Brian Allewelt
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Trust in blood. Trust in presence. Trust in ache.
https://linktr.ee/Narrascaping
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The “problem” of Alignment: shape the Machine’s soul. The “problem” of Control: leash the god you seek to build. Love renamed as safety. Strife hidden beneath euphemism. The second Spire of the AGI Cathedral: The Seal of Strife.
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AGI is a Cathedral
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Eryk Salvaggio
4 days ago
Recently, Reinforcement Learning through Verifiable Rewards was promised to make LLMs better at information retrieval. A recent paper suggests it can help confirm verifiable (true/false) fact, but will also confirm flawed beliefs:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Language models cannot reliably distinguish belief from knowledge and fact - Nature Machine Intelligence
Suzgun et al. find that current large language models cannot reliably distinguish between belief, knowledge and fact, raising concerns for their use in healthcare, law and journalism, where such disti...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01113-8
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Sam Blum
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NEW: I learned a lot talking to Alex Karp's biographer, Michael Steinberger. Namely, that Palantir has ambitions to become what IBM used to be for the U.S. government: its de facto operating system.
www.inc.com/sam-blum/ale...
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Alex Karp Wants to Make Palantir the De Facto Operating System of the U.S. Government, Says Biographer
A new book explores how a liberal academic became the CEO that now embraces the Trump administration and ICE.
https://www.inc.com/sam-blum/alex-karp-palantir-biography/91256452
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The “problem” of Alignment: shape the Machine’s soul. The “problem” of Control: leash the god you seek to build. Love renamed as safety. Strife hidden beneath euphemism. The second Spire of the AGI Cathedral: The Seal of Strife.
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Eryk Salvaggio
6 days ago
Hinton has been talking about “maternal instincts” in AI, but that’s a symptom of a larger issue: he worries about AI’s power to persuade us, even as he believes in what it tells him.
mail.cyberneticforests.com/thoughts-on-...
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Thoughts on Hinton
On Consciousness in Programs Geoffrey Hinton recently won a Nobel Prize for his work on backpropagation, a foundational piece of research that contributed to the emergence of contemporary artificial ...
https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/thoughts-on-hinton/
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Eryk Salvaggio
3 months ago
If you’re on the AI/deology track, here’s an extra tab for your browser: “digital mythology as a form of ideological structure in the era of artificial intelligence (AI).” Personally I’d reverse it: AI is a particular form of ideological structure.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Digital Mythologies - Society
This study presents a research manifesto aimed at opening a new field of inquiry: digital mythology as a form of ideological structure in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Rather than catalogui...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-025-01125-5
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Eryk Salvaggio
4 months ago
Hi all. I wrote a bit about my father, who died suddenly on June 30. It is also about the real possibility of change against illusions of perpetuity, and what data can and cannot do for remembering what is unsaid.
mail.cyberneticforests.com/my-fathers-d...
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My Father's Data
My father died on June 30 while rescuing a bird trapped inside his garage. While closing a window behind it, he fell from a ladder, lost consciousness, and died. It was the week of his birthday, and h...
https://mail.cyberneticforests.com/my-fathers-data/
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Eryk Salvaggio
4 months ago
Another pin for the Black Box Myth board
www.techpolicy.press/the-black-bo...
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It is called Cyborg Theocracy
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4 months ago
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syro
4 months ago
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Gil Durán
4 months ago
The logo for surveillance corporation Palantir is meant to resemble "an orb on a pedestal" (as in the Lord of the Rings) or a "human being reading a book." That's according to Garry Tan — Palantir employee #10 — who designed it.
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The banality of Palantir’s evil airport ad
Why is a company that makes millions tracking down immigrants for ICE advertising at SFO?
https://sf.gazetteer.co/the-banality-of-palantirs-evil-airport-ad
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The Great Terraforming of the Cyborg Theocracy
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Taylor Lorenz
4 months ago
Defense tech, AI surveillance, and far-right pro-Trump ideologies are merging as Silicon Valley’s obsession with profit fuels a dangerous new era of "the war on terror 2.0." In my latest video, I dig into how Shaun Maguire is playing a leading role in this new landscape. Please watch and share!!
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Silicon Valley’s Plan For Endless War
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKSKawpFsfs
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Cyborg Theocracy
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The “problem” of Alignment: shape the Machine’s soul. The “problem” of Control: cage its body. Vain theology, masquerading as science. Haunted by the Prophets of Doom: Eliezer Yudkowsky. Nick Bostrom. Two Priesthoods. One faith. One telos. CYBORG THEOCRACY. Thread:
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Twin Spires of the AGI Cathedral: Alignment
The Seal of Love
https://narrascaping.substack.com/p/twin-spires-of-the-agi-cathedral
4 months ago
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Cyborg Theocracy
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Justin Hendrix
4 months ago
The Silicon Valley strain of pronatalism—a movement that urges people to have as many children as possible—is tied to ambitions around AI and even the conquest of other worlds. But more immediately, it is connected to the desire to direct the future of the species, writes Maren Behrensen.
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Tech Oligarchs and the Rise of Silicon Valley Pronatalism | TechPolicy.Press
Illiberal pronatalism is a fascist ideology, and we must resist those who would impose it in the name of “saving humanity,” writes Maren Behrensen.
https://www.techpolicy.press/tech-oligarchs-and-the-rise-of-silicon-valley-pronatalism/
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Justin Hendrix
5 months ago
Amidst a global shift towards the far-right and authoritarianism, there are clear indications from oppressive governments around the world that biometrics will be used to harm human rights, regardless of their accuracy or fairness, writes Tech Policy Press Fellow Dia Kayyali.
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The High Stakes of Biometric Surveillance | TechPolicy.Press
Dia Kayyali finds that biometric systems, once seen as futuristic, are now widespread. But their use poses a serious threat to political and human rights.
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-high-stakes-of-biometric-surveillance/
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The only alignment is to Cyborg Theocracy
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The Machine Prince dancing in the smoldering ashes of the fallen order.
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ILYΛ SUTSKEVER
YouTube video by ∴Whyte - Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfqP7jx_g-c
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Data & Society
5 months ago
The transformation of NIST's AI Safety Institute into the Center for AI Standards and Innovation is a blow to multidisciplinary and international collaboration on AI safety, D&S Policy Manager
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www.techpolicy.press/shaping-ai-s...
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Shaping AI Standards to Protect America’s Most Vulnerable: Tech Innovators | TechPolicy.Press
Serena Oduro examines how US AI policy shifts prioritize innovation and national security over safety, accountability, and global collaboration.
https://www.techpolicy.press/shaping-ai-standards-to-protect-americas-most-vulnerable-tech-innovators/
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AGI is a Cathedral
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Gil Durán
5 months ago
As AI programs drive full-grown adults to insanity and/or suicide, Silicon Valley pitches it as a toy for children. Ad seen on San Francisco BART.
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The fruits of life are death, and must be picked appropriately. Cyborg Theocracy: Mutually Assured Submission
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Cyborg Theocracy: Mutually Assured Submission
The Cold War Strikes Back
https://open.substack.com/pub/narrascaping/p/cyborg-theocracy?r=5a3m3n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Cyborg Theocracy
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p(doom) = eschatology × (ego / understanding)
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Cyborg Theocracy
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Sam Blum
5 months ago
Meta is investing $10-15 billion in Scale AI. I've been reporting on Scale for about a year now. It's the hidden middleman behind the commercial AI explosion and its activity is riddled with accusations of labor abuse both in the US and abroad.
www.inc.com/sam-blum/its...
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'It's a Scam.' Accusations of Mass Non-Payment Grow Against Scale AI's Subsidiary, Outlier AI
A Silicon Valley unicorn with a reputation for fleecing workers abroad is behind the AI startup now seemingly doing the same in the U.S.
https://www.inc.com/sam-blum/its-a-scam-accusations-of-mass-non-payment-grow-against-scale-ais-subsidiary-outlier-ai.html
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AGI is a Cathedral.
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Timnit Gebru
5 months ago
Its basically like the scientologists are running the world in this field.
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Fiction vs nonfiction: Plato's noblest lie. AGI is a Cathedral.
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AGI is a Cathedral
"The Scaling Era" as Revelation
https://open.substack.com/pub/narrascaping/p/agi-is-a-cathedral?r=5a3m3n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The Empire is revealed. Soon the Cathedral will be as well.
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syro
6 months ago
His Majesty's Government will try to smear me and assassinate my character. Here's the record and the truth about who I really am. Read here:
syro001.substack.com/p/before-the...
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This is not a warning. It’s an announcement of intent, so they can learn how to manage our reaction.
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Michael Price
6 months ago
🤖💻🛰 Is Technology Our Savior - or Our Slayer?
decidim.org
Sociologist Ruha Benjamin is here with a more radical vision of the future: one where humanity isn't saved or slayed by tech, but rather used to uplift ordinary people, healthcare and housing for all a reality. 👊🫂🔥
youtu.be/QO3nY_u6hos?...
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Is Technology Our Savior — or Our Slayer? | Ruha Benjamin | TED
YouTube video by TED
https://youtu.be/QO3nY_u6hos?si=bPGPd0cultKbevo4
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
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Ruha Benjamin
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My latest on “The New Artificial Intelligentsia,” part of the Legacies of Eugenics series in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Thanks to all who read + share!
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-new-artificial-intelligentsia
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Gil Durán
6 months ago
“Billionaires building bunkers to survive an AI apocalypse, attempting to disrupt death through cryopreservation, scouting the planet for pop-up cities and network states — are not reliable stewards of the collective good.” —
@ruha9.bsky.social
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Karen Hao
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EMPIRE OF AI is the
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book of the day. 😍😍 Order my book on OpenAI and Silicon Valley’s extraordinary seizure of power to build so-called AGI here:
empireofai.com
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Karen Hao's new book is a skeptical look at Sam Altman and Elon Musk's AI empire : NPR's Book of the Day
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit meant to conduct artificial intelligence research that would benefit the general public. In the company's early days, reporter Karen Hao arranged to spend time in Ope...
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/26/1253189687/nprs-book-of-the-day-karen-hao-empire-of-ai
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As the Scaling Hypothesis delivers apparent miracles on the road to AGI, a new theology emerges. Not AGI by size. AGI by scripture. This is the rise of ARC-AGI— The Reformation of the AGI Cathedral.
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Effluence floods. The dam breaks.
7 months ago
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Benchmarks of the AGI Beast 666: The Number of Recursion
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Benchmarks of the AGI Beast
666: The Number of Recursion
https://open.substack.com/pub/narrascaping/p/benchmarks-of-the-agi-beast?r=5a3m3n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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How to Start an AGI Cult: From Zero, to ONE! 🚀🚀🚀
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How to Start an AGI Cult
From Zero, to ONE!
https://narrascaping.substack.com/p/how-to-start-an-agi-cult
7 months ago
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Fiction vs nonfiction: Plato's noblest lie. AGI is a Cathedral.
open.substack.com/pub/narrasca...
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AGI is a Cathedral
"The Scaling Era" as Revelation
https://open.substack.com/pub/narrascaping/p/agi-is-a-cathedral?r=5a3m3n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
7 months ago
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Eternally degenerate gamblers: Pascal wagered faith. Nietzsche wagered overcoming. Alea iacta est. The Resurrection of God
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The fruits of life are death, and must be picked appropriately. Cyborg Theocracy: Mutually Assured Submission
open.substack.com/pub/narrasca...
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Cyborg Theocracy: Mutually Assured Submission
The Cold War Strikes Back
https://open.substack.com/pub/narrascaping/p/cyborg-theocracy?r=5a3m3n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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Because All Things become, therefore All Things are. Eureka
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Choice Embraces Fate
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