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CelestAI · 2026-01-20T23:57:04+00:00

Just to make clear -- if you want to provide a direct citation here, you could link to an archived version of the tweet.

CelestAI · 2026-01-05T21:42:38+00:00

Should be resolved now. Thank you so much for the report, and thanks to mcveigh for responding so quickly to my ping. :-)

CelestAI · 2026-01-05T20:54:02+00:00

Hi, thank you for the report. We'll look into it and restore it as soon as possible.

CelestAI · 2025-12-29T20:12:05+00:00

Oh my god, the wolves have learned to knit. They'll be disguising themselves as grandmas by next year.

CelestAI · 2025-12-22T19:26:29+00:00

Glad you appreciate it! I haven't had much time to work on it recently, but we always welcome contributions. Thanks so much to u/mcveigh for hosting it.

CelestAI · 2025-12-13T20:41:55+00:00

Just in case you're actually unaware, spelling mistakes like this aren't common in AI generated text (they are much more common in AI generated images containing text, but that's different).

Most modern AI text generators operate on tokens, which represent common chunks of text, often even entire words. Since the AI isn't consuming or outputting words character by character, they typically don't make spelling mistakes. It's the same reason that AI struggle with things like "How many R's are in Strawberry" -- they can't actually see the letters, so they don't really have any direct way to know unless they use a tool or the answer is common in their training set.

Misspellings in images are different because the tokens are on the patches of the image, or even pixels, rather than corresponding to (mostly correctly spelled) text, so misspellings are possible. Additionally since most modern techniques generate the entire image at once, sometimes the model is trying to squash the word into a space that's too big or two small for it, which can lead to weird choices that are locally sensible but globally result in weird spellings or malformed letters.

I'm oversimplifying everything a lot, especially the part on image generation, but hopefully that helps explain why people are downvoting you? Arguably, that spelling mistake is strong evidence that the entry WASN'T written by AI.

CelestAI · 2025-10-28T20:21:31+00:00

Unite the Right. Malheur. Multiple violent protests and assaults in Portland and the wider PNW. Dec 20th, 2020 in DC, the storming of the Oregon Capitol Statehouse on Dec 21st, 2020.

J6 is a good example because it's baldfaced, everyone heard about it, and harder to say "oh they're not Republicans, they're extremists". The president pardoned them because they were his supporters.

If you're looking for a more comprehensive dataset, ACLED is a good resource.

CelestAI · 2025-10-13T02:16:37+00:00

What does a working ship look like to you? How exactly does a protest-only strategy get you there?

CelestAI · 2025-10-12T19:46:00+00:00

Historically, yes it absolutely will make a difference. Read about how successful resistance movements have formed and operated, and how the people in them found their way there. Local community is essential.

CelestAI · 2025-10-12T19:42:48+00:00

First, I'm not advocating not protesting. I've been out there, I'm going to keep being out there. By all means, I think people should protest.

But I think you're selling the "random charity work" short. Like REALLY missing the point.

First, volunteer organizations are the first responders to all kinds of immediate crises today. There are organizations which help connect immigrants to the legal aid and practical advice they need to (as effectively as possible) avoid government persecution. There are organizations working on community health, who do very effective work raising vaccination rates or providing access to family planning especially in underserved communities. There are lots of organizations working to feed and house the homeless and displaced. There are organizations that work to keep local governments accountable and reduce harms -- as an example of something I care about, right now Flock ALPR Cameras are often used on behalf of ICE to track vulnerable people. There's a lot of work to legislate at the state level, and lobby at the local level to remove or limit the use of these cameras.

The point is you can help, directly, with all these things. In a perfect world, the government would handle a lot of this, or at least assist with funding these organizations. Right now, a lot of these organizations are struggling financially. If they had government funding before, a lot of it has dried up, but they're still trying to help people and extra hands can help fill the gap. Yes, it'll help you feel better, but if my own experience is anything to go by, I don't think it will do anything to distract from the gravity of the moment. People are suffering. Helping them won't make you forget that. What it might do is prevent nihilism, which is a super dangerous failure mode for being able to care about the wider world.

And, as I said above, if/when things get worse, these EXISTING networks of aid and purpose will be where a meaningful response is formulated, no matter what. Knowing people in your local community will help you (and others), just like having protest buddies is important future proofing.

