Quantumfreakonomics
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Quantumfreakonomics
1hr ago
A far wiser man than either of us once noted that the principled application of left-wing equality and classism rhetoric results in sexual justice for incels.
A not insubstantial reason for the rightward shift of young men is that they notice that the left applies Marxist logic to every problem except the one problem that they are bothered by most of all.
Quantumfreakonomics
1hr ago
There is a gigantic difference between the male-line/female-line extinction rate ratio and the number of women who reproduce per every male.
Quantumfreakonomics
17hr ago
The abstract talks about X2 statistics. Now I am not a statistics nerd, but I have encountered the letter χ (chi) in passing and happen to know that it does not identify as X or x.
One time in physics class I said “doubleyou” instead of “omega” and everyone laughed at me.
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
Everyone's a libertarian until they get the slightest whiff of power huh?
Quantumfreakonomics
2d ago
He gets points right off the bat for not titleing every video "IMPOSSIBLE FLAVOR!!!!!!" or "THIS FOOD IS INSANE???!!!???" like every other YouTube channel.
Quantumfreakonomics
3d ago
Not make a fuss about jihadist Muslims killing their citizens because it will mess up Trump's "peace deal"
Yeah, that's how peace deals work. Hezbollah has killed 4 Israeli civilians since the 2025 Gaza ceasefire. Israel has extracted more than enough Lebanese blood to get even.
The dissolution of the friendship between the US and Israel is not good news for Iran, Syria, etc.
Yes, I know that if Israel had their way they would turn the greater part of the Middle East into Gaza. The United States has an interest in preventing any more refugee crises. It would be good for Israelis to keep in mind that American foreign policy has many settings below "zero aid".
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
A good start would be to use an actual Islamic honorific for Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, instead of crudely repurposed pentacostal slop.
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
Quantumfreakonomics
5d ago
Oh my god, the administration is going to strong-arm Anthropic into financing data-centers in Iran.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
I haven't been able to get a single bit of erotica out of it.
Notably, going by Claude's Constitution, Anthropic considers underage erotica to be a 100% absolute Hard No, in the same category as genocide, biological weapons, and coups.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
I think its fine if someone doesn't want to work for a Jew, but obviously he isn't getting hired in New York after that. I'm sure there are plenty of businesses in Iowa that could use a Cornell grad.
Quantumfreakonomics
6d ago
My understanding is not that this person herself was seen as a security risk, but that she was not trusted to deliver an honest technical opinion given her (loudly displayed) background.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
I can imagine a world where the 2015 MIRI Corrigibility paper came out the other way. Then we could point at the math and say, “See! Nothing to worry about.” We do not live in tht world.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
If there was a 10% chance that the H-bomb would reverse gravity, and Eisenhower told Oppenheimer to fix it, and Oppenheimer said, "I can't. That's just what H-bombs do." Then yes, Eisenhower's job would be to stop the test and put the entire department on administrative leave.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
Annex the Caldwell LDS Temple. Rename it the Nampa Temple.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
now that you have substack tactics guys breaking down gifs and so on.
I request links
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
I think it's ITAR. I don't know all the technicalities of the legal regime, but it sounds like the proximate concern of the government is that China/Iran/North Korea/Russia would be able to use Fable to find and fix security vulnerabilities in their own code. This would be a big blow to US offensive cyber capabilities. Think Stuxnet exploits getting patched.
Quantumfreakonomics
7d ago
The Anthropic C-suite needs to rewatch Oppenheimer.
More details are emerging regarding the US Government's decision to impose defense export controls on Claude Fable. There are lots of similarities between this kerfuffle and the February Supply Chain Risk designation. Somehow, Anthropic executives still don't understand the language of power and government. It's not hard. All they need to do is watch Oppenheimer (and pay attention this time). If they still can't figure it out, here is my cheat sheet:
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If you are working on sufficiently powerful technology with dual-use applications, then you work for the War Department. There is no option for you to continue your preferred work while licensing only peaceful civilian applications of your product.
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If you piss off the wrong person, you're screwed. Some people will see defeating you as a stepping stone to greater power and influence. Some people will work to destroy you simply out of spite.
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Anthropic has scientific geniuses, Anthropic has an Oppenheimer, but does Anthropic have a General Groves? How far do you think Oppenheimer would have gotten without General Groves?
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If you are trying to convince the government that you are not a security risk, do not hire people like this and present them as neutral experts. (No seriously, what the actual fuck were they thinking?)
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You don't get to decide what counts as a security risk and what doesn't. That is the job of the government and the political process.
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The president does not care about your ethical concerns. You think you know how much he doesn't care, but he actually cares much less than that.
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If you aren't okay with the government using your technology, then don't build it. Isidor Rabi said no. You can say no too.
Quantumfreakonomics
9d ago
Most American sports have a much faster cadence than soccer. Popular crowd activities from these sports don't port over easily.
Quantumfreakonomics
10d ago
Lots to unpack here.
At the philosophical level, if we don't have the state capacity to implement a regulatory regime that meets Anthropic's specifications, then why is Anthropic training and releasing frontier models? It reads like they are saying, "here are our demands for submitting to the authority of your government". That's not how it works. You submit to the government or you get shut down, like the rest of us.
At the operational level, I don't know how possible it would be to implement a regime that is "transparent, fair, clear, and grounded in technical facts," for regulating capabilities that don't exist yet. How can it be fair if we don't know yet what the relevant metrics are? How can it be clear if we don't know what red flags to look for? How can it be grounded in technical facts if nobody knows how these models work?
Quantumfreakonomics
10d ago
Amy Adams is perfectly cast.
Dissagree here. Any woman more attractive than Dr. Holly Krieger is not believable as a serious intellectual.
Quantumfreakonomics
13d ago
How are you guys preparing mentally and physically for the impending arrival of flesh-eating maggots?
Quantumfreakonomics
13d ago
Maine punishes only the buyer of sex, not the seller.)
Here’s how Susan Collins can still win
Quantumfreakonomics
14d ago
In the parallel universe of Sudan, Arabs and black people look exactly the same
With modern technology, one would think that it would be possible to put women in frontline combat roles. Yet empirically, this doesn’t happen. Watching videos of the shooting, it hit me that there must be some psychological “it” factor for tactical situations that women don’t reliably have.
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