Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That's your hint at how many they're thinking about 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Agreed. Technology changes by ratios, not by addition. How more intelligent is AI from one's own perspective compared to 3 years ago (2023). Two times? Three years from now, the fall of 2029, we should expect that "two times" yet again -- what does that mean? And, yes, "two times" is a low estimate. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There is no maximum number to these ... periodic server upgrades for max performance (for new architectures) and total throughput mean continual "value" to putting more in orbit every technology cycle. I'd like to see an end-of-life "boost out of orbit" capability mandated to bleed off the junk. 030
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I know this wasn't the point of your post, but thanks for reminding us of what character is all about. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm a retired engineer, not a scientist. But I'm proud to have been a part of this research. #consci Article: tinyurl.com/mv3nu7cknoetic.orgDoes the Mind Shape Reality? A New Experiment Puts Quantum Consciousness to the Test | IONSHuman consciousness might be the missing piece of the "measurement problem", and its influence might even stretch backward through time. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My favorite line -- "this is the first of a series of stories..." 0113
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The immediacy of the moment is not yet recognized in many of the comments. This is a 1-3 year horizon on the current course. And we simply are unable to know what will be on the other side of that "singularity". Thus the bunkers. 041
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I remember it well. The movie "The China Syndrome" came out just a few days before it happened. Big deal. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The battle is at the margins ... and my gut says that more and more voters in Texas, raised to be decent people in their own minds, are thinking twice about this. 040
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I always first ask, of a concept, what does it "do" in a physical implementation... not what it "is". Implicit in algorithms, but for oscillatory systems?... Nice to see this. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The particular definition of "productive" carries a heavy burden here. 030
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I see very little "friction" in this system right now. And the low behavior you see in the fringes is also low energy compared to the built-in return-energy (rage) that low-information people have right now. At least that's what I'm seeing. Fingers crossed. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I'm encouraged we're reaching this huge negative undershoot so quickly. The turnaround that is coming is going to be sharp, and with a return energy that could do a lot of good in this world. It's not a certainty, but it fits what is happening, and is my hope. We just need goals to hold in common. 380
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Lived in Albq for 20 years. I miss the pop-up chili roasting carts that appear this time of year. 1120
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Washington, 6'2", looks up admiringly at Trump.... 91662
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Interesting, but not sure that's an argument for the student getting the privilege to vote in that state's elections. And I didn't get to vote in the state we owned retirement property in ... until we actually moved there. 100
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It's either one universe, or unfathomably many. It's unfathomable to me why people like the second choice. 220
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 06/08/2026We are the cross product of all our experiences. Life is inherently non-linear. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Abdul says "y'all" convincingly (says this boomer) and I can't wait for the first debate. 110
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I want to ask every last one of them -- "what are you going to tell your grandkids?" 030
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The CEO's actually saying "less people" is spot on for the attitude that human resource is just a lump of something and can't even be counted as individuals. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 28/07/2026So ... the year we came out of covid, the food business stuck it to us for a one-time 20% kicker. And never gave it back. I wonder who supports the politicians in the farm states? Those corporate "persons", perhaps? 130
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If I pull the rug out from under you, and you fall because you didn't jump off in time ... well that's on you. 030
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 25/07/2026To be clear, we humans don't have a watchdog timer outside the system. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The trick, like for us, is when the AI has to make a decision within a bunch of orthogonal value choices. And within a specified time frame. (Of course, it will be able to time-out and force a pseudo-random choice if need be.) 110
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I feel for the families of those four service members. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 22/07/2026I was a Silicon Valley chip designer in the 70's, and was at Andy Capps that Friday night the Pong game was installed. Line of quarters all night long. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The man can say y'all convincingly, Tom. Times are changing. Fingers crossed. 131
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 19/07/2026"...the fact ... that we may be creating a new species of morally important beings..." wow. Quite a leap. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'm 77, and I just heard a a guy named Abdul say y'all convincingly. I'm all smiles. This is the country I want. 3613
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I think they mean "by the time they have graduated", 10% of students have been subjected... That makes more sense, seems plausible. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Young man, marriages sometimes hinged on how stubborn you were -- that you really "didn't" have to stop to ask for directions ... many close calls. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Motion smoothing makes things look "real", and we are self-conditioned not to want "real" when watching anything that doesn't have a live source. "Real" on live shows, however, is expected and we're OK with that. What's that all about? 120
Reposted by Ron ClineSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Unitary evolution is bouba. Wave function collapse is kiki. 3756
Reposted by Ron ClineDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Starting an ongoing thread of off-the-pitch Nice Things at the World Cup. It's gonna get long over the next few weeks. 1. Curaçao. All of it.theguardian.com‘Everyone is welcome with us’: Curaçao want you along for their first World Cup rideThe smallest nation ever to compete in the tournament celebrate the long adventure that got them there, and remember those who cannot be there to enjoy it with them 12515130
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 28/06/2026@bluegeorgia.bsky.social What's the story of how you got the Ballasy side of the video? 110
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 21/06/2026The Great Unwinding of all this will take years to finish... 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 16/06/2026How about somebody Claude-coding an AI for cities to use to watch for people in trouble? Common good and all that. 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 10/06/2026(The concept that AI at some point will design the next version of itself by itself, into the future, with no help from human hands... ) 000
