Francesco Mantovani
@framant.bsky.social
Manager, speculative fiction lover, intrigued by foresight and future studies (and Belgian beer). I am liberal (if you know Herbert Spencer and Mill, that kind of liberal).
Oggi #25Aprile celebro #sobriamente la liberazione dell’ Italia dai nazisti. Per la liberazione dai fascisti toccherà forse attendere ma intanto potrebbero cominciare ad andare affanculo. Con sobrietà.
April 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Oggi #25Aprile celebro #sobriamente la liberazione dell’ Italia dai nazisti. Per la liberazione dai fascisti toccherà forse attendere ma intanto potrebbero cominciare ad andare affanculo. Con sobrietà.
What if you can’t hide feelings anymore?
This sticker reads emotions (even the ones you try to hide)
The wearable device analyzes the tiny changes in physical responses to predict how a person is feeling.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
What if you can’t hide feelings anymore?
Now we know (now).
Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model
What they found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works.
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March 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Now we know (now).
Is this the death or dawn of human creativity? Do you feel “cheating” when using AI? flip.it/Vyzmxb
Is this the death or dawn of human creativity?
Should we fear AI as a creativity villain or celebrate it as a creativity companion?
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March 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Is this the death or dawn of human creativity? Do you feel “cheating” when using AI? flip.it/Vyzmxb
Forse Dick aveva ragione fumettologica.it/2025/03/phil...
Forse Philip K. Dick aveva ragione: viviamo davvero in una simulazione
Quello che sembrava fantascienza è diventato attualità: Philip K. Dick era un profeta e noi viviamo davvero in una simulazione?
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March 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Forse Dick aveva ragione fumettologica.it/2025/03/phil...
Maybe, maybe, you should not vote for people who believe conspiracy theories. How the Texas Governor in 2015 forgot that Texas is not a Sovereign State… www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/h...
Hysteria over Jade Helm exercise in Texas was fueled by Russians, former CIA director says
Gov. Greg Abbott's decision in 2015 to ask the Texas State Guard to monitor a federal military exercise prompted significant criticism. A former CIA director said Wednesday that the move emboldened Ru...
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March 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Maybe, maybe, you should not vote for people who believe conspiracy theories. How the Texas Governor in 2015 forgot that Texas is not a Sovereign State… www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/h...
Russian propaganda is reportedly influencing AI chatbot results flip.it/yY8ESv
Russian propaganda is reportedly influencing AI chatbot results | TechCrunch
Russian propaganda may be influencing certain answers from AI chatbots including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Meta's Meta AI, according NewsGuard.
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March 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Russian propaganda is reportedly influencing AI chatbot results flip.it/yY8ESv
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The past 18 months have seen the most rapid change in human written communication ever
By. September 2024, 18% of financial consumer complaints, 24% of press releases, 15% of job postings & 14% of UN press releases showed signs of LLM writing. And the method undercounts true use.
By. September 2024, 18% of financial consumer complaints, 24% of press releases, 15% of job postings & 14% of UN press releases showed signs of LLM writing. And the method undercounts true use.
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The past 18 months have seen the most rapid change in human written communication ever
By. September 2024, 18% of financial consumer complaints, 24% of press releases, 15% of job postings & 14% of UN press releases showed signs of LLM writing. And the method undercounts true use.
By. September 2024, 18% of financial consumer complaints, 24% of press releases, 15% of job postings & 14% of UN press releases showed signs of LLM writing. And the method undercounts true use.
Researchers Trained an AI on Flawed Code and It Became a Psychopath flip.it/fuGiXB
Researchers Trained an AI on Flawed Code and It Became a Psychopath
Researchers turned one of OpenAI's most advanced models into a Nazi-praising dictator by introducing bad code into its training data.
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March 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Researchers Trained an AI on Flawed Code and It Became a Psychopath flip.it/fuGiXB
The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life flip.it/aDML5u
The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life
Humane bricked its pricey gadget on Friday afternoon. A short time later, a hacker got the codes to unlock it and potentially turn it into the true smartphone replacement it was meant to be.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life flip.it/aDML5u
New Tech Lets You Taste Digital Food flip.it/N9Ij_D
New Tech Lets You Taste Digital Food - Neuroscience News
Scientists have developed e-Taste, a novel technology that digitally replicates taste in virtual environments.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New Tech Lets You Taste Digital Food flip.it/N9Ij_D
Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings' flip.it/LutB9c
Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings'
Supreme Court Justice Kanfi-Steinitz exposes a lawyer's use of artificial intelligence to fabricate legal precedents, highlighting growing concerns about AI's misuse in Israel's legal system.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings' flip.it/LutB9c
Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings' flip.it/LutB9c
Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings'
Supreme Court Justice Kanfi-Steinitz exposes a lawyer's use of artificial intelligence to fabricate legal precedents, highlighting growing concerns about AI's misuse in Israel's legal system.
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February 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Supreme court justice calls out lawyer for citing AI-generated 'phantom rulings' flip.it/LutB9c
Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1, the World’s First Quantum Chip Powered by a Topological Core flip.it/1Ovee8
Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1, the World’s First Quantum Chip Powered by a Topological Core | Flipboard
Quantum computing is no longer a thing of science fiction and just this week Microsoft has introduced the Majorana 1, the world’s newest iteration of quantum computing chip. The new chip boasts the fi...
