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So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction
A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.
thebullshitmachines.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
So why do I let AI in my house? Don’t I care about the environmental consequences? What about the theft of intellectual property? Don’t I understand that these are bullshit machines?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
It’s what I do all day long.
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In contrast, we show that "any factual AI system ... is so astronomically unlikely to be anything like a human mind, or even a coherent ... part of that mind, that claims of ‘inevitability’ of AGI ... are revealed to be false & misleading. 7/n irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/09/17/d...
Debunking AGI inevitability claims
Have you heard these claims? "Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is imminent!" or "At current rate of progress, AGI is inevitable!" In a recent preprint, my co-authors and I explain why, and presen...
irisvanrooijcogsci.com
August 16, 2024 at 8:15 PM
In contrast, we show that "any factual AI system ... is so astronomically unlikely to be anything like a human mind, or even a coherent ... part of that mind, that claims of ‘inevitability’ of AGI ... are revealed to be false & misleading. 7/n irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/09/17/d...
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
September 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
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This ought to be engraved somewhere.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
September 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Do please have a listen. Compass gets to the heart of things.
OUT NOW!
In our first show back after the summer break, Compass Director Neal Lawson sat down with one of Britain's foremost progressives - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
It's a conversation you won't want to miss. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
In our first show back after the summer break, Compass Director Neal Lawson sat down with one of Britain's foremost progressives - @georgemonbiot.bsky.social.
It's a conversation you won't want to miss. Available wherever you get your podcasts!
September 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Do please have a listen. Compass gets to the heart of things.
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That's an AI image of Paris, you ketamine-addled assclown.
September 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
That's an AI image of Paris, you ketamine-addled assclown.
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Maybe reading books in school is not the same as really reading books.
it’s disappointing the extent to which literature appears to not transfer morals very well, given that most Americans will read books in school that have the message “do not create the apocalyptic torture country“ and they apparently just don’t pick it up
September 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Maybe reading books in school is not the same as really reading books.
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“Historians have called Australia’s democracy a laboratory,” writes Dennis Glover. “The current moment is a laboratory-like opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the long-ago past and stop these Nazis before their movement grows and ideas spread.”
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The seven lessons of Nazi history
satpa.pe
September 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“Historians have called Australia’s democracy a laboratory,” writes Dennis Glover. “The current moment is a laboratory-like opportunity to learn from the mistakes of the long-ago past and stop these Nazis before their movement grows and ideas spread.”
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“These vast, seemingly timeless seascapes have become some of the world’s most vulnerable marine habitats, according to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Science that adds up and maps the ways human activity is profoundly reshaping oceans and coastlines around the world.”
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Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like. (Gift Article)
Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
“These vast, seemingly timeless seascapes have become some of the world’s most vulnerable marine habitats, according to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Science that adds up and maps the ways human activity is profoundly reshaping oceans and coastlines around the world.”
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September seems to be the month terrorists choose to topple buildings on civilians.
September 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
September seems to be the month terrorists choose to topple buildings on civilians.
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Hi! I’m new around here and wanted to say hello.
My name is Dan Wuori and I have dedicated my social media channels to helping explore the wonderment of early childhood development.
The NY Times wrote about this project back in March. I’d love to connect! www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/u...
My name is Dan Wuori and I have dedicated my social media channels to helping explore the wonderment of early childhood development.
The NY Times wrote about this project back in March. I’d love to connect! www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/u...
Watch These Cute Videos of Babies (and Learn Something, Too)
A social media account features smiley toddlers, while also offering positive lessons about child development.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Hi! I’m new around here and wanted to say hello.
My name is Dan Wuori and I have dedicated my social media channels to helping explore the wonderment of early childhood development.
The NY Times wrote about this project back in March. I’d love to connect! www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/u...
My name is Dan Wuori and I have dedicated my social media channels to helping explore the wonderment of early childhood development.
The NY Times wrote about this project back in March. I’d love to connect! www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/u...
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I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
August 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I really dislike how science has started calling almost any fancy computational technique AI. 🧪
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
The framing of this entire article makes it sound like a benevolent AI independently made these drugs.
That is *pure fantasy*.
