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modeling modeling @ workshoplabs.ai prev @ mit.edu more @ tim0120.github.io

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how do u know it’s better if u don’t try the others 😅

07.03.2026 02:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kevin Durant Terrified After Encountering Bobblehead Of Self HOUSTON—Paralyzed with fear at the unexpected sight of the miniature figurine, Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant reportedly screamed in terror Tuesday after unexpectedly coming face-to-face with a ...

“Who…who are—what do you want from me?” said the visibly trembling 15-time all-star, who nervously backed away from the tiny novelty doppelgänger as it stared in unblinking silence, its head nodding in a slow, chilling rhythm.

06.03.2026 01:00 👍 836 🔁 61 💬 6 📌 2

The AI discourse sometimes seems to center on "Is AI good or is it bad?"

I find this framing unproductive. AI is not a fixed thing.

I would prefer to ask "How might we use this technology for good, and mitigate the bad?"

What a shame if the best use we can come up with is no use at all.

06.03.2026 05:29 👍 38 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 2
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:/

05.03.2026 18:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

do u ever want personal mentioned? do u wish u could have it sometimes and not other times?

05.03.2026 09:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

nice thx trying scholar inbox!!

05.03.2026 08:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

nice thx trying scholar inbox!!

05.03.2026 08:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

good alternatives?

05.03.2026 05:34 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

it’s crazy cus it’s insane cuz it’s wild cus it’s big

04.03.2026 19:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

nice this is a good rationale to me

04.03.2026 19:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

why is this terrifying

04.03.2026 09:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

they should do a centaur eval that is an ai-assisted minecraft speedrun

02.03.2026 21:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

is fungible*

02.03.2026 20:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

company1 and company2 sell their products, bread1 and bread2 respectively, at the same price of 1BD (one bread-dollar). i like bread1 more than bread2 cus ive had it since i was a kid and buy it despite bread2 being the same price. you buy bread2 cus you think it has a je nais se quois you like.

02.03.2026 19:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

banger

02.03.2026 19:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MAU or visits chart would be nice to see but it seems like the data is sparse claude.ai/public/artif...

02.03.2026 01:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"general audience" is an arbitrary term that doesnt really have meaning until you put numbers on it imo

02.03.2026 00:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

one or both of us is estimating "the general public" wrong i think

02.03.2026 00:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

also claude stopped being "arcane" a while ago, like maybe mid- to late 2024 afaicr

02.03.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

> arcane tools are always loved by *someone*

this is not strictly true lol

02.03.2026 00:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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02.03.2026 00:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

also it wasnt really arcane afaict

02.03.2026 00:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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although you are correct that software is not a commodity, you are making an error: a commodity is a good that *the market* deems are fungible. but, it does not strictly follow that *individuals* wouldn't have preferences over choices of the same good.

02.03.2026 00:44 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0

curious if people are consistent with other things that they do too. and how many of the people that canceled their subs posted to a social media platform

02.03.2026 00:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

> claude.ai was always kind of an arcane tool, came off as a chatgpt knock-off

depends who you ask? claude.ai has been pretty beloved for like ~2 years now by a non-median constituency...perhaps you are just trying to write for/about the masses? (seems so)

02.03.2026 00:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

--dangerously skip international law

01.03.2026 22:16 👍 170 🔁 23 💬 3 📌 0

yeah this is a terminological convo ig, i wonder if there are ways to characterize convos like this vs things "of substance"...maybe that is another false dichotomy too tho lmfao

28.02.2026 02:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

well, perhaps there is a line to be drawn between "voluntary" and "involuntary" actions...but this gets tricky quickly cus the line between the two is def blurry...

28.02.2026 02:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Kind of gesturing, although not very explicitly, at this idea that humans may just not have values that are internalized or values at all bsky.app/profile/thko...

27.02.2026 23:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think it's much more commonplace than doing esoteric things like messing with people's brain chemistry very sharply. Take, for instance, stressful situations or intuitive thinking versus more abstract thinking

27.02.2026 23:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0