Friday 6 November, 2026 0 ▲ Memex 1.1 1 hour ago · Culture · hide The costs of war The American cemetery in Cambridge. Quote of the Day ”I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it.” Shakespeare, As You Like It. I felt the same about Cambridge when I first arrived in 1968. Still do. Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Leonard Cohen | Democracy Link A good way to end this week. Many thanks to Ian Clark for suggesting it. Long Read of the Day AI Behaviour as an Engineering System Erik Larsen’s brilliantly succinct analysis of the Hugging Face hacking fiasco. When an AI system exhibits supposedly unexpected behavior, the first questions should be technical. What was the prompt? What objective was specified? What tools and permissions were available? What feedback mechanisms were operating? How was the search space constrained? What exactly was the system designed to optimize? Best overview I’ve seen. Goes right to the heart of the matter. My commonplace booklet Just watched De Gaulle: Résistance, the first part of Antonin… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town
