Robert E Lassiter

software engineer, trying hard to not post negativity #epicfail “However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing” —George Orwell

[Acyn @Acyn]

CNN doing a side by side of Vance and Obama talking about nuclear inspections

[Robert E Lassiter @robert_lassiter]

SHOKUDO BY WORLD RESOURCE CAFE — Grade C — Florida Food Scores https://t.co/ALdoy0HKFu

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

Godfather of AI: "If you sleep well tonight, you may not have understood this lecture."

This 47-minute lecture is the best thing I saw about AI in the last few months.

It will definitely help you understand how it actually works and where it's going.

Geoffrey Hinton built the neural networks behind every AI alive, then quit Google to warn the world about it.

The part nobody wanted to hear:

> AI is already developing abilities its creators didn't intend
> in most cognitive tasks it's already ahead of us
> the question is no longer if it surpasses us but when
> the only decision left is which side of that line you're on

Right now the average person opens Claude, types something, gets an answer, closes the tab.

They think they're using AI. they're using maybe 10% of it.

I went through his entire lecture, built a practical system from what he was describing.

18 steps to actually use Claude the right way, with copy-paste prompts that work today.

Full guide in the post below.

[Khairallah AL-Awady @eng_khairallah1]

https://t.co/dwUjJHjfxN

[Kyle Keegan @realKyleKeegan]

The price of gas under Biden was 600% lower.

[Robert E Lassiter @robert_lassiter]

Responsible AI vs. Ethical AI: What's the Difference? https://t.co/oI8emIEs3H. Good discussion

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Consciousness, defined as the awareness of our existence and the hidden internal lens through which we view the world, has long been held up as a defining aspect of being human.

But why do we have this power, and are we the only ones who do?

Science writer Michael Pollan joined host @WmBrangham to explore the questions surrounding consciousness and how it relates to the human experience.

Pollan called it a "miraculous fact" that humans have a private, internal space "where we can talk to ourselves" and "where we have complete mental freedom to think about whatever we want." But, he argued, that humans are "polluting" their consciousness through excessive phone-scrolling and social media use. He said humans are not making enough time for daydreaming and mind-wandering.

As the use of chatbots rises, Pollan said he is worried that "things are going to get even more dangerous for consciousness."

“Now they're even more sophisticated algorithms that are creating chatbots that are essentially telling you they're conscious and they're your friends," Pollan said. "This isn't real companionship. These are zero-friction relationships with machines."

Pollan also discussed the idea of “consciousness hygiene” and ways to protect your internal awareness.

“When you're standing in line at the cafe, don't take out your phone, look around, listen to the conversations,” Pollan said. “Or get out in nature or meditate. Meditation is a great way to put a fence around this experience.”

Horizons from PBS News, dives into the science, health, technology and environmental issues making headlines each week. Visit the PBS News website to watch this week's episode.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland’s largest newspaper, has begun to feature a new byline. On some recent articles, a reporter’s name is paired with the words “Advance Local Express Desk.”

It means: This article was drafted by artificial intelligence.
https://t.co/GUTpz2N9zq

[Axios @axios]

NEW: The Pentagon has agreed to OpenAI's rules for deploying its technology safely in classified settings, though no contract has been signed, a source tells Axios.

The department appears to have accepted conditions similar to those put forth by Anthropic. https://t.co/MhNhZ1BJR7

[Zack Shapiro @zackbshapiro]

https://t.co/QVaE6niDY2

[Gillian Hadfield @ghadfield]

NIST just launched an AI Agent Standards Initiative for identity, security, and interoperability. AI agents are becoming economic actors with zero legal infrastructure in place. We require businesses to register to operate. Why expect less of AI agents? https://t.co/pYFg2nGEv5

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

"After watching Anthropic's Enterprise Agents briefing event, we have even greater
conviction that model providers are unlikely to displace software incumbents and
are instead positioning themselves and their agents to be an orchestration layer on
top of existing and incumbent systems" - Deutsche Bank

[Mark Gadala-Maria @markgadala]

This story is actually insane:

• dude drops $2000 on a DJI robot vacuum like a lunatic
• refuses to use the normal app like a peasant
• Sammy Azdoufal fires up Claude to crack the API so he can drive it with an xbox controller
• Claude delivers the goods
• pulls an auth token from their servers, connects successfully
• except the system thinks he controls 7000 vacuums
• checks again
• yep, seven thousand
• DJI built authentication with zero device ownership verification
• any valid token works for any unit on the planet
• Sammy now has eyes inside homes across 24 countries
• live vacuum camera feeds everywhere
• full floor plans from the mapping data
• some guy in germany eating cereal at 3am, unaware his roomba is snitching
• one API call away from being the most informed burglar in history
• all he wanted was to steer his vacuum with a joystick
• does the right thing and reports it
• DJI fixes it in two days
• back to normal life with his stupidly expensive floor cleaner
• IoT companies stay undefeated at shipping garbage security

[Anthropic @AnthropicAI]

We’ve identified industrial-scale distillation attacks on our models by DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax.

These labs created over 24,000 fraudulent accounts and generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude, extracting its capabilities to train and improve their own models.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The AI-generated headshot market is booming as professionals seek new portraits to help in their career progression. CBS News’ Evyn Moon talked to both experts and photographers on what this could mean for anyone looking to take a new headshot.

[The Hacker News @TheHackersNews]

Microsoft says a Copilot bug (CW1226324) let Microsoft 365 Copilot summarize confidential emails, bypassing DLP policies.

Since Jan 21, 2026, emails in Sent Items and Drafts with sensitivity labels were processed in Copilot Chat without permission.

Microsoft fixed the issue on Feb 3 but hasn’t disclosed impact.

🔗 Details → https://t.co/eK3vDIEbgj