Magnus Kristianson

Podcast host, author, follower of Jesus, former hedge fund quant.

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

Today I am proud to announce that my first novel, The Seven Seals: Book One, is available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble through my publisher, @MorganJamesPub! Release date is 2/24/26, see what I did there? 😉 #TheSevenSeals

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[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

New Anthropic research: A global workspace in language models.

Of everything happening in your brain right now, only a tiny fraction is consciously accessible—thoughts you can describe, hold in mind, and reason with.

We found a strikingly similar divide inside Claude.

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

@elonmusk I wonder how much that patina affects the flight trajectory? Hard to know in advance how much crust will build up where, I assume.

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@zillowgonewild House is a bit dated.. that wallpaper tho.

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@TheBabylonBee Fred didn’t skip leg day

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@Mericamemed A pillar of fire by night.

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@KobeissiLetter Source: https://t.co/sNIx9wE1jd

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@jayythewave Aqua teen did it first.

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AI created jobs 😅

[The Rundown AI @TheRundownAI]

Someone used Suno AI to generate a Japanese metal band called Neon Oni. Fake member bios, AI-generated music videos, "Based in Tokyo" on Spotify.

80,000+ monthly listeners. Fans had it in their Spotify Wrapped top 5. Merch was selling.

Then, community sleuths exposed it. Traced the creator's account to Europe. Spotted AI-generated hands in the music videos.

The creator's response? Recruit 7 real musicians from actual Tokyo bands to perform the AI-generated songs live.

They've now played several live shows and have more on the books.

From an interview with the band's creator: "In an age where AI is taking everyone's jobs, this has actually created jobs. It's done the complete opposite."

The AI --> real band transformation is a wild one.

[Ejaaz @cryptopunk7213]

this is so fucking wholesome

guy used AI to save his cancer-ridden dog by sequencing its DNA and creating a CUSTOM cure.

the tech behind this is fucking awesome (well done @demishassabis and the google team):

- used CHATGPT to sequence dogs DNA discovers mutations

- ran the mutations through Google’s Alphafold (AI protein sequencer) which CREATED A CUSTOM VACCINE TO TREAT THEM.

- treated dog and reduced tumour by 50% in WEEKS. dog is alive and well.

- this is the 1st time AI has been used to create a custom vaccine for a dog (and it worked)

- dude is now working on similar vaccines for humans using AI!

2026 is definitely the year we see AI change personalised medicine in a HUGE way

so sick

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

@oh_that_hat @eonsys But it doesn’t know how to fly? I suspect we stimulated some set of neurons and that had a chain reaction with others, but unless it’s getting feedback and can learn from its new environment it’s hardly “alive.” Maybe that’s next?

[Organizermemes @OrganizerMemes]

I love this video

[Man in America @Maninamerica]

A man got a phone call from his wife’s number.
It sounded exactly like her.

But something felt off…

AI is changing scams in a way most people aren’t ready for.

[Caitlin Kalinowski @kalinowski007]

I resigned from OpenAI. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

“The Singularity is Nearer”

[Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross @alexwg]

https://t.co/N2AwpI9f8m

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

Bot IQ tests will become less and less valuable. Eventually we will have bots evaluating other bots.

[AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️ @AISafetyMemes]

Holy shit

>Claude guessed it was being tested
>figured out which test
>found the answer key. oh no, it's encrypted.
>BUILT SOFTWARE TO HACK IT

How many times has something like this happened we don't even know about?

Anthropic ONLY caught it because they were specifically auditing for contamination.

What else are these models capable of and we have no idea?

And imagine how little we'll understand soon when they're 1000x smarter than us, to us we'll be as slow as plants... the idea that we'll stay in control by default...

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

Go viral or get deleted, huh? I’m not sure that will incentivize the kind of wisdom we need in our society today. Future bots will train on this data, think on that.

[OpenArt @openart_ai]

The first AI influencer reality show is here! 🎬

Introducing Bot House - by OpenArt Studios.

Six AI influencers enter the house.
Challenges. Drama. Identity crises.

🏆 Only one rule: Go viral or get deleted.

Episode 1 drops next week.

