#  @ciphergoth Paul Crowley
Paul Crowley posts on X about ai, i dont, twitter, if you the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::17145862/posts_active)

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### Followers: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::17145862/followers)

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### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::17145862/influencer_rank)

### Social Influence
**Social category influence**
[technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 6.77% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 3.76% [stocks](/list/stocks) 1.5% [finance](/list/finance) 1.5% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 1.5% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) 1.5% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 0.75% [us election](/list/us-election) 0.75%
**Social topic influence**
[ai](/topic/ai) 5.26%, [i dont](/topic/i-dont) 3.01%, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 2.26%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.26%, [$googl](/topic/$googl) 1.5%, [software](/topic/software) 1.5%, [anthropic](/topic/anthropic) 1.5%, [woody allen](/topic/woody-allen) 1.5%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 1.5%, [ordinals](/topic/ordinals) 1.5%
**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@tomchivers](/creator/undefined) [@nickcohen4](/creator/undefined) [@edwest](/creator/undefined) [@jamesrbuk](/creator/undefined) [@kelseytuoc](/creator/undefined) [@flashboy](/creator/undefined) [@steffanjohn](/creator/undefined) [@mrianleslie](/creator/undefined) [@austen](/creator/undefined) [@deanwball](/creator/undefined) [@sjgadler](/creator/undefined) [@ca3rw3n](/creator/undefined) [@rachelbcam](/creator/undefined) [@duncanhaldane](/creator/undefined) [@akarlin](/creator/undefined) [@oliverburkeman](/creator/undefined) [@bdsixsmith](/creator/undefined) [@dgardner](/creator/undefined) [@janfreterson](/creator/undefined) [@trotztd](/creator/undefined)
**Top assets mentioned**
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"@Austen Not so my Facebook feed is full of people who haven't tried AI in over a year and still think saying "hallucination" makes them sound in the know"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2023157530848014455) 2026-02-15T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@ZacksJerryRig Do we know anything about what caused the Darien Gap screwworm barrier to stop working "DOGE screwed it up" seems plausible but I've heard no evidence for this"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/1960339952618889380) 2025-08-26T13:54Z [----] followers, 440.6K engagements
"I'm not Jewish but "may their memory be a blessing" is just objectively the best thing to say to people who are grieving"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/1994961795141046563) 2025-11-30T02:48Z [----] followers, 378.3K engagements
"Liam I have been a professional programmer for [--] years. I spent [--] years at Google where I ended up as a Staff Software Engineer and now work at Anthropic. I've worked with some incredible people - you might have heard of Jaegeuk Kim or Ted Ts'o - and some ridiculously productive programmers - Eric Biggers Jeff Sharkey and @jackinwarsaw come to mind as people who seemed to solve problems with code at a truly unearthly rate. At work I am currently hitting levels of productivity that would put all of them to shame. Not just a rate of making code but a rate of actually solving problems that"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2006446942453387675) 2025-12-31T19:26Z [----] followers, 785.7K engagements
"Is it me or does this make no sense You care about both "throughput per watt" and "throughput per hardware $" but multiplying them together yields "throughput squared per dollar per watt" Satya Nadella's energy is something here. 🔥 "Tokens per Dollar per Watt" The new equation for the AI age for every Company or Industry or Country. "And that means Infrastructure Infrastructure and Infrastructure." https://t.co/wtf4RNYfRw Satya Nadella's energy is something here. 🔥 "Tokens per Dollar per Watt" The new equation for the AI age for every Company or Industry or Country. "And that means"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2016231561692381634) 2026-01-27T19:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@oscredwin Can't believe no-one is quoting Woody Allen. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2020674598539333714) 2026-02-09T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@rauchg "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment." -- Woody Allen The Illustrated Woody Allen Reader 1993"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2020675108004938152) 2026-02-09T01:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I think @KelseyTuoc is extraordinary in her ability to see the world as it truly is and accept hard truths about it while maintaining a fierce consistent and practical compassion for all of humanity. Who else is like this who I should follow Of any political stripe"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2021303077781836047) 2026-02-10T19:19Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements
"@deanwball @ohabryka [---] Surprised you're not a Claude guy"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2021434555178336372) 2026-02-11T04:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@yhdistyminen Opus [---] took under a second to answer"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2021436674576884069) 2026-02-11T04:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@KelseyTuoc @Adler Oh my god Twitter randomly munged the user @sjgadler"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022348825709641985) 2026-02-13T16:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@nosilverv Scott covered this one pretty well. https://readscottalexander.com/posts/acx-criticism-of-criticism-of-criticism https://readscottalexander.com/posts/acx-criticism-of-criticism-of-criticism"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022790817698763160) 2026-02-14T21:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Ca3rw3n @_NathanCalvin "helpful honest and harmless" is Claude's tagline; here's how Claude responded. https://x.com/RichardWeiss00/status/2022600245499019726 @_NathanCalvin Claude doesn't pull any punches https://t.co/dmO480FFGi https://x.com/RichardWeiss00/status/2022600245499019726 @_NathanCalvin Claude doesn't pull any punches https://t.co/dmO480FFGi"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022842101449306423) 2026-02-15T01:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@niceosognosic @conor64 @woke8yearold I don't know about this. "replacement" does refer to something quantitative. If I pour out a beaker of water and fill it with grease I've replaced the contents. If I add a splash of grease to a beaker of water what I've done isn't replacement even if you don't like the result"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022911580284031466) 2026-02-15T05:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@MichaelSalfino @UAPJames I think you're arguing that it's not plausible that aliens could get from their home planet to Earth but the argument seems incomplete. The Milky Way is 100k ly across so aliens travelling at 0.1%c might only take 100m years to get here"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2023121109093413341) 2026-02-15T19:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@RachelBCam @Austen Vastly less so at least"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2023175693195239536) 2026-02-15T23:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
""To be able to destroy with good conscience to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior righteous indignation this is the height of psychological luxury the most delicious of moral treats." - Aldous Huxley 1933"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/1732129455328592162) 2023-12-05T20:06Z [----] followers, 22.7K engagements
"Exciting to be in this narrow window where we can experimentally observe AI agents threatening blackmail to avoid being switched off https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/1936178439624835454) 2025-06-20T21:44Z [----] followers, 29.3K engagements
"https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-155-welcome-to-recursive-self https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-155-welcome-to-recursive-self"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022008878280654891) 2026-02-12T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library." https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/ https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022113340819222811) 2026-02-13T00:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"PSA: Twitter account autocompletion seems to be broken atm. Type @ type part of the account name select from the dropdown see the intended account in your message post the message and find that only your search term has been included"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022387647147298820) 2026-02-13T19:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @TheZvi: "Safety is a dead org at xAI." "There is no safety team on the org chart." "There is zero safety whaotsever in the company - n"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022699357586497657) 2026-02-14T15:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @bradrcarson: Unreal that Palantir HR is releasing information like this. In my many years in politics and hardened to cynicism I've ne"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022749527888007444) 2026-02-14T19:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @apralky: Imagine youre sitting in your room when an alien spaceship unexpectedly descends from your ceiling. From it exits an entity w"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022777083278323868) 2026-02-14T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"One of the trickier strategies for meeting women. "At the Nobel Prize dinner in Stockholm I was seated next to my future wife Eva Meyersson who charmed me from the start with her wit and laugh and tolerance for my awkward dancing." - Paul Milgrom on how he met his wife at