axem
@axem.bsky.social
just another nice dog on the internet
He/Him
Anticapitalist, Antifascist, Jewish
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
He/Him
Anticapitalist, Antifascist, Jewish
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
U of R administration are genuinely evil people
Ph.D. Workers and Their University Both Backed a Union Election. Then Trump Won.
U Rochester tells unionizing students to try luck with NLRB
The University of Rochester gave multiple reasons for backing out and leaving students to try their luck with the NLRB, which has been drastically transformed since the president took office. Other st...
www.insidehighered.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
U of R administration are genuinely evil people
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It is the middle of 2024 and it is still actual news that autistic people have emotions
September 17, 2024 at 2:15 PM
It is the middle of 2024 and it is still actual news that autistic people have emotions
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every day is a new level of shame
Israel’s pro-rape protests enter their second day
July 30, 2024 at 1:07 PM
every day is a new level of shame
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Climate scientists talk about this a lot, that they don’t want people to shut down. But maybe walking on eggshells while talking about the threat we face is actually what’s preventing appropriate action from being taken! We have to have more faith in people’s love for each other.
It’s as if bumming people out is what’s going to hurt people, and not the many things actually hurting people and actually bumming out anyone who’s paying attention. Reassigning blame to preempt any productive conversations that might convince people of the need for change.
July 24, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Climate scientists talk about this a lot, that they don’t want people to shut down. But maybe walking on eggshells while talking about the threat we face is actually what’s preventing appropriate action from being taken! We have to have more faith in people’s love for each other.
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One good idea I have is that some rich guy should file away a few million dollars and have Matt Berry star in 1990’s style Full Motion Video videogames called Tomb of the Werewolf and DuskStabber and things like that
May 2, 2024 at 1:13 PM
One good idea I have is that some rich guy should file away a few million dollars and have Matt Berry star in 1990’s style Full Motion Video videogames called Tomb of the Werewolf and DuskStabber and things like that
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This is terrific
What Is Really Going On at Columbia University? Not What You’ve Been Told.
Are Jews under siege on campus? “I think that's honestly ridiculous,” a prominent Jewish student said.
slate.com
April 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
This is terrific
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If you want to get a clear picture of what's been happening on Columbia's campus this past week, I strongly recommend prioritizing student journalism. Access to campus has been restricted pretty consistently -- students have the best vantage. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Inside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University
Hundreds of peaceful protesters began occupying the campus on Wednesday to demand that the university divest from Israel. The next day, the school sent in the NYPD to arrest them.
www.thenation.com
April 22, 2024 at 2:08 AM
If you want to get a clear picture of what's been happening on Columbia's campus this past week, I strongly recommend prioritizing student journalism. Access to campus has been restricted pretty consistently -- students have the best vantage. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Being autistic isn't hard. All you have to do is remember the 3 things that make NTs most mad:
- Misunderstandings
- Any effort on your part to prevent a misunderstanding
- Any attempt after the fact to clear up a misunderstanding
So long as you avoid those, functioning in NT society is easy!
- Misunderstandings
- Any effort on your part to prevent a misunderstanding
- Any attempt after the fact to clear up a misunderstanding
So long as you avoid those, functioning in NT society is easy!
April 15, 2024 at 6:20 AM
Being autistic isn't hard. All you have to do is remember the 3 things that make NTs most mad:
- Misunderstandings
- Any effort on your part to prevent a misunderstanding
- Any attempt after the fact to clear up a misunderstanding
So long as you avoid those, functioning in NT society is easy!
- Misunderstandings
- Any effort on your part to prevent a misunderstanding
- Any attempt after the fact to clear up a misunderstanding
So long as you avoid those, functioning in NT society is easy!
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I have ben telling faculty that "AI writing instruction" won't work, because it can't work, and the task for serious educators is to minimize the damage until the scammers realize there is no gold mine to be plundered, and move on.
Wholly in agreement with this. I particularly wish people would stop spouting apathetic doomer nonsense like “whether you like it or not, it’s here to stay” or “you can’t stop it.” We do have choices. We can have agency over technology. You don’t need to go passive just because these jerks are rich
can people stop telling me to let ai in the arts go??? if we shut up now, there's no controlling it, no regulating it, artists and authors will keep having all their works cannibalised and reshaped for profit they don't see.
so, no. i won't shut up.
fuck ai.
so, no. i won't shut up.
fuck ai.
April 1, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I have ben telling faculty that "AI writing instruction" won't work, because it can't work, and the task for serious educators is to minimize the damage until the scammers realize there is no gold mine to be plundered, and move on.
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The generative AI discourse is sincerely insane, it's exactly as if the entire food sector were scrambling to see who could add the most poison to their products. THESE FUCKING THINGS GENERATE FAKE INFORMATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, YOU'RE TRYING TO REPLACE REAL INFORMATION WITH FAKE INFORMATION.
"Imagine, for example, asking your washing machine whether it’s safe to wash a beloved item of clothing on a certain setting—literally, asking it out loud or via an app." Right, now imagine that the generative AI, BECAUSE it's generative AI, gives you an answer that's pure garment-ruining bullshit.
