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it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
May 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
it's jolting how little AI skepticism has reached the general public. i've had many acquaintances ask whether i use AI for research and seem shocked when i tell them it's completely useless for that purpose. my wife recently told her colleagues about hallucinations and it was news to all of them.
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We are long overdue for some floofiness on this feed.
Red panda happy hour starts now.
Red panda happy hour starts now.
May 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We are long overdue for some floofiness on this feed.
Red panda happy hour starts now.
Red panda happy hour starts now.
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Exactly this.
One emerging purpose will be to addict people to fake friends who recommend products to is under the guise of word of mouth advertising. Also, the proven way to change someone’s mind is to have a trusted friend tell them something so also has mind control public sentiment control side benefits.
May 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Exactly this.
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LLMs were created with no sense of ethics and thrown out with no sense of ethics, and HUGE SHOCKER, probably the most lucrative way to use it is literal automation of scams to get money from people by scaring and/or lying to them.
May 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
LLMs were created with no sense of ethics and thrown out with no sense of ethics, and HUGE SHOCKER, probably the most lucrative way to use it is literal automation of scams to get money from people by scaring and/or lying to them.
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I wish more people were less gullible.
Replace “LLM” with “machine made by a giant corporation” and ask yourself if we want everyone in the world to filter everything they know through the giant corporation machine.
Replace “LLM” with “machine made by a giant corporation” and ask yourself if we want everyone in the world to filter everything they know through the giant corporation machine.
May 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I wish more people were less gullible.
Replace “LLM” with “machine made by a giant corporation” and ask yourself if we want everyone in the world to filter everything they know through the giant corporation machine.
Replace “LLM” with “machine made by a giant corporation” and ask yourself if we want everyone in the world to filter everything they know through the giant corporation machine.
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Good commentary on the recent "AI"-related troubles of this year's Worldcon. It remains a general rule that you should not trust Large Language Models to produce accurate information. They're not designed to produce accurate information. They're designed to produce statistically probable sentences.
Robot Hallucinations
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will be aware that the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, is embroiled in a massive scandal. Turns out the programming team used ChatGPT to vet people who'd applied to be on programming for potential issues. This was received…
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will be aware that the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, is embroiled in a massive scandal. Turns out the programming team used ChatGPT to vet people who'd applied to be on programming for potential issues. This was received…
Robot Hallucinations
Unless you've been living under a rock, you will be aware that the 2025 Worldcon in Seattle, Washington, is embroiled in a massive scandal. Turns out the programming team used ChatGPT to vet people who'd applied to be on programming for potential issues. This was received about as well as you can imagine. File 770 shares a round-up of reactions and responses here and Jason Sanford shares several reactions and responses in his Genre Grapevine column. There is also a not very good summary of the controversy at…
corabuhlert.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Good commentary on the recent "AI"-related troubles of this year's Worldcon. It remains a general rule that you should not trust Large Language Models to produce accurate information. They're not designed to produce accurate information. They're designed to produce statistically probable sentences.
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NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
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This.
We are going to be picked apart by AI bureaucracy.
We are going to be picked apart by AI bureaucracy.
I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be:
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
March 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This.
We are going to be picked apart by AI bureaucracy.
We are going to be picked apart by AI bureaucracy.
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For 10 years, Unicorn Riot has been on the frontlines covering social & environmental movements often ignored by legacy news.
Help us continue providing an unfiltered, nonprofit platform for diverse communities, storytellers & media makers.
Donate here: unicornriot.ninja/10years/
Help us continue providing an unfiltered, nonprofit platform for diverse communities, storytellers & media makers.
Donate here: unicornriot.ninja/10years/
10 Years of Telling Your Stories. 10 Years of Unicorn Riot. - UNICORN RIOT
For over a decade, Unicorn Riot has been on the frontlines of social and environmental movements covering stories that are often ignored in mainstream discourse, including alternatives to conventional...
unicornriot.ninja
March 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
For 10 years, Unicorn Riot has been on the frontlines covering social & environmental movements often ignored by legacy news.
Help us continue providing an unfiltered, nonprofit platform for diverse communities, storytellers & media makers.
Donate here: unicornriot.ninja/10years/
Help us continue providing an unfiltered, nonprofit platform for diverse communities, storytellers & media makers.
Donate here: unicornriot.ninja/10years/
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Reminder that you can request to have your data deleted and exercise your rights to not have your data sold. Their request page is here www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...
March 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Reminder that you can request to have your data deleted and exercise your rights to not have your data sold. Their request page is here www.clearview.ai/privacy-and-...
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If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
border-pocket-guide-2.pdf
www.eff.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
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Louder, for the people in the back who think mask bans are a good idea.
Once surveillance infrastructure is in place, it is subject to changing priorities and prejudices. Hungary threatening to use face recognition to find people at pride events shows why we need to ban government use altogether.
