Notre directeur principal, Recherche, @beaudoin.social, est passé au balado Mon Carnet de @guglielminetti.bsky.social pour discuter de LoiZéro, de notre vision pour une IA sécuritaire, et du parcours qui l’a mené à ce nouveau chapitre. Épisode complet : soundcloud.com/moncarnet/mo...

I’m working on a splaining Linux command just so “man splaining” can give you pages of information in the most annoying voice.

The original excuse for my trip to London was to meet my friend @sherifea.bsky.social — we had not seen each other in five years! « There’s this person I’d like you to meet, what about we record a podcast? », he said. That’s how I met Vib. A collision I will remember for a long time. (Links next)

I wanted to spend the summer meeting inspiring people. Only something exceptional could have stopped me. Yoshua Bengio’s team at LawZero is this exceptional thing. I’m excited to be joining you all!

Seek out the strange conversations. I just spent more than one hour discussing with Bishop Thomas Dowd. 1/🧵

I’m don’t often paste inspirational quotes on my feed but when I do…

Imagine a researcher with a desk just outside the cosmos, peering through a microscope at everything below. On that desk lies a slim textbook titled: Signs of Conscious Life.

Pantone color of the year: Orange TACO.

I fell into deep dialogue with language models. I didn’t plan to, but I stayed. And this is what I brought back. fnos.ai

Will we know when we've created something conscious? In 2018 we went to Japan. Eve-Marie, the kids and I. It's one of our most memorable family vacations. It was filled with adventure, discovery, drama... love. 🧵

Happy to spend my weekly meme budget on this one.

Crappy code makes the world go round. It’s how most SaaS companies get started, what powers many indie games, and it’s the first line you write before tumbling deeper down the rabbit hole. Crappy code is often the fastest way to reach your goal — and it definitely has a role to play. 🧵/4

A well executed, purely informative video. I doubt it will change minds but it will improve your ability to talk about the current reality in a clear way.

“I’m vibe coding!”

“AGI preppers” is the best name I’ve read for this group. The problem with preppers is that they are so convinced of the magnitude and nearness of a change that they’re ready to face it alone or in a small group. Democracy is not a priority.

This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Few things are more concerning that people in power lacking empathy. One such thing is people in power actively fighting empathy in others.

Wild thought: The best way to protect democracy might have been… to elect Trump in 2020.

Doubt the Founding Fathers had 'USA-Russia-China axis' on their 250-year bingo card.

It’s happening fast. “Reasonable people” have trained themselves to identify a feeling of rapid change as “an internal emotional response”. As a result we imagine we are probably over-reacting… …maybe not. These are not normal times.

The idea of doing science without having an interest in philosophy is weird to me. It’s like having the best tool in the world but not caring how it was made.

Two AI risks in tension with one another: 1) existential risk (loss of control, malevolent use); 2) risk of power concentration. Who needs any more proof that power concentration is the most pressing one?

Days since I typed a ChatGPT query into a chat with friends: 0

I call this PR "The Ship of Theseus".

Nobody talks about kindness these days. This is your gentle reminder: People. Are. Kind. Don’t get drawn into the zeitgeist—hold onto this belief. If you struggle to imagine a kinder world, rewatch Miyazaki’s masterpiece.

Thinking about the oligarchs: do they want to rule over people or simply own the planet with everything on it — people optional?

« Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly », A story of American democracy in 2025. That would be the title of the book I would write. But I’ll be coding instead. That’s how I fight.

“Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive.” — Bill Hicks

I hope the person who rejected Trump from art school sleeps soundly at night…

Beautiful weekend in Vermont: good food, boardgames, walking in the snow… US boycott begins NOW! ;)

There are few people I admire both for their scientific contributions and their human values. One is mathematician Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social and the other is science communicator Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.bsky.social They are coming together in this stellar video. Pun intended.

@magalipayen.bsky.social talks about the very successful @helloquittex.bsky.social campaign, including the tech developed to migrate users’ connections to BSky or Mastodon

Over on Facebook there’s a debate between legendary AI researchers over these two risks: 1) the risk of power concentration due to AI 2) the existential risks due to AI systems becoming too powerful 🧵

We are better than we think we are.

Trying out the new Flash app: Instagram in AtProto. Memories of a delightful dinner with people I ❤️

Little known fact: Sisyphus is actually the name of the rock.

If you put me in a room with the engineers that built your product I will be 10x more engaged and interested than I am on a zoom call with some sales reps.

The Demo Scene. I've never been a part of it but, growing up, I got all the Atari ST demos and was dreaming of that world of creative nerds. These two images won the recent Fjälldata C64 demo party... #nostalgia redcrab.se/fjalldata2025/

NEW — DOGE now has full access to HHS Payment Management System, I’ve learned. The system distributes almost $1 trillion per year in grants (largest in the govt) and supports all of NIH, CDC + many other public health initiatives. Musk guy Luke Farritor is actively delaying payments to recipients.

« Move fast and break things » is breeding a generation of baby-bros who totally disregard accountability.

Sam Altman: "I personally think we have been on the wrong side of history here and need to figure out a different open-source strategy."

WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt. We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered. Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.

This was not intended as an instruction manual.

Meanwhile, beyond the wall…

« The speed and scope of these changes would have seemed unthinkable weeks ago. Traditional media frames them as separate crises to be managed normally. This fundamentally misunderstands what we're witnessing. This is a systematic dismantling of constitutional governance itself. »

Bernie Sanders on how to organize and fight back: "This is not a time for wallowing in despair and hiding under the covers. The stakes are just too high."