Euan Reid

Roleplaying, video games, tech, general nerdery. Tech Director @EA, formerly other roles at other places. My Twitter, my opinions.

[𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣 ✨ @LittleShellder]

She doesn't appreciate Lego mocking her like this

[Vinny Grappa @VincenzoGrappa]

A sound recording was taken of 125 decibels in Boston last night - 55 second into the Scottish National anthem. When confirmed it would make it the loudest noise recording at a World Cup tournament game. VG.

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

2-1 would have been a fairer result - McTominay and Pierrot should've gotten their goals - but I will happily take 1-0. And the wild first in the group.

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

When you're supporting Scotland in sports it's always the hope that gets you. But damn me if I can't but hope anyway.

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

Quite the first half. I'll take 1-0. I'd breathe easier with 2-0 but I'll damn well take 1-0.

[John Scott-Railton @jsrailton]

NEW: malware developers added nuclear & biological weapons text to to their spyware.

Goal? To trigger LLM safety refusals... so that their spyware wouldn't be analyzed by an AI security scanner.

Cleanest practical example I can think of for why over-indexing on first order safety alignment is risky.

When closed (and open) models ship with aggressive refusals, they will be sprinkled with second-order blindspots that attackers will discover...and exploit.

We are only in the earliest days of attackers leveraging these features, and it wouldn't surprise me if users systems that need to handle complex cybersecurity issues demand that models be less safety-blunted.

In the weeds: @SocketSecurity's post also shows why intention matters in how you design a malware analysis pipeline to avoid prompt manipulation.

H/T to colleagues that shared this with me https://t.co/f3Aj9TYxU4

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@JanuaryAndOn Misread that initially as MAN I LOVE PIZZA which, tbf

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@charliermarsh Better than odds he picks me

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Taking decoration away from buildings is like creating a world where trees never have any leaves:

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@chhopsky Yeah. if (not canPayRent) { i_just_need_money() } elif (soundsInteresting) { fair_rate_is_fine() } else { hazard_pay_needed() }

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@SomeCronzaGuy Sheep instead, you say?

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@MrJamesMay Hello from Canada. Glad you're working on it, looking forward to further news. Particularly if the navy strength can make it here.

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@TheWineSociety Sparkling in any weather, any temperature, any time of year!

[Euan Reid @EuanReid]

@ChristinaTasty They're not presented as smart or wise. They *think* sacrifice will stave of Slaanesh, but it's constantly presented as "these dipshits think it'll help them, the absolute morons".

[HITMAN @Hitman]

47 has heard your call and is taking action against bowie knife99.

[Charlie Marsh @charliermarsh]

“Someone else already tried”, “a lot of people are probably working on it already”, etc., are bad reasons not to do something