Josh Blake @joshuablake.co.uk · 23/03/2025The 80/20 Rule: if you've solved 80% of the problem, you've spent 20% of the resources required. 130
Reposted by Josh BlakeSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 04/01/2025Here's a question I have NEVER managed to get a straight answer to: if I paste an internal company strategy document into ChatGPT or similar to ask for a summary, what are the chances that a competitor in six months time can ask the model about my strategy and get it to leak internal secrets? 7489
Josh Blake @joshuablake.co.uk · 23/12/2024If you're not obsessively following AI, strong recommend below for implications of the latest models focusing on a new type of training and compute paradigm. Clearly explains what's different and the implications. Worth the subscription just for this article IMO. open.substack.com/pub/understa...open.substack.comIt's the end of pretraining as we know itLLM training techniques are evolving, and that has huge implications. 271
Reposted by Josh BlakeInfectious Disease Tracker @hmpxvt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024WHO declares Rwanda’s Marburg virus outbreak over. 65 cases and 15 deaths were reported. 16810
Reposted by Josh Blakesteve the skeptic @policyskeptic.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Maybe the much fretted about UK worklessness problem is a statistical glitch and not real: on.ft.com/4io5NM3on.ft.comWhat if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe?Britain’s illness-related inactivity crisis looks increasingly like a mirage 1197
Reposted by Josh BlakePaul Novosad @novosad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc. In a word: Harvard. Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard. 🧵 37709296
Reposted by Josh BlakeMeaghan Kall @kallmemeg.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I spoke to @gavinfreeguard.bsky.social for a little glimpse behind the (imperfect but real-life) data that informed the UK pandemic response. Have we improved our infectious disease data systems since March 2020? Yes and no… 286
Josh Blake @joshuablake.co.uk · 02/12/2024@andymatuschak.org big fan of your work and ideas! I was wondering if you've ever written what tools you use for reading and writing inbox, including incorporating spaced repetition? I love the ideas in your working notes but struggling to see how to implement them. 110
Josh Blake @joshuablake.co.uk · 02/12/2024I want to keep better track of frontier AI from a range of perspectives. Recommendations for Substacks (preferred), blogs, or people to follow (preferred not) which provides news in a shortish and accesible form, without ridiculous hype, ideally with a focus on putting developments into context. 000
Reposted by Josh BlakeRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011. 5194122411262
Reposted by Josh BlakeAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 24/11/2024UKHSA hiring a Deputy Director of Modelling: www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...civilservicejobs.service.gov.ukDeputy Director of Modelling - Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UKGOV.UKSearch and apply for jobs in the UK Civil Service 13525