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  1. Apr 2026
    1. We also discuss the role of AI in science, including AI safety.

      「我们也讨论了 AI 在科学中的角色,包括 AI 安全」——这句话出现在一篇关于「AI 自主做科研」的论文中,是整篇文章最具讽刺意味的一句话。Sakana AI 用 AI 自动生成了一篇讨论 AI 安全的论文,并让它通过了人类评审。我们还没弄清楚如何防止 AI 在科学出版物中作弊,AI 就已经在帮我们思考如何防止 AI 在科学中作弊了。这个自指性令人眩晕。

    1. AIサイエンティストは、アイデアの創出から実験、分析、論文執筆、そして査読に至るまでの科学的研究サイクル全体をAIが自律的に遂行する仕組みです。この仕組みの定量的評価も含めた結果を、共同研究者とともにNature誌の論文として公開しています。

      AI Scientist 研究——一个让 AI 自动化完整科研周期的系统——被 Nature 正式发表了。令人震惊的是:一篇关于「AI 能否替代科学家」的论文,本身就是通过「AI 辅助科研」的过程产生的,并通过了人类同行评审。这个自指性质让 Nature 的认可变成了一个双重背书:既是对内容的认可,也是对方法论的认可。Sakana 将这个成果作为 Marlin 的技术背书,是极为聪明的品牌叙事策略。

    1. By late next year, the rate of model releases and the number of new evals required could be such that even keeping ourselves informed will be a challenge without effective AI assistance.

      METR 承认:仅仅「保持对 AI 动态的了解」,本身就即将超出人类能力的极限——不依赖 AI 就无法跟上 AI 的发展速度。这是一个深刻的自指悖论:AI 安全评估机构需要用 AI 来评估 AI 的安全性,因为 AI 的发展速度已经超出了人类组织的处理带宽。「用 AI 理解 AI」不再是选项,而是生存必需。

  2. Feb 2025
    1. the complete life, of Bartleby nothing of that sort can be done. I believe that no materials exist for a full and satisfactory biography of this man. It is an irreparable loss to literature.

      The frame category introduced in the first sentence is of scriveners--the speakers knowsn many--who might have complete bios (but he won't bother us with them). The narrator will focus on the one whose bio is lost.

  3. Jan 2024
  4. Dec 2021
    1. In § 3, I explain that to have a life of its own, a card index must be provid-ed with self-referential closure.

      In order to become a free-standing tool, the card index needed to have self-referential closure.

      This may have been one of the necessary steps for the early ideas behind computers. In addition to the idea of a clockwork universe, the index card may have been a step towards early efforts at creating the modern computer.

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