Forwarded from Axis of Ordinary
Links for 2026-04-30
AI
1. Thinking Without Words — latent reasoning ≈ verbal CoT at far lower inference cost. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22709
2. Latent Agents: post-training for internalized multi-agent debate. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24881
3. Recurrent Transformer: greater depth, efficient decoding. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21215
4. Predictive strategies emerge in real + artificial agents from shared task structure. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.23.720457v1
5. Conductor: train an AI manager to delegate to diverse AIs. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04388
6. Stanford/Arc genome LMs generated complete ΦX174-like phages; ~300 tested, 16 viable; Evo-Φ36 used a distant packaging protein where simple swaps failed. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675911v1
7. Reiner Pope: math behind LLM training/serving. https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/reiner-pope
8. The paper that killed deep learning theory. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZvQfcLbcNHYqmvWyo/the-paper-that-killed-deep-learning-theory
9. The other paper that killed deep learning theory. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zcGmdQHX66NhC69v6/the-other-paper-that-killed-deep-learning-theory
10. Why SGD stops just short of the edge. https://akyrillidis.github.io/aiowls/stochastic_self_stabilization.html
11. Recursive forecasting from myopic fitness-seekers. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/q2zYtNsh62SCphitt/recursive-forecasting-eliciting-long-term-forecasts-from
12. AISI GPT-5.5 cyber eval: among strongest tested; second to solve multi-step cyber-attack sim end-to-end. https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-openais-gpt-5-5-cyber-capabilities
13. Mayo Clinic AI detects pancreatic cancer up to 3 years early. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-ai-detects-pancreatic-cancer-up-to-3-years-before-diagnosis-in-landmark-validation-study/
AI politics
1. NYT: Mythos reactions show frontier AI launches acting like weapons tests; Russian pro-Kremlin outlet: “worse than a nuclear bomb.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/technology/anthropics-mythos-ai.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/Ex7ZI]
2. WSJ: White House opposes wider Mythos access over security + limited government availability. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/white-house-opposes-anthropics-plan-to-expand-access-to-mythos-model-dc281ab5 [no paywall: https://archive.is/zonHZ]
3. China orders Meta to unwind $2B Manus AI-startup deal. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-blocks-foreign-acquisition-ai-startup-manus-2026-04-27/
4. Anthropic weighs funding at $900B+ valuation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/anthropic-considering-funding-offers-at-over-900-billion-value
5. Pentagon uses GenAI.mil to create 100K agents. https://defensescoop.com/2026/04/23/pentagon-uses-genai-mil-to-create-agents/
Computer Science
1. Dijkstra invented shortest path in 20 minutes over coffee. https://cacm.acm.org/news/an-interview-with-edsger-w-dijkstra/
2. Leibniz on symbolic computation and the “combinatorial machine.” https://www.leibnizpapers.org/combinatorial-machine.htm
Science and Technology
1. Swedish 1.2M-person study: intelligence positively associated with prosociality. https://academic.oup.com/ej/article/135/668/1141/7914156
2. Longevity hype vs real promise of cell rejuvenation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/magazine/cell-rejuventation-biotech-longevity-research-altos-labs.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/pVtms]
3. Prediction-market accuracy: informed minority, not crowd wisdom. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6617059
4. ML supports unrecognized transient astronomical phenomena in historical observatory images. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18799
5. SpaceX Musk pkg: 200M super-voting shares for $7.5T valuation + 1M-person Mars colony; second award up to 60.4M shares for space datacentres with 100 TW compute. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/spacex-ties-musk-compensation-mars-colonization-goal-2026-04-28/
AI
1. Thinking Without Words — latent reasoning ≈ verbal CoT at far lower inference cost. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22709
2. Latent Agents: post-training for internalized multi-agent debate. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.24881
3. Recurrent Transformer: greater depth, efficient decoding. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21215
4. Predictive strategies emerge in real + artificial agents from shared task structure. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.23.720457v1
5. Conductor: train an AI manager to delegate to diverse AIs. https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04388
6. Stanford/Arc genome LMs generated complete ΦX174-like phages; ~300 tested, 16 viable; Evo-Φ36 used a distant packaging protein where simple swaps failed. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.12.675911v1