Instead: a team of scientists made a machine learning model for a study.
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As the US considers acquiring agentic AI systems to produce AI-generated propaganda campaigns, @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social warned @sambiddle.com of @theintercept.com that these systems are easily compromised, threatening national security rather than protecting it:
theintercept.com/2025/08/25/p...
theintercept.com/2025/08/25/p...
Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.
theintercept.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As the US considers acquiring agentic AI systems to produce AI-generated propaganda campaigns, @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social warned @sambiddle.com of @theintercept.com that these systems are easily compromised, threatening national security rather than protecting it:
theintercept.com/2025/08/25/p...
theintercept.com/2025/08/25/p...
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An important issue for workers and students. Good to see it being raised by the left (and also Greens) but major parties just want to move on.
Poor classroom air quality endangers students and educators in Australia
Studies indicate that many classrooms have inadequate ventilation and exceed recommended levels of carbon dioxide and other toxic substances.
www.wsws.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
An important issue for workers and students. Good to see it being raised by the left (and also Greens) but major parties just want to move on.
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This idiotic fundamentalism has gone way too far. slate.trib.al/4uf2jL4
Help! My Brother-in-Law Just Did Something Wildly Dangerous Because It’s “His Christian Duty.” I Want My Sister and Nephew Out of There.
This idiotic fundamentalism has gone way too far.
slate.trib.al
September 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This idiotic fundamentalism has gone way too far. slate.trib.al/4uf2jL4
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super important to wait for confirmation as DRC has had a couple of false alarms in just the last year, but the US has purposefully torn apart all of our global warning systems, and the WHO is, well, still the WHO. so, it's hard to know when we'll actually have some concrete answers.
A suspected Ebola outbreak is occurring in DRC. This is bad at any time! But it’s particularly worrisome now when US capacity to detect and respond to deadly biothreats has been purposefully dismantled.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
super important to wait for confirmation as DRC has had a couple of false alarms in just the last year, but the US has purposefully torn apart all of our global warning systems, and the WHO is, well, still the WHO. so, it's hard to know when we'll actually have some concrete answers.
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One could be forgiven for being confused about current definitions of anti-semitism.
September 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
One could be forgiven for being confused about current definitions of anti-semitism.
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🎲Before climate change, similar 10-day spells of hot, dry and windy conditions would be incredibly rare, expected once every 500 years.
However, they are now expected every 15 years.
However, they are now expected every 15 years.
September 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🎲Before climate change, similar 10-day spells of hot, dry and windy conditions would be incredibly rare, expected once every 500 years.
However, they are now expected every 15 years.
However, they are now expected every 15 years.
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⏫In a world without climate change, similar heatwaves would be expected less than every 2,500 years.
But today, with 1.3°C of warming, they are much more likely, expected every 13 years.
But today, with 1.3°C of warming, they are much more likely, expected every 13 years.
September 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
⏫In a world without climate change, similar heatwaves would be expected less than every 2,500 years.
But today, with 1.3°C of warming, they are much more likely, expected every 13 years.
But today, with 1.3°C of warming, they are much more likely, expected every 13 years.
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Early climate models by Suki Manabe of NOAA/GFDL in the 60s and 70s laid the groundwork for modern climate science. They predicted key aspects of global warming, such as link to CO₂, stratospheric cooling, Arctic amplification, land-ocean temperature contrast, and delayed Southern Ocean warming.
5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you
From rising global temperatures to the fast-warming Arctic, early climate models predicted the changes half a century ago.
theconversation.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Early climate models by Suki Manabe of NOAA/GFDL in the 60s and 70s laid the groundwork for modern climate science. They predicted key aspects of global warming, such as link to CO₂, stratospheric cooling, Arctic amplification, land-ocean temperature contrast, and delayed Southern Ocean warming.
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Heres a gift article link on the story the Times did last month on this, and goes over the costs of these high tech data centers (like here in Utah) and how consumers like us will be picking up the tab, as usual www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Heres a gift article link on the story the Times did last month on this, and goes over the costs of these high tech data centers (like here in Utah) and how consumers like us will be picking up the tab, as usual www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...