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Virvey
@virvey.bsky.social
Language & comms specialist, translator and writer in Finnish and English at capecontext.com
The entirety of the AI discourse is ripe with humanizations, starting with the term “AI” itself: the notion that artificial systems are “intelligent” appears to imply that they possess cognitive abilities.
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Don't blame AI for its mistakes
<p><em>As AI systems are increasingly used to inform major decisions, from AI ministers to the Swedish prime minister admitting to using it for a second opinion, some public figures have begun to impl...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The authors of 'Trans Historical: Gender Plurality before the Modern' encourage us to rethink periodization in relation to plural gender. The book was reviewed by @katesw.bsky.social at sateenkaarihistoria.fi/trans-histor...
Trans Historical: Gender Plurality before the Modern - Sateenkaari­historian ystävät
Trans Historical is a fascinating exploration of gender-nonconforming lives lived before Enlightenment gender binaries.
sateenkaarihistoria.fi
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Given the complex physical machinations of the brain, whence arises the conscious experience of remembering?
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Memory is not stored in the brain
<p><em>The leading theories of memory describe it as being stored in the brain – similarly, some argue, to the way a computer stores memory. But this assumption relies on materialist assumptions and p...
iai.tv
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Bought a tiny gift to send to a friend who is ill. Then this happened.

Sorry, friend.

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Postal services around the world suspend deliveries to US: how will it affect you?
Suspensions including from Australia and Europe come after Donald Trump removed a rule exempting parcels worth less than US$800 from his tariffs
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Moomins are having a moment online. Cuteness is surely a driving factor—but so, too, is the sense that they offer an escape from the many anxieties of modern life.
The Joys of Moomscrolling
As Tove Jansson’s lovable creatures turn eighty, new generations are discovering a world where “trolling” means weathering life’s many anxieties.
www.newyorker.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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It's my August newsletter: packed full of languagey, booky, mappy things to read, do, and think about.

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fly me to the tip
This time: no tipping no posting no dumping, plus things to click and do!
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August 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dear language professional, see you at #ELN25 in October? nordicedit.fi/events/engli...
ELN25 The Human Touch – NEaT
nordicedit.fi
August 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tuorein suomennokseni puhuu asiaa. Tekoälyä pitää käyttää siihen, minkä se osaa, eli ison datan käsittelyyn. Se on vaan atk:ta, niin kuin entinen pomo tapasi sanoa 90-luvulla. @mustread.bsky.social www.mustread.fi/artikkelit/t...
Tekoäly ei ole ystäväsi | MustRead
ZÜRICH. Teknologiajätit markkinoivat tekoälyä ystävänä, kumppanina ja päätöksenteon tukena. Todellisuudessa tekoälyjärjestelmät ovat vailla ymmärrystä, tunnetta ja moraalia – eikä niiden tulisi…
www.mustread.fi
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM