LLMs do not have conscience. “First, ML models are a giant pile of linear algebra. Unlike human brains, which are biologically predisposed to acquire prosocial behavior, there is nothing intrinsic in the mathematics or hardware that ensures models are nice.”… Read More »The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Safety
We aren’t the first or the last civilization. “Civilisations are material systems organised around energy. Their scale, complexity, and population reflect how much energy is available and how it is structured. When the energy available can no longer sustain that… Read More »The World Isn’t Ending. It’s Stopping Working.
I will start using this more. At home and work. “One of my children loves playing around cliffs and rocks. Initially he was very keen on promising me that he wouldn’t fall down. I explained the difference between accidents and… Read More »Hazardous States and Accidents
Institutions usually help the weakest the most. “Towns and villages turned inward (often to local strong men) to protect themselves from chaos. This isolation forced each small community to rely on its own resources and customs, most went back to… Read More »Civilization Is Not the Default. Violence Is.
This was like reading Slovak dissidents from before communism fell. “People get the government they deserve—this is the crux of China’s problems. Overthrowing the Communist dictatorship is only a technical issue. Though “ruling the country by law” has long been… Read More »Struggle Against the Gods – First Things
LLMs aren’t compilers. “Some argue that formal languages will become a niche skill, like assembly today—almost all software will be written with natural language and “compiled” to code by LLMs. I don’t think this analogy holds. Compilers work because they… Read More »The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Work
Just wow.
If people do not challeng you anymore, you are fucked. “none of that stopped him from making one of the dumbest decisions any leader has ever made, because he was arrogant, because he’d gotten away with so much for so… Read More »Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shit
“Denník N Mon, Apr 13, 2026 Slováci sú takí spokojní, pritakávajú aj ďalší. Prídavné meno „spokojní“znamená v ukrajinčine aj poľštine „pokojní“– a keďže ide o podobné slová, Ukrajinci žijúci na Slovensku ho používajú v tomto význame. „Slováci nie sú takí… Read More »Ako nás vnímajú ľudia z Ukrajiny
Reading literally changes how we see the world. “Eventually, after repeated prodding, he said that while he’d never personally been to Siberia, ‘Tadzhibai-aka who died last year was there. He said that there were bears there, but he didn’t say… Read More »Reading is magic