The Polymathematician

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[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

The lifecycle of governments clostly approximates the lifecycle of a star.

I've described ths several times over the years, to several people. It was originally a story I conceived that described the lifecycle of a company, but realized quickly that it applies to nearly any organization, and most especially government.

I thought to write it up for sharing so others can see what I see, but just now decided to ask grok to do it for me.

Grok nails it. I'm impressed.

Text in the next post in case the grok link is paywalled.

https://t.co/qaSskICYzX

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@TheShreddington @MohammedAlo Agreed. Similar observation here. The amount of fat in the diet doesn't appear to matter.

In fact, for me it doesn't matter at all, medication or not.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@Ironhands57 @lipstickhippiee Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you lived to tell the tale.

Neck must have been bad to take cyclobenzaprine. I can't take the stuff. Puts me down and out for too long so I suffer through things.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@TheShreddington When in a rush, I've found that paying my wife via paypay is instant. Stupid, but it works. We transfer $$ like this about once/month.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

This kid is going to be a 275lb diabetic in 12 months or less.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Incredible setup

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@TheShreddington That floor. It needs... your attention.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@DrInsensitive The reptiles don't get it.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@TheShreddington Someone in my house does this. I've yet to figure out which one of them is the interloper, breaking human tradition and only consuming half the banana.

They will pay.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

Company launches product they themselves describe as weapons-grade and dangerous in the wrong hands. Safety measures put in place, then thwarted with ease by researchers.

Govt reasonably says "hey, fix please?"

Company says "no."

Govt takes only rational course of action give the self-describe thread company's product poses.

Marketing gone wrong 101.

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

I’ve had a number of conversations with folks inside and outside government about the current situation with Anthropic, and here is what I believe to be true:

— As we know, Anthropic publicly released its Mythos class models earlier this week under the commercial name Fable.

— Fable is Mythos with guardrails. But if those guardrails fail, then you’ve exposed Mythos and its advanced cyber capabilities to people who shouldn’t have them. (Keep in mind that Anthropic itself widely promoted the idea that Mythos was a cyberweapon and needed to be regulated as such. They asked for government regulation of Mythos and championed the guardrails on Fable. If there is a vulnerability — big or small — it is Anthropic’s responsibility to patch.)

— A highly credible trusted partner of both Anthropic and the USG who was testing Fable came forward with a jailbreak of those guardrails. The Admin asked Dario to fix the jailbreak or de-deploy the model. Dario refused.

— In their blog post, Anthropic defended its decision by saying the jailbreak isn’t serious. That is not what the trusted partner and the USG believe; nor is that kind of minimizing language consistent with Anthropic’s brand as the AI safety company. It’s difficult to fathom how they could claim a jailbreak allowing operability of a cyber weapon could be defined as not “serious.”

— In the past, Anthropic has always said that safety must be top priority and taken super seriously. In this case, Anthropic prioritized the continued offering of the consumer model over safety.

— In reaction, the Admin issued the export control. The Admin did this reluctantly. It’s been very surprised that Anthropic hasn’t wanted to cooperate with a reasonable safety request (ie fixing the jailbreak issue). Anthropic’s reaction is very much at odds with their branding and ethos as a safe AI research community.

— The Admin’s hope now is that Anthropic remediates the safety issue, the export control is lifted, and Fable goes back into general release. The Admin wants all of this to happen as soon as possible. It is frankly bewildered that Anthropic hasn’t wanted to comply with safety requests that it previously said were its highest priority.

— Those trying to misdirect and tie this action to the prior DoW/Anthropic issues are wrong. The Admin values Anthropic’s technical capabilities and feels that this issue, while serious, should be easily resolved. The ball is in Anthropic’s court.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@DrInsensitive How dare he not contribute to their lifestyle. After all, they've earned it.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

How can it be that @x doesn't support markdown??

:thinking_face:

(that should've rendered 🤔)

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

Similar to restrictions on some cryptography and ITAR, EAR, yet they're doing well. Not unreasonable to restrict access to foreign actors, on our soil or not, if it's indeed as powerful and dangerous as they say it is.

Also, I don't discount the Anthropic being a showboat operation either.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@CoffeeBlackMD Definitely a contributing factor.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@CoffeeBlackMD and how many more would opt for that lifestyle if they didn't have to worry about money, or values, or being more than that.

Which is probably a lot of people.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@BowTiedHRT So... how's your back feeling today?

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

Serious question...

Why do women put the groceries in the back seat and not the trunk?

I really don't get it.

[Dutch Rojas @DutchRojas]

Healthcare founders keep pitching waste reduction to the people whose paycheck is the waste.

That is why most of them die.
They build something useful.

Then they sell it to the incumbent whose margin depends on the problem staying alive.

The incumbent moves slow on purpose. Slow protects the number on the spreadsheet you came to erase.

Your demo becomes a threat the second it works.

The founders who win understand this:
• You are not selling innovation.
• You are selling against someone’s existing profit pool.

Price accordingly.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@Turbinetraveler Yep....

https://t.co/4Ny8sq0ckc

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@Turbinetraveler We'll get an interim statement that tells us little. Final report will be delayed for no good reason.

My guess.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

AI is just another iteration in removing the need for understanding of the finer mechanical details of, well, everything.

Just as calculators invaded math classes, so too will AI. People will no longer learn how to do the thing.

There will only be ask the machine.

42.

[The Polymathematician @Doc_Polymath]

@JOSEPH45075332 Somebody let the MBAs in.