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@kevinnbass This reads like a Democrat playbook. Engineer or imagine severe problems, claim to be the solution but don't actually solve them, then use those problems to justify and self-perpetuate your own existence. Climate change, far-right extremism (SPLC), homelessness... t 6.9K views · 303 likes · 21 reposts · 14 replies Open on X →

@kevinnbass https://t.co/W5qB44O3uA

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If you liked the post please donate, I will buy more AI tokens https://t.co/QN66IHOf6O 34.9K views · 585 likes · 42 reposts · 21 replies Open on X →

Finale METR rated its own independence according to its own standardized criteria, and did a good job on most metrics, but suspiciously failed only by failing to state a conflict of interest disclosure policy https://t.co/2aHVm1Nllx

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Direct grant to METR from Coefficient is disputed (But as I have shown, this is irrelevant, because the money is funneled through intermediaries that all point back to Moskovitz, Good Ventures Foundation, sitting on exploding Anthropic stock) https://t.co/MB6CycWOaC

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I cannot trace the biggest grant to METR through Vanguard https://t.co/Rxjb42pXlO

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Half of possible evaluators funded by Coefficient (funded by GVF, sitting on Anthropic stocks) https://t.co/Mr1hSjGRgS

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The fierce online debate about METR's independence https://t.co/ZnujNmfz2b

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Deep ties between METR and Redwood, funded by Coefficient (funded by GVF, in turn funded on Anthropic stocks) https://t.co/yI2unUNSli

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METR raised big funds -- then started finding big incidents They found what they were looking for https://t.co/uP72OnGnxH

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Many of METR's funders are also Anthropic investors https://t.co/70GHIrO5a5

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Tarbell fellows -- funded from the money pile that comes from Anthropic -- wrote undisclosed Time 100 AI profiles. https://t.co/y6yByKMhCj

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Most leaders are not endorsing METR except Dwarkesh Patel and Dario. https://t.co/Od3DTVaLKA

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Github https://t.co/ifsi1qPs85 70K views · 747 likes · 88 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

Claim: National Philanthropic Trust, Form 990 Schedule I, FY2023–FY2025: grants to METR's network — FY2025 (Jul 2024–Jun 2025; 22,258 grants): Founders Pledge $78,816,791; The RAND Corporation $61,646,790; FAR AI $14,420,253; Effective Ventures USA $11,564,000; Epoch AI 101.8K views · 768 likes · 107 reposts · 4 replies Open on X →

== Anthropic equity, the donated stake, and the accounts that pay Coefficient's grants == Claim: Anthropic's Series H release (May 28 2026) names Jane Street and D.E. Shaw Ventures among the investors; individual amounts are not disclosed. Why it matters: Fixes the Series H 243.8K views · 1.2K likes · 177 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →

@kevinnbass 💯 How much time wasted on sitting around and then coming home to do self study and homework. Why not (if they are capable) just do the self study and move on. 4.2K views · 49 likes · 0 reposts · 3 replies Open on X →

8-yo is done with 30% of a year of the math curriculum in a month. 11-yo is done with almost 25%. Plausibly that could be 3-4 years of math in a year. We did 1/3 of a textbook of social studies in a week. 5x might be slightly overstated, but it's a lot. 7.1K views · 138 likes · 2 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

And we're scaffolding up to grad level biology-type stuff with lots of games and so forth because I enjoy that. That's like our weekly GT class. Sort of something fun and educational for me -- I'm learning a lot and getting cracked on subjects I've always wanted to go deep on -- 6.6K views · 108 likes · 1 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

We have been homeschooling for a month. For a few hours of time a week of my own time, my kids appear to learn about 5x faster, in less time. The public school system appears to merely be a kind of mass daycare where 10-20% of the time is spent learning by accident. 141K views · 4K likes · 320 reposts · 227 replies Open on X →

AI discourse https://t.co/S35zlcBNA3

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We are going to hear "we have entered the singularity" every week for the next ten years aren't we 1.2K views · 29 likes · 3 reposts · 9 replies Open on X →

Left: brutally murdered on subway at random by repeat violent offender, mocked by the liberal white women, murals defaced Right: strangled own three children to death, mistrialed 11-1, nearly acquitted, celebrated by liberal white women, raised over $1 million America is broken

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In the 50s, if conservatives objected to a communist, they would say "communist subversive" and fire them Today, if leftists object to a conservative, they lie about them and fire them Why are leftists ashamed of their own views, why do they lie, if they believe they are right? 2.5K views · 26 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

@kevinnbass Don't be ridiculous. They also hired indians. 12.5K views · 514 likes · 7 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

@kevinnbass To the surprise of no one, men are quitting society. No one wants to deal with the incessant nagging at home and now at work 17K views · 491 likes · 4 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

@kevinnbass How is this not viewed as a national crisis? 26.9K views · 822 likes · 5 reposts · 32 replies Open on X →