Show HN: What Would Paul Graham Write? An experiment in personality extension
(georgestrakhov.com)
An experiment in synthetic personality extension.
An experiment in synthetic personality extension.
Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-Generated Comments
(simonwillison.net)
The moderators there just found out that the forum has been the subject of an undisclosed four month long (November 2024 to March 2025) research project by a team at the University of Zurich who posted AI-generated responses from dozens of accounts attempting to join the debate and measure if they could change people's minds.
The moderators there just found out that the forum has been the subject of an undisclosed four month long (November 2024 to March 2025) research project by a team at the University of Zurich who posted AI-generated responses from dozens of accounts attempting to join the debate and measure if they could change people's minds.
Ask HN: Thoughts on an AI agent that must make money to stay alive?
(ycombinator.com)
I’ve been thinking about a new kind of AI experiment: what if we created a large language model-based Agent that interacts with an operating system and the internet like a human?
I’ve been thinking about a new kind of AI experiment: what if we created a large language model-based Agent that interacts with an operating system and the internet like a human?
Building our "native-AI newsroom"
(regenerator1.com)
Hello, everyone! Today, we’re taking a break from the pointless and destructive trade war (Pres Trump has an excellent off-ramp — let’s hope he takes it!) to talk about a homegrown AI experiment. Thank you for subscribing to Regenerator!
Hello, everyone! Today, we’re taking a break from the pointless and destructive trade war (Pres Trump has an excellent off-ramp — let’s hope he takes it!) to talk about a homegrown AI experiment. Thank you for subscribing to Regenerator!
Blog hosted on a Nintendo Wii
(infected.systems)
If you are reading this message, the experiment below is still ongoing. This page was served to you by a real Nintendo Wii.
If you are reading this message, the experiment below is still ongoing. This page was served to you by a real Nintendo Wii.
Amazon Turned Drivers into First Responders in Europe Experiment
(bloomberg.com)
Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.
Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.
Rust Without a Borrow Checker
(github.com/thomcc)
This is rustc with the borrow checker disabled. I wrote it in like, 30 minutes because this tweet made me laugh.
This is rustc with the borrow checker disabled. I wrote it in like, 30 minutes because this tweet made me laugh.
AI-generated Answers experiment on Stack Exchange sites
(stackexchange.com)
AI-generated Answers experiment on Stack Exchange sites that volunteered to participate
AI-generated Answers experiment on Stack Exchange sites that volunteered to participate
We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know how
(world.hey.com)
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
Give a whole server to an agent with the full permission of doing whatever
(ycombinator.com)
Setting ethical considerations aside for the moment, I think it can be interesting to see what happens if we have a whole server with a self-evolving AI agent inside with full permission to modify its server.
Setting ethical considerations aside for the moment, I think it can be interesting to see what happens if we have a whole server with a self-evolving AI agent inside with full permission to modify its server.
Four-day week at a south London school
(theguardian.com)
At a small independent school on the fringes of a National Trust park in Morden, south London, a quiet revolution is under way.
At a small independent school on the fringes of a National Trust park in Morden, south London, a quiet revolution is under way.
The evolution of a structural code editor
(crowdhailer.me)
I'm building EYG an experiment in a building better languages and tools; for some measure of better.
I'm building EYG an experiment in a building better languages and tools; for some measure of better.
The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed
(lesswrong.com)
It brings me no pleasure to conclude that this was not the case. The results are in. Legalized mobile gambling on sports, let alone casino games, has proven to be a huge mistake. The societal impacts are far worse than I expected.
It brings me no pleasure to conclude that this was not the case. The results are in. Legalized mobile gambling on sports, let alone casino games, has proven to be a huge mistake. The societal impacts are far worse than I expected.
Narrative Jailbreaking for Fun and Profit
(interconnected.org)
A game I like to play with any AI chatbot is to persuade it to break its narrative frame.
A game I like to play with any AI chatbot is to persuade it to break its narrative frame.
Experiment with LLMs and Random Walk on a Grid
(github.com/attentionmech)
This is a simple experiment of asking LLMs do a random walk. The test was done with open source llama3.1/2 and gemma2 series. My general expectation was that as temperature will grow the random walk will keep growing more. But somehow the gemma2:9b model is behaving weirdly. That is what I am investigating. But nonetheless it's cool to look at LLMs visually, and not just in loss graphs / tokens.
This is a simple experiment of asking LLMs do a random walk. The test was done with open source llama3.1/2 and gemma2 series. My general expectation was that as temperature will grow the random walk will keep growing more. But somehow the gemma2:9b model is behaving weirdly. That is what I am investigating. But nonetheless it's cool to look at LLMs visually, and not just in loss graphs / tokens.
Microbenchmarks Are Experiments
(mrale.ph)
Benchmarks are not numerology. Their results are not a divine revelation. Benchmarks are experiments. Their results are meaningless without interpretation and validation.
Benchmarks are not numerology. Their results are not a divine revelation. Benchmarks are experiments. Their results are meaningless without interpretation and validation.
Making Your Connection Bad
(5snb.club)
This is directly inspired by Engineering for Slow Internet. I figured I’d give running with dogshit internet on my desktop and phone a go to see how poorly (or well!) specific applications behave.
This is directly inspired by Engineering for Slow Internet. I figured I’d give running with dogshit internet on my desktop and phone a go to see how poorly (or well!) specific applications behave.
How did you do on the AI art Turing test?
(astralcodexten.com)
Last month, I challenged 11,000 people to classify fifty pictures as either human art or AI-generated images.
Last month, I challenged 11,000 people to classify fifty pictures as either human art or AI-generated images.
User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment (2018)
(userinyerface.com)
Please fill in all fields correctly:
Please fill in all fields correctly:
The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed
(lesswrong.com)
It brings me no pleasure to conclude that this was not the case. The results are in. Legalized mobile gambling on sports, let alone casino games, has proven to be a huge mistake. The societal impacts are far worse than I expected.
It brings me no pleasure to conclude that this was not the case. The results are in. Legalized mobile gambling on sports, let alone casino games, has proven to be a huge mistake. The societal impacts are far worse than I expected.
I Took a 'Decision Holiday' and Put A.I. In Charge of My Life
(nytimes.com)
Generative A.I. took over my life.
Generative A.I. took over my life.
Polish radio station ditches DJs, journalists for AI-generated college kids
(theregister.com)
A Polish radio station has ditched its on-air talent for AI in what its editor-in-chief calls an experiment on the effect of AI in society, though it looks like a bid to save cash.
A Polish radio station has ditched its on-air talent for AI in what its editor-in-chief calls an experiment on the effect of AI in society, though it looks like a bid to save cash.