Robert Heaton
@RobJHeaton
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Frontier red team @AnthropicAI . Writing a book about being a dad.
London
Joined October 2011
I made my 5 year-old a dice game about the US Federal Election and a Python DSL for making new dice games of arbitrary complexity. PRs appreciated for both. https://t.co/Q1Ow0uoxOZ
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My five year-old is into football. Really, really, won’t-sit-down, won’t-let-anyone-else-sit-down into football. My wife and I spend every free minute taking half-hearted shots on goal; feigning...
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🚨 I JUST LAUNCHED A NEW EDTECH STARTUP! 🚨 It's called MinorMiner, and it turns your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin. Don't waste their hashing power! Turn their worksheets into wonga. 5+5=₿ Read the full announcement by our CEO, Hobert Reaton https://t.co/j2Tqx7H1sG
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Hello! Hello! Welcome, welcome. My name is Hobert Reaton, and I’m here in this shabby motel conference room to present you with yet another once-in-a-lifetime investment opportunity.
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When a video game gets too hard, do you: A) Try harder B) Look up the answer C) Write a finite state machine that executes every possible sequence of actions until it finds one that works? How I crunched through the delightful puzzler, @cocoongame . https://t.co/xarA1uGjfo
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My wife and two little boys sometimes go on trips to see friends or family for whom my presence isn’t strictly required. While my wife books the flights I make a show of weighing up my options and...
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My team at @AnthropicAI is hiring research engineers and scientists. We find out whether AI models possess critical, advanced capabilities and then help the world to prepare. We'd love to hear from you! https://t.co/GldHfm5pRY
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I work at Anthropic on the Frontier Red Team. Our mission is to find out whether AI models possess critical, advanced capabilities, and to help the world to prepare. We’re hiring AI researchers and...
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I wrote a tool called PyMyFlySpy that uses data from your flight's headrest TV screen to plot graphs of your plane's location, speed, altitude, and much more. Here's how it works: https://t.co/hND08rdiRX
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“Where are we daddy?” asked my five-year-old.
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I wrote a tool called PySkyWiFi that gives you completely free, unbelievably stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights. It tunnels data through the "first name" field in your airmiles account, and can reach speeds of up to several bytes per second. https://t.co/Le5Ezv6fG4
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The plane reached 10,000ft. I took out my laptop, planning to peruse the internet and maybe do a little work if I got really desperate.
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I’m hiring ambitious Research Scientists at @AnthropicAI to measure and prepare for models acting autonomously in the world. This is one of the most novel and difficult capabilities to measure, and critical for safety. Join the Frontier Red Team at Anthropic:
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If you read the twin studies then it's possible that nothing I do with my kids makes any long-term difference to anything. Is this true, and how should I feel about it? Reflections on "Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids" by @bryan_caplan . https://t.co/v54rwnVOOe
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I know that time spent with my kids is supposed to be its own reward, and it is. But I also want to believe that what I do in this time matters, as much as possible. Elegantly handling a tantrum...
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I built a Game Boy emulator and remembered how much fun it can be to write a long program that truly interests you and watch it do something a little bit astonishing. https://t.co/SmCC1Jpwc0
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I’m a professional computer programmer, but I don’t often do all that much computer programming. Instead I spend much of my time futzing around with config files, other people’s frameworks, and other...
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How sad should I be about ChatGPT? Machines are encroaching on things I care about and now everyone needs to pay attention. https://t.co/s8yn9Kewsv
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A week ago my brother sent a message to our family group:
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How to use background electrical noise on a recording to work out exactly when it was made - a technique used to verify evidence in at least one court case! Includes an open source implementation. https://t.co/bUxBdL1HHO
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Three men were accused of selling firearms to South London gangs. At their 2012 trial in Croydon Crown Court, the prosecution played the jury a recording, taken undercover, of the trio allegedly...
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Parenting is magical but you have to do more of it than you have easy energy for. Gaby, sometimes: “I would kill to go on the internet right now.” New blog post about parenthood. https://t.co/P1Aq8RmCjg
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We're having another baby. Gaby's been a blunt advocate for more ever since we got Oscar home. She muted her arguments when we were considering whether to have any children because she wanted to gi...
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CAO CHANGE OF MIND CLOSES IN 15 DAYS John @collision says it may be the best software course in Europe but don't just take his word on it. @stephenkinsella chats with @stripe's @RobJHeaton about his career and what makes ISE unique. Full 12min Interview: https://t.co/FtxkZCgIGS
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I wonder how many other people’s relationships with their kids are based on the ideas of intelligent but inexpert journalists who had a baby and wrote a book in order to make some money without having to travel or do extra research. New post on parenthood
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I woke up and said good morning to Oscar. "Go away daddy, I don't love you." I went downstairs. "Daddy can't eat breakfast with me, he is not fun and he makes me sad."
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I love you son no matter what, even though I don’t think I can say the same about myself yet. New post about being a parent. https://t.co/hPRjgA3sLa
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I woke up and said good morning to Oscar. "Go away daddy, I don't love you." I went downstairs. "Daddy can't eat breakfast with me, he is not fun and he makes me sad."
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I work as a security engineer at one of the larger financial tech companies and my hobby is writing about digital security. I was still only a whisker away from getting credit card-scammed. Here's how. https://t.co/XB5HogASC4
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I was in the park with my son and his best friend. I saw 2 missed calls from a number I didn’t recognise. I Googled it - it was my bank. I told the other adults that I should call back in case it was...
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