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When AI “hallucinates,” it’s more than just a glitch — it’s a collapse of trust. As generative AI becomes part of more digital products, trust has become the invisible user interface. But trust isn’t mystical. It can be understood, measured, and designed for. Here is a practical guide for designing more trustworthy and ethical AI […]
One natural way to research scheming is to study AIs that are analogous to schemers. Research studying current AIs that are intended to be analogous to schemers won’t yield compelling empirical evidence or allow us to productively study approaches for eliminating scheming, as these AIs aren’t very analogous in practice. This difficulty is in part […]
New contributor The Realist makes the case for a ‘When I Die’ file that gathers all your worldly financial, er, gumf in one place. Your heirs will thank you. Especially if you remember to tell them where to find it in advance… Who wants to spend whatever free time is left after work, sleep, feeding […]
With the stock up 79%, pretty much everyone loves Micron — and it may be time to sell. Micron (MU 5.76%) stock jumped this morning on some positive comments from Wall Street analysts. Wolfe Research and Susquehanna raised price targets on Micron stock yesterday. Today, Wedbush made it three in a row with a hike […]
from the wasn’t-jawboning-bad? dept There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk. But that leads most people to assume that Kimmel said something unkind about Kirk or in […]
Understanding your future expected returns is an important part of your investment plan. Your expected return is the average annual growth that you can reasonably hope your portfolio will deliver over time. It may be a real return of 4% per year, for example. With a credible expected return figure you can work out whether […]
🧠 Dev Log — September 16, 2025The Grind Broke Me, So I Rebuilt It Summary: After failing to keep my log, I finally decided to continue. I’m in a better place now. The grind didn’t win. I did. Four days of collapse. One day of resurrection. The inventory system finally obeys—but only after four full […]
A California bill that would require operating system and app store providers to verify users’ ages before they can download apps has cleared the Assembly 58-0, and will now move on to Gov. Gavin Newsom, reports. The Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), introduced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, does not require photo identification for verification, […]
When we look very closely at images generated by neural networks, we often see a strange checkerboard pattern of artifacts. It’s more obvious in some cases than others, but a large fraction of recent models exhibit this behavior. Mysteriously, the checkerboard pattern tends to be most prominent in images with strong colors. What’s going on? […]
Interest rates are coming down for the first time in three years. For those with a mortgage, this is welcome news, whilst those with savings are forced to consider whether their term deposits still make sense. But what impact do interest rate moves have on stock market investments? Given most of our superannuation is invested […]
