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I keep remembering things, vaguely. Resisting the urge to be silent by celebrating motes in the starlight. Rooting for Homo sapiens, but a sad trombonist for these end times. Sou’westo regionalist, grudging 🇨🇦, reconciling on traditional lands of the S.O.N.
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This is a long way* from my wheelhouse, but it seems obvious that as slop and hallucinations proliferate chatbots will be sampling ever-worse info and generating ever-worse answers, feeding on themselves in an ouroboros of garbage
*it’s possible everyone else has already concluded this
*it’s possible everyone else has already concluded this
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is a long way* from my wheelhouse, but it seems obvious that as slop and hallucinations proliferate chatbots will be sampling ever-worse info and generating ever-worse answers, feeding on themselves in an ouroboros of garbage
*it’s possible everyone else has already concluded this
*it’s possible everyone else has already concluded this
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Emergency room wait times are bad. But they are going to get worse. The recent Ontario budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Iris Gorfinkel: Emergency room wait times: They are going to get worse in Ontario
The recent budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, turning its back on an aging population with more complex health
www.thestar.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Emergency room wait times are bad. But they are going to get worse. The recent Ontario budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
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Keep re-electing Ford majorities and keep getting this, people.
Emergency room wait times are bad. But they are going to get worse. The recent Ontario budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Iris Gorfinkel: Emergency room wait times: They are going to get worse in Ontario
The recent budget falls far short of the funding needed to maintain even the current level of hospital services, turning its back on an aging population with more complex health
www.thestar.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Keep re-electing Ford majorities and keep getting this, people.
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June 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Check out @pattybikes.com . This is the energy we need!
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Canada announces plan to make major tourist destinations in Canada free to all Canadians. Including rail passes for children and transportation access. #cdnpoli
June 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Canada announces plan to make major tourist destinations in Canada free to all Canadians. Including rail passes for children and transportation access. #cdnpoli
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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a trans person has never negatively impacted my life. politicians and billionaires sure have
June 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
a trans person has never negatively impacted my life. politicians and billionaires sure have
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June 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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"A cyclist can go 3 or 4 times faster than a pedestrian, but uses 5 times less energy. The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match metabolic energy to impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips efficiency of not only all machines, but all other animals as well."
—Ivan Illich
—Ivan Illich
June 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"A cyclist can go 3 or 4 times faster than a pedestrian, but uses 5 times less energy. The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match metabolic energy to impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips efficiency of not only all machines, but all other animals as well."
—Ivan Illich
—Ivan Illich
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.
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Which is another reason their use by students to *do* the work of research and writing for them is skills-annihilating. No, LLMs are NOT just like calculators, a simple tool that can be used well or not. In math you still have to show your work. 1/n
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Which is another reason their use by students to *do* the work of research and writing for them is skills-annihilating. No, LLMs are NOT just like calculators, a simple tool that can be used well or not. In math you still have to show your work. 1/n
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LLM use in research and writing doesn't just mean students aren't doing the work, it means they literally abandon the very skills development and knowledge acquisition necessary for any intellectual job, let alone to know whether or when LLMs are giving them bullshit or useful info. 2/n
June 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
LLM use in research and writing doesn't just mean students aren't doing the work, it means they literally abandon the very skills development and knowledge acquisition necessary for any intellectual job, let alone to know whether or when LLMs are giving them bullshit or useful info. 2/n
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When educators freak out about AI, it's not because we're lamplighters fighting the invention of the lightbulb, or because we're lazy and don't want to innovate our teaching methods - it's because there's a genuine learning crisis at hand, the stupifying of society. 3/3
June 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When educators freak out about AI, it's not because we're lamplighters fighting the invention of the lightbulb, or because we're lazy and don't want to innovate our teaching methods - it's because there's a genuine learning crisis at hand, the stupifying of society. 3/3
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Benjamin Netanyahu is an indicted war criminal.
And yet, the west obediently fall into line when he carries his permanent war campaign into more and more treacherous waters.
The bombing of Iran had nothing to do with nuclear threat, it was about regime change.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
And yet, the west obediently fall into line when he carries his permanent war campaign into more and more treacherous waters.
The bombing of Iran had nothing to do with nuclear threat, it was about regime change.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli defence minister says he ordered attacks on Iran to ‘undermine regime’
Israel Katz officially acknowledges goal of war, as Iranian missile hits hospital and Israel strikes nuclear site
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu is an indicted war criminal.
And yet, the west obediently fall into line when he carries his permanent war campaign into more and more treacherous waters.
The bombing of Iran had nothing to do with nuclear threat, it was about regime change.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
And yet, the west obediently fall into line when he carries his permanent war campaign into more and more treacherous waters.
