If we call them life coaches there’s no problem
In Opinion | “Marketed as conversational agents, chatbots are becoming de facto digital therapists for many teens," Ryan K. McBain writes in a guest essay. He argues that we can be proactive in shaping how A.I. supports millions of teens — but “the clock is ticking.”
Opinion | Teens Are Using Chatbots as Therapists. That’s Alarming.
We are deploying digital pseudo-therapists at an unprecedented scale, and those most at risk of negative outcomes are teens.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If we call them life coaches there’s no problem
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Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
I am ooor maybe he can toss an odd 100k to me?
Good now let’s go get all the rest of the money from the rest of them.
Even if he dies with a billion dollars that is still more than all the people I know personally and their wealth combined.
Let’s go get it while they are still alive.
www.reuters.com/business/bil...
Even if he dies with a billion dollars that is still more than all the people I know personally and their wealth combined.
Let’s go get it while they are still alive.
www.reuters.com/business/bil...
Bill Gates to give away fortune by 2045, $200 billion for world's poorest
Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away almost his entire personal wealth in the next two decades and said the world's poorest would receive some $200 billion via his foundation at a time when governments worldwide are slashing international aid.
www.reuters.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I am ooor maybe he can toss an odd 100k to me?
Tl;dr Science is Hard
🇧🇷 The Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative published the results of 143 replication attempts in biomedical science.
Success rates ranged from just 15–45%.
Now, the project team reflects on what made replication so hard and what needs to change.
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Success rates ranged from just 15–45%.
Now, the project team reflects on what made replication so hard and what needs to change.
buff.ly/55j9Sax
Reproducibility: How replicable is biomedical science in Brazil?
The results of a project to estimate the reproducibility of research in Brazil have just been published.
buff.ly
May 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tl;dr Science is Hard
Ah crap. I liked a political post. There goes the tl
April 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ah crap. I liked a political post. There goes the tl
So i wonder how all the “burn it all down” voters are feeling these days
March 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So i wonder how all the “burn it all down” voters are feeling these days
Hey so i thought id sign up and do scicomm, but maybe we need to organize some impeachments first?
March 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Hey so i thought id sign up and do scicomm, but maybe we need to organize some impeachments first?
So where all the scientists at?
March 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
So where all the scientists at?