Ethan Mollick

emollick.bsky.social

18 October 2026 23:12

In a move that is both fascinating and viscerally unsettling, AI world model company Odyssey took a simulation of a fruit fly's brain, Google's connectome map of a fly's actual neurons and connections, and placed it inside an AI-generated world. A simulated brain exploring a simulated reality.

Freya Holmér

freya.bsky.social

18 October 2026 23:11

thinking about splines and continuity again pondering the secret third option of S₁ S₂ S₃ to make it feel a little more complete you know

Richard Hanania

hananiarichard.bsky.social

18 October 2026 23:09

I think a lot of smart people have trouble getting their minds around anti-Indian hate because they overestimate rightists. Some people hate others just for the color of their skin. The kindergarten teacher understanding of racism is very underrated. www.richardhanania.com/p/indians-ar...

Freya Holmér

freya.bsky.social

16 October 2026 12:12

three things we need to survive the AI slopification: 1. Steam/Netflix/Spotify/YouTube/social media all have to aggressively downrank AI content 2. social movement for human art 3. a global world order government to disallow training on human data without consent, enforced by space laser or similar

Richard Hanania

hananiarichard.bsky.social

09 October 2026 17:57

Conservatives are now arguing against Asian immigration on the grounds that they're too hard-working. They've become the Harvard admissions office. Plus, it's wrong. This is them applying their zero-sum economic thinking to culture. www.richardhanania.com/p/jocks-and-...