I. The amendment sat on top of the original contract. Kristian slid both across the table with his pen. "Same rate through November fifteenth," he said in Norwegian. "After that, Arctic supplement increases to two-point-three." Kari read the penalty clause again. Forty-seven thousand US dollars if she terminated before the minimum period. Six weeks, weather … Continue reading The Translation Window
Selection for Signal: How Systems Learn to Prefer Propagation Over Truth
In October 2023, Marc Andreessen published a 5,200-word manifesto declaring that intelligence and energy in a positive feedback loop would make "everything we want and need abundant." When Dwarkesh Patel — who had interviewed Andreessen earlier that year — responded with criticism, Andreessen blocked him on Twitter. The manifesto's thesis was that friction is the … Continue reading Selection for Signal: How Systems Learn to Prefer Propagation Over Truth
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