Favorite Rejects 2023-05-30
https://twitter.com/meatspacemaxima/status/1663239621952831488
– Wakanda, the "Monarchist Black Singapore With Lasers... is actually quite right-wing". There are probably tankies in the MCU
https://twitter.com/julie_bush/status/1663244912480120832
– Succession cast mostly non-stars because they knew the writing was so good that they'd end up stars anyway.
https://twitter.com/TheOmniZaddy/status/1663332461118386179
– Central planning via surveys doesn't work, because it done in a world of zero budgetary constraints.
https://twitter.com/_akhaliq/status/1663391673873825792
– New image generator that is able to map specific concepts onto specific regions of the output image, reducing the tendency of the generated images to blend concepts.
https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1663411597350432768
– LLM hallucination rates have fallen 90% from GPT3.5 to GPT4, and new papers show ways we're getting better at detecting hallucinations.
https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1663419587428335623
– Chinese government scientist says that lab leak should still be on the table
https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/1663522841373941760
– Home prices are falling, but only on the west coast.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1663524798239055872
– Recent AI warning letter: "This seems like something that flashes in the credits of a post-apocalyptic movie"
https://twitter.com/the_transit_guy/status/1663566046744428545
– Vancouver 1970s vs now is a huge difference
https://twitter.com/perdricof/status/1663568773180170242
– Degrowth is a classic Mott and Bailey
https://twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1663570697183023106
– The 2020 Democratic Party platform says housing should be “above all, affordable” and also its steady appreciation is “critical to closing the racial wealth gap.”
https://twitter.com/cayimby/status/1663609148100194304
– Attitudes towards housing in Berkeley over the years.
https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1663631080120016896
– Right wing grifter defects to Russia. "Russia: A roach motel for all the worst people"
https://twitter.com/maxdubler/status/1663636022050312192
– The insurance industry "is going to be the tip of the spear that punches through all of the BS of climate denialism once and for all"