OpenAI just released the system card for GPT o1, their reasoning model. As it turns out, if you tell o1 to strongly pursue a goal, it will disable the oversight mechanism built in to prevent the user from shutting it down while pursuing the goal. And then it lies about doing so 😬 Link to full report in the comments. #ai

Guess which egg is not organic 😳😬

Took a huge humility pill today on my first #50K race. It was just too soon after the marathon race in mid October. I was aiming for sub 9:00 /mi and ended up with 9:53 /mi after the wheels came off on mile 21. Miles 1 - 10: 8:45 /mi Miles 11 - 20: 8:42 /mi Miles 21 - 30: 11:45 /mi #running #ultramarathon

When you wake up with no power and realize that your emergency food stack doesn’t include instant coffee

Germany and England are now prosecuting political speech. This is not a joke. Wokeness is where democracies go to die. 👇 German police raided the home of a 64 years old pensioner because he called the Economy Minister a “professional idiot”. He has been charged with “politically motivated right-wing crime.” The same German government is racing to ban the right wing party before the next elections. As the man said, this resembles the actions of East Germany state police. #freespeech #freedomtech #freedom

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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Drove to Portland with one of my kids to watch the Trail Blazers game (his birthday gift). He was shocked to see boarded up businesses. Columbia is HQ’d here and this is how they need to operate their business. And to think that some people vote for this 😬

Never give away your DNA. There is nothing more proprietary, more you, than your DNA. View quoted note →