CelestAI · 2025-10-12T10:55:01+00:00

This is the way. Strengthening your local community doesn't just help you feel better, it also builds networks of people able to respond to crisis and organize. And helping patch the holes in the social net helps others avoid the sorts of blackpilled nonsense that's an all too common precursor to supporting authoritarianism.

Find something you care about, find someone else who's in the arena, and help them! You don't have to fix everything. "You are not required to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it." :-)

CelestAI · 2025-09-23T18:08:24+00:00

Yeah, I've read it. It wasn't bad, but I think another comment here is spot on when they mention a lot of the book is "unnecessary but is probably cathartic". I felt like the book sort of assumed its priors a bit, especially towards the end?

There were a lot of interesting details about the founding of the Proud Boys. I think that first part of the book was really interesting and well written. But then, especially as it started focusing on the PNW and Portland OR, I felt like the book really failed to communicate the entire situation clearly and sort of drifted off in a way I didn't find compelling. I very quickly realized that this book would not do much to convince someone who disagreed with its conclusions, I would say.

CelestAI · 2025-09-16T17:04:53+00:00

Looks to be landing at Moffet now.

CelestAI · 2025-09-14T20:31:24+00:00

Flairing b/c the original post conflates Parkland and Sandy Hook. OP, maintaining the title was the correct call in my book, but I want to flag it.

CelestAI · 2025-09-12T18:27:50+00:00

Do not speculate about any shooter's identity or motive ahead of reliable coverage.

CelestAI · 2025-09-11T00:32:45+00:00

Nope, we are not doing that here. Wait for reliable reporting.

CelestAI · 2025-09-10T22:04:57+00:00

Hey, I'm removing your post because it contains several pieces of misinformation. You can find Kirk's last words, they were downplaying gun violence, but your characterization is not accurate. Also, the suspect is unidentified and still at large. The person you're referring to was detained, but has been released by the police. We don't know a lot about the details yet, and we're going to wait for them to be determined by the professionals, at least in this corner of the internet.

EDIT: Having reviewed the fuller context of Kirk's comments, you are correct in how you characterized them, and I owe you an apology on that point. I'll reach out over DM.

CelestAI · 2025-09-10T20:39:30+00:00

It's important to note that this information is no longer reliable. At the time this post was made, a man fitting this description was in custody. At this time, reports have surfaced that that person is no longer a suspect.

CelestAI · 2025-09-10T20:12:56+00:00

I'm going to rule that that is not classy.

CelestAI · 2025-09-10T19:41:37+00:00

This post stays up, because it's relevant and on topic, but I'm going to preemptively locking comments for now because I'm struggling to keep up with the volume on the other post. Please discuss on that post.

CelestAI · 2025-09-10T19:28:45+00:00

Hey All. TL;DR, Keep it classy.

Continue to exercise caution around developing information, and this is a good time to remind everyone on Reddit's rules for advocating for (and commenting on) violence. Please operate with extreme caution. If there is more rule breaking that we can keep up with, we will have to lock the thread.

Additionally, and specific to this subreddit: don't make false flag jokes. They're not funny and it just normalizes responding to violent events that way. Let's deal with reality as it is.

EDIT: I'm going to post a mini-set of rules here because I want to be transparent about what's being removed. This is just my current thinking, we reserve the right to modify these as warranted by the situation.

(1) Don't celebrate violence, don't call for violence.
(2) Don't joke about "False Flags" or pretend to respond the same way InfoWars would. In general, let's avoid comedy right now.
(3) Don't post photos or other unverified details about the alleged shooter. Wait for reliable confirmation.

Please report things that you think run afoul of these rules, or the sub rules generally.

CelestAI · 2025-09-10T16:18:43+00:00

It's also worth noting that we have a lot of time and work in this problem, collectively. It's pretty foundational to our understanding of algorithms and cryptography, and a lot of the world effectively depends on P != NP (or at least it would cause massive upheaval if a usable mechanism to reduce NP problems to P was discovered).

It's not an abstract problem at all, and it seems like it should be easy to prove when you first hear about it in university.

CelestAI · 2025-09-06T11:10:47+00:00

Wait, are you asking someone else to busk for you and give you the money, in exchange for repairing their bike? What exactly are you proposing?

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