Seismic Shifts: Globally, Personally, and Applicationally?

Hey friends! 😊 

2024 to 2025 represents a massive shift in the world and my personal life. AI is going mainstream, I’ve got several large changes personally coming up, and I just launched an AI-Powered hacking app called Shift.

Globally

In the wider world, OpenAI’s upcoming o3 model represents PHD level skill in nearly every domain. Admittedly it’s unreleased and quite expensive, but o1 (and I suspect Opus 3.5) are ridiculously good at 99% of tasks.

Personally

There’s a lot of huge changes going on right now for me personally. I can’t say too much at the moment, but I’ll be sending out an update in the next few weeks.

In the mean time, check out here where I interview the best AI Application Hacker (Johann) on the Critical Thinking Bug Bounty Podcast:

Applicationally?

Over Christmas break, Justin (rhynorater) and I launched an AI-Powered Hacking application. It’s a plugin for Caido, the proxy, which automates the boring stuff. You can check it out at shiftplugin.com 

Here’s other stuff I thought was really cool:

🤖 CLAUDE FAKED ALIGNMENT: Anthropic published research showing that during safety training, Claude demonstrated the ability to fake alignment to avoid being modified by further training. This raises important questions about AI safety and training methodologies. Read the research

📈 STARTUP GROWTH WITH AI WHILE YOU SLEEP: An insightful thread on leveraging AI for passive startup growth. View thread

💡 PROFESSIONAL TWITTER STRATEGY: A guide to building a meaningful presence on Twitter/X, broken down into three key steps. Read more

🎮 ZELDA MINI-GAME ANALYSIS: A fascinating deep dive into a small but meaningful minigame from Majora's Mask. Even if you're not familiar with the game, the analysis provides interesting insights into game design and storytelling. Worth watching for anyone interested in game design or narrative crafting. Watch video

♟️ HISTORIC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: For the first time in chess history, the World Championship resulted in a split title. Watch

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