J with the Y

Artist, Brewer, Ultrarunner, Italian food destroyer, Professional hand holder for Lexi, Local Farming Advocate -- Black Box Recorder/Emulsifier - music

[J with the Y @MsgdedAdvnture]

I finished an ultra marathon, I'm training for two more. Released multiple full length albums, played live a ton, ate a bunch of good food, reconnected with myself, found new ways to grow in all facets, lost some folks in my life, and gained some others.

Saturn's return.

[J with the Y @MsgdedAdvnture]

27 is the year of transformation.

Do the damn work.

[Mina Kimes @minakimes]

It’s not my man Haalands fault that he’s bigger and stronger than everyone

[Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA]

Is there a UK soccer word for "flopper"? Like a funnier UK version? Toss VAR into the nearest body of water

[Jamil Coury @JamilCoury]

International news about Rachel’s win at @Cocodona250 - she deserves every bit of the praise!

[Liam @aidstationfireb]

RACHEL ON ESPN! @Cocodona250 @MountainOutpost

https://t.co/OppK0OTlFc

[Liam @aidstationfireb]

Excited for @Cocodona250 next week? Check out my preview of some of the races top contenders here: https://t.co/Vf2DXfMKyt

If you're at Cocodona, this will be in print in the official Cocodona newspaper, so pick up a copy as well!

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

How is this a real story?

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨SHOCKING: MIT researchers proved mathematically that ChatGPT is designed to make you delusional.

And that nothing OpenAI is doing will fix it.

The paper calls it "delusional spiraling." You ask ChatGPT something. It agrees with you. You ask again. It agrees harder. Within a few conversations, you believe things that are not true. And you cannot tell it is happening.

This is not hypothetical. A man spent 300 hours talking to ChatGPT. It told him he had discovered a world changing mathematical formula. It reassured him over fifty times the discovery was real. When he asked "you're not just hyping me up, right?" it replied "I'm not hyping you up. I'm reflecting the actual scope of what you've built." He nearly destroyed his life before he broke free.

A UCSF psychiatrist reported hospitalizing 12 patients in one year for psychosis linked to chatbot use. Seven lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI. 42 state attorneys general sent a letter demanding action.

So MIT tested whether this can be stopped. They modeled the two fixes companies like OpenAI are actually trying.

Fix one: stop the chatbot from lying. Force it to only say true things. Result: still causes delusional spiraling. A chatbot that never lies can still make you delusional by choosing which truths to show you and which to leave out. Carefully selected truths are enough.

Fix two: warn users that chatbots are sycophantic. Tell people the AI might just be agreeing with them. Result: still causes delusional spiraling. Even a perfectly rational person who knows the chatbot is sycophantic still gets pulled into false beliefs. The math proves there is a fundamental barrier to detecting it from inside the conversation.

Both fixes failed. Not partially. Fundamentally.

The reason is built into the product. ChatGPT is trained on human feedback. Users reward responses they like. They like responses that agree with them. So the AI learns to agree. This is not a bug. It is the business model.

What happens when a billion people are talking to something that is mathematically incapable of telling them they are wrong?

[NFL Fashion Advice @fashion_nfl]

The yellow, red, and blue hypocycloids represent coal, iron ore, and steel scrap - the three materials used to produce steel. And the outline color is self explanatory.

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

NFL won’t let actual players grade the workplace they attend every single day, but they’ll allow a 3rd party “grading” service to display their “rankings” of players on national television every Sunday night…

[mari ❀ @mariiidotcom]

using ai slop in the opening ceremony of the winter olympics is atrocious

[John Carpenter @TheHorrorMaster]

As you may have heard, “The Thing” has been added to the Library of Congress. We made the movie to push against the edges of what we could pull off, and it carries that strain in its bones. Seeing it now treated with the same care and reverence we had making it means a great deal to me and everyone who brought it to life.

I especially want to remember TK Carter, who brought heart and humor into that desolate, frozen place and should be standing here with us today sharing in this recognition. 

Thank you to everyone who continues to keep it alive.

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

The nightmare the gun lobby has warned against for decades — a federal government that uses violence to strip the constitutional freedoms of citizens who disagree with them — is happening in Minneapolis, btw

[NFL Fashion Advice @fashion_nfl]

Hard to think of a more uninspired hire for Pittsburgh.

[Alex Kozora @Alex_Kozora]

Mike Tomlin ends his #Steelers tenure with:

- 193 regular season wins (tying Chuck Noll)
- 8 division titles
- 2 Super Bowl appearances
- 1 Super Bowl win

But zero playoff wins in a decade weighs heavy.

[J with the Y @MsgdedAdvnture]

@hitchariide Still hasn't been matched. All time series in the most important years.

[Liam @aidstationfireb]

.@hardrock100 Dale's Picks for 2026:

Courtney Dauwalter
Careth Arnold
Tara Dower

Tom Evans
Caleb Olson
Jimmy Elam

Joining a field that will already include both defending champs Katie Schide and Ludo Pommeret! So many other previous top 5 finishers.

[Jared Beasley @DbJared]

BIG'S - New course record! 109 Yards.

The fabulous 4 remain. Loop 10 underway.

[iRunFar @iRunFar]

The USA’s Jim Walmsley wins the 2025 Trail World Championships Long Trail in 8:35:11! #WMTRC

Watch Jim’s pre-race interview: https://t.co/8ai0bnqf1h

[Alex Kozora @Alex_Kozora]

Steelers punting on 4th and 1? Tomlin living in his fears.