(3/6) AI hype is a mirror of market fundamentalism
#LLMs are the perfect microcosm of capitalism. These systems mask the vast amounts of labor needed to run them, allowing commodity fetishism to form around #AImodels.

This mirrors the fetishism #neoliberal #economists display around markets, detached from understanding the influence of #capitalist institutions and #politics on markets.

#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/ai-hype-market-fundamentalism/

(6/6) #Capitalism runs like a computer (and it's being hacked)

Markets under capitalism are an open system whose norms and protocols can be hijacked to create permanent structural advantages. Very similar to #exploits #vulnerabilities in #cybersecurity.

Because #capitalists institutions determine what can be bought and sold in market capitalism they are often targets of hijacking.

#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/capitalism-as-a-stack/

(5/6) The tension at the heart of market #capitalism
Markets under capitalism face four paradoxes managing the balance of power in the system:

1. Property rights limit competition.
2. Property rights enforcement invites exploitation.
3. Markets reward secrecy but need transparency to function well.
4. Market success undermines market competition.

#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/tension-market-capitalism/

(4/6) The lethal economics of corporate kung fu
Market failure = firm success. To understand #economic reality, we have to understand that companies are competing over ways to avoid economic competition. Even if it comes at consumers' expense. Corporate kung fu are the insane tactics companies pursue that screw over consumers.

#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/corponomics-lethal-econ-kung-fu/

(3/6) AI hype is a mirror of market fundamentalism
#LLMs are the perfect microcosm of capitalism. These systems mask the vast amounts of labor needed to run them, allowing commodity fetishism to form around #AImodels.

This mirrors the fetishism #neoliberal #economists display around markets, detached from understanding the influence of #capitalist institutions and #politics on markets.

#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/ai-hype-market-fundamentalism/

(2/6) #LLM “intelligence” is a #darkpattern. I argue that the defining feature of LLMs is that they’re a structured “dark pattern” meant to launder the idea that a mind’s on the other side.

To that end, unlike any good technology, there’s no affordance that promotes any intended use. That doesn't make LLMs useless, but it makes them extremely dangerous from a user safety standpoint. Like a hammer without a handle.

#blog #anniversary #misalignedmarkets #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/llm-intelligence-is-a-dark-pattern/

(1/6) My blog #MisalignedMarkets turns one! I spent the year blogging about lots of topics: optimization, information asymmetry, risk, #AI but here are my most popular posts
A thread 🧵

#blog #anniversary #economics #longthread

https://misaligned.markets/review-first-year/

1. 网站验证，新增hexo.feddit.social 和 github.com/KipJayChou
- '<a rel="me" href="https://mstdn.feddit.social/@admin">Mastodon</a>'
Github则在Social accounts添加https://mstdn.feddit.social/@admin 即可
2. 作者归属，在mstdn.feddit.social显示正常，但是在dev.phanpy.social还未正常显示
- '<meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@admin">'
3. 为hexo.feddit.social 添加iOS/iPadOS PWA所需图标
- '<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/images/favicon.png">'
4. 为两篇博客文章更换封面，灵感来源于https://blog.zhheo.com/ ，使用咕噜咕噜的NNP生成

#hexo #github #mastodon #phanpy #pwa #ios #ipados #blog #博客封面

1. 网站验证，新增hexo.feddit.social 和 github.com/KipJayChou
- '<a rel="me" href="https://mstdn.feddit.social/@admin">Mastodon</a>'
Github则在Social accounts添加https://mstdn.feddit.social/@admin 即可
2. 作者归属，在mstdn.feddit.social显示正常，但是在dev.phanpy.social还未正常显示
- '<meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@admin">'
3. 为hexo.feddit.social 添加iOS/iPadOS PWA所需图标
- '<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/images/favicon.png">'
4. 为两篇博客文章更换封面，灵感来源于https://blog.zhheo.com/ ，使用咕噜咕噜的NNP生成

#hexo #github #mastodon #phanpy #pwa #ios #ipados #blog #博客封面

A Year of Listening Differently: Mindful Music 💿

About a year ago, I purchased a £17 external CD/DVD drive and started collecting and importing music again.

It completely changed how I listen to music.

The conclusion of this little experiment; 1. streaming (and the subscription model) completely sucks 🚫 2. Collecting music is loads of fun 🙌🏻

https://mikehindle.uk/a-year-of-listening-differently-mindful-music/

#music #blog #writing #bandcamp #physicalmedia #apple

A Year of Listening Differently: Mindful Music 💿

About a year ago, I purchased a £17 external CD/DVD drive and started collecting and importing music again.

It completely changed how I listen to music.

The conclusion of this little experiment; 1. streaming (and the subscription model) completely sucks 🚫 2. Collecting music is loads of fun 🙌🏻

https://mikehindle.uk/a-year-of-listening-differently-mindful-music/

#music #blog #writing #bandcamp #physicalmedia #apple

As a side project, I am working on a deep redesign of the C standard library and am contemplating blogging about it to give myself some motivation, as well as hopefully getting helpful feedback from interested enthusiasts or experienced programmers. Feel free to share this thread and ask questions, I'll be happy to answer them in my next blog post if this gets enough traction (I will post the link here on mastodon).

#programming #c #libc #c23 #c2y #clang #gcc #unix #windows #macos #plan9 #blog