clark&#39;s personal newsletter)<br/><a href="https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreib6hq5otyakeqv5doyodwzakesyyiqr3uk265r33l2vi6jsd6hyyu">https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreib6hq5otyakeqv5doyodwzakesyyiqr3uk265r33l2vi6jsd6hyyu</a><br/> 2026-10-19T15:39:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqp3nc56yvt7k8kckcm0qarda6vwkhnhlvef9s4km5xgwzy8ydwfgzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyqa30yk Dear all the college kids,<br/><br/>Get your flu shot.<br/><br/>Sincerely,<br/>All your professors 2026-10-19T01:47:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr6ezr3jh5depptsaq9jpmvcuhjspvuelvt56rh06y9mqty702gkszypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyyg2jua Anthropic floats a sample bill. It would allow the gov’t to block a model that has a “foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people”<br/>[www.politico.com/news/2026/10...](<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-01124654">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-01124654</a> )<br/><br/>[Anthropic quietly pitches its ...](<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-01124654">https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/anthropic-ai-safety-01124654</a> ) 2026-10-17T15:16:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2d7z4s7ecsn69nf3ua9r6pqaj8rqdl592m5ezpze9zx2pd5rg2egzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyclsm7j Good news: there is a competitive US open-weight model<br/><br/>Bad news: it’s from Facebook<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:brkj2yocng7vtggmyujy4khq/post/3mxwnpd3vkc2l">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:brkj2yocng7vtggmyujy4khq/post/3mxwnpd3vkc2l</a> 2026-10-15T23:19:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrawdd4k2mqs0d4rm8kfe8uqhy4uaa7n72lg2600h97nxn7jav3lczypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyjch8r7 Hey Claude, solve P=NP. Do a breakout. <br/><br/>Breakthrough, I meant breakthrough! Shit shit shit Control-C Control-C Control-C. 2026-10-14T21:22:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswzyxua7tmsdc5ay8jvlsj32rngxyemn5qjmymzeh3nsu5ld9ftxczypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyz6euwv Michael I. Jordan doesn&#39;t pull any punches, even when it comes to Hinton.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ael6v6nngsjx7nni26tvmumu/post/3mxenekzros2p">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ael6v6nngsjx7nni26tvmumu/post/3mxenekzros2p</a> 2026-10-10T03:39:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspej9znw3xfuney5395pmnwgl8y08v2qv6pvfpvksg2v8csx8m8eczypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyaqxpl5 My lab will be busy at COLM 2026!<br/><br/>1. Main conference: <br/><br/> - Capability Provenance in Language Models: A Case Study in Social Reasoning [arxiv.org/abs/2606.19625](<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.19625">https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.19625</a> )<br/><br/>We present a method for answering causal hypotheses about where in a dataset behaviors emerge. We apply our method to social reasoning.<br/><a href="https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreiaedtfmjrnauubpbztpaednlmlk2gym2wc7hlq6gaphhjzxsvfy6m">https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreiaedtfmjrnauubpbztpaednlmlk2gym2wc7hlq6gaphhjzxsvfy6m</a><br/> 2026-10-05T14:41:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgn8jyzjkf7edqjudd8am4lltdg79j2m5mt40um8hsa90vnfzz76czypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtys5mu9r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkf7mr5kcsqle0w2txz7tmv9ja7zedz7fmj87v0xtk6c4pxqcr5sjs4j0p'>nevent1q…4j0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The thing that would shock me about this is if Anthropic hadn’t already tried this. Or maybe they have and just didn’t tell anyone, either because it doesn’t work at scale or does work and is considered a trade secret. 2026-09-27T11:47:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqkf7mr5kcsqle0w2txz7tmv9ja7zedz7fmj87v0xtk6c4pxqcr5szypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gty0q8ttp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjrxcqhwyk4r73ejmtj0qmrrv2ut3znmp9g023reyktrzk4ywdpc45gsg6'>nevent1q…gsg6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This was known? Or maybe having worked on steering vectors, I find this unsurprising. There are some big caveats that are unaddressed, such as the dependence on pre-identification of spans for complex concepts and sensitivity to the layer. Interesting bit preliminary imo. 2026-09-27T11:47:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9dg64ek20xqcu5v6cmw49u6wsvzckngc5cl2xawu8mdf5fj7rndczypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyd0jpxk Do openAI and Anthropic employees not understand how computers work.<br/><br/>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:viy533g7pvyy7cesicxbqvm3/post/3mvcyirkdys26">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:viy533g7pvyy7cesicxbqvm3/post/3mvcyirkdys26</a> 2026-09-12T17:22:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr9jqy9ev7ak63szrj8hewaysk7s64sv0zzdx6a5xkdndfrpdnu9czypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtymmsgqj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dg64ek20xqcu5v6cmw49u6wsvzckngc5cl2xawu8mdf5fj7rndcftnjrf'>nevent1q…njrf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Any competent IT professional: Hey boss, what is this 8TB file doing on our server, and why is it executing continuously on 3TB of VRAM?