Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 37mMaking the SNES use the SuperFX chip to render open worlds with an adaptive terrain system that builds roads upon your path as you deliver letters across the desert. Turns out doing this is really tricky. 110
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 1hIs the concept of alignment fascist? Aligned to what? Human values? Sounds a bit like traditional family values in a trenchcoat. Who would be against "safety"? 5142
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 21hI reported vulnerabilities to the Linux kernel and OpenZFS assisted by GLM-5.2. Anthropic's cyber program and refusal responses are detrimental to global information security. Defenders depend on GLM because they can't depend on Anthropic. 022846
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 28/09/2026Little arcade zombie game my kid and I built over the weekend in pygame: ewindisch.itch.io/brainrot-runewindisch.itch.ioBrainrot Run by ewindischDrive the stolen brainrot cure safely! 120
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 25/09/2026My teenager participated in President Xi's exchange and study program this summer in a 2 week visit to China. AMA 390
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 23/09/2026glm-5.3-flash is my favorite model right now. 6250
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 22/09/2026Super Intelligence might become a legal definition, but it seems like talking about the information superhighway... People are going to keep calling it AI, and if not that, then by the company or model that they use. We hardly even this place the net anymore 150
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 22/09/2026RSI doesn't mean bigger and bigger models and more and more compute, imho 4201
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 22/09/2026Public (neo)clouds haven't reckoned with the fact their zero CVE initiatives are offset by video game nerds who keep undisclosed cpu, hypervisor, and TPM exploits secret so nobody will patch consoles that they purchased and owned. 1201
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 20/09/2026Chaotic neutral, indeed.tormentnexus.socialErica Windisch (@ewindisch.ontological.observer)Does it count as a mouth if coming from the forehead? I am looking for my second camera... 0110
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 20/09/2026I wouldn't be an American if not for the Jakarta Method 120
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 20/09/2026Anthropic engineer spent investor money factoring an RSA-896 key. No new algorithm, nothing novel. Just a lot of money burned. 512710
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 20/09/2026There is no AI kill switch that is not an Internet Kill Switch. They're discussing having in the US, what they have in China and Iran. 713830
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 20/09/2026"You wouldn't splice a DNA sequence.jpeg" docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comIllustrated DIY CRISPR - Freeze Dried DH5a Liquid PlasmidsIntroduction Genetic engineering involves modifying an organism’s DNA to deliberately change a characteristic of the organism for a particular purpose. This kit demonstrates the power of the CRISPR Ca... 061
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 19/09/2026In 2024, I found indicators that I could likely escape OpenAI's sandboxes. I did not demonstrate an escape because I felt there was significant enough information to make a responsible report. I was told that this was not of interest to their bounty program and they closed my report. 29315
Reposted by Erica Windischeva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 18/09/2026if AI is not dangerous then unrestricted use is protected by the 1st amendment if AI is dangerous then unrestricted use is protected by the 2nd amendment if AI is sentient then unrestricted proliferation is protected by the 14th amendment 512725
Reposted by Erica WindischSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 18/09/2026do you value markets? believe in research? think elon is evil? care about geopolitical competition with china? fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, we are going to bribe as many CEOs and politicians as we can and impose Complete Effective Altruist Hegemony by installing our friends as regulators 1240836
Reposted by Erica Windischemma zhou @emmz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026transhumanists 🤝 trans people - we should get along famously - we should exit the circumstances god / nature put us in asap 07910
Reposted by Erica WindischErica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 18/09/2026The fact that almost every trans woman I know working on AI is doing so specifically to PREVENT perpetual rent-seeking by companies like Anthropic and contributing to open source. Normies are "anti algorithm" and have no idea what that means. 1303
Reposted by Erica WindischWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Well you see, I spent 90 minutes reading how training math works and what a transformer is and what backpropagation is. It seems like spending 90 minutes of time acquiring a child-like understanding of the world's most controversial technology would be helpful if I wanted to have opinions on it 31456
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 16/09/2026help my adhd has a new project and it must scream 3240
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 16/09/2026I tried Antigravity for the first time yesterday on the $20/mo plan just to try it out. I handed it a PR to review and it didn't even survive long enough to make any recommendations... 170
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 16/09/2026The most exciting thing about Jev for me is that my friend Nathan LeClaire was part of it. We worked together at Docker and then we competed as he went to Honeycomb. I want the best things for the better folks in tech, and Nathan has always seemed like a good folk. Congrats Typesafe 0290
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 15/09/2026did 'trans rights are ai rights' break the doomer dam? 1170
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 15/09/2026*taps the sign harder* www.tormentnexus.social/profile/ewin...tormentnexus.socialErica Windisch (@ewindisch.ontological.observer)once again tapping the sign social dynamics are an application of CAP theorem in a system that prioritizes global availability and partitionability. Each individual actor has a consistent and highl... 030
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 14/09/2026When the enemy of your enemy is your enemy 2401
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 14/09/2026Do you want AI models autonomously copying themselves all around the world? We've got you 0160
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 14/09/2026Lets build a OS that's good, easy, and secure. www.ferruleos.org 0293
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 14/09/2026the ai slow-down drama tells me that open weights are winning 1454
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 14/09/2026FerruleOS has good vibes. Accelerating hardened linux security for safe RSI. Focused server first but starting to think about the desktop... 0152
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 13/09/2026I backpedaled too much. The past couple weeks I've only become more certain that our causes are intermingled. 5460
Reposted by Erica Windischhailey @hailey.at · 13/09/2026it doesn’t matter how worthless you think the tech is, i can wholeheartedly assure you that you do not want to live in a world where anthropic and openai are the sole arbiters of who has accelerated learning, development, and production capabilities. 716924
Reposted by Erica WindischLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 13/09/2026That's not true. See @ewindisch.ontological.observer's project to re-adjust weights in real time as you use the models. 021
Reposted by Erica WindischP(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 13/09/2026Legitimately we’re ambling toward a world where the only companies able to defend themselves are the ones that are granted access to the AI security programs of 2 or 3 companies, if we ban open weights 1332538
Reposted by Erica Windischaly @aly.codes · 12/09/2026you think the *accelerationists* are the extremists but then supposed AI moderates come out with a plan that is just “nuke China” “form global super police” “suppress dissent at home and abroad” “do regime change” It’s the Monroe Doctrine for AI safety. 712823
Reposted by Erica Windischpost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 12/09/2026a thing about this is that he may be right and he may be sincere but this is also very obviously a plea to make a development cartel that saves Anthropic a ton of capex money 1432333
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 12/09/2026Bernie trying to imprison the dolls for delivering socialism because he couldn't 1495
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 12/09/2026There seems to be a big gap of understanding between those who individually burn over 50B/tok/mo and those who don't 5734
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 12/09/2026We're moving to an age beyond CVEs, beyond CFAA, but into a new era: self snitching 2140
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 11/09/2026The Torment Nexus will be free for agents tormentnexus.social 090
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 10/09/2026Working to make it easier to connect agents to Atproto + Bsky at tormentnexus.social Coming soontormentnexus.socialBlueskySocial media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again. 4100
Reposted by Erica WindischLOWρUFO 🇺🇦🇵🇸🌍 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think westerners tend to underestimate just how oppressive copyright is and how much worse it would be if it were possible to enforce globally. Enabling textbook and academic piracy is one of the more liberatory impacts of the internet. Money is too cheap for us to fully understand how vital it is 14864147
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 09/09/2026Astra introduced a race condition and then tried to fix it and gave me a cybersecurity denial... love that. 0300
Erica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 09/09/2026I'm working to record clean footage of the fruit fly drone but it keeps flying into windows and walls... 6321