Stever Robbins
@steverrobbins.com
CEO coach, futurist, TEDx speaker. Former top-10 biz podcaster and humorist (the Get-it-Done Guy). Judge HBS & MIT biz plan competitions. Theater lover. Burner. | 🔥 )'( 🔥 | 🏳️🌈 | (he/him)
This has been pretty obvious since the beginning. When you build a model, you freeze all of the implicit assumptions underlying the language in that model. For example, if you built a model of physics before Einstein, everything it generated would implicitly assume a Newtonian model of physics.
“This is one of the first studies, if not the first, to show that the use of AI in writing could lead to cultural stereotyping and language homogenization…”
(Also this headline suuuucks)
(Also this headline suuuucks)
Why writing with ChatGPT makes you sound like an American
A new study from Cornell University suggests some large generative AI models have a Western bias that strips away cultural nuance.
www.fastcompany.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This has been pretty obvious since the beginning. When you build a model, you freeze all of the implicit assumptions underlying the language in that model. For example, if you built a model of physics before Einstein, everything it generated would implicitly assume a Newtonian model of physics.
Woo hoo! Just changed my handle to my domain. I feel very authentic right now
April 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Woo hoo! Just changed my handle to my domain. I feel very authentic right now
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
If it weren’t so tragic… No, never mind, that’s all I got.
If it weren’t so tragic… No, never mind, that’s all I got.
April 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
If it weren’t so tragic… No, never mind, that’s all I got.
If it weren’t so tragic… No, never mind, that’s all I got.
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Me too.
Hey, another man is being held by ICE in Dover, NH.
He was also kidnapped.
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Ask/Follow @wandrme.paxex.aero @chrissmith71.bsky.social @missinglynxnh.bsky.social about it
Hey, another man is being held by ICE in Dover, NH.
He was also kidnapped.
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Ask/Follow @wandrme.paxex.aero @chrissmith71.bsky.social @missinglynxnh.bsky.social about it
Video shows ICE agent smash window to detain man in Massachusetts. Attorney says they have wrong person.
Video shows the moment ICE agents smashed a car window and forcibly removed a man in New Bedford, Massachusetts on Monday.
www.cbsnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Me too.
Hey, another man is being held by ICE in Dover, NH.
He was also kidnapped.
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Ask/Follow @wandrme.paxex.aero @chrissmith71.bsky.social @missinglynxnh.bsky.social about it
Hey, another man is being held by ICE in Dover, NH.
He was also kidnapped.
www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Ask/Follow @wandrme.paxex.aero @chrissmith71.bsky.social @missinglynxnh.bsky.social about it
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BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
April 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
BREAKING: The country of Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨
If I change my BlueSky handle to my domain, is there any downside? What should I put in my Twitter profile so migration tools will still help followers from Twitter find me here?
April 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If I change my BlueSky handle to my domain, is there any downside? What should I put in my Twitter profile so migration tools will still help followers from Twitter find me here?
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“We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order.” @jvl.bsky.social
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order.” @jvl.bsky.social
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#ProudBlue
These clowns are more ignorant ignorant of even basic internet security than most of us if he thinks there is any security whatever in Gmail. Don't they at least give them some basic training in internet hygiene?
These clowns are more ignorant ignorant of even basic internet security than most of us if he thinks there is any security whatever in Gmail. Don't they at least give them some basic training in internet hygiene?
BREAKING: Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz used GMAIL to discuss NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION. That's LESS SECURE than Hillary's private email server. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#ProudBlue
These clowns are more ignorant ignorant of even basic internet security than most of us if he thinks there is any security whatever in Gmail. Don't they at least give them some basic training in internet hygiene?
These clowns are more ignorant ignorant of even basic internet security than most of us if he thinks there is any security whatever in Gmail. Don't they at least give them some basic training in internet hygiene?
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As he often does, Musk is playing financial shenanigans. His money-losing failure of X gets sold to xAI, saddling the investors in his new company with his black of money losing fail, while handing himself and others even more billions.
March 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As he often does, Musk is playing financial shenanigans. His money-losing failure of X gets sold to xAI, saddling the investors in his new company with his black of money losing fail, while handing himself and others even more billions.
Why did nobody tell me that cottage cheese is the khaki of foods? It has no flavor or character on its own, but it a delightful base for almost any flavor and texture creation you could imagine! (Unlike khaki, however, I can imagine covering half my body in it.)
March 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Why did nobody tell me that cottage cheese is the khaki of foods? It has no flavor or character on its own, but it a delightful base for almost any flavor and texture creation you could imagine! (Unlike khaki, however, I can imagine covering half my body in it.)
Is there any research on deskilling effects? I've been fascinated to watch my own cognition as I've relied more and more on AI tools in the last month or so. I have a much shallower understanding of the things I'm doing.
March 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Is there any research on deskilling effects? I've been fascinated to watch my own cognition as I've relied more and more on AI tools in the last month or so. I have a much shallower understanding of the things I'm doing.
As always, @kentpitman.bsky.social nails it with a lot of great questions about AI and sentience. First and foremost, why are we trying for sentience as a goal in the first place?
