Can Large Language Models Develop Gambling Addiction?
If AI can chase losses, what other human flaws might emerge?
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Camouflage
New research: Abstract: Coleoid cephalopods have...
Behind the Blog: We Have Recommendations For You
This week, we discuss history repeating itself, a phone wipe scandal, Meta's relationship with links and more.
When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
In the Dark Arctic Deep, Scientists Find a Hidden Oasis of Strange Life
More than two miles under the Greenland Sea, tubeworms, snails, crustaceans, and microbes live on gas hydrate seeps that leak crude oil and methane.
Why I Quit Streaming And Got Back Into Cassettes
In the age of Spotify and AI slop, tapes remind us what we’re missing when we stop taking risks.
Podcast: We Tracked Ourselves with Exposed Flock Cameras
How we tracked ourselves with exposed Flock cameras; a year in review; and our personal recommendations on all sorts of things.
AI gets the blame for 55,000 layoffs, but CFOs are the real culprits
Entry-level roles are quietly disappearing as companies convince themselves that a chatbot can do a junior employee’s job, even when it absolutely cannot.
A new framework for keeping AI accountable
A new accountability framework treats AI responsibility as a continuous control problem, embedding values into systems and monitoring harm over time.