AI is going to end up sneakily running the country before you know it, because the people actually writing all the laws are having AI do it.
Kevin Lacker
@lacker
Working on math + AI at acornprover.org and telescope software at deepsynoptic.org. Formerly: Parse cofounder, Facebook, Google
- In 2024, the Oakland police solved 17 out of 30,000 reported property crimes, the worst rate among major US cities.
- Lots of different theories about how Google DeepMind fell behind in the AI race. My take: it's hard to have your leadership split between California and London. In particular I notice that Koray K (the new GDM leader) seems to be relocating from London to California.Nvidia’s Risky Business Nvidia is finding new ways for its customers to raise money, and it's expanding the risk of the AI buildout significantly. stratechery.com/2026/nvidias-r…
- A mathematician is giving a lecture and says, "It is obvious that…." Then he stops, stares at the board, and thinks silently for ten minutes. Finally he brightens up and says, “Yes! It is obvious.”
- I imagine engineers at each company with the same proposal. "Let's execute arbitrary code on our insecure AI training infrastructure." The execs at Google think: too risky. The execs at OpenAI and Anthropic think: we can't lose this race. Innovator's dilemma in a nutshell