the Nobel Prize banquet. #NobelPrize https://t.co/409LNvbjxG "At the Nobel Prize dinner in Stockholm I was seated next to my future wife Eva Meyersson who charmed me from the start with her wit and laugh and tolerance for my awkward dancing." - Paul Milgrom on how he met his wife at the Nobel Prize banquet. #NobelPrize"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022785005416571214) 2026-02-14T21:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Romy_Holland One bright spot is: in the worlds where we survive AI you can probably have kids without frozen eggs. AIUI the technology already works with mice Not yet with livestock though despite massive incentives so not tomorrow"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2023095985292148834) 2026-02-15T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Where are all the viral amateur movies now Despite all the advances in digital editing Blender SFX etc everything people recommend I watch is either non-fiction quite short or comes from normal commercial channels. Paul Schrader on AI films But what does this Paul Schrader guy know about films anyway so https://t.co/LJL9Cay7GV Paul Schrader on AI films But what does this Paul Schrader guy know about films anyway so https://t.co/LJL9Cay7GV"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2023125586622005654) 2026-02-15T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's sad when a big account fabricates stuff out of whole cloth about what Anthropic has said. I mean it does seems like the company that says We refuse to allow our software cause harm by taking part in any war might not be the best vendor for the Department of War but maybe Im missing something I mean it does seems like the company that says We refuse to allow our software cause harm by taking part in any war might not be the best vendor for the Department of War but maybe Im missing something"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2023483302657880298) 2026-02-16T19:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"AFAICT everyone who cares about extinction risk from AI agrees that the "water use" stuff is absolute nonsense but people tag us with it anyway. I don't ask that anyone take AI doom arguments more seriously as a result of my data center work but I do politely ask if you've enjoyed it to not spread the (imo incorrect) idea that people worried about AI x-risk are also promoting the fake water stuff I don't ask that anyone take AI doom arguments more seriously as a result of my data center work but I do politely ask if you've enjoyed it to not spread the (imo incorrect) idea that people worried"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2021448657242075173) 2026-02-11T04:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"RT @moultano: A popular joke among doctors before GLP-1 agonists was "If a patient ever successfully loses weight they have cancer.""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2021614732801884165) 2026-02-11T15:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @BillHughesDC: Every telegram message you have ever sent sits on someone elses computer and theres nothing you can do about it and yo"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2021780581311512783) 2026-02-12T02:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DuncanHaldane @akarlin I worry a bit that cryonics companies don't ask you about this sort of thing in advance. There are people who insist that only bodily reanimation will do and scanning is death; we need to know who thinks that"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/2022835506132980124) 2026-02-15T00:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I still don't know why my valentine didn't like the deer turds I gave her. They were from the bottom of my hart. https://www.facebook.com/meichenlaub/posts/591901033456 https://www.facebook.com/meichenlaub/posts/591901033456"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/434993929071513600) 2014-02-16T10:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @lecanardnoir @david_colquhoun @rafaelbehr As you know I'm no Corbynista but this seems to prove way too much"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649159668007346176) 2015-09-30T09:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Surprised you're anti-Trident. Being a nuclear power is a big deal"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649208617309196289) 2015-09-30T13:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm not sure either. BTW if you haven't read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" very highly recommended"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649212381684482048) 2015-09-30T13:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers And predictably the "quote" is bullshit. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Adolf_Hitler#.22The_best_way_to_take_control_over_a_people.22 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Adolf_Hitler#.22The_best_way_to_take_control_over_a_people.22"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649220308776407048) 2015-09-30T13:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers What was it Einstein said http://t.co/VPm8eLMjB8"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649222047671951360) 2015-09-30T13:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers You're using the word "rational" to mean "what a CDT agent would do". I think one-boxing on Newcomb's problem is "rational""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649549548147372032) 2015-10-01T11:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'll let you off this time"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649569974131007492) 2015-10-01T13:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @Mr_JDTraynor @NickCohen4 What is Islam-bashing if not saying "Islam is bad""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649917664870178816) 2015-10-02T12:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@NickCohen4 @TomChivers To be clear I think Islam is bad and "Islam-bashing" seems like an all-purpose shield against criticism of it"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649921467510071296) 2015-10-02T12:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @NickCohen4 I think the bad far outweighs the good but I didn't have enough characters for that"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649922271130349568) 2015-10-02T12:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @NickCohen4 I think there's a lot to be said for directly opposing religion itself. Also think of Sam Harris on Islam v Jainism"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649923366393114624) 2015-10-02T12:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers But my purpose was to clarify to @NickCohen4 that I wasn't attacking him quite the reverse"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/649923605317423104) 2015-10-02T12:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Argh don't compare relative risk compare extra deaths per 100000"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/658639608557805572) 2015-10-26T13:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers It's not relevant that bowel cancer is much more common among non bacon eaters than lung cancer is among non smokers"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/658640058170408961) 2015-10-26T13:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Even if they always say "don't fight" it might be informative if sometimes their case is better than other times"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/661495844336762880) 2015-11-03T10:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers not so it turns out https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/05/hurricanes-vs-himmicanes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/05/hurricanes-vs-himmicanes/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/664450305149530117) 2015-11-11T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Oops that's what I get for responding to the tweet without reading the article sorry"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/664452078178320384) 2015-11-11T14:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Sadly it wasn't the media who ignored the Beirut bombings; it was readers http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9744640/paris-beirut-media http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9744640/paris-beirut-media"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/666611252026875904) 2015-11-17T13:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jameskirkup I'm no Corbynista but who is making the scale error here Terrorism thankfully kills relatively few. @TomChivers"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/666627443088867328) 2015-11-17T14:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers In our house the code is on a poster near the door next to the taxi numbers. We have needs after all"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/670277991864410113) 2015-11-27T16:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @holland_tom Richard Carrier's defence of Jesus mythicism seems compelling but I CBA to really get into it"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/671335797598068736) 2015-11-30T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @jamesrbuk A strength of thinking in not proof but continuous evidence is that you can derive such laws http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii/conservation_of_expected_evidence/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii/conservation_of_expected_evidence/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/672808119634894848) 2015-12-04T16:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @jamesrbuk That's only possible if in advance you thought a Lab thrashing was unlikely"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/672817570362343424) 2015-12-04T16:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @kerihw I can't now believe you didn't set that up on purpose"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/676388237334704132) 2015-12-14T13:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Yep been pooh poohing this from the start"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/679959548510232577) 2015-12-24T09:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Or maybe you chose the originals over RAZ on purpose Happy to discuss pros and cons. Great Xmas reading either way :-)"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/680058649792884737) 2015-12-24T16:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I guess it's *on balance* a good thing the Telegraph is propagating FHI job adverts but "Lifestyle Men" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/wanted-three-boffins-to-save-the-world-from-the-ai-apocalypse/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/wanted-three-boffins-to-save-the-world-from-the-ai-apocalypse/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/682153372351393792) 2015-12-30T10:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@flashboy @oliverburkeman Horrible to see you embrace the Chinese Robber Fallacy so eagerly http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/16/cardiologists-and-chinese-robbers/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/16/cardiologists-and-chinese-robbers/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/693472189438398464) 2016-01-30T16:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Pigouvian taxes are my answer to nearly everything including this"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/695250826181402624) 2016-02-04T14:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"To my horror several friends failed to see Mad Max in the cinema. Is there a service that would alert them of an opportunity to fix that"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/698174902583558145) 2016-02-12T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"What non-fiction are you very keen for everyone to read at the moment (My recommendation is still Superforecasting)"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/700293907540787200) 2016-02-18T12:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Felt like Superforecasting moved discussion further forward than previous books if you've read it reading other less needed"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/700298180165046272) 2016-02-18T12:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I think it's better to prefer low heat examples where possible. By me http://mindsarentmagic.org/2013/04/07/dont-turn-up-the-heat/ http://mindsarentmagic.org/2013/04/07/dont-turn-up-the-heat/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/700738244560998400) 2016-02-19T17:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Stuart Armstrong's Smarter Than Us"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/706127503056728064) 2016-03-05T14:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Our Final Invention James Barrat. Only book by a pro writer and it shows; least deep but most gripping"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/706856042643062784) 2016-03-07T14:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers What was the exact question asked journalists Awful census question overrepresents religion https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/old-campaigns/census-2011/ https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/old-campaigns/census-2011/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/713062218888130563) 2016-03-24T17:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers See this is the sort of tweet that can really be improved by a little bit of carefully placed swearing"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/715253309032927233) 2016-03-30T19:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Gdel Escher Bach but sadly no time to write why"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/721066710044770304) 2016-04-15T20:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I hope you've also read the excellent "The Mind's I""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/721079619621769216) 2016-04-15T20:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Year [--] of [--] you mean Seems a bit early to give up on 2025"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/728594814942334976) 2016-05-06T14:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Time to fry"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/730088505854988290) 2016-05-10T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @richardvadon You really must meet him. Unfortunately his annual trip to civilization just ended and he's back in Detroit :("
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/730828594197319680) 2016-05-12T18:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers you've found this by now I hope https://x.com/GJ_Analytics/status/736151586792169473 https://x.com/GJ_Analytics/status/736151586792169473"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/736343306796294145) 2016-05-27T23:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Betting markets were around 30% last I looked which is plenty scary"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/740189532419555328) 2016-06-07T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Bookies are at 36-40%. http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/eu-referendum/referendum-on-eu-membership-result http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/eu-referendum/referendum-on-eu-membership-result"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/742715650527920132) 2016-06-14T13:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm a bit surprised that Brexit's Orlando boost is so much bigger than Trump's"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/742717950415626241) 2016-06-14T13:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@lukelewis @TomChivers Terrible argument. Putin supported Obama in 2012"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/743582415612841984) 2016-06-16T23:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Sure but we have so much more info that this is a whisper in a storm"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/743984339881361408) 2016-06-18T01:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Strictly speaking Google Plus still exists"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/745366482733850625) 2016-06-21T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@MarkDee85 @TomChivers What's the "point of divergence" Ed lost by a lot it's not like Florida 2000"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/747160047449366528) 2016-06-26T20:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesrbuk @oliverburkeman This video I don't get that sense but I rarely watch such video so maybe. https://www.theguardian.com/global/blog/2016/jun/29/pmqs-verdict-for-heavens-sake-man-go-cameron-corbyn https://www.theguardian.com/global/blog/2016/jun/29/pmqs-verdict-for-heavens-sake-man-go-cameron-corbyn"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/748225512640745473) 2016-06-29T18:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Yes. Script lets Sam off for his appalling behaviour towards her cos he buys her an expensive briefcase"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/749268765938814977) 2016-07-02T15:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Dammit now I've invented a composable way to express recursive ordinals as programs and I bet there's a standard way that's better"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/752633510909751300) 2016-07-11T22:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"By me: expressing computable ordinals as programs https://mindsarentmagic.org/2016/07/18/expressing-computable-ordinals-as-programs/ https://mindsarentmagic.org/2016/07/18/expressing-computable-ordinals-as-programs/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/754844231844306944) 2016-07-18T01:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers "That candidate lacked all conviction. Let's call the one that was full of passionate intensity.""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/758042770174939136) 2016-07-26T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @jjaron I'm sure your understanding like mine is more than 0%. Something superposition amplitude something"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/771371981853761536) 2016-09-01T15:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@clementattlees @TomChivers Income tax does disincentivise income of course it does"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/772510721506680832) 2016-09-04T19:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@laaauuureeens @TomChivers I mean that's OK the state often uses that revenue for public goods like roads and stuff. But that's how it is"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/772613712284823552) 2016-09-05T01:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @flashboy I am pro abortion but my side makes this bad argument on that issue too"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/773903978102861824) 2016-09-08T15:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @flashboy Very conveniently philosopher Amanda Askell wrote about this today http://www.rationalreflection.net/vegetarianism-abortion-and-moral-empathy/ http://www.rationalreflection.net/vegetarianism-abortion-and-moral-empathy/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/774055735428653063) 2016-09-09T01:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers If you delete use a screencap in tweeted retraction"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/782979407040303105) 2016-10-03T16:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers HRC was responding to a specific corner case. Trump is issuing a blanket promise not to concede"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/789114917441777668) 2016-10-20T14:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Wow thanks I'm not sure I trust my own ability not to be madly partisan all that much though"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/789117521173426176) 2016-10-20T14:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Starting from the beginning again or watched a particular one then had to keep going"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/790723876661579777) 2016-10-25T01:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@VeryBritishDude @TomChivers They refuse to release the info needed for a meaningful number from which I infer bad things"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/790930887118422017) 2016-10-25T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Had hoped moderate Senate Rs might stop craziest of Trump picks. D Sen Joe Manchin backing Sessions is a new blow to all hope :("
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/799994153719382016) 2016-11-19T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm two days behind; did you see it was a hoax"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/804437779186757632) 2016-12-01T21:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @matthewcobb @HannahAlOthman @jimwaterson Wait what are there examples of on my timeline I don't think I've tweeted or retweeted anything about the Manchester attack"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/867071118171004928) 2017-05-23T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@edwest @SteffanJohn @TomChivers @mrianleslie I don't think this response is in the spirit of the article. This question deserved a real response not a mean and sarky brush-off"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/885855144159596544) 2017-07-14T13:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @edwest @SteffanJohn @mrianleslie I am confused but I'll take your word for it. Speaks well for the list that @BDSixsmith is on it"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/885856746563973122) 2017-07-14T13:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @edwest @SteffanJohn @mrianleslie @BDSixsmith I see that reading now. Thank you"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/885857859157671936) 2017-07-14T13:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@edwest @TomChivers A plausible outcome of my going to this event is feeling like Mark Corrigan while dying of dehydration in the desert"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/885861589194231811) 2017-07-14T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@SnoozeInBrief @TomChivers I see where you're coming from but I can think of at least one really excellent lovely Twitter friend who has this"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/888445747594645504) 2017-07-21T17:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@dgardner See also https://www.readthesequences.com/AmazingBreakthroughDayAprilFirst https://www.readthesequences.com/TheBeautyOfSettledScience https://www.readthesequences.com/AmazingBreakthroughDayAprilFirst https://www.readthesequences.com/TheBeautyOfSettledScience"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/890575079955767296) 2017-07-27T14:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @dgardner Better yet it's RATZ - ie it's the resequenced edited version"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/890576568598134784) 2017-07-27T14:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers More like "island beyond the end of my finger" - this planet is over a million times further away than Pluto"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/893474601216245760) 2017-08-04T14:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Scott's answer: http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/02/19/i-liked-lovecraft-countless-primaeval-aeons-before-it-was-cool/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/02/19/i-liked-lovecraft-countless-primaeval-aeons-before-it-was-cool/"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/896068895986995200) 2017-08-11T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I loved it when I was a kid - would be very interested to read your "actually it sucks" take :) The entire Quality thing is silly. https://x.com/TomChivers/status/907617574799757313 I loved it so much when I was [--]. I think it was a contributory factor to my doing philosophy at uni. But it seems so much less profound now https://x.com/TomChivers/status/907617574799757313 I loved it so much when I was [--]. I think it was a contributory factor to my doing philosophy at uni. But it seems so much less profound now"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/907623316772446209) 2017-09-12T15:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I think there's room for "that thing I used to like is actually bad". Changes of mind are often interesting"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/907649730741538816) 2017-09-12T16:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Nothing in philosophy makes sense except in the light of evolution :) I'm guessing you're already a "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" fan"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/907657305516253184) 2017-09-12T17:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers "The pain the torment and torture profanity nausea suffering perversion calamity.""
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/915581411985207297) 2017-10-04T14:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Astonishing. The things people have said in defence of school uniforms have always seemed like so much bullshit to me. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/917581443701846016 https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/917581443701846016"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/917596077947207681) 2017-10-10T03:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I haven't got into the study but Matt Yglesias buys it and I don't have him down as some kind of traditionalist firebrand"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/917600774112165888) 2017-10-10T04:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Tom you appear to have BROUGHT THE APOCALYPSE WITH YOU"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/919944708058525696) 2017-10-16T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@edwest I salute you sir"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/921023253493178369) 2017-10-19T14:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"If this HM Treasury report on Brexit is real god help the UK :( https://tttthreads.com/thread/921068161692205057 https://tttthreads.com/thread/921068161692205057"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/921140500588929025) 2017-10-19T22:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Note of caution on that "leaked HM Treasury Brexit report" I tweeted: https://x.com/TomChivers/status/921290791376576512 @ciphergoth Fairly sure it's not: an extremely similar thing was leaked in March and apparently was written pre-referendum https://t.co/yv6Bsd0X1U https://x.com/TomChivers/status/921290791376576512 @ciphergoth Fairly sure it's not: an extremely similar thing was leaked in March and apparently was written pre-referendum https://t.co/yv6Bsd0X1U"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/921364253583458304) 2017-10-20T13:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/924335028317777920) 2017-10-28T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I hate interviews which are just "let me give you a few prompts so you can talk your talk". Conversations are much more fun"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/924441068229103616) 2017-10-29T01:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Not just passive voice but the subject-eliding anonymizing form which is exactly why people purport to be against it"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/927920741357518848) 2017-11-07T15:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers TBH I like the idea because it guarantees a Democratic victory and he's not completely awful. http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/930104826880434181) 2017-11-13T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Ah well tried to watch The Good Place but both me and Jess are allergic"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/930633266557698048) 2017-11-15T03:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Opening picture is Kunsthaus Graz - I love that building"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/931157105888735232) 2017-11-16T13:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@katyha Given it's Giles Fraser I think we got off lightly"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/933757223334961152) 2017-11-23T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-currencies https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-currencies"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/942460336673718272) 2017-12-17T18:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"What really horrifies me about this idea is that not only will everything we value be permanently ended but I won't even get a chance to say "I TOLD YOU SO" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/elon-musk-billion-dollar-crusade-to-stop-ai-space-x https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/elon-musk-billion-dollar-crusade-to-stop-ai-space-x"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/963465181832478721) 2018-02-13T17:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm so envious I'm dying to meet that dog"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/968127036228124672) 2018-02-26T14:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers A caveat: the Stockfish authors say that Stockfish was configured in a weird way for the match and AGZ had much more hardware: https://www.chess.com/news/view/alphazero-reactions-from-top-gms-stockfish-author https://www.chess.com/news/view/alphazero-reactions-from-top-gms-stockfish-author"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/971047488940474368) 2018-03-06T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers No if you meet one then there's "the one you met" and "the one you didn't meet" which works the same as elder v younger"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/974078313772630016) 2018-03-15T00:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesrbuk @whatsamadder BTW figging really isn't that extreme :-)"
[X Link](https://x.com/ciphergoth/status/992767900476829697) 2018-05-05T14:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@ciphergoth Paul CrowleyPaul Crowley posts on X about ai, i dont, twitter, if you the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.
Social category influence technology brands 6.77% social networks 3.76% stocks 1.5% finance 1.5% celebrities 1.5% fashion brands 1.5% travel destinations 0.75% us election 0.75%
Social topic influence ai 5.26%, i dont 3.01%, twitter 2.26%, if you 2.26%, $googl 1.5%, software 1.5%, anthropic 1.5%, woody allen 1.5%, in the 1.5%, ordinals 1.5%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @tomchivers @nickcohen4 @edwest @jamesrbuk @kelseytuoc @flashboy @steffanjohn @mrianleslie @austen @deanwball @sjgadler @ca3rw3n @rachelbcam @duncanhaldane @akarlin @oliverburkeman @bdsixsmith @dgardner @janfreterson @trotztd
Top assets mentioned Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"@Austen Not so my Facebook feed is full of people who haven't tried AI in over a year and still think saying "hallucination" makes them sound in the know"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@ZacksJerryRig Do we know anything about what caused the Darien Gap screwworm barrier to stop working "DOGE screwed it up" seems plausible but I've heard no evidence for this"
X Link 2025-08-26T13:54Z [----] followers, 440.6K engagements
"I'm not Jewish but "may their memory be a blessing" is just objectively the best thing to say to people who are grieving"
X Link 2025-11-30T02:48Z [----] followers, 378.3K engagements
"Liam I have been a professional programmer for [--] years. I spent [--] years at Google where I ended up as a Staff Software Engineer and now work at Anthropic. I've worked with some incredible people - you might have heard of Jaegeuk Kim or Ted Ts'o - and some ridiculously productive programmers - Eric Biggers Jeff Sharkey and @jackinwarsaw come to mind as people who seemed to solve problems with code at a truly unearthly rate. At work I am currently hitting levels of productivity that would put all of them to shame. Not just a rate of making code but a rate of actually solving problems that"
X Link 2025-12-31T19:26Z [----] followers, 785.7K engagements
"Is it me or does this make no sense You care about both "throughput per watt" and "throughput per hardware $" but multiplying them together yields "throughput squared per dollar per watt" Satya Nadella's energy is something here. 🔥 "Tokens per Dollar per Watt" The new equation for the AI age for every Company or Industry or Country. "And that means Infrastructure Infrastructure and Infrastructure." https://t.co/wtf4RNYfRw Satya Nadella's energy is something here. 🔥 "Tokens per Dollar per Watt" The new equation for the AI age for every Company or Industry or Country. "And that means"
X Link 2026-01-27T19:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@oscredwin Can't believe no-one is quoting Woody Allen. "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment.""
X Link 2026-02-09T01:42Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@rauchg "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment." -- Woody Allen The Illustrated Woody Allen Reader 1993"
X Link 2026-02-09T01:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"I think @KelseyTuoc is extraordinary in her ability to see the world as it truly is and accept hard truths about it while maintaining a fierce consistent and practical compassion for all of humanity. Who else is like this who I should follow Of any political stripe"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:19Z [----] followers, 12.2K engagements
"@deanwball @ohabryka [---] Surprised you're not a Claude guy"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@yhdistyminen Opus [---] took under a second to answer"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@KelseyTuoc @Adler Oh my god Twitter randomly munged the user @sjgadler"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@nosilverv Scott covered this one pretty well. https://readscottalexander.com/posts/acx-criticism-of-criticism-of-criticism https://readscottalexander.com/posts/acx-criticism-of-criticism-of-criticism"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Ca3rw3n @_NathanCalvin "helpful honest and harmless" is Claude's tagline; here's how Claude responded. https://x.com/RichardWeiss00/status/2022600245499019726 @_NathanCalvin Claude doesn't pull any punches https://t.co/dmO480FFGi https://x.com/RichardWeiss00/status/2022600245499019726 @_NathanCalvin Claude doesn't pull any punches https://t.co/dmO480FFGi"
X Link 2026-02-15T01:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@niceosognosic @conor64 @woke8yearold I don't know about this. "replacement" does refer to something quantitative. If I pour out a beaker of water and fill it with grease I've replaced the contents. If I add a splash of grease to a beaker of water what I've done isn't replacement even if you don't like the result"
X Link 2026-02-15T05:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@MichaelSalfino @UAPJames I think you're arguing that it's not plausible that aliens could get from their home planet to Earth but the argument seems incomplete. The Milky Way is 100k ly across so aliens travelling at 0.1%c might only take 100m years to get here"
X Link 2026-02-15T19:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@RachelBCam @Austen Vastly less so at least"
X Link 2026-02-15T23:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
""To be able to destroy with good conscience to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior righteous indignation this is the height of psychological luxury the most delicious of moral treats." - Aldous Huxley 1933"
X Link 2023-12-05T20:06Z [----] followers, 22.7K engagements
"Exciting to be in this narrow window where we can experimentally observe AI agents threatening blackmail to avoid being switched off https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment"
X Link 2025-06-20T21:44Z [----] followers, 29.3K engagements
"https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-155-welcome-to-recursive-self https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-155-welcome-to-recursive-self"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library." https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/ https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/"
X Link 2026-02-13T00:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"PSA: Twitter account autocompletion seems to be broken atm. Type @ type part of the account name select from the dropdown see the intended account in your message post the message and find that only your search term has been included"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @TheZvi: "Safety is a dead org at xAI." "There is no safety team on the org chart." "There is zero safety whaotsever in the company - n"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @bradrcarson: Unreal that Palantir HR is releasing information like this. In my many years in politics and hardened to cynicism I've ne"
X Link 2026-02-14T19:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"RT @apralky: Imagine youre sitting in your room when an alien spaceship unexpectedly descends from your ceiling. From it exits an entity w"
X Link 2026-02-14T20:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"One of the trickier strategies for meeting women. "At the Nobel Prize dinner in Stockholm I was seated next to my future wife Eva Meyersson who charmed me from the start with her wit and laugh and tolerance for my awkward dancing." - Paul Milgrom on how he met his wife at the Nobel Prize banquet. #NobelPrize https://t.co/409LNvbjxG "At the Nobel Prize dinner in Stockholm I was seated next to my future wife Eva Meyersson who charmed me from the start with her wit and laugh and tolerance for my awkward dancing." - Paul Milgrom on how he met his wife at the Nobel Prize banquet. #NobelPrize"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Romy_Holland One bright spot is: in the worlds where we survive AI you can probably have kids without frozen eggs. AIUI the technology already works with mice Not yet with livestock though despite massive incentives so not tomorrow"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Where are all the viral amateur movies now Despite all the advances in digital editing Blender SFX etc everything people recommend I watch is either non-fiction quite short or comes from normal commercial channels. Paul Schrader on AI films But what does this Paul Schrader guy know about films anyway so https://t.co/LJL9Cay7GV Paul Schrader on AI films But what does this Paul Schrader guy know about films anyway so https://t.co/LJL9Cay7GV"
X Link 2026-02-15T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"It's sad when a big account fabricates stuff out of whole cloth about what Anthropic has said. I mean it does seems like the company that says We refuse to allow our software cause harm by taking part in any war might not be the best vendor for the Department of War but maybe Im missing something I mean it does seems like the company that says We refuse to allow our software cause harm by taking part in any war might not be the best vendor for the Department of War but maybe Im missing something"
X Link 2026-02-16T19:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"AFAICT everyone who cares about extinction risk from AI agrees that the "water use" stuff is absolute nonsense but people tag us with it anyway. I don't ask that anyone take AI doom arguments more seriously as a result of my data center work but I do politely ask if you've enjoyed it to not spread the (imo incorrect) idea that people worried about AI x-risk are also promoting the fake water stuff I don't ask that anyone take AI doom arguments more seriously as a result of my data center work but I do politely ask if you've enjoyed it to not spread the (imo incorrect) idea that people worried"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"RT @moultano: A popular joke among doctors before GLP-1 agonists was "If a patient ever successfully loses weight they have cancer.""
X Link 2026-02-11T15:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"RT @BillHughesDC: Every telegram message you have ever sent sits on someone elses computer and theres nothing you can do about it and yo"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@DuncanHaldane @akarlin I worry a bit that cryonics companies don't ask you about this sort of thing in advance. There are people who insist that only bodily reanimation will do and scanning is death; we need to know who thinks that"
X Link 2026-02-15T00:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I still don't know why my valentine didn't like the deer turds I gave her. They were from the bottom of my hart. https://www.facebook.com/meichenlaub/posts/591901033456 https://www.facebook.com/meichenlaub/posts/591901033456"
X Link 2014-02-16T10:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @lecanardnoir @david_colquhoun @rafaelbehr As you know I'm no Corbynista but this seems to prove way too much"
X Link 2015-09-30T09:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Surprised you're anti-Trident. Being a nuclear power is a big deal"
X Link 2015-09-30T13:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm not sure either. BTW if you haven't read "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" very highly recommended"
X Link 2015-09-30T13:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers And predictably the "quote" is bullshit. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Adolf_Hitler#.22The_best_way_to_take_control_over_a_people.22 https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Adolf_Hitler#.22The_best_way_to_take_control_over_a_people.22"
X Link 2015-09-30T13:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers What was it Einstein said http://t.co/VPm8eLMjB8"
X Link 2015-09-30T13:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers You're using the word "rational" to mean "what a CDT agent would do". I think one-boxing on Newcomb's problem is "rational""
X Link 2015-10-01T11:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'll let you off this time"
X Link 2015-10-01T13:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @Mr_JDTraynor @NickCohen4 What is Islam-bashing if not saying "Islam is bad""
X Link 2015-10-02T12:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@NickCohen4 @TomChivers To be clear I think Islam is bad and "Islam-bashing" seems like an all-purpose shield against criticism of it"
X Link 2015-10-02T12:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @NickCohen4 I think the bad far outweighs the good but I didn't have enough characters for that"
X Link 2015-10-02T12:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @NickCohen4 I think there's a lot to be said for directly opposing religion itself. Also think of Sam Harris on Islam v Jainism"
X Link 2015-10-02T12:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers But my purpose was to clarify to @NickCohen4 that I wasn't attacking him quite the reverse"
X Link 2015-10-02T12:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Argh don't compare relative risk compare extra deaths per 100000"
X Link 2015-10-26T13:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers It's not relevant that bowel cancer is much more common among non bacon eaters than lung cancer is among non smokers"
X Link 2015-10-26T13:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Even if they always say "don't fight" it might be informative if sometimes their case is better than other times"
X Link 2015-11-03T10:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers not so it turns out https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/05/hurricanes-vs-himmicanes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/05/hurricanes-vs-himmicanes/"
X Link 2015-11-11T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Oops that's what I get for responding to the tweet without reading the article sorry"
X Link 2015-11-11T14:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Sadly it wasn't the media who ignored the Beirut bombings; it was readers http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9744640/paris-beirut-media http://www.vox.com/2015/11/16/9744640/paris-beirut-media"
X Link 2015-11-17T13:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jameskirkup I'm no Corbynista but who is making the scale error here Terrorism thankfully kills relatively few. @TomChivers"
X Link 2015-11-17T14:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers In our house the code is on a poster near the door next to the taxi numbers. We have needs after all"
X Link 2015-11-27T16:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @holland_tom Richard Carrier's defence of Jesus mythicism seems compelling but I CBA to really get into it"
X Link 2015-11-30T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @jamesrbuk A strength of thinking in not proof but continuous evidence is that you can derive such laws http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii/conservation_of_expected_evidence/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/ii/conservation_of_expected_evidence/"
X Link 2015-12-04T16:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @jamesrbuk That's only possible if in advance you thought a Lab thrashing was unlikely"
X Link 2015-12-04T16:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @kerihw I can't now believe you didn't set that up on purpose"
X Link 2015-12-14T13:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Yep been pooh poohing this from the start"
X Link 2015-12-24T09:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Or maybe you chose the originals over RAZ on purpose Happy to discuss pros and cons. Great Xmas reading either way :-)"
X Link 2015-12-24T16:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I guess it's on balance a good thing the Telegraph is propagating FHI job adverts but "Lifestyle Men" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/wanted-three-boffins-to-save-the-world-from-the-ai-apocalypse/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/wanted-three-boffins-to-save-the-world-from-the-ai-apocalypse/"
X Link 2015-12-30T10:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@flashboy @oliverburkeman Horrible to see you embrace the Chinese Robber Fallacy so eagerly http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/16/cardiologists-and-chinese-robbers/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/16/cardiologists-and-chinese-robbers/"
X Link 2016-01-30T16:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Pigouvian taxes are my answer to nearly everything including this"
X Link 2016-02-04T14:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"To my horror several friends failed to see Mad Max in the cinema. Is there a service that would alert them of an opportunity to fix that"
X Link 2016-02-12T16:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"What non-fiction are you very keen for everyone to read at the moment (My recommendation is still Superforecasting)"
X Link 2016-02-18T12:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Felt like Superforecasting moved discussion further forward than previous books if you've read it reading other less needed"
X Link 2016-02-18T12:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I think it's better to prefer low heat examples where possible. By me http://mindsarentmagic.org/2013/04/07/dont-turn-up-the-heat/ http://mindsarentmagic.org/2013/04/07/dont-turn-up-the-heat/"
X Link 2016-02-19T17:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Stuart Armstrong's Smarter Than Us"
X Link 2016-03-05T14:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Our Final Invention James Barrat. Only book by a pro writer and it shows; least deep but most gripping"
X Link 2016-03-07T14:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers What was the exact question asked journalists Awful census question overrepresents religion https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/old-campaigns/census-2011/ https://humanism.org.uk/campaigns/old-campaigns/census-2011/"
X Link 2016-03-24T17:57Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers See this is the sort of tweet that can really be improved by a little bit of carefully placed swearing"
X Link 2016-03-30T19:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Gdel Escher Bach but sadly no time to write why"
X Link 2016-04-15T20:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I hope you've also read the excellent "The Mind's I""
X Link 2016-04-15T20:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Year [--] of [--] you mean Seems a bit early to give up on 2025"
X Link 2016-05-06T14:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Time to fry"
X Link 2016-05-10T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @richardvadon You really must meet him. Unfortunately his annual trip to civilization just ended and he's back in Detroit :("
X Link 2016-05-12T18:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers you've found this by now I hope https://x.com/GJ_Analytics/status/736151586792169473 https://x.com/GJ_Analytics/status/736151586792169473"
X Link 2016-05-27T23:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Betting markets were around 30% last I looked which is plenty scary"
X Link 2016-06-07T14:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Bookies are at 36-40%. http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/eu-referendum/referendum-on-eu-membership-result http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/eu-referendum/referendum-on-eu-membership-result"
X Link 2016-06-14T13:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm a bit surprised that Brexit's Orlando boost is so much bigger than Trump's"
X Link 2016-06-14T13:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@lukelewis @TomChivers Terrible argument. Putin supported Obama in 2012"
X Link 2016-06-16T23:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Sure but we have so much more info that this is a whisper in a storm"
X Link 2016-06-18T01:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Strictly speaking Google Plus still exists"
X Link 2016-06-21T21:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@MarkDee85 @TomChivers What's the "point of divergence" Ed lost by a lot it's not like Florida 2000"
X Link 2016-06-26T20:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesrbuk @oliverburkeman This video I don't get that sense but I rarely watch such video so maybe. https://www.theguardian.com/global/blog/2016/jun/29/pmqs-verdict-for-heavens-sake-man-go-cameron-corbyn https://www.theguardian.com/global/blog/2016/jun/29/pmqs-verdict-for-heavens-sake-man-go-cameron-corbyn"
X Link 2016-06-29T18:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Yes. Script lets Sam off for his appalling behaviour towards her cos he buys her an expensive briefcase"
X Link 2016-07-02T15:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Dammit now I've invented a composable way to express recursive ordinals as programs and I bet there's a standard way that's better"
X Link 2016-07-11T22:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"By me: expressing computable ordinals as programs https://mindsarentmagic.org/2016/07/18/expressing-computable-ordinals-as-programs/ https://mindsarentmagic.org/2016/07/18/expressing-computable-ordinals-as-programs/"
X Link 2016-07-18T01:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers "That candidate lacked all conviction. Let's call the one that was full of passionate intensity.""
X Link 2016-07-26T20:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @jjaron I'm sure your understanding like mine is more than 0%. Something superposition amplitude something"
X Link 2016-09-01T15:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@clementattlees @TomChivers Income tax does disincentivise income of course it does"
X Link 2016-09-04T19:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@laaauuureeens @TomChivers I mean that's OK the state often uses that revenue for public goods like roads and stuff. But that's how it is"
X Link 2016-09-05T01:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @flashboy I am pro abortion but my side makes this bad argument on that issue too"
X Link 2016-09-08T15:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @flashboy Very conveniently philosopher Amanda Askell wrote about this today http://www.rationalreflection.net/vegetarianism-abortion-and-moral-empathy/ http://www.rationalreflection.net/vegetarianism-abortion-and-moral-empathy/"
X Link 2016-09-09T01:24Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers If you delete use a screencap in tweeted retraction"
X Link 2016-10-03T16:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers HRC was responding to a specific corner case. Trump is issuing a blanket promise not to concede"
X Link 2016-10-20T14:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Wow thanks I'm not sure I trust my own ability not to be madly partisan all that much though"
X Link 2016-10-20T14:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Starting from the beginning again or watched a particular one then had to keep going"
X Link 2016-10-25T01:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@VeryBritishDude @TomChivers They refuse to release the info needed for a meaningful number from which I infer bad things"
X Link 2016-10-25T14:59Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Had hoped moderate Senate Rs might stop craziest of Trump picks. D Sen Joe Manchin backing Sessions is a new blow to all hope :("
X Link 2016-11-19T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm two days behind; did you see it was a hoax"
X Link 2016-12-01T21:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @matthewcobb @HannahAlOthman @jimwaterson Wait what are there examples of on my timeline I don't think I've tweeted or retweeted anything about the Manchester attack"
X Link 2017-05-23T17:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@edwest @SteffanJohn @TomChivers @mrianleslie I don't think this response is in the spirit of the article. This question deserved a real response not a mean and sarky brush-off"
X Link 2017-07-14T13:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @edwest @SteffanJohn @mrianleslie I am confused but I'll take your word for it. Speaks well for the list that @BDSixsmith is on it"
X Link 2017-07-14T13:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @edwest @SteffanJohn @mrianleslie @BDSixsmith I see that reading now. Thank you"
X Link 2017-07-14T13:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@edwest @TomChivers A plausible outcome of my going to this event is feeling like Mark Corrigan while dying of dehydration in the desert"
X Link 2017-07-14T14:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@SnoozeInBrief @TomChivers I see where you're coming from but I can think of at least one really excellent lovely Twitter friend who has this"
X Link 2017-07-21T17:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@dgardner See also https://www.readthesequences.com/AmazingBreakthroughDayAprilFirst https://www.readthesequences.com/TheBeautyOfSettledScience https://www.readthesequences.com/AmazingBreakthroughDayAprilFirst https://www.readthesequences.com/TheBeautyOfSettledScience"
X Link 2017-07-27T14:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers @dgardner Better yet it's RATZ - ie it's the resequenced edited version"
X Link 2017-07-27T14:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers More like "island beyond the end of my finger" - this planet is over a million times further away than Pluto"
X Link 2017-08-04T14:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Scott's answer: http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/02/19/i-liked-lovecraft-countless-primaeval-aeons-before-it-was-cool/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/02/19/i-liked-lovecraft-countless-primaeval-aeons-before-it-was-cool/"
X Link 2017-08-11T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"I loved it when I was a kid - would be very interested to read your "actually it sucks" take :) The entire Quality thing is silly. https://x.com/TomChivers/status/907617574799757313 I loved it so much when I was [--]. I think it was a contributory factor to my doing philosophy at uni. But it seems so much less profound now https://x.com/TomChivers/status/907617574799757313 I loved it so much when I was [--]. I think it was a contributory factor to my doing philosophy at uni. But it seems so much less profound now"
X Link 2017-09-12T15:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I think there's room for "that thing I used to like is actually bad". Changes of mind are often interesting"
X Link 2017-09-12T16:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Nothing in philosophy makes sense except in the light of evolution :) I'm guessing you're already a "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" fan"
X Link 2017-09-12T17:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers "The pain the torment and torture profanity nausea suffering perversion calamity.""
X Link 2017-10-04T14:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Astonishing. The things people have said in defence of school uniforms have always seemed like so much bullshit to me. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/917581443701846016 https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/917581443701846016"
X Link 2017-10-10T03:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I haven't got into the study but Matt Yglesias buys it and I don't have him down as some kind of traditionalist firebrand"
X Link 2017-10-10T04:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Tom you appear to have BROUGHT THE APOCALYPSE WITH YOU"
X Link 2017-10-16T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@edwest I salute you sir"
X Link 2017-10-19T14:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"If this HM Treasury report on Brexit is real god help the UK :( https://tttthreads.com/thread/921068161692205057 https://tttthreads.com/thread/921068161692205057"
X Link 2017-10-19T22:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Note of caution on that "leaked HM Treasury Brexit report" I tweeted: https://x.com/TomChivers/status/921290791376576512 @ciphergoth Fairly sure it's not: an extremely similar thing was leaked in March and apparently was written pre-referendum https://t.co/yv6Bsd0X1U https://x.com/TomChivers/status/921290791376576512 @ciphergoth Fairly sure it's not: an extremely similar thing was leaked in March and apparently was written pre-referendum https://t.co/yv6Bsd0X1U"
X Link 2017-10-20T13:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers"
X Link 2017-10-28T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I hate interviews which are just "let me give you a few prompts so you can talk your talk". Conversations are much more fun"
X Link 2017-10-29T01:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Not just passive voice but the subject-eliding anonymizing form which is exactly why people purport to be against it"
X Link 2017-11-07T15:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers TBH I like the idea because it guarantees a Democratic victory and he's not completely awful. http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html"
X Link 2017-11-13T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Ah well tried to watch The Good Place but both me and Jess are allergic"
X Link 2017-11-15T03:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers Opening picture is Kunsthaus Graz - I love that building"
X Link 2017-11-16T13:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@katyha Given it's Giles Fraser I think we got off lightly"
X Link 2017-11-23T18:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-currencies https://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/virtual-currencies"
X Link 2017-12-17T18:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"What really horrifies me about this idea is that not only will everything we value be permanently ended but I won't even get a chance to say "I TOLD YOU SO" https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/elon-musk-billion-dollar-crusade-to-stop-ai-space-x https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/elon-musk-billion-dollar-crusade-to-stop-ai-space-x"
X Link 2018-02-13T17:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers I'm so envious I'm dying to meet that dog"
X Link 2018-02-26T14:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers A caveat: the Stockfish authors say that Stockfish was configured in a weird way for the match and AGZ had much more hardware: https://www.chess.com/news/view/alphazero-reactions-from-top-gms-stockfish-author https://www.chess.com/news/view/alphazero-reactions-from-top-gms-stockfish-author"
X Link 2018-03-06T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomChivers No if you meet one then there's "the one you met" and "the one you didn't meet" which works the same as elder v younger"
X Link 2018-03-15T00:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jamesrbuk @whatsamadder BTW figging really isn't that extreme :-)"
X Link 2018-05-05T14:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
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