“How Data Happened” with Chris Wiggins available now! Historian of science, AI/ML computing, sigint, and technology, Princetonhttps://bsky.app/profile/nescioquid.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nescioquid.bsky.social/post/3mzmbtth6p22uWanna understand what made gen AI possible—from the lack of privacy and regulation to the attention economy to the march of computational statistics from the enlightenment to the present? Have I got the read for you. 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Asking for a friend. “Every improvement, which we have since made, has arisen from our imitation of foreigners; and we ought so far to esteem it happy, that they had previously made advances in arts and ingenuity. " “Of the Jealousy of Trade”19 Oct 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:aale5knimfc5fkb3d2eh2nnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3my76akfu5c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/nescioquid.bsky.social/post/3my4h5mqht22nLLMs crushed earlier attempts to mechanize skill precisely because they weren’t narrowly trained like prior machine learning. Might be worth updating some priors on the value of an expansive education based on the ample data at hand.18 Oct 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:aale5knimfc5fkb3d2eh2nnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4h5mqht22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nescioquid.bsky.social/post/3my43sw7soc2jApply to work with my amazing colleague @mjcrockett.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:aale5knimfc5fkb3d2eh2nnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3my43sw7soc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nescioquid.bsky.social/post/3mxxevxw4422aIn the midst of the burning radioactive rubble, a turning point is found.....16 Oct 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:aale5knimfc5fkb3d2eh2nnm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxevxw4422ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nescioquid.bsky.social/post/3mxuzmn4ryk24You know that innocuous clause in the privacy agreement about what may obtain should you favorite service go into financial difficulities…. 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