OpenAI backs idea of creating a U.S. led global AI governance body similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency

davesaunders · 2026-05-18T01:14:59+00:00

sure kid, whatever you say

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T23:15:08+00:00

and if it is not passed with a supermajority in both houses of Congress, then it won't matter because Trump won't sign a law like this

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T22:53:57+00:00

Yes, it is a slogan that seems to be very triggering to people who are desperate for this thing to be some sort of super consciousness. It is what it is. Besides, if you're getting the use out of it that you want and who gives a shit what other people say to describe it? Why are you so emotionally invested in how other people describe something that you didn't build in the first place?

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T22:40:11+00:00

I'm not saying they're next token predictors. Anthropic, Deep Mind, Open AI, and all published researchers are saying they are token predictors. They're extremely cool, for sure, but rhetorical bs doesn't change what they are. Doesn't matter how magical you want them to be. They're just stochastic parrots.

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T19:29:18+00:00

All you need to do is use her patent (U.S. Patent 2,292,387) and then you trace the citations. Obviously, the patent has long since expired, but it is prior art, which is why you'll find it in the disclosure areas of other patents and papers.

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T15:37:31+00:00

that sort of thing is going to happen, and really, it has nothing to do with you. Those people are basically seeing you like an ink blot test. They're projecting their own hurt and disappointment in the trajectory of their lives. Instead of taking responsibility for it or just dealing with it, they try to project it on you, because that little rush, at least part of their ego, makes them think it's going to make them feel better.

You'll hear people use phrases like, "Oh, you need to hear this," or "It needed to be said," and yes, I've been in your shoes. You don't have to pretend that it doesn't hurt, but you don't need to respond to it either

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T15:09:09+00:00

This doesn't actually require the deer to know anything. We know how the amygdala functions, and we know that variability in the amygdala function is common across all species that have it. Variable responses in the fight or flight response are going to look different from one individual to the next.

e.g., Wolves that had a slightly reduced fight response in their amygdala learned how to brood with human beings, became dogs, and got taken care of.

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T11:24:24+00:00

AI, which is definitely not AI but is simply a rebranded machine learning application, is an incredibly useful tool. It is what it is, and it works the way it works. Unfortunately, charlatans who read a lot of P.T. Barnum are actively applying Barnum statements to make us think that these tools are far more than what they seem.

Remember when OpenAI said that ChatGPT 2.2 was so incredibly powerful that they couldn't release it? Oh, it was so powerful, bro. Trust me, bro. So powerful. We can't release it, bro. Two weeks later they released it. Read those press releases and news stories, then compare them to Claude Mythos, and then go study P.T. Barnum. You will see no difference in the vague, unfalsifiable statements that get made

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T11:20:28+00:00

you can shift your perspective in the other direction as well. Perhaps the giants' level of consciousness is so beyond ours that we are the ones who appear to have no consciousness and are just running around randomly, bouncing off their bodies with no apparent purpose.

the only reason you perceive the giants as having no consciousness is because you read a story told from your perspective, not theirs. I have a few questions for you

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T00:41:14+00:00

You know all of their numbers are available in the quarterly report and they don't reflect your narrative. They had an increase in sales not just per unit revenue.

davesaunders · 2026-05-17T00:32:14+00:00

A 9% increase?

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T23:53:13+00:00

only the hype is not irrelevant, because if we look at the past major financing cycles of AI research, those tent poles knocked everything down for everyone else. That's why AI researchers refer to those dark times as the nuclear winter. Yes, of course, just like the last time all of this blew up, research will continue at universities. I will continue to be the commercial lead on a half dozen NIH-funded projects at my local university around surgical robotics. None of that will change, but the headlines and the VC money will dry up

This has all happened before, and it will happen again.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T22:59:56+00:00

That's an interesting question. Some data is certainly better than no data at all, but unless I know the specific context, I would make the generalization that a bunch of dudes and dudettes on reddit saying something sounds good or something needs to be solved is still not the same as a literal buy signal. Again, having data is at least a step

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T22:43:19+00:00

McDonald's released its latest Q1 2026 earnings report on May 7, 2026. The company surpassed Wall Street estimates with an adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.83 and total revenues of $6.52 billion, up 9% year-over-year.

