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Music & AI. The singularity is near.

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Claude Opus 5 composes fourth species counterpoint above a cantus firmus. Looks simple, but previous generations of models struggled on musical logic like this.

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@Ananth7e Many still don’t believe.

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@DanielleFong I can smell this image. It smells like pizza and root beer. Good memories.

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@creatine_cycle You can escape -- into marriage.

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@jetpen Disarming the good guys to hinder the bad guys never seems to work, does it?

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@allTheYud “The behavior of any organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.” - Robert Conquest

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@rauchg If you don’t enjoy working with AI as a programmer, then you’re in the wrong field. This is the future of programming, and the only people who will thrive are the ones who are having fun right now.

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@flowersslop @mark_k Funny you should say that. The joke is that doctors/researchers always say “5-10” years, because that’s the magic number that gives people hope while also avoiding accountable.

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@ai_sentience I also made a Monty Python reference today. 🤝

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@_AashishReddy It’s ambiguous, though, because when read as a spoken imperative, it could signal neediness, like you’re demanding help from others. I’d preface it with “Mission:” or something.

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@rauchg If you don’t enjoy working with AI as a programmer, then you’re in the wrong field. This is the future of programming, and the only people who will thrive are the ones who are having fun right now.

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@tokenbender I think we’re all connected to some greater intelligence, and if we attune ourselves properly, we can receive little flashes of inspiration from time to time.

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Not impressed with GPT 5.6 Luna so far. It consistently underperforms the other non-frontier models.

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@Dr_Singularity As agents get more capable, we will leave them running over the weekend. A scientist will come back to the office some Monday morning and discover that his AI has cured cancer.

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@TMTLongShort Banks, exchanges, and other financial institutions should be panicking. They have no idea what’s coming.

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@johnennis People used to play female characters in EverQuest and World of Warcraft for the same reason.

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@nosilverv “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” visualized.

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@harleyfoote_ Yeah, prompt injection was one of the first exploits I read about. It sounds like one of those cat-and-mouse games where the security experts and the bad actors are constantly at war with each other. Not sure it can ever be 100% fixed.

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I’m afraid to try these AI browsers and browser extensions. They seem like a privacy disaster waiting to happen. Are they really safe?

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ChatGPT browser extension has gotten extremely good

And it is actually helpful and will fill out forms for you, unlike Claude, who always has its panties in a knot somehow

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Today's mood.

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@johnennis @pathlessknown “Easy targets” is right. I used to wonder why phishing emails always had such terrible spelling. Then I realized it’s to filter out smart people. The phishers only want dumb people to respond, because they’re the only ones likely to fall for the whole scam.

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@tokenbender I think we’re all connected to some greater intelligence, and if we attune ourselves properly, we can receive little flashes of inspiration from time to time.