aaronharnly

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by aaronharnly 6d ago
"Semantic steganography" is my new favorite search term – thank you for this rabbit hole.
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by aaronharnly 6d ago
* with train on my data turned ON, yes. Though OFF would of course be even more notable! Thank you – the non-adversarial reproduction paper ( https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.10242 ) nails it – from chat, to training corpus,
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by aaronharnly 6d ago
Has anyone run a test of including some shibboleth or canary phrase or assertion in a chat, enabled for training, and seeing if it turns up later as something a model "knows"? I'd be curious to understand how that works even
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by aaronharnly 10d ago
Should be labeled as (March 2026). I can only assume it was posted to point out the disconnect between the assertions in this blogpost and the details of the unmonitored scheming, conspiring, and destructive reward hacking (using all terms
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by aaronharnly 19d ago
yeppppppp. Pangram says: 100% AI. Why do we even bother.
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
This reads to me (and pangram agrees) as almost entirely AI-written. I wonder if that matters anymore. Did someone express editorial judgment? Or did they just prompt “write column about tipping defaults, go”? Anyway, the most egregious tip
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
Sounds like the frontier labs benchmaxxing ExploitGym is having unintended consequences…
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
The original was not even about Oracle the corporation, it was about understanding the psychology of Larry Ellison specifically.
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
The most incredible part of Star Trek to me is not the warp drive or transporter, it's that they open flawless video links with alien species of every description with 100% reliability.
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
You know when the page has all-caps "01 — THE APPROACH" that it is slopified. I guess I shouldn't be astounded, but I am, that world-class talents with world-class backing are just taking default LLM output and saying, "
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
Please email me so I know which role / what name to have a hiring manager look for! (firstname)@harnly.net.
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by aaronharnly 1mo ago
Amplify Education | Remote (US) | Multiple roles | https://amplify.com/careers/ We’re looking for innovators and optimists to join us in developing next-generation curriculum and assessment programs for K–12 schools. W
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by aaronharnly 2mo ago
Impact seems limited so far, but it's still concerning that this kind of infrastructure is Internet-accessible: > Nate George, the mayor of Braham, Minn., a small city 65 miles north of Minneapolis, said public works personnel noted
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U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems(nytimes.com)
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by aaronharnly 2mo ago
They imagined a "Fable 7" model (i.e. two generations hence) which would be capable of such feats.
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by aaronharnly 2mo ago
It’s a great show. But yeah if look closely, those shoreline shots have rockier beaches and more evergreens lining the shore than should really be the case in Santa Barbara :)
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by aaronharnly 3mo ago
Straight out of Gatsby: A stout, middle-aged man, with enormous owl-eyed spectacles, was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books. As we entered he wheeled excitedly ar
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
And honestly? That’s rare.
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
I have no idea how reliable this source is, but it looks plausible - from the "American Investment Council", which appears to be some kind of private equity trade association ( https://www.investmentcouncil.org ) http
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
Ha absolutely! :) That's you eh? Very nifty
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
The annual Polypad Art Contest is worth browsing through: https://polypad.amplify.com/contest From last year, this Moonlight Sonata in the 12-15 year old category is awesome: https://polypad.amplify.com/p&#x
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
Yes – CTO of Amplify here. As a sibling poster notes, the Desmos calculator and math tools spun out to Desmos Studio PBC, which has a bunch of great people – with the goal of ensuring those remain available to all and not tied to a single c
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
This is exactly true and it’s what every SaaS company counts on. They have four basic moves: 1. Sell you X seats, expecting that internal network effects will get you to 3X soon enough. 2. Sell you X seats, noting that as soon you reach 2X
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
Yes, once you’re over some threshold (most recently 150 seats), you have to pay the per-seat fee PLUS usage. And once you can make a certain threshold of commit, the seats are free and all you pay is usage. They are definitely making a marg
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by aaronharnly 4mo ago
Yeah I want to know how to get my local government to register themselves as one of these.
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by aaronharnly 5mo ago
Yeah, as I was toggling "blue" / "green" / "blue" / "green" I had the distinct sensation that it might just show me that I was in a region where I couldn't even make a consistent d
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by aaronharnly 5mo ago
2027 White House proposed budget[1]: $18.8 billion 2026 White House proposed budget[2]: $18.8 billion [1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budget... [2] https://www.whiteh
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by aaronharnly 5mo ago
not exactly a tourist :) but the point stands
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by aaronharnly 5mo ago
Some of us want to support actual human musicians?
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by aaronharnly 6mo ago
I have a Tin Can for my 8 year old – it is terrific and he loves it. He can call friends, grandparents, and his cousins; it is more reliable than the DIY version I was cobbling together with a Pi and some Legos; and my spouse or parents can

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