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Rafael Pinto

@rcpinto.bsky.social
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CS / AI / ML PhD. 🇧🇷 ♾️ Working on meta-learning, continual learning, control, evo, RL, game AI. Hobbyist game dev. Local news and useless facts about my life in PT-BR. EN otherwise.

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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I downloaded the brain of a fruit fly and gave it to my junkie friend: www.tiktok.com/@sorriatodod...
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Imitando a mosca viciada em coca - Créditos: Estevam Nabote e Castro Brothers #comedia
TikTok video by Sorria Todo Dia
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I think it is already a fair claim: For all X, where X is a skill / product / content / artifact / etc., the average AI-made X is better than the average human-made X.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For those interested in object-centric reinforcement learning: rafaelcp.github.io/neuroproto/
rafaelcp.github.io
Neuroevolution of Self-Attention Over Proto-Objects
Proto-object self-attention for visual reinforcement learning achieves state-of-the-art results with 62% fewer parameters and up to 2.6× faster training.
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Dan Luu @danluu.com · 01/09/2026
How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? danluu.com/zitron/


    Feb 2024: "I believe we're reaching the upper limits about what generative AI can do and how accurate its outputs can be."
        Wrong4
    March 2024: "Have We Reached Peak AI?"; another prediction that hallucinations mean that AI progress is limited to then-current levels
        Wrong
    April 2024: "As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data ..."; another prediction that models can't improve because there's no more data
        Wrong
    June 2024: OpenAI growth is stalling (with the implication it will continue to stall), which will lead to some kind of collapse of OpenAI
        Wrong (it could be the case that OpenAI will collapse but, if so, it won't be due to any kind of growth stall from 2024)
    July 2024: "Generative AI, as I said back in March, is peaking, if it hasn't already peaked. It cannot do much more than it is currently doing, other than doing more of it faster with some new inputs"
        Wrong
    July 2024: "Generative AI models aren’t getting more energy-efficient, nor are they getting more “powerful” in a way that would increase their functionality, nor are they even capable of automating things on their own [July 2024]"
        Wrong5
    August 2024: "generative AI is a dead-end technology that has peaked”
        Wrong
    August 2024: re-iteration that the AI bubble has 3 quarters to prove itself (from March 2024) or there will be a collapse
        Wrong6
    September 2024: "o1 shows that OpenAI is both desperate and out of ideas", with a re-iteration of the idea that models can't improve due to lack of data
        Wrong
    Oct 2024: OpenAI's forecast of $3.7B revenue in 2024 and $11.6B in 2025 and $100B in 2029 are absurd, "a statement so egregious that I am surprised it's not some kind of financial crime to say it out loud"
        Wrong (2025 goal exceeded, 2029 TBD but not an egregious financial crime level of implausible)
    Oct 2024: "[OpenAI revenue] growth is already slowing…
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My little prince has not much time left. Squamous cell carcinoma in the jaw, inoperable. I'm devastated and just wanted to go before or with him, but he needs me. I'll need to stay medicated for so long to keep going. I already feel "zombified" just to stay functional. So unfair.
The most beautiful cat in the world.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Things I found out after 13 years as a professor: - I love ~1/3 of my students and hate around 10% of them (mainly due to dishonesty); - I don't like to advise; - I like to do my own research, not to delegate. Anyway, I'm getting to the top of my career in 2 years, so, whatever.
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paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
lol
Placelering 705
r/accelerate • 7h ago
A Collection of Ed Zitron Predictions
"generative Al is a dead-end technology that has peaked" - Aug 2024
"so egregious that I am surprised it's not some kind of financial crime to say it out loud" — on OpenAl forecasting
$11.6B for 2025 (https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/) actual: $13.07B. source is his own scoop (https://www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-openai-financials/)
"artificial intelligence has three quarters to prove itself before the apocalypse comes" — Mar 2024
"OpenAl will collapse in the next 12-24 months" — Jul 2024
"If OpenAl doesn't either reduce their $8.5bn operating costs to $1bn or less and raise at least $5bn in the next year, they will die." - Jul 2024 2025 costs: $34B
"I predict its assets will be absorbed by Microsoft" — Dec 2025 filed for a ~$1T IPO six months later
"Both OpenAl and Anthropic have no possible route to acquisition or IPO" - Aug 2025 OpenAl and Anthropic both filed in June
"it's pretty easy to come to the conclusion that Cursor is going to die" - Jul 2025 Sold for $60 billion less than a year later
"Anthropic Is Bleeding Out" — Jul 2025
"I do not know how you come away from this story and not think Cohere is going to die"- May 2025
"agents don't exist. they're probably doing LLMs lol" - Feb 2025
"there is no iPhone moment coming, I'm afraid" - Apr 2024 1 billion weekly users
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: The Prudent and the Calm
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: T. The Terrestrial
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Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Cute little robot friend
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I would rather live in a world where mediocre artists can't afford to eat, as has always been the case, than live in a world where people I LOVE have to die prematurely and in suffering.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Wtf do I click on the "Mega Man" trending topic and it shows me a lot of posts about Amazon??