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February 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Microsoft Unveils Majorana 1, the World’s First Quantum Chip Powered by a Topological Core flip.it/1Ovee8
Reposted by Francesco Mantovani
We are starting to see what "AI will accelerate science" actually looks like.
This Google paper describes novel discoveries being made by AI working with human co-scientists (something I think we have all been waiting to see), along with an early version of an AI scientist for wider use.
This Google paper describes novel discoveries being made by AI working with human co-scientists (something I think we have all been waiting to see), along with an early version of an AI scientist for wider use.
February 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We are starting to see what "AI will accelerate science" actually looks like.
This Google paper describes novel discoveries being made by AI working with human co-scientists (something I think we have all been waiting to see), along with an early version of an AI scientist for wider use.
This Google paper describes novel discoveries being made by AI working with human co-scientists (something I think we have all been waiting to see), along with an early version of an AI scientist for wider use.
Reposted by Francesco Mantovani
Changing conspiracy theory beliefs is very hard, but a replicated finding shows a short chat with GPT-4 changes people’s belief in conspiracy theories for the long term.
Why? It isn’t rhetorical tricks, it's that AI provides relevant facts and evidence tailored to each person's specific beliefs.
Why? It isn’t rhetorical tricks, it's that AI provides relevant facts and evidence tailored to each person's specific beliefs.
February 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Changing conspiracy theory beliefs is very hard, but a replicated finding shows a short chat with GPT-4 changes people’s belief in conspiracy theories for the long term.
Why? It isn’t rhetorical tricks, it's that AI provides relevant facts and evidence tailored to each person's specific beliefs.
Why? It isn’t rhetorical tricks, it's that AI provides relevant facts and evidence tailored to each person's specific beliefs.
Two scientists (Vopson and Lepadatu) at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute in the UK have formulated what they call the second law of infodynamics, a principle that could offer the first tangible evidence supporting the #simulationhypothesis.
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February 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Two scientists (Vopson and Lepadatu) at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute in the UK have formulated what they call the second law of infodynamics, a principle that could offer the first tangible evidence supporting the #simulationhypothesis.
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DeepSeek R1 Replicated for $30 By Researchers at UC Berkeley flip.it/T0G7Hh
DeepSeek R1 Replicated for $30 By Researchers at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley replicates DeepSeek R1 for $30, proving advanced AI can be affordable. Discover how this breakthrough is reshaping AI research.
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February 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
DeepSeek R1 Replicated for $30 By Researchers at UC Berkeley flip.it/T0G7Hh
Decoding the Knowledge: How Taxi Drivers Think Differently From AI - Neuroscience News flip.it/xeJl2I
Decoding the Knowledge: How Taxi Drivers Think Differently From AI - Neuroscience News
A study reveals that London taxi drivers prioritize complex and distant junctions during their initial "offline thinking" phase when planning routes, rather than sequentially considering streets.
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January 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Decoding the Knowledge: How Taxi Drivers Think Differently From AI - Neuroscience News flip.it/xeJl2I
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The only science fiction author who got AI right was Douglas Adams.
January 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The only science fiction author who got AI right was Douglas Adams.
Google search ends in frustration after AI images dominate results: 'The internet is dead' flip.it/JuC7EP
Google search ends in frustration after AI images dominate results: 'The internet is dead'
This Reddit post highlights the frustration of trying to find atompunk art without being bombarded by AI-generated images.
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January 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Google search ends in frustration after AI images dominate results: 'The internet is dead' flip.it/JuC7EP
AI Agents Are Becoming More Humanlike — and OpenAI Is Launching a New One in January. This could be the next big thing: flip.it/NeZ4tS
AI Agents Are Becoming More Humanlike — and OpenAI Is Launching a New One in January. Are Entrepreneurs Ready to Embrace the Future? | Entrepreneur
The evolution of AI agents from chatbots to advanced systems capable of autonomously executing complex tasks is becoming increasingly evident. Here are three foundational principles to effectively int...
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December 31, 2024 at 8:26 AM
AI Agents Are Becoming More Humanlike — and OpenAI Is Launching a New One in January. This could be the next big thing: flip.it/NeZ4tS
Reposted by Francesco Mantovani
€ 22.700 NETTI donati alla #CasaDelleDonne di Bologna. Grazie a chi ha partecipato a questa meravigliosa raccolta fondi per #Bologna5 per ripristinare la grafica sul taxi #Bologna5 dopo il vile atto vandalico. A metà gennaio verrà presentata la macchina allestita e sarà ancora più bella ❤️🌺🏅
December 30, 2024 at 3:02 PM
€ 22.700 NETTI donati alla #CasaDelleDonne di Bologna. Grazie a chi ha partecipato a questa meravigliosa raccolta fondi per #Bologna5 per ripristinare la grafica sul taxi #Bologna5 dopo il vile atto vandalico. A metà gennaio verrà presentata la macchina allestita e sarà ancora più bella ❤️🌺🏅
Physicists Discover 'Quantum Embezzlement' Could Offer Infinite Source of Entanglement flip.it/PDTxfZ
Physicists Discover 'Quantum Embezzlement' Could Offer Infinite Source of Entanglement
Stealing from the company's bank accounts could earn you time in the big house.
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December 30, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Physicists Discover 'Quantum Embezzlement' Could Offer Infinite Source of Entanglement flip.it/PDTxfZ