Archive for 2024

BILL ACKMAN STAYS ON THE OFFENSIVE: Harvard alumni pay particular attention:

IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME BEFORE I TRUST AI: Once an AI model exhibits ‘deceptive behavior’ it can be hard to correct, researchers at OpenAI competitor Anthropic found. “They concluded that not only can a model learn to exhibit deceptive behavior, but once it does, standard safety training techniques could ‘fail to remove such deception’ and ‘create a false impression of safety.’ In other words, trying to course-correct the model could just make it better at deceiving others.”

ICYMI: A CENSORSHIP ADVOCATE SPREADING MISINFORMATION? SHOCKING. Jesse Singal: There Are Major Factual Issues With Jonathan M. Katz’s ‘Atlantic’ Article, “Substack Has A Nazi Problem”. “It turns out Katz almost entirely fabricated what is perhaps his most damning anecdote about Substack’s approach to extremism.”

What will the Atlantic do? There must be accountability.

Plus: “Katz, who had a Substack himself until he announced his departure today, is apparently a well-regarded author. But he is also, in my brief and exceptionally unpleasant interactions with him, an erratic and toxic individual, at least when it comes to hunting down and attempting to punish his perceived enemies of justice. My most memorable run-in with Katz occurred when he screenshotted a tweet of someone saying that my death should be toasted with champagne, and described it as ‘one of the truest things ever written’ on Twitter.”

FREEDOM TO, FREEDOM FROM, OR FREEDOM TO ACT?  Free Doom, Freedom.

I DON’T THINK YOU CAN STOP CONFLICT WITH COMMUNIST CHINA. ALL YOU CAN DO IS SIGNAL INTENT TO DEFEND YOURSELF: Taiwan’s Ruling Party Easily Wins Reelection Ensuring Increased Conflict With Communist China.