about AI, which is really about what I think about AI criticism, and more specifically, how to be a good AI critic. By which I mean: “How to be a critic whose criticism inflicts maximum damage on the parts of AI that are doing the most harm.”

Substack’s leadership pays a secret, select group of people to write for the platform.

A one-person open source project with a governance model, is that ridiculous? In this blog post I want to convince you it isn’t, and it could be key to solving widespread problems in the FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ecosystem.

Klub omladine Črnomerec (skraćeno KOČ), popularno zvan Vrhovec, smješten u jednoj dvokatnici u brdovitoj ulici na adresi Vrhovec 5. Nalikovala je kući duhova iz osme epizode Alana Forda, ali u njoj nije bilo Baby Kate, agenta Larrigana i ostalih opakih duhova, već su njome vladala razigrana braća Ivan i Štef Tenšek, porijeklom iz Bedekovčine, koji su spontano odlučili klub otvoriti novim strujanjima.

Model collapse is the result of three different factors. The first is error accumulation, in which each model generation inherits and amplifies flaws from previous versions, causing outputs to drift from original data patterns. Next, there is the loss of tail data: In this, rare events are erased from training data, and eventually, entire concepts are blurred. Finally, feedback loops reinforce narrow patterns, creating repetitive text or biased recommendations.

What is a Large Language Model, for us?

How French Theory foresaw the Rise of the Machines

Inspired by a warped reading of the political philosopher Albert Hirschman, figures including Goff, Thiel and the investor and writer Balaji Srinivasan have been championing what they call “exit” – the principle that those with means have the right to walk away from the obligations of citizenship, especially taxes and burdensome regulation. Retooling and rebranding the old ambitions and privileges of empires, they dream of splintering governments and carving up the world into hyper-capitalist, democracy-free havens under the sole control of the supremely wealthy, protected by private mercenaries, serviced by AI robots and financed by cryptocurrencies.