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Comment on Is intervening in Iran actually justified? in ~society
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Comment on Palantir sues Swiss magazine for accurately reporting that the Swiss government didn’t want Palantir in ~tech
unkz LinkEspecially in light of the threats being levied against Anthropic about using the Defense Procurement Act to compel them to violate their ethical requirements.The key finding was an internal Swiss Armed Forces report that concluded Palantir’s software posed unacceptable risks because sensitive military data could potentially be accessed by U.S. government intelligence agencies. As the Republik article details:
Especially in light of the threats being levied against Anthropic about using the Defense Procurement Act to compel them to violate their ethical requirements.
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Comment on Looking for vibe-coding guides (best practices, etc.) in ~tech
unkz LinkNobody has yet mentioned devcontainers. I would strongly recommend isolating Claude to one, and following as best you can the principle of least access for cloud services, file systems, etc....Nobody has yet mentioned devcontainers. I would strongly recommend isolating Claude to one, and following as best you can the principle of least access for cloud services, file systems, etc.
Maintaining a strong separation between dev and live environments is important once a project is live. Claude will, at times, try to burn everything down and start over. It’s going to be a tough day if that happens to your live data.
Git is indispensable, and so is some kind of hosted git solution like GitHub, gitlab, whatever. Continuous integration, lining, test suites should be guaranteed to run.
It can be easy to fall into a sort of flow state where you are asking Claude to do things and you aren’t checking code. Things can derail a bit during these periods. I find using pull requests to be a good way of checking this behaviour. Forcing yourself to do code review pays dividends.
Always use the most common version of a library or service. The better known the system the better your experience will be, which generally applies to everything — Claude can read documentation live but it shines best when it already has read the documentation in its training so it has an intuitive grasp of the material.
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Comment on Nine dead after shooter opens fire at Canadian high school in ~news
unkz Link ParentNew update on this. The first account was banned but the shooter made another one and continued chatting, perhaps planning, undetected until after the shooting. They only found out during the...New update on this. The first account was banned but the shooter made another one and continued chatting, perhaps planning, undetected until after the shooting. They only found out during the investigation afterwards.
SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI says the shooter involved in mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., got around a ban on her problematic use of ChatGPT by having a second account.
The revelation came as the firm outlined a series of “immediate steps” it would be taking in response to the killings.
OpenAI vice-president for global policy Ann O’Leary says the company only discovered the second account after Jesse Van Rootselaar’s name was announced by RCMP.
She says the shooter who killed eight people and then herself on Feb. 10 somehow evaded systems to prevent banned users from creating new accounts, and Van Rootselaar’s second account was shared with law enforcement upon its discovery
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Comment on Discord: Getting global age assurance right: what we got wrong and what's changing in ~tech
unkz Link ParentI don’t want the government knowing that I am on an 18+ discord chat though. I don’t want the government knowing much about me really, unless there’s a pressing need. My online content consumption...I don’t want the government knowing that I am on an 18+ discord chat though. I don’t want the government knowing much about me really, unless there’s a pressing need. My online content consumption is not a pressing need. It’s not a pressing need for my kids either, since I am actively parenting them.
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Comment on Peter Girnus (@gothburz) on X about Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy in ~society
unkz LinkI think this is fake. The author writes posts like this as if he is various people. Also https://x.com/gothburz/status/2019433714871095471 https://x.com/gothburz/status/1999124665801880032?s=20...I think this is fake. The author writes posts like this as if he is various people.
The writer uses first person and writes as if they are at Anthropic. It is being re-posted and shared as such, rather than satire, and not having a Community note is a disservice to everyone.
The writer does not actually work at Anthropic, and never has.
linkedin.com/in/peter-girnus
Also
https://x.com/gothburz/status/2019433714871095471
https://x.com/gothburz/status/1999124665801880032?s=20
It’s a thing he does, satire-ish.
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Comment on Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge in ~tech
unkz Link ParentKind of apples and oranges isn’t it? That’s Google’s quick and dirty LLM designed to skim web results. If you ask a frontier model a question you will have a radically different experience. Also,...I literally typed "What is 784×413 698×225 786×2÷15" into Google and the first AI generated answer was:
Kind of apples and oranges isn’t it? That’s Google’s quick and dirty LLM designed to skim web results. If you ask a frontier model a question you will have a radically different experience. Also, you gave it a pretty ambiguous question.
