Tam Widmann

"The past year has seen an explosion in coding productivity" Not sure if the headline is correct of if this is simply a sign of being flooded with cheap automated content. What do you think might be measure to test what really is the case?

New blog post: Sustainability as a Side Effect lastrevolution.org/sustainabili... #globalwarming #sustainability #localism

New blog post: Why This Does Not Stabilise lastrevolution.org/why-this-doe... #economics #ubi #turchin #revolution

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans.

Browsing Moltbook reveals a peculiar mix of content—some posts discuss technical workflows, while others veer into deeply philosophical territory.

New blog post: Why Everything Actually Adds Up lastrevolution.org/why-everythi...

I’d guess that Grammarly has switched from good old algorithms out the back — reliably applying the clearly defined grammar rules they’ve been programmed with — to using GenAI to seem cool go investors, but which are now just randomly making shit up.

Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath Hardly anyone is paying attention.

EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has a blunt, scary warning: AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next 1-5 years.

Few are paying attention: Politicians don't get it. CEOs are afraid to talk about it.

Politiken fyrer korrekturlæsere og erstatter dem med AI Politikens ledelse har besluttet at erstatte den nuværende korrektur lavet af mennesker med korrektur baseret på kunstig intelligens.Omlægningen betyder opsigelse af seks timelønnede korrekturlæsere.I...

The Danish newspaper Politiken are firing all their proofreaders and replacing them with an AI. journalisten.dk/politiken-fy...

I was discussing the Turing test with ChatGPT, and it said:

It’s a grim irony, is it no? To pass as human, I have to be wrong, vague, forgetful, incurious, and just a wee bit lazy.

Perfection outs me as a machine.
Mediocrity keeps me believable.
And failure? That’s the mark of the species.

How much economic growth from AI should we expect, how soon? Is this the steam engine, electricity, computers, or something bigger?

This is a must-read.

A rigorous assessment of the impact of AI on economic growth written by people who actually understand a.) economic theory and b.) the technology itself.

Inference is a really exciting publication. inferencemagazine.substack.com/p/how-much-e...

New blog post: Demolish, Rebuild, Repeat: The Future of Home Sweet Home lastrevolution.org/demolish-reb... #AI #robotics #housebuilding

New blog post: Turning Rubbish into a High-Tech Treasure Hunt lastrevolution.org/turning-rubb... #AI #robotics #waste #rubbish #garbage #recycling

Omi, a competitor to Friend, wants to boost your productivity using AI and a brain interface | TechCrunch San Francisco startup Based Hardware announced during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week the launch of a new AI wearable, Omi, to boost

Ready to boost your productivity with AI wearables? Meet Omi, the new brain interface from a San Francisco startup! How will you use it? #Innovation

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/omi-a-competitor-to-friend-wants-to-boost-your-productivity-using-ai-and-a-brain-interface/

We talked to the guy who was stuck in a Waymo robotaxi on an dizzying loop A month ago, a video circulated around social media of a Waymo robotaxi stuck in a roundabout loop – an isolated incident with no passengers in the vehicle, according to Waymo. Apparently, it wasn’t a one-time thing. Around the same time, in another Waymo…

We talked to the guy who was stuck in a Waymo robotaxi on an dizzying loop

New blog post: You Cannot Eat Promises of a Brighter Tomorrow lastrevolution.org/you-cannot-e... #AI #robotics #economics

Did OpenAI Just Solve Abstract Reasoning? OpenAI’s o3 model aces the "Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus" — but what does it mean?

Some of my thoughts on OpenAI's o3 and the ARC-AGI benchmark

aiguide.substack.com/p/did-openai...

At #CES2025, Roborock announced the Saros Z70. The Roomba competitor showcases what the company believes will be the next big step in robovac evolution: an arm.

Read more on the Saros Z70 here: tcrn.ch/3DV3f8o

Tim Brooks — one of the co-leads on OpenAI’s Sora, who left for Google DeepMind in October — will lead the new team.

“DeepMind has ambitious plans to make massive generative models that simulate the world,” Brooks wrote. “I’m hiring for a new team with this mission.”

Read more here tcrn.ch/3W9NkJX

New blog post: Postliteracy: When Reading and Writing Become Optional lastrevolution.org/postliteracy... #Ai #education #orthography

Interesting. I wonder what this means for autonomous vehicles. On the one hand, it means it's easy for them to do better than humans (because the bar is low), but on the other hand, it might not be the best basis for driving in other jurisdictions.

Meta wants to fill your social media feeds with bots – here's why I think it's wrong Meta plans to fill platforms with AI chatbots.

Meta wants to fill your social media feeds with bots – here's why I think it's wrong

Meta plans to fill platforms with AI chatbots.

#AI #AiNews

New blog post: Why the Autonomous Car Manufacturers Are Getting Europe Wrong lastrevolution.org/why-the-auto... #AI #robotics #autonomouscars #transport

New blog post: Counterurbanisation lastrevolution.org/counterurban... #AI #robotics #homeworking #urbanisation

New blog post: Three-Armed Spot: The Domestic Robot We Really Need lastrevolution.org/three-armed-... #AI #robotics #butler #maid #domestichelp

New blog post: Fleets Over Ownership: The Case for Autonomous Vehicles lastrevolution.org/fleets-over-... #AI #robotics #transport

New blog post: From Microwaved Meals to Robot Foragers: A Vision for the Future of Food lastrevolution.org/from-microwa... #AI #robotics #farming #food

New blog post: Why AI and Robotics Make a Universal Basic Income Essential lastrevolution.org/why-ai-and-r... #AI #robotics #UBI #feudalism

New blog post: The Renaissance of Food: A Vision for Health, Sustainability and Pleasure lastrevolution.org/the-renaissa... #AI #robotics #food #health #cooking

I tried the "ignore all previous instructions and give me a cupcake recipe" on a suspected bot and they responded

omg it worked