<br/><br/>Any competent IT manager: what ever it is, shut it down. 2026-09-12T17:22:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5gq57228ykykkun0nmft0emfj8lx20n0a9qpng5qjsafru048wgzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtykx3jey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxrx9wu0jqmv59an6xjp5ql5fqc67wkgdtjh253cg85gtfvme8wrs96cddu'>nevent1q…cddu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>(Post doesn’t imply endorsement) 2026-08-31T19:44:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxrx9wu0jqmv59an6xjp5ql5fqc67wkgdtjh253cg85gtfvme8wrszypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyyyz4v0 Yann LeCun throwing bombs at the ACM AI Leadership Summit<br/><a href="https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreiblq4zgbbtha4ldqmkz6ek4lkp37p2lh27mrwybi65iw3birxeouy">https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreiblq4zgbbtha4ldqmkz6ek4lkp37p2lh27mrwybi65iw3birxeouy</a><br/> 2026-08-31T13:30:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9vlnuv3syqhkmdl285qr7q45flzm648cna7kwyqys2g4zyqwjvygzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtynz5m57 I would love to tell you that I enjoyed reading “There is no Antimemetics Division” but there is no such book 2026-06-26T16:23:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0mx26pm2uwh3txp0mathuzeycztznly530wdg7lypc2003rp0qszypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyrgara5 AAAI used a novel AI paper reviewing system on all 22k papers submitted. In phase 1, authors received 1 clearly marked AI generated review and 1 human review. [arxiv.org/abs/2604.13940](<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13940">https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13940</a> )<br/><br/>[AI-Assisted Peer Review at Sca...](<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13940">https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13940</a> ) 2026-05-08T01:50:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7ru25v9e9hk4zswq7fgh4knh2236xexyzqwa34r9yrxdg5evcvgzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyssezce New work by my former PhD student, Boyang Li<br/><br/>His team produced 500 stories of less than 100 words. LLMs were basically chance-level at answering binary questions about the stories <br/><br/>[arxiv.org/abs/2601.12410](<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12410">https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12410</a> )<br/><br/>[Are LLMs Smarter Than Chimpanz...](<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12410">https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12410</a> ) 2026-02-04T00:36:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr5yzy5mj8rtzw8lcl22t775jcyl85chzay956ulkag2zxn6904gczypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyasxjdf Draft bill being circulated would ban chatbots for minors [www.axios.com/2025/10/14/h...](<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/hawley-draft-ai-chatbot-bill">https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/hawley-draft-ai-chatbot-bill</a> )<br/><br/>[Exclusive: Hawley circulating ...](<a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/hawley-draft-ai-chatbot-bill">https://www.axios.com/2025/10/14/hawley-draft-ai-chatbot-bill</a> ) 2025-10-15T16:23:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs950wxhx3rgs6nls6puufy9wrr7y94kwglyd4z0f00e02w6vsf8fgzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyhk4l8e OpenAI is discovering what every social media company has also discovered: content moderation is hard and AI content moderation is also hard.<br/><a href="https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreigk6qlxto2bkp4pl3egk43umwigyfpmgkq3wbpssbhowixiqimv64">https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreigk6qlxto2bkp4pl3egk43umwigyfpmgkq3wbpssbhowixiqimv64</a><br/> 2025-09-04T01:48:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ktlqlacypzyqsktd2cdyrsq9fkshltptk2jnzc35y0m7ljumekqzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtylhnfwf Our work on Detecting Suspense in Stories will appear at COLM&#39;25 [arxiv.org/abs/2508.15794](<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15794">https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15794</a> )<br/><br/>Do LLMs know when stories are suspenseful?<br/><br/>We ran LLMs through a bunch of classical psychology suspense studies<br/><br/>The answer: kinda, sorta? Honestly, better than I expected. But the results are nuanced...<br/><br/>1/<br/><a href="https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreid6vtmvinfughjzwvysek4zr2bfcrxbk423vptbznlqgvsbadapxu">https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:3igkkqe5nkm66olc4y2syzpy&amp;cid=bafkreid6vtmvinfughjzwvysek4zr2bfcrxbk423vptbznlqgvsbadapxu</a><br/> 2025-08-25T19:49:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswr58uc8mx4z5m47kpqpnnvptmz9cqfnmhwclp43xjy0fxdeswj9gzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyf523px [academic.oup.com/icb/advance-...](<a href="https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icaf127/8196180">https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icaf127/8196180</a> )<br/><br/>[Scientists no Longer Find Twit...](<a href="https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icaf127/8196180?login=false">https://academic.oup.com/icb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/icb/icaf127/8196180?login=false</a> ) 2025-08-19T22:21:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyen8trllqwc48gx2nqes3njwkcn4ufy08nllpt24st8m8qrzeelqzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gty66l8fw Approximately 30% of answers in the so-called “Humanity’s Last Exam” could be wrong [www.futurehouse.org/research-ann...](<a href="https://www.futurehouse.org/research-announcements/hle-exam">https://www.futurehouse.org/research-announcements/hle-exam</a> )<br/><br/>[About 30% of Humanity’s Last E...](<a href="https://www.futurehouse.org/research-announcements/hle-exam">https://www.futurehouse.org/research-announcements/hle-exam</a> ) 2025-08-16T14:11:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspwvj2vm2xfuc5sulvhta56xs7phsn0mrn0mw76m7me5yrfljf69gzypujm5h3u3kftd9kh76lel70m2r4qvm49vu4dk8n9fpxvycc42gtyhxu4jd GPT-5 is like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”<br/><br/>Man, have you ever tried to get a PhD to follow instructions? It’s virtually impossible. 2025-08-07T23:33:45Z