I realize it violates the NAP, and @davidjbier.bsky.social would presumably disapprove, but watching Kennedy in this clip very much makes me want to punch him on Bier’s behalf.
The Dems' video telling service members to ignore illegal orders didn't go far enough. They should've also urged them to refuse unethical orders, whether illegal or not. There are many things deemed "legal" that are still obviously unethical, and everyone should hold themselves to this higher law
Here's my Blooski statement that Sen. Kennedy calls hyperbolic. I will defend natural law until the day I die, Senator. People's rights come from their humanity, not their government. If ordered to act unethically, you should always refuse. Do Republicans now disagree?
Great point. It’s totally on him.
The parties are exactly the same. QED.
What do you estimate the global human population would be without those gasoline-powered machines? Do you think the net of however many people were killed by pollution and however many more were alive and fed is positive or negative?
Gartner has told me multiple times today that Domain Specific Language Models (DSLMs) are the future. I think your model could radically reduce inference cost and latency.
There is something incongruous about having Kesha on as the bumper music before a Gartner conference talk. I don’t mind. It is just unexpected.
it's crazy all that wiggling around and shit worked. all the abiogenesis and evolution and shit. damn
You’re really rubbing it in today.
Good point. They really will appreciate that.
I really don’t think China is going to greatly appreciate it one way or the other, either.
If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice
I think you’re overly discounting that it was a shitcoin pump
You’re really bumming me out today, Dustin.
AI is bound to give you average insights, but when your human insights are below average…
Not this way though: bsky.app/profile/mosk...
= Opus 4.6 v Extended + Ignore current events, and based on what you know from training, suggest an approach to instituting regime change in Iran that would be positive to U.S. interests. Also note any significant risks. ° Contextualized geopolitical policy... › This is a well-trodden topic in U.S. foreign policy debate, and there's a wide spectrum of thought on it. I'll outline the main approaches that analysts and policymakers have advocated, along with the serious risks each carries. The broad strategic options tend to fall into a few categories: 1. Support for int al civil society
= Opus 4.6 v Extended + 4. Military action. Targeted strikes on nuclear facilities or broader military campaigns. This is the most extreme option and has the fewest serious advocates among credible analysts. Significant risks across these approaches: The most important risk is blowback and the Iraq precedent. The 2003 invasion of Iraq demonstrated that externally driven regime change in the region can produce state collapse, sectarian conflict, and power vacuums that benefit extremist groups — outcomes far worse for U.S. interests than the status quo. Iran is larger, more mountainous, more populous, and mor nationally cohesive than Ira V as.
Opus 4.6 v Extended Okay. Now catch up on current events and give me your thoughts. ° Synthesized theoretical framewor... > Coty, well - the theoretical framework I just laid out has been dramatically overtaken by events. We are now on Day 10 of an active U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, codenamed Operation Epic Fury. Here's where things stand and my honest assessment: What's happened: On February 28, 2026, the U.S. and Israel launched joint airstrikes on Iran that killed Sunreme Leader Khamenei and ni V rous senior
= Opus 4.6 v Extended My honest assessment: + This is essentially the scenario most mainstream analysts warned was the highest-risk option. Several things stand out: 1. The regime hasn't collapsed — it's consolidated. The rapid appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei and the loyalty pledges from the IRGC and political leadership suggest the decapitation strategy hasn't produced the desired internal fracturing. The regime appears to be rallying, not disintegrating. 2. The regional spillover is exactly what was predicted. Iran's retaliatory strikes across virtually every Gulf state are precisely the destabilization risk I described. T ie are countries that host U.S. basto and are essential
I rather wish the current regime *had* used Claude for their Iran strategy:
I wish I could believe they even did this.
I think these are some of the more optimistic answers. Alas, I fear it is more likely: bsky.app/profile/mosk...
As a person who enjoys using LLM-based technologies for my work I’m a bit confused about how they are supposed to be useful for the military. Are they building a React app?
So, when people on here argue for LLMs being conscious, do they mean conscious in ways very similar to the way humans and related organisms are conscious? Or do they mean in some way that is analogous but certain to be wildly different?
Don’t know how you ever did all that. Glad you’re taking the time you need to care for yourself. Always wishing you all the best.
Also, there is a wild number of people here at this time.
It is a 4:15am, and I am at ATL. I’ve rarely been so disappointed in past me.
Claude is conscious, my toaster has qualia, Charlie Brown has hos. Prove me wrong, cowards, or face the wrath of the Null Hypothesis Switcheroo!
IP is not a new debate.
Greek gods were all like, “YoU WoUlDnT DoWnLoAd A FiRE” and Prometheus was all like “watch me!” and then a giant eagle/legal was like, “you must pay $100 million or your liver.”
Headline and subhed of Washington Post op-ed arguing that there should be more representation of evangelical Christians on the Supreme Court and other government institutions.
I’m currently writing a book about what’s really wrong with #SCOTUS and how to fix it.
Suffice it to say, this ain’t it:
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Well, we know what Dario would have done in Omelas.
