River_Tam

rivertam.bsky.social

12 October 2026 15:04

Did Zelensky maybe commit mass murder by destroying data centers where Russian AI agents were running and is there any way to be philosophically certain, the greatest debate in the history of Will Stancil's mentions,

Stephen Judkins

stephenjudkins.bsky.social

01 October 2026 01:34

that's the stuff

Colin

colin-fraser.net

01 October 2026 01:32

But this is now quite old news. I’ve been noticing this arithmetic thing since 2023 and posting about it. And of course this is an inefficient way to do arithmetic. I agree! But it’s not an *impossible* way to do arithmetic. If your model implies that it is then you have a problem.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

27 September 2026 14:03

If someone is releasing dozens of rabid cougars into the wild, you should obviously hold them accountable, but saying “Cougars don’t kill people, people kill people” isn’t really smart, either. You have, separately, a liability problem and a cougar problem.

Will Stancil

whstancil.bsky.social

27 September 2026 14:03

I don’t really understand this “AIs can’t go rogue” claim. Why not? We have clear examples of AIs going rogue. These are systems that are sophisticated enough to act autonomously and deceive their operators. Stating “AI can’t act independently or make decisions” doesn’t actually make that true.