If we do not meet in the next life I hope you live wild. Find me in the world after that and tell me everything.

"Shit, the consequences of my actions."

I really want to understand who decided that the sound electric vehicles should make is "painfully high pitched whine".

It doesn't need to sound electric. It just needs to make a sound so people know it's there. You know. Like a car already does. Mimic an engine ffs.

Welcome to Developing Wisdom How do you maintain professional integrity, agency, and craft excellence when working within systems that seem designed to prevent it?

Find me on Substack! developingwisdom.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Today's hike. 🏞️🥾😊

I'll also be in SF Thursday and Friday if anyone is local to either place and wants to hang out!

Stoked to be in Santa Clara next Tuesday to see @shannonvallor.bsky.social speak about her fantastic book The AI Mirror.

Reach out if you'd like to get together for a drink and a chat! 🥳

Beyond the Reflective Surface Join us on April 29 for this year’s Regan Lecture, addressing AI ethics.

New blog post in "Internet #Ethics: Views from #SiliconValley": "Beyond the Reflective Surface": scu.edu/ethics/inter... #AI #tech #highered

What are we doing to make development fun instead of repetitive, assembly line completion of stories especially in legacy environments?

I asked it to analyze if the form met Deloitte's Trustworthy and Responsible Tech framework and it told me how it did and didn't, and then made updates so that it does, and explained how it now meets that criteria.

It's a cat info form y'all. The most ethical and secure cat info form ever.

It figured out the best packages for what we're doing and requested I install them. It explains every thing it's doing and why. It's prioritizing accessibility.

It decided we needed a cat weight field, which I disagree with but that's okay.

What's neat is that I keep giving it basic instructions and it just runs with it, but I'm the final say in all of it. It decided we needed a personality checkbox list as well as determined favorite toys, names, and breeds lists independently.

I struggle with vibe coding for the same reason I struggle with any voice activated assistants... I don't like talking out loud to machines. In related news GitHub CoPilot in agent mode created me a basic cat info intake form in like 10 minutes. Pretty neat stuff.

Home. 🏂🏞️❤️

Home. 🏞️🌌😊❤️

Walking home last night. 🌌🏞️

Reasoning models don't always say what they think Research from Anthropic on the faithfulness of AI models' Chain-of-Thought

OpenAI: "Users have told us that understanding how the model reasons ... helps build trust in its answers."

Anthropic: "Do reasoning models accurately verbalize their reasoning? Our new paper shows they don't."

www.anthropic.com/research/rea...

Home. 🥰🏞️🌄

My blog is back—now at guy.dev!

I’m writing mostly about tech—code, career, and comms. But there’ll be some ham radio—which I guess is comms—and TTRPG content too. And, the occasional weird idea.

Check it out at:
👉 guy.dev
👉 medium.com/@guyroyse

And yes, the mobile experience sucks. I'm on it.

Blessings today on my amazing partner for bringing me a very dirty chai from our favorite coffee shop because my day started with meetings at 6am and is continuing with meetings through 3pm. Truly the world is a safer place for his actions. 🥰

This is Monster. 😐

There's an ebook special on Unmothers right now through 3/30! Get it at your favorite ebooks eshop!

Hi Shannon, any updates on the possible Applied Ethics Masters program? 😊 Like is that imminent or a couple few years out?

I think sometimes people in Ohio forget that much of Eastern Ohio especially is actually the foothills of old Appalachia.

I don't think the land itself has forgotten, though.

Today I'm letting myself have awareness and acknowledgement for the things in me that I normally try to suppress for the comfort of others.

Thank you, @lesliejanderson.bsky.social for the reminder.

@earthforestskye.bsky.social You might find the painting music interesting.

The night sky over #MammothMountain tonight on my walk. Not sure how this will load for everyone.

Taken on my phone so there's definitely artifacting. 😊

Would it benefit my career if I moved to a city or more central location? Probably.

Counterpoint, though, this benefits my soul, and I can't find a walk like this in the city.

Green to blue gradient image with the CTMF logo and text reading: PhD Studentship: Examining the ethical implications of natural language processing. Applications are open for this funded PhD Studentship, to being in September 2026. Supervisor: Dr Zee Talat. Application Deadline: 15 March 2025. More info: edin.ac/40PAXEq

Text reads: Given the increased uptake in the use and proliferation of NLP technologies, questions surrounding the ethical and responsible development of such tools are of greater urgency. This project will consider how NLP and machine learning are currently falling short in engaging with ethical development practices and examine how such practices can be improved for the benefit of end-users and society more broadly.

We are excited to announce a new, funded PhD studentship opportunity, alongside the School of Informatics @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social!

Supervised by @zeerak.bsky.social and starting Sept 2025, the project will examine the ethical implications of natural language processing.

Apply ▶️ edin.ac/40PAXEq

The tree you loved as a child remembers you. It still breathes for you, knowing the air is traveling miles and miles, helping you live. Keep going.