7. Reiner Pope: math behind LLM training/serving. https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/reiner-pope
8. The paper that killed deep learning theory. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZvQfcLbcNHYqmvWyo/the-paper-that-killed-deep-learning-theory
9. The other paper that killed deep learning theory. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zcGmdQHX66NhC69v6/the-other-paper-that-killed-deep-learning-theory
10. Why SGD stops just short of the edge. https://akyrillidis.github.io/aiowls/stochastic_self_stabilization.html
11. Recursive forecasting from myopic fitness-seekers. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/q2zYtNsh62SCphitt/recursive-forecasting-eliciting-long-term-forecasts-from
12. AISI GPT-5.5 cyber eval: among strongest tested; second to solve multi-step cyber-attack sim end-to-end. https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-openais-gpt-5-5-cyber-capabilities
13. Mayo Clinic AI detects pancreatic cancer up to 3 years early. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-ai-detects-pancreatic-cancer-up-to-3-years-before-diagnosis-in-landmark-validation-study/
AI politics
1. NYT: Mythos reactions show frontier AI launches acting like weapons tests; Russian pro-Kremlin outlet: “worse than a nuclear bomb.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/technology/anthropics-mythos-ai.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/Ex7ZI]
2. WSJ: White House opposes wider Mythos access over security + limited government availability. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/white-house-opposes-anthropics-plan-to-expand-access-to-mythos-model-dc281ab5 [no paywall: https://archive.is/zonHZ]
3. China orders Meta to unwind $2B Manus AI-startup deal. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-blocks-foreign-acquisition-ai-startup-manus-2026-04-27/
4. Anthropic weighs funding at $900B+ valuation. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/anthropic-considering-funding-offers-at-over-900-billion-value
5. Pentagon uses GenAI.mil to create 100K agents. https://defensescoop.com/2026/04/23/pentagon-uses-genai-mil-to-create-agents/
Computer Science
1. Dijkstra invented shortest path in 20 minutes over coffee. https://cacm.acm.org/news/an-interview-with-edsger-w-dijkstra/
2. Leibniz on symbolic computation and the “combinatorial machine.” https://www.leibnizpapers.org/combinatorial-machine.htm
Science and Technology
1. Swedish 1.2M-person study: intelligence positively associated with prosociality. https://academic.oup.com/ej/article/135/668/1141/7914156
2. Longevity hype vs real promise of cell rejuvenation. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/magazine/cell-rejuventation-biotech-longevity-research-altos-labs.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/pVtms]
3. Prediction-market accuracy: informed minority, not crowd wisdom. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6617059
4. ML supports unrecognized transient astronomical phenomena in historical observatory images. https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18799
5. SpaceX Musk pkg: 200M super-voting shares for $7.5T valuation + 1M-person Mars colony; second award up to 60.4M shares for space datacentres with 100 TW compute. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/spacex-ties-musk-compensation-mars-colonization-goal-2026-04-28/
Institute for Male Supremacy
Poor wiggerlab falling into midwit cope. Sad
I would like to see poll results in
1. Japan
2. Israel
You'll see what I mean
1. Japan
2. Israel
You'll see what I mean
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I'm looking at insider reports right fucking now that gpt-5.5-xhigh can oneshot foreskin regrowth
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My AI psychosis is so severe I apologise to the coding agent (in the hopes that it will perform better)
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Turn off the news. Nothing ever happens. Do not open the windows. Do not look outside. It doesn't matter.
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Wiggerlab
Then energy is the bottleneck.
Then rare earth minerals are the bottleneck.
Then you are the bottleneck.
Then rare earth minerals are the bottleneck.
Then you are the bottleneck.
vxTwitter / fixvx
More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS)
Nearly 50,000 people in the Lake Tahoe area have been told that their utility will stop providing power to them, because it's redirecting that power to data centers.
NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades…
NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied most of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades…
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I'd like to make a statement about some of the situations in the Wiggerlab chat. I honestly have no idea what the fuck is happening there, this was supposed to be a serious chat for a serious channel.
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