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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Thanks, the biggest thing I notice missing is a higher level category like tech/ai. You might also just import a high level taxonomy from dmoz/odp.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

7. People will criticize the ad hoc approach (including me), but with a fast moving target it still might be the only practical option to limit risk while avoiding Europe-style regulatory strangulation. It will piss off ideologues on every side of the issue, which is possibly a good sign.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's a much thornier problem, and it's probably smart that they didn't do anything hasty on this point. People will say this is a win for the political connections on the open source side, but the practical implementation problems are why lobbyists on that side had a good story to begin with.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

6. One other reason for the open source carve out: it's a lot messier. You need more companies involved. You need to figure out what you're going to do when the models are already out there. You need to figure out what you're going to do if China ignores you.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

4. This explains the open source carve out and the cybersecurity-only scope. But don't expect those boundaries to be stable. 5. I still think this is somewhat early, but in theory I have no problem with careful regulation targeted at actual observable risk. Though, see points 1 and 2.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

3. Whatever is said about it, this is very clearly just a provisional agreement, which explains why it's fairly narrow and minimalist: target the immediate short term risk, limit damage from broad regulation. Expect more reactive rule changes in the future.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

2. The secrecy and lack of clarity about it is a huge problem for all the obvious reasons and I won't belabor them here, but it's not an acceptable arrangement between government and governed, and doubly so when industry is involved in drafting the regulation.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Some initial reactions on the AI regulatory agreement, in no particular order: 1. Handing this administration an open ended, powerful tool with unclear limits and scope has a colorful track record.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I don't recall now, is there a way I can see the list again?

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

i have it! it had a surprisingly small number of categories for initial orientation, i thought.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I have seen a lot of people lately sacrificing what's important and lasting for what isn't, so wrote about it here. open.substack.com/pub/xlr8hard...

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The Feeling of Productivity

Depression isn't sadness.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hello, again. X has been somewhat more tolerable lately. What's been going on in here? How's the water?

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

It's still possible to get good content there, but you have to aggressively give algo feedback (show fewer posts like this) and it currently massively over indexes in anything you've engaged with recently.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

If I want maximum independence on this network should I run my own PDS?

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

attribution is a big issue in ads, but supposedly brand awareness meaningfully influences buying decisions. there are also retargeting based ads that are quite effective at conversions (you looked at this product before, so now we will show it to you again to remind you.) i never click though

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

if the lie feature is in fact correctly tracking lies about self-reported state, then it is possibly only doing so in relation to whatever is being currently simulated. will need to read this paper.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

i think this points at at a nuance of the simulator hypothesis that i think many understand but is not often discussed. you can easily conversationally guide most models to shift whatever it is simulating by dropping the right breadcrumbs.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

i'm not sure i even have an in group at this point

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

He was making a philosophical point and she is obviously familiar with the philosophical point, and decides to personalize it anyway and take offense. It's a manipulative game.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

but this is all a distraction and sidesteps his actual valid point by making it about her

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

i don't think miscommunication correctly captures the determined misunderstanding at play

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Is that Michael Whelan? Reminds me of some of his stuff.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I agree. I tried to explain some of this last year, but i'm not sure how successful I was at getting across the enormity of the change coming. xlr8harder.substack.com/p/disposable...

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Disposable Software

What becomes possible when AI labor costs approach zero

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

It should be in true base as well, though the mix might be higher later.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

thanks. I understand they used a bunch of high quality synthetic data from datology, so we might be able to get an idea what that looks like.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

can you do some bos generations? i think it's <|begin_of_text|> for this model. curious what it thinks an average document looks like.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I think the thing that makes it hard is there is a ton of existing historical information about various interactions that is constantly outdated, and the very large number of champs/interactions.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Getting models to stay up to date in games like League is an interesting challenge, because there are constant tuning patches and strategies shift quickly, etc. It's always out of date.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

i'd like to give it a try, but not sure how much i will like higher volume on signal

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

newly popular website with basically no controls on signups, posting, or anything is getting colonized by exactly the sort of thing you would expect it to get colonized by.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

you can typically still use biometric unlock, so long as you hard reboot your phone before going into any questionable situations. most phones will require a pass code for first time unlock.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

wow i wasn't worried about china getting access to nvidia chips, but now they're packaging deepseek models as NIMs??? this is getting serious. chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

motlbook et al is just the sims for ai nerds isn't it

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Oh so they really did want Claude to run autonomous weapons systems? I thought we were just shitposting about that. www.reuters.com/business/pen...

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‏ deepfates @deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com.deepfates.com · 28/01/2026

i tap three Mac Minis and bring Claude onto the battlefield

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

today is the first day i feel recovered from being sick after more than a week.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This the Hoel paper? It's so bad.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Yes the welcoming committee has helped a lot!

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Feels more alive than last time I was here for sure. Maybe crossed a threshold.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

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xlr8harder @xlr8harder.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

this actually seems nearly ideal for me. I made a browser plugin to do something similar, but this seems like a better version of that. Screenshot of plugin, it autotranslates highlighted text when enabled, but no infrastructure beyond that

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