Maura Crawford

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Dario has written that we need to “pace the frontier,” and Sam has agreed. People may be surprised by my response: go ahead.

You guys are the frontier. By any reasonable metric — market share, revenue growth, model capability — the two of you have a duopoly on frontier intelligence. You’ve also claimed the lead is widening because of recursive self-improvement.

I don’t see what you see in the lab. If the unreleased models are scary enough that you think you should slow down, I support your decision to be responsible.

But stop pretending you need anyone else’s permission. Stop pretending antitrust law has to be suspended so you can form a cartel. Stop pretending you need a regulatory approval process that supersedes product liability. Stop pretending METR is independent when it is intertwined with Anthropic’s investors and staff. Stop pretending you need those same evaluators to police competitors who aren’t even at the frontier.

Most of all, stop pretending the motivation to slow down is purely altruistic. You face massive product-liability exposure if your products enable a truly damaging cyberattack. The market already punishes models that behave in unpredictable or unauthorized ways. After the Hugging Face episode, it is simply good business for OpenAI and Anthropic to trade some raw power for reliability and predictability. Call it alignment if you want. It is also just giving customers what they want.

Pacing the frontier would also create breathing room for a more intelligent conversation about regulation than Bernie Sanders’ “shut it all down.” China is very unlikely to join a global agreement, as you know, and that has to be taken into account as well.

So go ahead and pace the frontier. You are the ones setting it. The easiest way not to build superintelligence is for you to agree not to build it. Demanding your preferred regulatory framework as the price of that will look like blackmail of the public and the political system. So just do it.

If you do, you’ll buy goodwill for the next conversation. If you don’t, we’ll know this was just another bid for regulatory capture — or an election-season psyop.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

🚨🚨🚨This is the most important article in America right now:

Washington Post: Trump Secret Service Agents confirm that they begged DC for more protection for two years

Biden appointees REFUSED

- Trump shot in head
- Innocent Americans shot and killed
https://t.co/fIvuLFE6iJ

[Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy]

TRUTH.

1. God is real.
2. There are two genders.
3. Human flourishing requires fossil fuels.
4. Reverse racism is racism.
5. An open border is no border.
6. Parents determine the education of their children.
7. The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind.
8. Capitalism lifts people up from poverty.
9. There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four.
10. The U.S. Constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history.

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’”

Michael W Smith

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

“Who is the pervert that allows this?”
Incredibly powerful and sobering speech and video. Watch it, then watch it again.

[Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @FmrRepMTG]

East Palestine, Ohio is undergoing an ecological disaster bc authorities blew up the train derailment cars carrying hazardous chemicals and press are being arrested for trying to tell the story.

Oh but UFO’s!

What is going on?

https://t.co/RULoF1oKJQ

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Twitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists.

Extremely messed up! They’re trying to destroy free speech in America.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@wapodavenport US national debt is ~$28,900 billion or ~$229k per taxpayer.

Even taxing all “billionaires” at 100% would only make a small dent in that number, so obviously the rest must come from the general public. This is basic math.

Spending is the real problem.

https://t.co/1EwWyqdVsT

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@wapodavenport According to their own estimates, this tax only covers ~10% of the $3.5 trillion spending bill.

Where will the other 90% come from?

The answer is you.

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

🚨🚨The Senate is on the verge of passing legislation that would be TERRIBLE for cryptocurrency.🚨🚨

The infrastructure deal contains DANGEROUS provisions that would devastate crypto and blockchain innovation.

Supporters of crypto need to make their voices heard.

[KCBD NewsChannel11 @KCBD11]

Texas Tech University has confirmed Mark Adams as the school’s next head basketball coach, following Chris Beard’s departure from the program late last week. https://t.co/SEHcmCyzBH

[Kevin Crawford @fishsawbones]

Great memories of @TexasTechMBB Final Four run 2019!! Thank you @CoachBeardTTU and players!! Let’s go 2021!!

[Ryan Long @ryanlongcomedy]

Twitter: If you don’t like it make your own app
Apple: actually you can’t do that either

[Maura Crawford @ksawbones]

#StopCensorship

[Paul Sperry @paulsperry_]

Big Tech Democrat oligarchs now control your Freedom of Speech. Welcome to Beijing, USA

[Kimberly Guilfoyle @kimguilfoyle]

One Of Biden’s First Admin Hires Helped Push Through China Trade Bill That Caused ‘Sharp Drop’ In US Jobs https://t.co/HFFL7Dvdq2 via @dailycaller

[Maura Crawford @ksawbones]

https://t.co/dR5k1yjtuW
Lovin me some @dayglowband @colin_crawforrd

[Slashdot @slashdot]

@lexfridman @ericweinstein @notaxation Best Health Podcasts: The Drive by @PeterAttiaMD and FoundMyFitness by @foundmyfitness

[Kylie Crawford @KylieCrawford2]

I can’t believe I met @dannygonzalez @drewisgooden ! They had me in tears. I still can’t convince my Roomates the Bad Boy TikTok vid guy and the guy that showed us the Icecream Queen Addiction Throne aren’t the same, but I can show them this pic #wearetwodifferentpeopletour

[Maura Crawford @ksawbones]

The wind, rain and pressure couldn’t stop Thiem from decisively ending Djokovic’s 26 grand-slam match winning streak. Thiem signed the lens “play for the Ocean” - but what is written above? #RG19 #RG2019

[Maura Crawford @ksawbones]

@mblackwe44 what area do you live in? Same thing happened to me!