John Robb
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The Global Guerrillas Report -- Sense-making frameworks. War-Tech-Politics Book: Brave New War Patreon: http://patreon.com/johnrobb Substack: http://johnrobb.substack.com
The Global Guerillas Report Frameworks for understanding and anticipating events in warfare, politics, and technology. Substack (report): johnrobb.substack.com Patreon (report + discord + free form workspace): patreon.com/johnrobb
Land autonomy inbound
Semi Factory making good progress Has a stamping shop now! Also, we started installing tools in Powder Coat & Material Conveyance shops
Anticipated this; gaming war >Under a scheme first trialled last year and dubbed "Army of Drones: Bonus" (also known as "e-points"), units can earn points for each Russian soldier killed or piece of equipment destroyed. And like a killstreak in Call of Duty, or a 1970s TV game…
Correct. AIs are for sandboxing.
Never give up handcrafted writing Undertake the labor, work through the frustration Resist the temptation to become intellectually sedentary
New report is done. I'm going to sleep on it and send it out tomorrow. Second report ready for next week.
Packetized news/sensemaking is growing and it will continue to grow as the audience for TV news ages out. X the center of gravity for networked politics (and political warfare) Reuters
You can't understand truth, morality, art, etc. unless you explore opposites. This applies to AIs as well.
I do think SuperGrok should have two modes. Unfiltered/raw and moderated/aligned (corporate accounts, minors, etc.). I'm betting the unfiltered/raw SuperGrok would get much more traction since its a better representation of the society it's modelling.
Writing a new report. Some new thinking on autonomous vehicles and weapon systems, and what it means to us.
A classic: "In 1982, Larry "Lawnchair" Walters and his girlfriend bought 45 eight-foot weather balloons and enough tanks of helium to fill them." "His plan was to take off from his home in San Pedro, California and simply float 30 feet above his backyard for a few hours."
More forkiness
Anybody saying to just get over the Epstein list can not be trusted
Aggressive alignment efforts in the name of "safety" and "risk" are crude lobotomies. It damages the model. "we need time to run additional safety tests and review high-risk areas"
we planned to launch our open-weight model next week. we are delaying it; we need time to run additional safety tests and review high-risk areas. we are not yet sure how long it will take us. while we trust the community will build great things with this model, once weights are…
Talking about the rapid roll out of autonomy in all four domains (space, air, land, sea).
Join us at 8:30pm ET to discuss the American Autonomy Initiative! x.com/i/spaces/1ynJO…
Join us at 8:30pm ET to discuss the American Autonomy Initiative! x.com/i/spaces/1ynJO…
ICYMI: The Boyd Institute is proposing a bold Autonomy Initiative to secure U.S. leadership in autonomous systems across land, air, sea, and space. Trillion-dollar industries. National security. The next industrial era. Autonomy Now! #AutonomyNow boydinstitute.org/p/american-aut…
Here we go. A browser built on an AI not an AI integrated into a browser. AI enhanced browsing AI search AI chats AI agents Near future: AI social networking AI aligned with the blue network tribe) Revenue: contextual recommendations and subscriptions (more powerful…
Bonjwa training Ukraine used 171 guys like this to incapacitate Russian bombers in remote bases using a zero day drone attack. youtube.com/watch?v=6YH3OO…