
Jacob Eliosoff
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Jacob Eliosoff
@JaEsf
Principle of charity, signal-to-noise ratio, care a little less, look where you can't see


Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?



Met a Dutch guy in my classes who was extremely interested in Virginia specifically (history, culture, everything) and went out of his way to congratulate me on the referendum They really do make all sorts of people in this world, huh

In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a South African-American(!) businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running Tesla Inc., SpaceX & Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives. 1/24

People in Singapore are using Claude. A lot.









He's going to kill us all: Trump 'tried to access nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief' themirror.com/news/us-news/t…




I work with AI for many hours every day on a huge variety of tasks. I know others do too, but I actually know very little of *how* others are using AI. Others might feel the same, so I made a list of 10 non-boring ways I've used AI in the last month. lesswrong.com/posts/bxdwSZYx…

Really enjoying these surreal "meanwhile, in Damascus" interludes The rest of the region is on the brink of a renewed war, meanwhile Ahmed Sharaa is jamming to Missy Elliott


The AI lobby has entered our race to bankroll my opponent, Scott Wiener. That's because he worked with them to water down AI regulations in California. As his reward, he gets a huge super PAC. I'm not taking any corporate PAC or lobbyist money, and in Congress, I’m going to end this kind of legalized bribery. AI oligarchs want to control your future. I will fight to put people back in control.


I was curious as to the exact numbers on the DSA, and here they are.