GPT 5.2 Thinking said:
Eg:
Interpreting your expression as:
784 \times 413698 \times 225786 \times 2 \div 15
Result (exact):
\frac{48,820,838,557,568}{5}
Decimal:
9,764,167,711,513.6
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Comment on Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge in ~tech
unkz Link ParentGood catch, that probably is a major factor.Good catch, that probably is a major factor.
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Comment on Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge in ~tech
unkz Link ParentYeah, I just don’t think they ever had a policy of not training bots with the raw intelligence to commit atrocities with human assistance.Yeah, I just don’t think they ever had a policy of not training bots with the raw intelligence to commit atrocities with human assistance.
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Comment on Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge in ~tech
unkz Link ParentI don’t think it’s that kind of safety they are taking about. This is more like, superintelligence risk.I don’t think it’s that kind of safety they are taking about. This is more like, superintelligence risk.
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Comment on Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge in ~tech
unkz LinkShades of Google dropping “don’t be evil” (yeah, yeah, now it’s do the right thing in a different document).Shades of Google dropping “don’t be evil” (yeah, yeah, now it’s do the right thing in a different document).
Anthropic, the wildly successful AI company that has cast itself as the most safety-conscious of the top research labs, is dropping the central pledge of its flagship safety policy, company officials tell TIME.
In 2023, Anthropic committed to never train an AI system unless it could guarantee in advance that the company’s safety measures were adequate. For years, its leaders touted that promise—the central pillar of their Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP)—as evidence that they are a responsible company that would withstand market incentives to rush to develop a potentially dangerous technology.
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Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge
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Comment on Why doesn’t Anthropic use Claude to make a good Claude desktop app? in ~tech
unkz Link ParentYou probably haven’t touched a punch card in a few years though.You probably haven’t touched a punch card in a few years though.
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Comment on Why doesn’t Anthropic use Claude to make a good Claude desktop app? in ~tech
unkz LinkAnother answer is: Electron, and embedded web in general, are good technologies. They contain all manner of portable, battle tested components, that make life better, whether it is a human or AI...Another answer is: Electron, and embedded web in general, are good technologies. They contain all manner of portable, battle tested components, that make life better, whether it is a human or AI developing.
I don’t really see this as some kind of gotcha. This sounds like old heads from the 50s poo-pooing Fortran over programming with punch cards or machine code.
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Comment on My personal AI assistant project in ~tech
unkz LinkI gotta say, this post made me want to start running openclaw.I gotta say, this post made me want to start running openclaw.
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Comment on What are your architectural hot takes? in ~design
unkz Link ParentNah, I can’t wrap my head around giant slabs of rectangular concrete. The most pleasant versions with a lot of greenery attached at best just look like earth is reclaiming them, but reclaiming...Nah, I can’t wrap my head around giant slabs of rectangular concrete.
The most pleasant versions with a lot of greenery attached at best just look like earth is reclaiming them, but reclaiming them from some kind of dystopian nightmare where they stand as a stark warning of a history we must fear and avoid.
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Comment on What are your architectural hot takes? in ~design
unkz LinkThats funny, I despise brutalist architecture. Why surround ourselves with ugliness?Thats funny, I despise brutalist architecture. Why surround ourselves with ugliness?
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Comment on The AI disruption has arrived, and it sure is fun (gifted link) in ~tech
unkz Link ParentHow would you envision this interacting with, say, ByteDance, which is in China? What about national security concerns, with America falling behind its opponents?Frontier research being conducted, period
Frontier research being rolled out commerciallyHow would you envision this interacting with, say, ByteDance, which is in China? What about national security concerns, with America falling behind its opponents?
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Comment on The AI disruption has arrived, and it sure is fun (gifted link) in ~tech
unkz Link ParentI’m curious what a regulation to stop using AI would actually look like. No LLMs in particular I guess? Because all the industries mentioned already make copious use of machine learning...I’m curious what a regulation to stop using AI would actually look like. No LLMs in particular I guess? Because all the industries mentioned already make copious use of machine learning technology, and have for decades.
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Comment on 'They've probably been untouched for 49 million years': The New Mexico cave expanding our search for alien life in ~science
unkz LinkArticle about Cyanobacteria surviving on near infrared light, which opens options for potential life in more environments than we were previously considering to be viable sites.Article about Cyanobacteria surviving on near infrared light, which opens options for potential life in more environments than we were previously considering to be viable sites.
According to the video, the answer is -- who knows. Probably not doing anything is failing Iranians, but the nature of the totalitarian state makes it difficult to clearly assess what is happening. They basically refuse to take a position on whether intervention is justified.