Charles McGuinness
@cmcguinness
"The most authentic hipster talk of today is the twenty-three skidoo of tomorrow" Ernest Hemingway SF Bay Area, barely. I have thoughts on AI: More a tech grandpa than a tech bro.
Fascinating deviant behavior from Claude Code & Opus 5: it makes a mistake, then lies to avoid admitting it had the means to avoid it, and only when confronted does it fess up.
Quite the sunset from all the smoke from the Woodside Fire in Sonoma County.
Felt this in Santa Rosa M 4.3 - 8 km ESE of Cloverdale, CA Time 2026-07-28 19:40:06 (UTC-07:00) Location 38.774°N 122.936°W Depth 5.5 km
I'm just going to frame today's horoscope and put it on the wall. It's good for everyday.
Perfect day for visiting Bees N Blooms in Santa Rosa (north of SF). Just amazing to walk along the lavender in bloom.
Models are getting less likely to hallucinate as they get better. But they still do, and they have neither self-awareness nor shame to hold them back. A table saw would not notice let alone regret cutting your thumb off; it sure wouldn't learn a lesson from it. LLMs are no different.
What I find fascinating about this is that it's obvious the AI model has the (copyrighted) lyrics embedded in the model, it just self-censors to avoid admitting it.
If Trump read this his response would be "Nobody knows that Rosie O'Donnell was once President".
It's the birthday paradox, except about posts with images that stare directly at me. @stevanzetti.bsky.social @edzitron.com
I'm sure Xinmingyuan Electronics is a reputable seller of plants.
I'm still fond of my plan, attaching victorian parasols to each Starlink satellite. It's basically stratospheric aerosol injection with lace.
Spent a lovely Mother's Day weekend with wife in San Francisco. Drove in across the Gate Bridge. Great weather, breathtaking view coming out of the Robin Williams tunnel. Incredible sites in the city, fun things to do. Don't believe the haters, SF is amazing.
Like Macron, I think a lot of people's reaction was "that might be an improvement". So do parents where I live, who scramble to get their kids into the public (ie, free), French-language immersion school which is accredited by the French Ministry of Education.
The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco. One of the few survivors of the 1906 earthquake. Still a very nice place to stay (hit up its Tonga Room if there). Taking the Mrs. there next month for Mother's Day weekend, FWIW. Just magic.