Hungary's new anti-LGBTQ+ law bans Pride events and sparks protests
The law, supported by Orbán’s Fidesz party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats, was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted only a day earl...
apnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Louder, for the people in the back who think mask bans are a good idea.
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Important messaging research out of Navigator:
Always call it "Musk's DOGE"
Always call it "Musk's DOGE"
March 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Important messaging research out of Navigator:
Always call it "Musk's DOGE"
Always call it "Musk's DOGE"
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It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
For John Green, Tuberculosis Is More Than A Disease | Atmos
The bestselling author says our inability to fix solvable crises is an indictment of our empathy and shared humanity.
atmos.earth
March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's true: Tuberculosis is more than a disease. It's a form and expression of injustice. atmos.earth/for-john-gre...
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Recent chat with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his latest book #EverythingIsTuberculosis.
As we withdraw USAID efforts to fight this disease (that already kills >1mm every year) there’s a higher chance of more drug resistant strains developing.
youtu.be/4cVd0p9ACuc?...
As we withdraw USAID efforts to fight this disease (that already kills >1mm every year) there’s a higher chance of more drug resistant strains developing.
youtu.be/4cVd0p9ACuc?...
“Everything Is Tuberculosis” John Green on Funding Cuts & the Fight to End TB | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
March 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Recent chat with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social about his latest book #EverythingIsTuberculosis.
As we withdraw USAID efforts to fight this disease (that already kills >1mm every year) there’s a higher chance of more drug resistant strains developing.
youtu.be/4cVd0p9ACuc?...
As we withdraw USAID efforts to fight this disease (that already kills >1mm every year) there’s a higher chance of more drug resistant strains developing.
youtu.be/4cVd0p9ACuc?...
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An October 2024 story about Russell Vought captured the breadth and ferocity of the coming attack on the federal government.
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy
Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story…
propub.li
March 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An October 2024 story about Russell Vought captured the breadth and ferocity of the coming attack on the federal government.
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
So why didn’t this story drive more of a national conversation when it appeared?
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IRS nears deal with Ice to share data of undocumented immigrants – report
IRS nears deal with Ice to share data of undocumented immigrants – report
Immigration officials could give names and addresses, raising concerns about abuse of power by Trump administration
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly nearing a deal to allow immigration officials to use tax data to support Donald Trump’s deportation agenda, according to reports by the Washington Post.
Under the proposed data-sharing agreement, said to have been in negotiations for weeks, Immigration And Customs Enforcement (Ice) could hand over the names and addresses of undocumented immigrants to the IRS, raising concerns about abuse of power from the Trump administration and the erosion of privacy rights. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
IRS nears deal with Ice to share data of undocumented immigrants – report
Do you hate the state of the world? Do you want to take 5 minutes to do something about it?
You can support the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of the University of Maryland's Giving Day campaign!
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You can support the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of the University of Maryland's Giving Day campaign!
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March 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Do you hate the state of the world? Do you want to take 5 minutes to do something about it?
You can support the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of the University of Maryland's Giving Day campaign!
givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/wo...
You can support the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies as part of the University of Maryland's Giving Day campaign!
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Appointed in 2002, Weintraub has been a vocal advocate for stronger campaign finance enforcement, transparency, and combating foreign election influence.
February 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Appointed in 2002, Weintraub has been a vocal advocate for stronger campaign finance enforcement, transparency, and combating foreign election influence.
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Ellen Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission, announced that President Trump sent her a letter declaring her immediate removal. However, Weintraub rejected the action, stating it was not legally valid.
February 7, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ellen Weintraub, chair of the Federal Election Commission, announced that President Trump sent her a letter declaring her immediate removal. However, Weintraub rejected the action, stating it was not legally valid.
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We each have ways to resist.
One way you can is to make six calls a day. Short/sweet. R outnumber D calls at least 4 to 1. Even if you hate making phone calls, the person on the other end can't tell. Their job is just to take notes.
Scripts available here. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
One way you can is to make six calls a day. Short/sweet. R outnumber D calls at least 4 to 1. Even if you hate making phone calls, the person on the other end can't tell. Their job is just to take notes.
Scripts available here. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We each have ways to resist.
One way you can is to make six calls a day. Short/sweet. R outnumber D calls at least 4 to 1. Even if you hate making phone calls, the person on the other end can't tell. Their job is just to take notes.
Scripts available here. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
One way you can is to make six calls a day. Short/sweet. R outnumber D calls at least 4 to 1. Even if you hate making phone calls, the person on the other end can't tell. Their job is just to take notes.
Scripts available here. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
If you are a federal employee or contactor do not directly share any emails or messages without checking for hidden characters or retyping or using a photo with stripped metadata
Please share: We’ve received word that Elon Musk’s staffers are using space characters to identify information leakers. Before sharing any information, please use a checker to detect and remove these.
February 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
If you are a federal employee or contactor do not directly share any emails or messages without checking for hidden characters or retyping or using a photo with stripped metadata
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USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.
February 2, 2025 at 5:46 AM
USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.