Generative AI Is Coming To Your Home Appliances
Generative AI is transforming home appliances into smarter, more personalized helpers. GE's app offers AI-generated recipes, while Samsung's tech learns from user habits.
www.forbes.com
March 29, 2024 at 4:37 PM
The generative AI discourse is sincerely insane, it's exactly as if the entire food sector were scrambling to see who could add the most poison to their products. THESE FUCKING THINGS GENERATE FAKE INFORMATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, YOU'RE TRYING TO REPLACE REAL INFORMATION WITH FAKE INFORMATION.
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I don’t think it can be emphasized enough that large language models were never intended to do math or know facts; literally all they do is attempt to sound like the text they’re given, which may or may not include math or facts. They don’t do logic or fact checking — they’re just not built for that
Unfortunately, it repeatedly offers incorrect answers for straightforward math questions. 🧪
A version of OpenAI's GPT-4 will be 'teaching' thousands of kids this fall
Khanmigo's AI beta "test" program is meant to assist teachers with individualized student help.
www.popsci.com
August 22, 2023 at 11:57 AM
I don’t think it can be emphasized enough that large language models were never intended to do math or know facts; literally all they do is attempt to sound like the text they’re given, which may or may not include math or facts. They don’t do logic or fact checking — they’re just not built for that
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there are 280M cars in the u.s. but let’s go after the equivalent of half a million by zeroing in on the asthmatic, people who in many cases wouldn’t even need medicine if the air wasn’t polluted in the first place
Every puff from the most commonly prescribed inhaler releases a gas up to 3,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. The cumulative effect of inhalers sold in the U.S. equals driving more than a half-million gas-powered cars for a year. So some doctors are talking to patients about alternatives.
Your inhaler saves lives, but its puffs hurt the planet
In an emergency, an inhaler can save a life. But the gas it releases contributes to global warming. Each of the most commonly prescribed inhalers has about the same climate warming impact as driving 1...
www.wbur.org
March 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
there are 280M cars in the u.s. but let’s go after the equivalent of half a million by zeroing in on the asthmatic, people who in many cases wouldn’t even need medicine if the air wasn’t polluted in the first place
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"Content" is something to fill an empty vessel: it repositions your view of the world to align with corporations. Art becomes something disposable, fungible, serving a financial interest and nothing more. The word "artist" is right there; I beg you to claim it and leave "content creator" to molder
March 14, 2024 at 1:47 PM
"Content" is something to fill an empty vessel: it repositions your view of the world to align with corporations. Art becomes something disposable, fungible, serving a financial interest and nothing more. The word "artist" is right there; I beg you to claim it and leave "content creator" to molder
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a lot of people are mad that people are saying they're worse off now than 4 years ago because the early pandemic was SO terrifying. but back then we thought it would be temporarily very bad. now we know how bad it is and are being gaslit about it by all of our institutions.
March 13, 2024 at 6:59 PM
a lot of people are mad that people are saying they're worse off now than 4 years ago because the early pandemic was SO terrifying. but back then we thought it would be temporarily very bad. now we know how bad it is and are being gaslit about it by all of our institutions.
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it's exaggeration to say Biden is as bad as Trump, but their official policy isn't much different, and it's really discouraging to see people the left basically ignore immunocompromised and disabled people's plea for safety
March 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM
it's exaggeration to say Biden is as bad as Trump, but their official policy isn't much different, and it's really discouraging to see people the left basically ignore immunocompromised and disabled people's plea for safety
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I've been extremely hesitant to publicly weigh in on any of this for a variety of reasons, but folks hijacking Jonathan Glazer's statement about how he doesn't want his Jewishness to be hijacked is making me see red. He is owning his Jewish identity, not refuting it. Read the actual words.
March 11, 2024 at 10:53 AM
I've been extremely hesitant to publicly weigh in on any of this for a variety of reasons, but folks hijacking Jonathan Glazer's statement about how he doesn't want his Jewishness to be hijacked is making me see red. He is owning his Jewish identity, not refuting it. Read the actual words.
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I think if Democrats had nominated a Holocaust denier for a Governor’s race, all the people writing about antisemitism on college campuses would make some time to write pieces on it as a national problem
March 6, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I think if Democrats had nominated a Holocaust denier for a Governor’s race, all the people writing about antisemitism on college campuses would make some time to write pieces on it as a national problem
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Never ever think the blue team hates us any less than the red team. They just hate us quieter. Hell, they hate us for making them pretend not to hate us.
March 6, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Never ever think the blue team hates us any less than the red team. They just hate us quieter. Hell, they hate us for making them pretend not to hate us.
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Children deserve to read what they want without parents blocking access. Children are people, not pets or property. Children need access to windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors, not just whatever tiny box their parents will permit.
March 4, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Children deserve to read what they want without parents blocking access. Children are people, not pets or property. Children need access to windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors, not just whatever tiny box their parents will permit.
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If you want to know my biggest covid trauma, it's still happening today. Every day. For now four years.
Watching people willfully ignore objective fact and allow themselves to be swayed into pretending reality doesn't exist or is less severe than it actually is.
Watching people willfully ignore objective fact and allow themselves to be swayed into pretending reality doesn't exist or is less severe than it actually is.
March 1, 2024 at 6:55 PM
If you want to know my biggest covid trauma, it's still happening today. Every day. For now four years.
Watching people willfully ignore objective fact and allow themselves to be swayed into pretending reality doesn't exist or is less severe than it actually is.
Watching people willfully ignore objective fact and allow themselves to be swayed into pretending reality doesn't exist or is less severe than it actually is.
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AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
March 1, 2024 at 4:30 AM
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH