Cal Evans

Author of StaticForge

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

I am one damn lucky man.

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

We love soldiers.
We love standards.
Well done, Specialist.

Carry on Patriots.

[Danger Casey @CaseySoftware]

So with Huang out of play now..

What AI heavyweights do we have advocating for open weight models?

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal to Spcecialist Iglesias, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment “Old Guard” sentinel captured on video yesterday halting his walk to admonish the Secretary’s party after some in the group grew too loud near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier following a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

The award was presented today at the Pentagon “for the execution of his duties at the Tomb.” Sentinels issue the same warning to any visitor who breaks silence, regardless of rank.

[The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee]

Is your girlfriend a Chinese spy? Know the signs!

[Gregory M. Kurtzer @gmkurtzer]

Wait,... We're talking about prison time for developing software and LLM models? Are they crazy?!

Where is the real, direct evidence of risk that justifies criminal penalties for AI development? ... Shame the same level of caution wasn't applied to funding high-risk coronavirus research in Wuhan.

AI doom marketing has created science-fiction level fear, and now some politicians seem to be eager to turn that fear into political capital.

Completely unethical.

There is an astounding lack of verifiable evidence that warrants such an action. I've been researching the evidence and asking for facts, but what has been presented is either anecdotal, demonstrable human error, movie plots, or opinions. That's not evidence.

AI safety does deserve serious consideration, but government regulation must be grounded in an abundance of verifiable evidence and proportional to demonstrated risks, not driven by fear and ignorance.

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@dhh The affair with the Chinese spy was forgivable but the recent one is with a direct report. That is an HR violation. Can’t have that. :)

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Today, to every veteran, we say the words too often left unsaid:

Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@GeorgeRoush YOU CAN'T SINK THE UNITED STATES!

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@BasedMikeLee It's too late. It was too late Nov 3.

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@LeaderJohnThune So far you've only left it all in the bar. Stop posting, START DOING.

PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT or go back to drinking.

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@CaseySoftware @iansltx wow...just...wow. Things have changed so much. Glad I've moved on.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Food stamp advocate SELF-DESTRUCTS as Rep. Brandon Gill presses her on why taxpayers pay for Coca-Cola.

She tries to dodge the question. Then Gill pulls out the receipts, and she sits there in stunned silence.

GILL: “Should SNAP dollars be spent on sodas?”

WITNESS: “I am happy to talk about hunger and nutrition, but not dictate what Americans should or should not eat or may have access to.”

GILL: “I’m asking if tax dollars should be used to pay for sodas.”

“Do they need sugary sodas to survive?”

WITNESS: “Some of them do…”

GILL: “You think they need Coca-Cola to survive?”

“I’m giving you the opportunity to say yes or no.”

WITNESS: “I will not answer for individuals and their… choices.”

GILL: “What does SNAP stand for?”

WITNESS: “It’s a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”

GILL: “What’s nutritional about Coca-Cola?”

WITNESS: “I am not a nutritionist.”

Then Gill asks who’s paying her, and she freezes like a deer in headlights.

GILL: “Is your organization funded by organizations that make money from food stamps?”

[awkward silence]

GILL: “Do organizations who profit off of food stamps fund your organization or businesses?”

WITNESS: “I mean, in the, in the, I, I can’t comment to that.”

GILL: “Does General Mills fund your organization?”

WITNESS: “I don’t have access to that information.”

GILL: “I do. It’s right here. They do fund your organization. […] Yes, and they’re profiting off of your advocacy. Do you think that that’s a conflict of interest?”

[more silence]

GILL: “I think most people think that’s a conflict of interest. I know you don’t want to answer.”

Always follow the money.

CONTEXT: USDA’s own study found soft drinks were the #1 purchase in SNAP households, beating milk, ground beef, and everything else in the store.

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@OffgridwithJD @ZacharyLevi Good to know. This is a learning experience for me. I think I'm going to try 1 scene first and see how it comes out before I just dump the script in and say GO. :)

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

On a lark, I had Claude turn my first novel, "Moondance", into a movie treatment and a screenplay.

It'll never get made (unless @ZacharyLevi is looking for oddball dramedies), but that's not the point. It's a learning process for me.

I'm using AI to make the movie, and as I read through the script, I'm beginning to understand something. The problem with making movies 100% with AI is nuance.

Take this line from the first restaurant scene:

"She goes. Randy looks at Bobby. Bobby is unbothered."

(She is a waitress, Randy is the protagonist, and Bobby is his foil.)

Hand that to a human actor and they'd understand the subtext: Randy is both aggravated and bemused by Bobby. None of that is written in the script.

A script written for AI needs subtextual cues for its virtual actors that human actors don't require.

I find that an interesting thought.

[heartsntales @heartsntales]

Thank you, veterans. Marc Dossey served in the U.S. Air Force. Karl Lounge served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Today they make spirits at Homosassa Distillery. We're grateful for their service, and for the story they shared with us. https://t.co/fsV5SY6AW8

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@SenAshleyMoody @SenRickScott I'd like to know how you voted, please.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

If you are confused how John Thune just became Senate minority leader…

Imagine your party gets hammered in the midterms, losing at least seven Senate seats to the Democrats and the majority along with it, and instead of stopping to ask what went wrong, Senate Republicans walk into a closed-door room just one week later, shut out the very voters who sent them there, and come back out with the EXACT SAME leader, because when Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, Mike Lee and others begged for a little more time so members could lay out a real vision for the party, the delay was voted down 31-15 in a private tally we only know about from anonymous sources, and then, with no challenger and no recorded vote, Thune kept his job by acclamation, and the rest of the leadership team stayed almost entirely unchanged, as if nothing happened, as if millions of Republican voters didn't just watch their majority crumble, as if "accountability" is something Washington demands of everyone except itself, so now the SAME people who led us into the minority get to lead us through it, Republican voters still don't know how their own senators voted on the delay, and we're all just supposed to nod along and trust the process and feckless, worthless people that put us here in the first place, which is exactly why so many of us are FURIOUS tonight.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

If you are confused how John Thune just became Senate minority leader…

Imagine your party gets hammered in the midterms, losing at least seven Senate seats to the Democrats and the majority along with it, and instead of stopping to ask what went wrong, Senate Republicans walk into a closed-door room just one week later, shut out the very voters who sent them there, and come back out with the EXACT SAME leader, because when Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, Mike Lee and others begged for a little more time so members could lay out a real vision for the party, the delay was voted down 31-15 in a private tally we only know about from anonymous sources, and then, with no challenger and no recorded vote, Thune kept his job by acclamation, and the rest of the leadership team stayed almost entirely unchanged, as if nothing happened, as if millions of Republican voters didn't just watch their majority crumble, as if "accountability" is something Washington demands of everyone except itself, so now the SAME people who led us into the minority get to lead us through it, Republican voters still don't know how their own senators voted on the delay, and we're all just supposed to nod along and trust the process and feckless, worthless people that put us here in the first place, which is exactly why so many of us are FURIOUS tonight.

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@NamesareHard8 @ReOpenChris Breach of fiduciary duty

[Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee]

In order to best continue doing nothing, Senate Republicans reelect John Thune as Minority Leader
https://t.co/5TrxZWLohc

[Cal Evans @CalEvans]

@lsferguson Bucket of Meh.