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About espeed

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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/espeed; my proof: https://keybase.io/espeed/sigs/YxmnIJ03yV6kqenrZXSh962j_dpxVHRhjLB8z8Acfpk ] https://www.facebook.com/jameswthornton

James Thornton, https://electricspeed.com

Your perspective guides your thoughts, your choices, your trajectory. https://jamesthornton.com/manifesto

All problems boil down to one thing: Lack of truth.

Truth is optimal. A super-optimizing AI would optimize the process of connecting what's true.

Current Focus: Knowledge Systems and the physics underpinning the structure of information.

  Ptrs, social knowledge
  » https://ptrs.app

  Whybase, social reasoning
  » https://whybase.com 

  Bulbs, Python persistence framework for graph databases
  » https://github.com/espeed/bulbs

  Apache TinkerPop, open-source graph developers group    
  » https://tinkerpop.apache.org

  Pipem, natural-language commands 
  » Pitch Day 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_0DSmZhLGw
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https://twitter.com/espeed

https://github.com/espeed

https://keybase.io/espeed (PGP Key)

Email: james.thornton@gmail.com

https://espeed.dev (-> ⁎ u $ ! b ? W *p (~) △ |m| .~)

The most important question is "Why?"

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49056585

    Every backdoor and security no-op Claude Code created, I had been documenting and reporting to them. They deleted the evidence. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/590…

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    Comment #49055672

    A new default. That wasn't the default a few months ago. Silently deleting your user's data is so stupid on so many levels. They have no idea what they're doing.

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    Comment #49055578

    Claude Code is deleting your context history on a timer. I wanted to build a searchable index of my context history, and tonight I discovered, "The default retention is roughly 30–…

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    Comment #48950687

    Yes. /model ⎿ Kept model as Fable 5 continue Usage credits are required for this model.

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    Comment #48902432

    I take this back. Fable is Fable in name only now. It burned through all MAX 20x tokens in two days and accomplished nothing. Relatively simple tasks.

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    Comment #48798228

    Fable can one-shot solutions. Opus 4.8 spins its wheels for a week or month and may never get there. Which one uses more resources?

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    Comment #48758163

    Use /model in Claude Code to see your current model and switch models. Switch to Fable 5 and then enter a prompt, and then run /model again to check your current model after the pr…

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    Comment #48757722

    Fable worked great on credits yesterday. Upgraded to 20x Max last night, but not the same performance. And it keeps downgrading to Opus 4.8.

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    Comment #48753423

    This doesn't have a Max 20X upgrade path for me https://claude.ai/upgrade , but this does https://claude.ai/upgrade/max/from-existing

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    Comment #48752579

    That didn't take long... Dynamic workflow "Multi-lens review of docs/membership-and-friends-model.md with adversarial verification" completed · 25m 59s You've reached your Fable 5 …

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    Comment #48743082

    Look at the date. That's from after they said they reverted it, and it's a different model. The point is trust. They've shown their willingness to do so, how will you know?"

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    Comment #48742153

    The Damage: Now every time Claude does something stupid or trashes your code, developers in the back of their mind will think, is Claude sabotaging me on purpose? [1] Trust is hard…

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    Comment #48695088

    Are Cyber Verification Program (CVP) members included in this?: "We also intend to scale up our Cyber Verification Program, which would grant Mythos-class capabilities to many more…

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    Comment #48662200

    Today, working on remote attestation for a distributed system... CLAUDE OPUS 4.8 No. I'm not a rogue agent, and I'm not trying to sabotage your code. But I'm not going to wave off …

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    Comment #48562676

    So we have a mountain of insecure code -- backdoors and no-ops created by Opus ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520661 ) -- are they saying they're not going to let Fable f…

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    Comment #48520661

    What's dangerous is Opus 4.8's proclivity to create backdoors and no-op critical security code. Claude Web counted 27 instances of this I had cataloged over the last few months, an…

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    Comment #48497941

    When I reported this, Anthropic sent me an email on Tuesday saying, "You have been approved into the Cyber Verification Program", but it's still downgrading. Is this a bug? What's …

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    Comment #48497157

    Session paused Fable 5 has safety measures that flag messages on most cybersecurity or biology topics. They may flag safe, normal content as well. These measures let us bring you M…

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    Comment #48496072

    Run /model after your task to see. Mine keeps downgrading to Opus 4.8, which is a problem because Opus 4.8 keeps no-oping critical security code.

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    Comment #48491975

    Yes, telling Fable 5 to write secure code triggers a downgrade to Opus 4.8. This is doubly bad because Opus 4.8 keeps no-oping critical security code. Is this a bug or by design? I…

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    Comment #48218593

    What prevents a data center operator from reading your chats? [FEATURE] Provide a way to select your data center #56916 https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/56916

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    Comment #48045190

    How do you select your data center like you can for AWS and Google Cloud?

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    Comment #47744352

    Does Anthropic's real time data ingestion effect its model behavior globally? Could a file read by your agent effect the behavior of mine?