I wrote an essay, Sentience Structure, asking questions about where #AI is headed.
netsettlement.blogspot.com/2025/03/sent...
@briandavidearp.bsky.social & other #philosophy folks may find the questions useful. Also, @steverrobbins.bsky.social and others who ask hard questions about #business.
netsettlement.blogspot.com/2025/03/sent...
@briandavidearp.bsky.social & other #philosophy folks may find the questions useful. Also, @steverrobbins.bsky.social and others who ask hard questions about #business.
Sentience Structure
An essay raising questions about why we are in such mindlessly rapid pursuit of sentient "AI" and whether we really understand its implications.
netsettlement.blogspot.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
As always, @kentpitman.bsky.social nails it with a lot of great questions about AI and sentience. First and foremost, why are we trying for sentience as a goal in the first place?
A VERY important lesson about how the economy works (this post isn't about AI, even though it starts that way): I've been using Claude Sonnet, ChatGPT, and Perplexity quite heavily.
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A VERY important lesson about how the economy works (this post isn't about AI, even though it starts that way): I've been using Claude Sonnet, ChatGPT, and Perplexity quite heavily.
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Some good news this week. Oregon Democrats just elected a new Gen Z party chair.
Nathan Soltz is the second Gen Z party chair in the country, and joins @abreezeclayton.bsky.social in the new Democratic leaders club.
So excited to work with him!
Nathan Soltz is the second Gen Z party chair in the country, and joins @abreezeclayton.bsky.social in the new Democratic leaders club.
So excited to work with him!
March 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Some good news this week. Oregon Democrats just elected a new Gen Z party chair.
Nathan Soltz is the second Gen Z party chair in the country, and joins @abreezeclayton.bsky.social in the new Democratic leaders club.
So excited to work with him!
Nathan Soltz is the second Gen Z party chair in the country, and joins @abreezeclayton.bsky.social in the new Democratic leaders club.
So excited to work with him!
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CBC science show Quirks and Quarks just had another great episode talking about the long term damage caused by each COVID infection.
If you're starting to wonder why so many hard-core scientists are so contemptuous of our public health institutions, listen to this.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
If you're starting to wonder why so many hard-core scientists are so contemptuous of our public health institutions, listen to this.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
Mar 15: The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more... | CBC Radio
On this week's episode: polar bear dens, modern sleep woes, climate change is bad for satellites, and an ancient Australian crater
www.cbc.ca
March 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CBC science show Quirks and Quarks just had another great episode talking about the long term damage caused by each COVID infection.
If you're starting to wonder why so many hard-core scientists are so contemptuous of our public health institutions, listen to this.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
If you're starting to wonder why so many hard-core scientists are so contemptuous of our public health institutions, listen to this.
www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks...
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Seems like something an opposition party would point out.
If only we had one.
If only we had one.
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
March 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Seems like something an opposition party would point out.
If only we had one.
If only we had one.
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OK, let's do something fun, something we did a few times on Ye Olde Textcentric Microblogging Social Media Platform, a little distraction called
JOSH READS WAYYYY TOO DEEPLY INTO A KID'S BOOK WITH POTENTIALLY ALARMING RESULTS.
Today, the absolute work of genius PRINCESS IN BLACK Let's go...
JOSH READS WAYYYY TOO DEEPLY INTO A KID'S BOOK WITH POTENTIALLY ALARMING RESULTS.
Today, the absolute work of genius PRINCESS IN BLACK Let's go...
March 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
OK, let's do something fun, something we did a few times on Ye Olde Textcentric Microblogging Social Media Platform, a little distraction called
JOSH READS WAYYYY TOO DEEPLY INTO A KID'S BOOK WITH POTENTIALLY ALARMING RESULTS.
Today, the absolute work of genius PRINCESS IN BLACK Let's go...
JOSH READS WAYYYY TOO DEEPLY INTO A KID'S BOOK WITH POTENTIALLY ALARMING RESULTS.
Today, the absolute work of genius PRINCESS IN BLACK Let's go...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
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(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.
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If we did a fraction of the research into our candidates for elected office as we did for our fantasy football teams, we would have the government we desperately need.
December 16, 2024 at 4:01 PM
If we did a fraction of the research into our candidates for elected office as we did for our fantasy football teams, we would have the government we desperately need.
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🚨ATTENTION
The deadline to register to vote in Florida’s special elections in CD-1 or CD-6 is THIS MONDAY, March 3rd.
These two seats are crucial with a narrow majority in the House.
Double check your status and register to vote at iwillvote.com.
The deadline to register to vote in Florida’s special elections in CD-1 or CD-6 is THIS MONDAY, March 3rd.
These two seats are crucial with a narrow majority in the House.
Double check your status and register to vote at iwillvote.com.
March 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨ATTENTION
The deadline to register to vote in Florida’s special elections in CD-1 or CD-6 is THIS MONDAY, March 3rd.
These two seats are crucial with a narrow majority in the House.
Double check your status and register to vote at iwillvote.com.
The deadline to register to vote in Florida’s special elections in CD-1 or CD-6 is THIS MONDAY, March 3rd.
These two seats are crucial with a narrow majority in the House.
Double check your status and register to vote at iwillvote.com.
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