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Magnus Hambleton

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Magnus Hambleton writes Analog Mantra, a personal blog at analogmantra.com about economics and philosophy. Since 2019, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Thoughts on the Future of AI”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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8mentions?
5HN people?
2019–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2023

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for a post on GPT-4 and a post on whether 5G can fry your brain, which one commenter says explains the technicalities pretty well.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Essays on economics, AI and philosophy, plus interactive generative art by Magnus Hambleton.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Thoughts on the Future of AI
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-16
  2. Will 5G fry your brain in its skull like a mushy grey burrito? A 5G explainer
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-17
  3. GPT-5: a short story written by GPT-4
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-21

What Hacker News says?

  1. GPT-5 written by GPT-4: https://www.analogmantra.com/blog/2023-03-14-gpt-4/

    Comment linking /blog/2023-03-14-gpt-4/

    on “Ask HN: When will GPT-n be used to make GPT-n+1?”
  2. Submitted Will 5G fry your brain in its skull like a mushy grey burrito? A 5G explainer as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. tell them they dont understand the tech and they should be more wary of scaremongering from others who dont. there was actually a post on here a few days ago which explained the technicalities pretty well: https://analogmantra.com/will-5g-fry-your-brain-in-its-skull...

    Comment linking /will-5g-fry-your-brain-in-its-skull-like-a-mushy-grey-burrito-8fa2f0382668

    on “Ask HN: What do I say to friends and family freaking out about 5G?”
  4. Submitted GPT-5: a short story written by GPT-4 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Principled hypocrisy: an approach to dealing with your own moral hypocrisy as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Boundary Conditions, Rain, and Startup Fragility as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted A framework for AI models and the startups that will be built on them as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Thoughts on the Future of AI as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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