Max Spero
@max_spero_
chief slop janitor @pangramlabs
What is @pangramlabs and how is it different than other AI detection tools out there? And how do we convince a skeptic of this? Our false positive rate is roughly 1 in 10,000. How do we assess this number how can an academic trust our numbers? 1/
Getting lots of replies pushing Pangram Labs here. They claim very low false positive rates on their website. I remain doubtful without independent assessment of false positives (this study was not meant to do that), & concerned that these detectors are used adversarially.
Awful lot of AI-generated content in this "breakthrough paper"
This is easily the biggest breakthrough / AI news of the year so far This paper, this tech, this AI makes my previous prediction that we’d reach Star Trek level science and technology during the 2030s look conservative. If this is the kind of breakthrough we’re already seeing…
Advertising is a miracle business model that makes expensive things free. Ads have funded: - centuries of journalism - decades of radio - a predominantly free internet - google search, google maps, gmail
advertising is a far more “aligned”business model than many others. it has been vilified for years for no good reason user-minutes-maxxing addiction slop would exist with or without it. Netflix ceo (with subscription pricing only) on record saying “we’re competing with sleep”
The modern day captcha will be asking the user to write without sounding like AI
We really need a lot more R&D on how to build the internet for the AI age. A lot of the web is currently glued together by CAPTCHAs and AIs not being good enough to bypass them and do stuff across the internet But this glue is not going to last for long. Soon it will be too…
Excellent note on internet etiquette and how it has changed with AI
I am an AI optimist, but sometimes I feel like I am at war with AI. Or maybe with other people. Ugh, listen, you just need to imagine you are a scrambler. distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude…
Incredible new feature from Perplexity. They just reinvented spam bots.
Comet can use LinkedIn for you and do all your work there
three back-to-back coffee chats in a row and i am absolutely WIRED
I don't know how to explain it, but I feel like these invisible signals are what Pangram's AI detector picks up on
New paper & surprising result. LLMs transmit traits to other models via hidden signals in data. Datasets consisting only of 3-digit numbers can transmit a love for owls, or evil tendencies. 🧵
Last week a respected VC posted a dangerous global conspiracy he found with ChatGPT It was entirely a hallucination, and the latest example of “ChatGPT‑induced psychosis” When I wrote this script, this problem was hypothetical. Now, it’s here. Here’s my new film: hallucinations
i wake up. something’s wrong with the clock on the wall. the numbers are jumbled. my hands aren’t right. i tell my wife. she responds: “that’s not just an observation—it’s a powerful insight.” i scream.
This is excellent advice. Something I had to learn for the first time after starting a startup. Other pieces of advice I would add: - Send the blurb in a separate email so it can be easily forwarded by the intro-maker. - I strongly recommend personalizing the blurb for each…
How to write a forwardable intro blurb: --- Write the blurb as you, not as me. I do not want to adopt your style or claims as my own. I'll add my own commentary when I forward your message. Omg please put the best stuff about you and your startup in there. Do not be shy. The…
Honestly like no hate to this kid but let's consider why adding an AI button to Hinge messages could be a bad thing
why do i need to talk to real women if i can have AI do it for me???
This is not a good thing, btw
LinkedIn is now processing 11,000 job application submissions per minute—a 45% surge from last year, per NYT