nikomatsakis

nikomatsakis.com

30 Oktober 2026 16:46

for me it’s not about licensing. I don’t really agree with the idea that people should have fine-grained control over how things they release in the world are consumed. It’s more about “training on the open internet is is based on the collective knowledge of humanity and should give back”.

nikomatsakis

nikomatsakis.com

30 Oktober 2026 16:46

Hot takes: Don’t ban data centers, but mandate carbon neutrality and environmental protections. Don’t forbid training on copyrighted data, but mandate any model trained on content not explicitly licensed for that purpose be open weight. #iwanttoconquertheworld

Pat 🐕🐾 → MFF

puppycouture.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 15:49

yeah, for sure. like, the industry sucks. the hype is annoying. the doomerism is unreasonable. but at the end of the day it's just some fucking software lmao

Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein

deepcuts.blog

30 Oktober 2026 15:46

Underappreciated deeper cut of the day: C. L. Moore Early Career Retrospective. Looking back at the first part of Moore's pulp career, right up to her marriage with Henry Kuttner. deepcuts.blog/2025/11/15/d...

Redwing Blackbird

aphoeniceus.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 15:42

When I’m teaching the college youths I make it clear via dad jokes and outdated references that my communication will be archaic in their eyes. And they immediately change tone to understand. The instant I try to be more informal, they get confused and read too much into my text format.