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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing This wiki page is updated frequently and only needs to be fed into an AI to remove its telltale writing.

Nice! But needs more footgun.

They're sweating it big time, and their fear is bleeding through their AI beneficence-speak. Time for the big US AI companies to call in some favors from the administration. But yo…

Recipes like this get baked into the next iteration of a model.

This is true, but when we compare them to OpenAI's repeated feints at altruism and nonprofit structure, the irony is plentiful.

This was interesting; thank you. He admits that he can't really answer this question. His point about technology seeming obvious in retrospect is similar to the Egg of Columbus idi…

I use my wheelbarrow to do work around my mountain property all the time. We have a 4-wheel utility cart that sees a lot of service too. Their utility lies in doing work over short…

I still can't reconcile how they didn't use the wheel for transportation. The explanations of lack of draft animals and unsuitable terrain aren't great. Not even a wheelbarrow?

Thanks, that means a lot. I've found that browsing through a few dozen build threads is the perfect cure for the AI blues.

Thanks; much appreciated. I picked up an endless list of new build interests in starting the site and exploring different niche forums. Turns out I really like wooden boat builds, …

https://buildthreads.com/ Aggregator for new posts in build threads from 277 old-school DIY forums. Build threads of people building cars, 4x4s, motorcycles, boats, airplanes, hot …

Everyone scrambling to max their usage before the deadline may have given Anthropic some valuable data on exactly how much compute they can handle. The extension could also be a pl…

Nice! This is just what I'm looking for. An old Roomba 880 served us well until it could no longer charge its battery, even a new one. The AI slop on the site is not appealing, but…

I run an active forum in the DIY space, and another site that aggregates new build threads from hundreds of niche forums. Forums for people building cars, motorcycles, boats, airpl…

This is the truth. For DIY pursuits, niche forums are far superior to reddit, twitter, facebook, instagram, or any other social media.

This gives permission for all other providers to do the same.

It would be more difficult to make an open model illegal. Where is the centralized kill switch like what Anthropic used today?

Huge PR win for Anthropic if they can restore access within a week or so. Will be interesting to see OpenAI's next move.

Just turned off for me on Claude Code. Good while it lasted.

Homeschooled kids can socialize outside of homeschool and be perfectly well-adjusted. There's something to be said for avoiding the hierarchical social structure present in schools…

> that implies a certain amount of time and cognitive investment on my part Yes, this is the takeaway for me. A PR can no longer be a reasonable proof of work.

Agreed. Professional sports are the closest institution that society has to a meritocracy. Highly competitive, public, obsessively measured and analyzed. A tenth of a second faster…

The IQ loss from neurological damage caused by COVID wasn't helpful either. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2311330

Interesting to search this page for "4.5". I'm happy to move to a superior model, but I'm not really hearing enough about significant improvements, and the obvious pressure to rele…

It's a modern version of: "we're firing you, but your last task will be to train your lower-cost replacement".