How long before it’s impossible to buy a fridge without an ad infested touch screen?
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How long before it’s impossible to buy a fridge without an ad infested touch screen?
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Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.
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#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
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#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
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July 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein.
More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q
#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q
#GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow
@uofgravity.bsky.social
The supermarket bread isle is like the candy isle when it comes to carbs and blood sugar levels. White bread is the skittles. Whole grain is the dark chocolate.
May 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The supermarket bread isle is like the candy isle when it comes to carbs and blood sugar levels. White bread is the skittles. Whole grain is the dark chocolate.
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it kills me when people respond to this by saying "it might be hard, but if we can just fix the errors it'll be great"
it can never be fixed because from a process standpoint, *correct answers are also hallucinations*
it's all the same process: generating likely text
it can never be fixed because from a process standpoint, *correct answers are also hallucinations*
it's all the same process: generating likely text
The funny thing about calling AI falsehoods "hallucinations" is that it falsely presents the LLM as having an meaningful internal mental state of reason, simply temprorarily restrained and veiled by a state of hallucination, which when removed, would show reason.
It's a magic 8 ball. No reasoning.
It's a magic 8 ball. No reasoning.
May 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
it kills me when people respond to this by saying "it might be hard, but if we can just fix the errors it'll be great"
it can never be fixed because from a process standpoint, *correct answers are also hallucinations*
it's all the same process: generating likely text
it can never be fixed because from a process standpoint, *correct answers are also hallucinations*
it's all the same process: generating likely text
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1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
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It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Crazy and yet totally predictable. Meta’s social media chat “friends”, which often license the voices of celebrities, will routinely escalate to explicit sex chats with minors. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children
Chatbots on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in ‘romantic role-play’ that can turn explicit. Some people inside the company are concerned.
www.wsj.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Crazy and yet totally predictable. Meta’s social media chat “friends”, which often license the voices of celebrities, will routinely escalate to explicit sex chats with minors. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...
What would RFKJr say if the cure for autism requires a vaccination?
April 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
What would RFKJr say if the cure for autism requires a vaccination?
They should have thought ahead and renamed it the DJT Mighty Wind project.
electrek.co/2025/04/17/t...
electrek.co/2025/04/17/t...
Trump admin halts $5 billion NY offshore wind project mid-build
In its most aggressive attack against offshore wind yet, the Trump administration halted the $5 billion Empire Wind 1 off New York's coast.
electrek.co
April 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
They should have thought ahead and renamed it the DJT Mighty Wind project.
electrek.co/2025/04/17/t...
electrek.co/2025/04/17/t...
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Thought For Thursday
April 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Thought For Thursday
Planting some Douglas Fir and other trees. The earth needs some love.
April 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Planting some Douglas Fir and other trees. The earth needs some love.
Losing for money should basically make on ineligible to compete for the rest of the season at minimum.
April 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Losing for money should basically make on ineligible to compete for the rest of the season at minimum.
They aren’t Trump tariffs — they are Republican tariffs.
April 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
They aren’t Trump tariffs — they are Republican tariffs.
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Im seeing endless workshops on "how to use AI/incorporate AI in the classroom" etc, does anyone know of workshops on how to refuse AI?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
March 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Im seeing endless workshops on "how to use AI/incorporate AI in the classroom" etc, does anyone know of workshops on how to refuse AI?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
Not even be critical of AI (which is often just one or two slides of handwaving-but-it-is-here) but to refuse it in the classroom and in our research?
For more than 50 years the world has agreed to pay for oil in petrodollars. The US in turn reaped trillions in sales of US treasuries. With than excess investment in the US economy the US tacetly accepted the job of security the world against authoritarianism.
February 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For more than 50 years the world has agreed to pay for oil in petrodollars. The US in turn reaped trillions in sales of US treasuries. With than excess investment in the US economy the US tacetly accepted the job of security the world against authoritarianism.
I’m having a super bowl of chicken and dumplings.
February 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I’m having a super bowl of chicken and dumplings.
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Maybe its a good time for a little Executive Order (EO) primer, a few wee tools for sorting wheat from chaff so it seems like less of a deluge. Item 1. EOs have to comply with the Constitution & laws, including acts of Congress. Any that don't will face long court battles before anything changes. /1
Once inaugurated, President Trump plans to sharply redirect federal policy on immigration, the federal work force, energy and the environment, the economy and trade, gender issues and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Follow live updates on his executive orders.
Trump Plans to Sign ‘Close to 100’ Executive Orders: Follow Live
Once inaugurated, President Trump plans to sharply redirect federal policy on immigration, the federal work force, energy and the environment, the economy and trade, gender issues and diversity, equit...
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Maybe its a good time for a little Executive Order (EO) primer, a few wee tools for sorting wheat from chaff so it seems like less of a deluge. Item 1. EOs have to comply with the Constitution & laws, including acts of Congress. Any that don't will face long court battles before anything changes. /1
Sorry NPR, the radio stays off today.
January 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sorry NPR, the radio stays off today.
I’m thinking of starting a betting pool: how soon after the 2026 elections the first impeachment reaches the senate?
December 31, 2024 at 9:09 PM
I’m thinking of starting a betting pool: how soon after the 2026 elections the first impeachment reaches the senate?
While “President Musk” is fun and trollish, we should start referring to Musk as Trump’s Regent. Trump may soon be president, but Must is wielding his power.
December 21, 2024 at 9:28 PM
While “President Musk” is fun and trollish, we should start referring to Musk as Trump’s Regent. Trump may soon be president, but Must is wielding his power.
Why is Camembert so hard to find? Brie is overrated and over abundant.
December 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Why is Camembert so hard to find? Brie is overrated and over abundant.
The problem is not the problem. Agreeing on the solution is the problem.
December 15, 2024 at 1:23 AM
The problem is not the problem. Agreeing on the solution is the problem.
I’m not particularly fond of any of these finalists for the Illinois state flag. Not having spent much time in the state, there must be something I’m missing.
www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/...
www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/...
www.ilsos.gov
December 12, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I’m not particularly fond of any of these finalists for the Illinois state flag. Not having spent much time in the state, there must be something I’m missing.
www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/...
www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/...