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Max Niederman

@MaxNiederman
crafting artisanal slop
San Francisco, CA
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    Max Niederman
    @MaxNiederman
    15h
    I don’t think anyone wants to take a position of the form “I will lose $300K unless I become fabulously wealthy, in which case I will gain $300K.” If someone does, though, I’m also willing to take the opposite position (same as Ben’s and Andrew’s) for up to $500K.
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    Andrew Ho
    @andrewho03
    21h
    I’m also looking for counterparties on this bet, same position as Ben. Willing to offer up to 300k in 2026 dollars, even odds (or feel free to make a proposal of your own).
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    Max Niederman
    @MaxNiederman
    Aug 7
    Data companies should not breach their duties of confidentiality by matching orders under any circumstances. This has nothing to do with whether the lab is Chinese.
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    adam bain
    @adambain
    Aug 7
    This is absolutely shameful. Every company in the data ecosystem should publicly commit not to provide data to foreign adversary labs. @micro1_ai did this early and loud. @mercor, @HelloSurgeAI: it’s not too late to admit you’ve made a mistake and to stop it.
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    Max Niederman
    @MaxNiederman
    Aug 2
    Dropping out does not require a “Plan B from your parents.” You can just *go back* to college. It’s not like college is some Garden of Eden to which you can never return after committing the sin of dropping out.
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    Aporia
    @aporia9n
    Aug 2
    Btw can we stop congratulating rich kids for “dropping out of college” as if it’s some insane act of courage You don’t drop out of Stanford or Harvard unless your parents have a plan B, C and D waiting for you
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    Max Niederman
    @MaxNiederman
    Aug 2
    Example of human spikiness: we can fluently and easily reason about complex social situations with varying incentives, knowledge, personalities, etc., but struggle with 3-digit multiplication.
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    Agustin Lebron
    @AgustinLebron3
    Aug 2
    Our intelligence is probably just as spiky. AI's intelligence looks spiky *to us*. Maybe all intelligence is spiky. It's a very high dimensional space after all. Lots of room in the nooks and crannies.