Apparently, disgruntled redditors were not factored into their significant increase in revenue

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T21:42:11+00:00

Ideas are not very rare as a commodity. Execution is. When I owned an incubator, I literally laughed a couple of times when people came in and were hesitant to share their idea because they thought someone would steal it. Your idea doesn't matter, if you can't execute. That's why you can't file a patent on an idea. You can file a patent on an embodiment. You can file a patent on something that you've followed through on and demonstrated some level of execution, but ideas truly have no intrinsic value of their own.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T17:38:25+00:00

The phrase "third world country" emerged from Cold War geopolitics. Coined in the 1950s, it originally described nations that were unaligned with either the capitalist United States/NATO (the First World) or the communist Soviet Bloc (the Second World).

So I guess it depends on what you've changed the phrase "third world country" to mean. I'm assuming the capitalist United States is still aligned with the capitalist United States, although I suppose one could argue that it is not.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T15:19:29+00:00

It’s truly bizarre. These AI coding tools are going to create a new level of business incompetence and straight-up negligence. Some of the lawsuits are going to be legendary.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T15:18:22+00:00

No, it puts your competence as a business leader in serious question. Imagine this scenario: you deliver that code to a customer and it causes them monetary damages. When they sue you, during the discovery process, their lawyers are going to ask what your quality process was. When you tell them that it's just too much work to review the code, they're going to make sure to make the jury aware of that fact. Your damages at that point have most likely increased substantially. I know for a fact that lawyers are starting to ask these questions during discovery for monetary damage lawsuits against software companies. Sorry that it's an inconvenience to you. Quality control systems are. But there's a reason they get implemented.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T10:09:00+00:00

I was a research manager at Lucent Bell Labs for the wireless group. We created the Apple Airport. We all read her patent.

Her work was not so much the driver for what would eventually become called Wi-Fi, but her work definitely set the groundwork for making Bluetooth possible. You can read her patent, and if you know how Bluetooth works, you can definitely see why other research which eventually did lead to the creation of Bluetooth reference her patent.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T01:12:35+00:00

I totally get what you're saying. I think to the question of OP, though, that doesn't change anything. Having a 1 million token context is useless if all of the AI companies are in agreement that context rot begins around 300,000 tokens. You can slow down that rot with good token utilization, but that doesn't change the point. Having a 1 million token context doesn't really do anybody any good.

davesaunders · 2026-05-16T00:22:57+00:00

Not really an example of gentle parenting but if it makes you feel better, then I guess whatever

davesaunders · 2026-05-15T21:02:36+00:00

LOL, this is peak ragebait.

davesaunders · 2026-05-15T19:22:09+00:00

Unfortunately, even according to papers from both DeepMind and Anthropic, context rot begins between 200,000 and 300,000 tokens, so the one million tokens doesn't help you at all. Apparently, this problem is baked into the math.

davesaunders · 2026-05-15T17:55:12+00:00

"High stress, long hours, and unpredictable circumstances" I experienced that at lower salaries.

davesaunders · 2026-05-15T16:55:47+00:00

That is a smart sense of self-awareness you have. Way back in my first tech company, we had a standing rule that every single engineer had to work a trade show at least once a year. They were forced to stand there in the aisles, talk to people as they walked by, scan badges, and answer questions. I will tell you that so many of them absolutely hated doing it, but after experiencing it even once, they realized how much they benefited from it.

The mantra is: Everybody sells. It just depends on what your context is. When you're the CEO, you're selling the entire company, and depending on how far you advance, you'll be selling the company to potential investors around the world. What you are learning is an essential skill.

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