The bombing of Iran had nothing to do with nuclear threat, it was about regime change.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Kentucky exports over $9.3 billion worth of products to Canada per year.
Replacing that with Canadian keeps $9.3 billion in Canada.
That money goes to Canadian farmers, workers, truckers, O&G, investors etc.
There is no downside.
#ElbowsUp means supporting Canadian workers.
Replacing that with Canadian keeps $9.3 billion in Canada.
That money goes to Canadian farmers, workers, truckers, O&G, investors etc.
There is no downside.
#ElbowsUp means supporting Canadian workers.
April 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Kentucky exports over $9.3 billion worth of products to Canada per year.
Replacing that with Canadian keeps $9.3 billion in Canada.
That money goes to Canadian farmers, workers, truckers, O&G, investors etc.
There is no downside.
#ElbowsUp means supporting Canadian workers.
Replacing that with Canadian keeps $9.3 billion in Canada.
That money goes to Canadian farmers, workers, truckers, O&G, investors etc.
There is no downside.
#ElbowsUp means supporting Canadian workers.
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🚨 The Conservative Party of Canada’s wholesale acceptance of the demands of oil & gas executives to scrap crucial regulations that protect the environment and communities, is deeply concerning.
Our full statement 👇
Our full statement 👇
Conservative Party’s agreement to fossil fuel executives’ demands raises alarm bells for Canadian sovereignty and climate progress - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
The Conservative Party of Canada’s wholesale acceptance of the demands of oil and gas executives to scrap crucial regulations that protect the environment and communities, as announced today, is deepl...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨 The Conservative Party of Canada’s wholesale acceptance of the demands of oil & gas executives to scrap crucial regulations that protect the environment and communities, is deeply concerning.
Our full statement 👇
Our full statement 👇
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The London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) has launched a new program to support survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence and human trafficking. #London #AskForAngela #Ontario
www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
‘Ask for Angela’ campaign launches in London
The London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) has launched a new program to support survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence and human trafficking.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) has launched a new program to support survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence and human trafficking. #London #AskForAngela #Ontario
www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
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The biggest problem with putting plans for bombing Yemen in a group chat is that THE UNITED STATES HAS BOMBED YEMEN ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED TIMES SINCE 2002, NOT INCLUDING THE ILLEGAL CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND OTHER WEAPONS WE GAVE THE SAUDIS TO ALSO USE TO BOMB YEMEN.
WE SHOULD STOP BOMBING YEMEN.
WE SHOULD STOP BOMBING YEMEN.
March 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The biggest problem with putting plans for bombing Yemen in a group chat is that THE UNITED STATES HAS BOMBED YEMEN ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED TIMES SINCE 2002, NOT INCLUDING THE ILLEGAL CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND OTHER WEAPONS WE GAVE THE SAUDIS TO ALSO USE TO BOMB YEMEN.
WE SHOULD STOP BOMBING YEMEN.
WE SHOULD STOP BOMBING YEMEN.
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#IdeasAtWork
Hoping @mayoroliviachow.ca is able to take part.
Kidical Mass Bike Ride for Kids, Families & Everyone!
SAT. APRIL 5TH 2 PM - 4 PM
Queen's Park, South Lawn
h/t @kidicalmassto.bsky.social @greenpeaceca.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social
#ONpoli #TOpoli #VisionZero #BikeTO
Hoping @mayoroliviachow.ca is able to take part.
Kidical Mass Bike Ride for Kids, Families & Everyone!
SAT. APRIL 5TH 2 PM - 4 PM
Queen's Park, South Lawn
h/t @kidicalmassto.bsky.social @greenpeaceca.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social
#ONpoli #TOpoli #VisionZero #BikeTO
March 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#IdeasAtWork
Hoping @mayoroliviachow.ca is able to take part.
Kidical Mass Bike Ride for Kids, Families & Everyone!
SAT. APRIL 5TH 2 PM - 4 PM
Queen's Park, South Lawn
h/t @kidicalmassto.bsky.social @greenpeaceca.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social
#ONpoli #TOpoli #VisionZero #BikeTO
Hoping @mayoroliviachow.ca is able to take part.
Kidical Mass Bike Ride for Kids, Families & Everyone!
SAT. APRIL 5TH 2 PM - 4 PM
Queen's Park, South Lawn
h/t @kidicalmassto.bsky.social @greenpeaceca.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social
#ONpoli #TOpoli #VisionZero #BikeTO
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Be as passionate about something as a child is over the toys they haven’t looked at in 5 years that you’re about to donate.
March 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Be as passionate about something as a child is over the toys they haven’t looked at in 5 years that you’re about to donate.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM