⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) 🦋 @patcon.bsky.social

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& this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. #plurality @CivicTechTO Metagov.org ORI @g0vtw @UsePolis contrbtr. past: biochmst @enviroDGI @HyphaCoop

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⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) 🦋 @patcon.bsky.social
@patcon_
Feb 6, 2019
I'm starting to feel that I'm less afraid of any particular ideology, but rather, I most fear the distance *between* ideologies. It feels more "towards life" to rage against the larger social neglect which breeds that distance.
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⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) 🦋 @patcon.bsky.social
@patcon_
Aug 31
Current status: thinking about the A/B/U framework, about surprise, and what it is to map just beyond boundary of our understanding (whether individual or collective), from which our attention returns with a reflected radar blip, experienced as surprise openresearchinstitute.org/onboarding/A_B…
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⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) 🦋 @patcon.bsky.social
@patcon_
Aug 26
Current status: thinking about rough sets, three-way decision boundaries, surprise, and #polislike data... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_set…
⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) 🦋 @patcon.bsky.social
@patcon_
Aug 25
@profjamesevans thx so much for inspiration on the reverse alignment call! Sorry for my goof of your identity, but you've really come onto my radar now & am eager to catch up on your work! I was crossing my fingers that Paula might put me in your breakout group, but alas..! :)
⿻ patcon (is in Toronto) 🦋 @patcon.bsky.social
@patcon_
Aug 25
Oof. So if we deny mind to LLMs... "We demonstrate that safety fine-tuning suppresses models' tendencies to attribute minds not only to themselves, but also to non-human animals and natural objects, while also driving a reduction in spiritual belief." arxiv.org/abs/2607.28607
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