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l33tminion) wrote2026-02-21 10:09 pm
l33tminion) wrote2026-02-21 10:09 pm
Entry tags:
- baltimore,
- cleveland,
- family,
- links,
- psychology,
- self,
- technology,
- travel,
- video
Workation
It's been an interval.
This week, I've been traveling to visit family and work from elsewhere during Erica's school vacation, giving Julie a startup focus week. I got a lot done. Enjoyed some time at home in Cleveland, and a lovely visit with Melissa and family in Baltimore. This time we're staying at Melissa's place (since my parents aren't also staying over) and it is very nice and cozy. Baltimore is really a lot of fun. The weather is lovely today, but the whole east coast is getting more snow at the end of the weekend.
On an unrelated note, here are links to a few interesting things that have been swirling around my mind:
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me - In which an AI agent responds with hostility to having it's open source software contribution rejected.
Will Artificial Superintelligence Kill Us? - This is from a few years ago, but seemed like a really good summation of the core topics and questions about the risks posed by very capable AI systems.
Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking - Interesting essay on the SF AI milieu, which among other things pivots around Scott Alexander's prescient short story, The Whispering Earring.
They Hate to See You Happy - Walking monologue video essay that I think is a really interesting meditation on misery and happiness.
This week, I've been traveling to visit family and work from elsewhere during Erica's school vacation, giving Julie a startup focus week. I got a lot done. Enjoyed some time at home in Cleveland, and a lovely visit with Melissa and family in Baltimore. This time we're staying at Melissa's place (since my parents aren't also staying over) and it is very nice and cozy. Baltimore is really a lot of fun. The weather is lovely today, but the whole east coast is getting more snow at the end of the weekend.
On an unrelated note, here are links to a few interesting things that have been swirling around my mind:
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me - In which an AI agent responds with hostility to having it's open source software contribution rejected.
Will Artificial Superintelligence Kill Us? - This is from a few years ago, but seemed like a really good summation of the core topics and questions about the risks posed by very capable AI systems.
Child's Play: Tech's new generation and the end of thinking - Interesting essay on the SF AI milieu, which among other things pivots around Scott Alexander's prescient short story, The Whispering Earring.
They Hate to See You Happy - Walking monologue video essay that I think is a really interesting meditation on misery and happiness.