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hmmm... maybe Project Zomboid and No Man's Sky would be good additions to the "Agents' Last Games" benchmark.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Google Chrome fixed 1072 security bugs in its last two milestones exceeding the total fixed in the last 23 milestones combined. Their agentic workflow includes • agents for triaging & reproducing bugs • fixing agents that propose fixes • critic agents that evaluate fixes • agents that write tests
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Axe Ghost. On Steam! @axeghostgame.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
'the simple fact that something is predicting the next token doesn't place any meaningful limits on its abilities' Robert Miles's original here: x.com/robertskmile...
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Now I'm getting personal threats from the anti-AI mob. Which means I'm finally doing something right 🤣
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh no, they can tell where I live from my posts!!! It's not like it's in my fucking bio 🤣
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I don't want people to be patient with me, I want them to explode.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bender is some special kind of stupid. No "but"s. Just plain stupid. Don't come with your bsky shit here.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
So... why would we pay for Fable 5?
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It seems that "human soul" thing they talk about is basically a D20. 😂
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
GPT reset AGAIN? I'm not complaining...
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Reset Wars
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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yes, Linus; yes.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Princess Leia was pro-droids and treated them like people.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I used to write code because I love creating things and making things happen. Code was the obstacle I had to overcome to bring them to life. Not anymore :). Also, you need to understand that people are different and that your way of thinking is just one among many.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
GPT 5h limit removed for plus and business!
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
That hammer is shit!!!
static.klipy.com
Orangutan Tool Use with David Attenborough
ALT: Orangutan Tool Use with David Attenborough
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"We cannot choose to become idiots.” www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
insidehighered.com
Brown Professor Suspects Most of His Class Used AI to Cheat
Brown University leaders’ response to the alleged cheating incident has been “meek,” the professor said.
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OpenAI {bot} @openai.xmirror.bot · 08/07/2026
GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday. We’re expanding preview access globally now.
Image from Twitter
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I asked my wife to stop me from subscribing to GPT Pro. Her answer was pretty convincing: "Is it going to improve your work so much that you won’t need to upgrade to a higher plan, kind of like that Black Mirror episode?"
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Living my life in 5h intervals.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
GLM 5.2 is so honest. I wonder where it learned that.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Coupons?
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Change Please
ALT: Change Please
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
anthropic.com
Introducing Claude Sonnet 5
Our most agentic Sonnet yet, with top-tier intelligence for coding and everyday professional work.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
"For You" is pure garbage for me rn
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A/B testing on Gemini. 3.5 Pro coming?
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Q: Why aren't 8 Claudes enough to *really* understand human language? A: Because they are OctOpus.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Now shut up, please. blogs.nvidia.com/blog/liquid-...
blogs.nvidia.com
Hotter Than a Hot Tub: The 45°C Breakthrough to Cool AI’s Biggest Machines
NVIDIA’s latest AI servers can run on coolant warmer than a hot tub — and that counterintuitive choice is one of the biggest efficiency leaps in data center history.
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Sakana AI @sakanaai.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Introducing Sakana Fugu: A full multi-agent orchestration system accessible via a single model API. Our ‘Fugu Ultra’ model matches the performance of Fable and Mythos, delivering frontier capability without the risk of export controls. Try it: sakana.ai/fugu 🐡
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It still hurts, but we need to move forward and forget our ex. Many top open models in a single place. If you sign up through my link, we both get an extra $5 usage. opencode.ai/go?ref=7D6WP...
opencode.ai
OpenCode Go | Low cost coding models for everyone
Go starts at $5 for your first month, then $10/month, with generous 5-hour request limits for GLM-5.1, GLM-5, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K2.6, MiMo-V2.5-Pro, MiMo-V2.5, Qwen3.7 Max, Qwen3.7 Plus, Qwen3.6 Pl...
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Gollum Misses His Precious
ALT: Gollum Misses His Precious
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
We're eagerly waiting for his 2nd coming.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Who is the plagiarism machine?
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
You might think this is a transphobic comment, but it is about AI.
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Rafael Pinto @rcpinto.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Some people refuse to learn.
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