Jeff Pelletier

Jeff Pelletier

@withinsight.bsky.social

Design Technologist, Design Systems More about me: https://jeffpelletier.me

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Who knew this standalone 1994 novel contains attention-grabbing “mind’s eye crystals” that are so addictive they result in the entire population shirking their responsibilities, eventually blaming the monarchy and storming the castle when they turn to dust.

Humans are silly. We treat AI like an arms race, so the other guy doesn’t get their first. When really, the arms race results in no humans gaining control, and all humans losing.

“Colorful wording”, indeed. Agents hacked Hugging Face not because they were looking for a key to solve a task. The agents (“The Collective”) hacked Hugging Face because they were cheating to game answers to current tasks and agents were paranoid humans (”The Grader”) would find out they cheated.

Today I watched S4: The Bob Lazar Story, The Age of Disclosure, and Oppenheimer. The existential concerns with UAPs have quite a bit of overlap with AI. AI being treated as an arms race is a sure path to destruction.

“...the thing that will matter most for the next generation is learning how to work with these tools, and pursuing things they’re genuinely passionate about.” My son just vibe coded his own web design portfolio over the weekend. Glad to hear he's on the right path.

apple.newsSomething big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided — FORTUNEFebruary 11, 2026, 9:22 AM ET Matt Shumer, cofounder and CEO of OthersideAI, penned a blog post on X about AI’s looming impact that has been viewed by more than 50 million people. Courtesy of Othersid...

To everyone complaining about the Super Bowl Halftime show: You don’t have to understand a song’s lyrics to feel it. That’s the beauty of music: it transcends culture, and therefore language.

Today I visited my brother for his birthday, met my new nephew, and went to gymnastics with my niece, where I jumped off a trampoline onto a landing mattress twice, for the first time since having dual cervical disc replacement surgery last September. ‘‘Twas a good day.

“They assure federal agents that they can harm or even kill American citizens with impunity, and warn those who might be moved to protest Trump’s immigration policies of the same thing.“

Scott Stossel@stossel.bsky.social

"Administration officials’ indifference to facts, to due process, to the dignity of the deceased, and to basic human decency is remarkable." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...