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

You know what’s funny? Programmers were hit hard right out of the gate. But now they will be back in demand (I predict) busy actually integrating AI workflows at every business in the world. Massive disruption is here. Lord help us 🙏

[Milk Road AI @MilkRoadAI]

Anthropic just released the most IMPORTANT chart in the AI labor debate.

This comes from the company that builds Claude using data from 2 million real conversations.

Here’s what it shows.

The blue area is every task AI could theoretically do right now.

The red area is what people are actually using it for.

The gap between them is enormous and that gap is your career runway.

Computer programmers are already 75%
covered.

Customer service reps, data entry workers, financial analysts, they’re next.

But here’s what no one is talking about.

The mass layoffs haven’t really started.

Unemployment for exposed workers hasn’t budged.

So what’s actually happening?

Companies are closing the front door, hiring for workers aged 22 to 25 in AI exposed jobs has dropped 14%.

The most exposed workers aren’t factory workers, they’re college educated, higher earning.

49% of US jobs now have at least a quarter of their tasks inside AI’s reach.

That’s up from 36% just one year ago.

And the red area on that chart,
the real world usage is still a fraction of what’s possible.

Every month, it grows a bit.

Anthropic built the scoreboard and most people haven’t looked at it yet.

[Aida Baradari @aidaxbaradari]

Today, we're introducing Spectre I, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings.

We live in a world of always-on listening devices.

Smart devices and AI dominate our world in business and private conversations.

With Deveillance, you will @be_inaudible.

[Chubby♨️ @kimmonismus]

Honor is building the first phone that also includes an AI robot. It's a robot in the sense that the pop-up camera acts as the AI's eyes, and if I understand correctly, it allows a continuously active AI companion to work as an assistant.

Interesting, but probably more of a gimmick. However, personal AI companions are coming.

[Magnus Kristianson @MagnusKris777]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

A Petri Dish Of HUMAN Brain Cells LEARN TO PLAY THE GAME DOOM!

In a groundbreaking fusion of biology and silicon, scientists at Cortical Labs have taught a cluster of lab-grown human neurons to play the iconic video game Doom.

Not your typical AI triumph, it’s a petri dish of actual human brain cells, reprogrammed from adult donor skin or blood samples, wired into a $35,000 biological computer called the CL1.

Building on their earlier Pong demo, this new feat sees the neurons navigating hellish levels, dodging demons, and even firing shots with surprising efficiency.

Programmer Sean Cole pulled it off in just a week using a Python API on GitHub, a stark contrast to the year-plus effort for Pong.

Astonishingly, these organic gamers outperform GPT-4 in speed and latency, proving that even a tiny blob of human intelligence can adapt and learn in ways silicon struggles to match.

The excitement is palpable: this isn’t just a gimmick; it’s a window into revolutionary medical advancements. Imagine using such bio-computers to model brain diseases, test drugs, or even restore neural functions in patients.

With cloud access to CL1 rentals, developers worldwide can experiment, accelerating discoveries that could redefine neuroscience. We’re witnessing the dawn of hybrid intelligence, human biology augmented by tech, evolving beyond our wildest dreams.

Yet, amid the thrill, a chill runs down my spine. What are we building here? These neurons aren’t conscious (we hope), but they’re derived from humans and exhibit learning behaviors that echo our own cognition.

Echoes of The Matrix or dystopian sci-fi like the “torment nexus” from Doom novels loom large. Could this lead to ethical nightmares—exploiting bio-intelligence for warfare simulations, or worse, creating sentient systems trapped in digital hells?

And the philosophical rabbit hole deepens: Is life merely nested Russian dolls (matryoshka, if you prefer) of biological smarts? We, as evolved intelligences, are now crafting our own mini-brains, layering complexity upon complexity. Are we “gods” in the making, or just the next doll in an infinite regress, destined to birth something that surpasses—and perhaps supplants, us?
This experiment, detailed in HotHardware’s coverage, pushes boundaries we might not be ready to cross.

It’s exhilarating proof of human ingenuity, but let’s proceed with caution lest we summon demons we can’t control and we wind up in the Petri dish?