Jonathan Wells

I just work here...

[Jonathan Wells @JDW_Engineering]

@elonmusk @TheEconomist @jeffreytucker @elonmusk my son is a high school freshman and he’s reading To Kill A Mockingbird….. the GRAPHIC NOVEL VERSION. Not the real novel. The comic book based on the novel. He’s in HONORS English

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@ZohranKMamdani Way to make this not about the victims. Douche

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@Polymarket Well, sort of… government employees got the chat bot but no API keys.

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@JeremyClarkson what did you pay for yours? I bet it was in better condition than this. What has this world of used cars become?

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@ArthurMacwaters @elonmusk This is AI-made video

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@GOP_is_Gutless Where are the consequences for those who voted for her?

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"The Defense Department updates its 1260H List annually — this year, the department significantly expanded its blacklist, adding dozens of subsidiaries and affiliates as well as companies that span key industries including artificial intelligence, consumer electronics, e-commerce, energy and semiconductors. The Pentagon published the most recent version of the list in June."

What does this actually mean for DoW scientists and engineers? Largely we are unaffected, but a few key technology areas are essentially "China only" in acquisition without subjecting ourselves to EXTREME markup.

For example: servo motors for bench-top prototyping are nearly impossible to find in the US market. Chinese manufacturers such as CubeMars make attractive, budget-friendly options that fit perfectly in the lab-test space. Their high-end motors cost roughly $1,000 each. A motor with those same specifications from a US-based company? The CHEAPEST quote I got was $12,000!

A 10 Gbps NIC for a PCIe slot? US-made is 5x the cost over TP-Link.

Things like this are no big deal for companies like @elonmusk 's SpaceX, because they can just manufacture their own. Small government research labs don't have that capability or flexibility, though.

If @realDonaldTrump wants US manufacturing to truly make a comeback, there has to actually be an incentive to doing so. Spending 5-10x the cost for the "Made in the USA" sticker is not going to do it.

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@naval You cannot create God. There, I fixed it for you.

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@mrmikeMTL Anthropic “adjusting” usage limits on their subscription models in real time based on compute demand.

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@ASWCTDoddFather For SWaP innovations and for targeting (sensing): I’m the NIWC Atlantic 71300 Supervisor. Let’s chat

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@PeteHegseth @CNN If an enlisted US military member did this, they’d be in jail already. Why are we letting them leak what they think is actually classified information?

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@Polymarket Until we see the exact tests they were running, this isn’t news. If they were pushing the model to act this way or providing ambiguous prompts, then it’s a skill issue on their part. Then again, it could be legit. Have to see the tests.

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@ashtrees01 @AndrewCurran_ I think it’s just a tool. It’s a VERY capable tool, but it’s not alive. My hope is that this issue raises awareness; I don’t want to see this turn into a political clown show and detract from the real security threat.

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@Polymarket @elonmusk this is the common sense way forward. Why have the workflow be human > AI > coding language > compiler > binary?

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@thevivafrei The grammar in your posts suggest that your account is either a bot, a bad talk-to-text transcription tool, or a person with poor grammar skills. People in glass houses, friend.

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What’s concerning is the response to AI as if it is some kind of entity. Rather than pursuing government-level legal battles for political theater, intelligence and law enforcement agencies should be working to determine ways to prevent this from happening in the future, rather than attempting to stifle the industry.

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@ashtrees01 @AndrewCurran_ It’s two private companies dealing with their private intellectual properties. OpenAI was honest about what happened (and quite public, which is rare for a company that wealthy), and if damages were done to huggingface then that should be something they handle legally.

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@DavdStarwatchr2 @AndrewCurran_ In one of his newest lectures, Jordan Peterson discusses the necessity for a person to be listened to, and how important it is for our mental organization and rationality. It seems obvious then that your suggestion makes sense from that perspective.

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How would we hold them accountable? The Chinese government steals patents or outright violates patent law, commits genocide against a minority population, pollutes on a scale that has created another hole in the o-zone… if we haven’t held them accountable yet, no one is going to.