user: samizdis

34184 karma | created 7 years ago

recent submissions

The Vanishing Giants [Coaling Towers] of America's Steam Age (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

2 pts|4 hours ago|discuss

Hornby sells slot car racing brand Scalextric for £20M (theguardian.com)

1 pts|3 days ago|discuss

Goldman Sachs launches AI-free index (axios.com)

44 pts|10 days ago|10 comments

Silicon Valley's Favorite Doomsaying Philosopher (newyorker.com)

4 pts|12 days ago|discuss

When Mao's Mango Mania Took over China (daily.jstor.org)

1 pts|12 days ago|discuss

Rumors of AGI's arrival have been greatly exaggerated (garymarcus.substack.com)

5 pts|12 days ago|discuss

Semantic ablation renders AI writing generic, boring and dangerous (theregister.com)

4 pts|14 days ago|discuss

Resistance Infrastructure (profgalloway.com)

5 pts|22 days ago|1 comment

Understanding the hazard potential of the Seattle fault zone (phys.org)

1 pts|25 days ago|discuss

Olympic curling: The science behind sweeping (axios.com)

1 pts|26 days ago|discuss

Giant 'blobs' of rock influence Earth's magnetic field (theconversation.com)

3 pts|27 days ago|discuss

'Kessel Run' Air Force software development division (en.wikipedia.org)

2 pts|29 days ago|discuss

Geoengineering options to prevent Thwaites Glacier collapse (theatlantic.com)

3 pts|29 days ago|2 comments

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29 days ago|discuss

Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or just want Claude to think so? (arstechnica.com)

21 pts|1 month ago|16 comments

Code is a liability (not an asset) (pluralistic.net)

22 pts|1 month ago|9 comments

India's government plans to launch zero-commission rideshare platform (theregister.com)

4 pts|2 months ago|1 comment

Canada can become a nation of jailbreakers (pluralistic.net)

27 pts|3 months ago|8 comments

In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended (newyorker.com)

26 pts|3 months ago|39 comments

Forrester warns AI bubble to deflate as enterprises defer spending to 2027 (theregister.com)

4 pts|4 months ago|discuss