Justin Mason

so, Irish government -- how's that "LNG imports for power stability" strategy looking now?

I mean, in the light of the Epstein revelations, I'm surprised that last one isn't higher at this stage

UK to delay difficult decisions on AI copyright rules Government goes back to drawing board after its proposals triggered backlash from creative industries

When you have a 97% consensus against your preferred outcome, I don't think the answer is "consult harder" www.ft.com/content/e759...

Prompt injection truly is a whole new world of attack surfaces

perfect timing given a war with Iran!

The opening scene from the film "Threads". A city scape with steam rising in the morning light. The caption reads "Sheffield Saturday March 5th"

March 5th... 🧵🧵

That’s precisely how advanced the AI is

You're absolutely right—that was not a command post, that was an elementary school. Those were not military leaders—they were schoolchildren. I said the opposite, and that's on me.

Explains why so many school children are dead

an example: it's probably possible right now/soon, to create an AI tool that searches the web for people whose online presence betrays feelings of loneliness/latent mental health issues, finds them, then creates multiple virtual friends or even entire communities, & pushes them to violence

Like AI slop, prediction markets seem to me to be a symbol of moral decay. Even without the allegations of insider trading, few activities are grubbier or more cheapening than gambling on a war.

Mercado Centrale? Great spot!

"GDPR is ruining everything"

What if we monetised the apocalypse

GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has OFFICIALLY started clinical trials. GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.

What privacy? Meta's smart glasses are filming unwitting naked people Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a privacy nightmare, with footage of naked people, sensitive information, and violent acts captured and seen by Meta's AI and an army of employees.

Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI

GAFF: Too bad she won’t live! But then again, who does?

DECKARD: I double checked and you’re right—she won’t live. I made a mistake, and that’s on me. Nice catch!

Oh now I get it. Dubai is Golgafrinchan Ark B.

This bit in the From Russia With Love game made me laugh out loud. You've got a fairly grounded, low key fight based on the one in the movie, then the most video game looking fucker of all time slides into frame.

Darragh O’Brien drafts in state agencies to find solutions to traffic congestion in the capital Transport Minister ‘not writing anything off’ in bid to ease problem in urban areas

Has he considered not shelving rail projects? Not cutting funding for expansion of public transport could be worth looking at too.

AI writes and deploys the majority of the code at Anthropic which sounds impressive but the service uptime is terrible.

I’d love to see a post-mortem from them about the past few weeks of availability issues.

Gas prices soar as Iranian attacks force shutdown of Qatari production Saudi Arabia also closes an oil refinery after strike

Indeed. What’s that about energy security again?

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"[Dario Amodei Bane voice] “Oh, you think stupid elaborate hypotheticals are your ally. But you merely adopted elaborate and weirdly specific hypothetical scenarios; I was born in them, molded by them"

right, that works really well. not just glaring into your eyes directly.... nice

as a matter of interest, what does it look like with that light on? I've been considering getting something to improve my VC setup along those lines

yes! same here, great setup

quite apart from the environmental risks of the proposed LNG reserve in the Shannon Estuary, I remain very unconvinced it is in Ireland's security interests to have a huge ship full of explosive material floating in the middle of our second largest port

Absolute nightmare fuel

My poor kids have had nightmares about this bird