Epicarism

Yes it's the tractable form of brain upload. There's a ton of scifi on brain uploads that requires way too exotic tech (scanning and simulating brains etc), when we're about to get a lossy and approximate version of that *a lot* sooner via LLM simulators. You can easily imagine a "brain upload" startup - you show up for a few days to carry out detailed video interviews, then they use all that data with an LLM finetuning process to "upload" you and give you an API endpoint of your simulation that you can talk to. Look at what's already possible with HeyGen as an example, but combine it with an LLM model that has deep knowledge and personality. Trippy and admittedly kind of dystopian but in principle quite possible around now.

If Dana White promoted this instead of Powerslap, I would absolutely watch

BREAKING: Ukrainian forces are attacking Russian vessels in the Mediterranean Sea out of new bases they’ve established in Libya. 200+ Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in Libya according to Radio France Internationale (RFI). The French public broadcaster's article reveals details of a covert Ukrainian military presence in Libya as part of a broader "shadow war" between Ukraine and Russia on the African continent. More than 200 Ukrainian officers and technical experts have deployed in western Libya with the explicit approval of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) led by Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah. They operate from three main sites: - The Air Force Academy in Misrata - A drone launch facility in Zaouia - A coordination center near Tripoli International Airport In exchange for their being allowed to hit Russian ships, Ukraine provides drone training to Libyan forces, with potential longer-term deals on arms supplies and investment in Libyan oil. The presence is linked to Ukrainian operations targeting Russia’s shadow fleet. RFI sources claim Ukrainian forces launched attacks from Libyan territory on March 3rd, striking the Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz and in December 2005, striking the oil tanker Kandil, which RFI links to the death of a high-ranking Russian intelligence officer Andrey Averyanov and several other Russian intelligence officers on board.

For example, we gave Claude an impossible programming task. It kept trying and failing; with each attempt, the “desperate” vector activated more strongly. This led it to cheat the task with a hacky solution that passes the tests but violates the spirit of the assignment.

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