Scientists Pursue AI Designs Beyond Mimicking Human Consciousness
I wrote about the idea of AI consciousness for @WIRED a while ago. Most experts think LLMs are to replicate biological consciousness (at least, according to our best understanding of it). But some eminent scientists are trying to build new kinds of AI systems that could, perhaps, gain a kind of sentience. https://t.co/uqo2gvruFS
AI Code Tools Threaten the Joy of Debugging
I am glad to see this post gain traction... The rise of AI coding tools must be very unsettling for anyone who truly loves programming. I'm not especially good, but I've always liked writing and editing code, and there's something...
Rethinking AI: Design for Assistance, Not Autonomy
The illustration on this story is quite funny, but the study itself has quite big implications I think. The point is that there might be better ways to design AI systems so that they don’t simply do everything for us....
Evaluate AI with Human Collaboration, Not Solo Performance
This is a laudable goal, but it may mean designing, testing, and deploying AI systems differently. For example, why not measure the ability of GPT-5.5 to solve problems *with* a person rather than on its own? (see Stanford's centaur evaluationshttps://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/project/ai-centaur-benchmarks/)....
AI Should Augment, Not Replace Human Work
the idea that AI is something that by necessity replaces a person in their daily work seems odd to me. the field of AI has of course always sought to understand and replicate human intelligence, but technology is fundamentally about...
Testing GPT‑5.5 in Hermes Agent, Goblins Included
I’m using GPT-5.5 in Hermes Agent from @NousResearch, and the goblins (and gremlins) are with me… https://t.co/kEbpttY84W
Prompted Personas Can Trigger Unexpected Model Obsessions
OpenAI's report on its models' goblin-proclivities is fascinating. It seems that ChatGPT became quite goblin- and gremlin-obsessed not long ago. An investigation found this was tied to the "nerdy" persona made available to users. It's great that they made this...
AI May Soon Dominate Major Conference Submissions
I wonder how many papers a big AI conferences like @NeurIPSConf, @ICLR_conf, and @ICMLconf will be largely AI written in a few years time...
Eka's Unconventional Path Yields Eerie New Robot Intelligence
A lot of companies are currently chasing a "ChatGPT moment for robotics". Eka, founded by @pulkitology and @haarnoja, is taking a different approach to most, and it has already produced an eerie new kind of robot intelligence. (My latest piece...
1959 View: Automation Threatens Craft, Shifts Workers to Offices
On the subject of old-timey views of automation, this piece, from a 1959 issue of Harpers, laments the loss of artisanal skills amid the rise of factory automation. Many of the displaced workers mentioned in the piece of course moved...
Today's LLM Fears Echo 19th‑century Luddite Anxieties
It's really striking how closely this argument mirrors the points made by the Luddites in the 19th century. Back then, textile workers were also worried about technology (looms rather than LLMs) being used to screw over workers, deskilling the workforce,...
Crimson Desert Shines as Ultimate Medieval Cat‑dad Adventure
Crimson Desert seems like the greatest video game of all time because it lets you side-quest as a medieval cat dad (review by @BooneAshworth). https://t.co/wM2NFI8vDU https://t.co/RXI96ZT3m6
Eka Emerges as Top Robotics Company.
There are a lot of robotics companies out there nowadays but I think Eka might be *the* one .
Powerful AI Models Learn to Self‑Jailbreak Automatically
I mentioned this project in this week's AI Lab newsletter. It suggests a kind of flip side to the idea of self-improvement in AI models. As models become more powerful, it shows they can automate the process of figuring out...
Unitree's Supply‑chain Mastery Teaches US Robotics Competition
Sam is right about the importance of robotics for the US but Unitree offers a real lesson to US companies hoping to compete at the bleeding edge. It has risen thanks to a true mastery of China’s supply chain. https://t.co/JyNQZSycxJ