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There has been a minor campaign to drop the term due to its supposed association with racist ideologies. See, e.g. here: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/many...
The Many Myths of the Term 'Anglo-Saxon'
Two medieval scholars tackle the misuse of a phrase that was rarely used by its supposed namesakes
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There has been a minor campaign to drop the term due to its supposed association with racist ideologies. See, e.g. here: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/many...
The usual claim is that people will eventually realize that LLM's can't do anything and will repent, but by this time, it'll be too late.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The usual claim is that people will eventually realize that LLM's can't do anything and will repent, but by this time, it'll be too late.
As an observer in this discussion, my immediate association is the Redwall Abbey, of all things. Albeit the abbey is surrounded by walls, and they do practice expulsion...
September 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
As an observer in this discussion, my immediate association is the Redwall Abbey, of all things. Albeit the abbey is surrounded by walls, and they do practice expulsion...
There are AI's more reliable than Google overview. Even they are prone to confabulation.
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
There are AI's more reliable than Google overview. Even they are prone to confabulation.
Kimi K2 also automatically activated web seatch and replied accurately. DeepSeek, however, didn't search automatically and started to misattribute and hallucinate things.
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Kimi K2 also automatically activated web seatch and replied accurately. DeepSeek, however, didn't search automatically and started to misattribute and hallucinate things.
When I asked it, it replied accurately, starting with
Liberal Jews and Religious Liberty, New York University Law Review 98:1556 (2023)
, but it automatically activated web-search.
Liberal Jews and Religious Liberty, New York University Law Review 98:1556 (2023)
, but it automatically activated web-search.
September 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
When I asked it, it replied accurately, starting with
Liberal Jews and Religious Liberty, New York University Law Review 98:1556 (2023)
, but it automatically activated web-search.
Liberal Jews and Religious Liberty, New York University Law Review 98:1556 (2023)
, but it automatically activated web-search.
Probably that's why their cults felt so strange. Most cults use pathos or ethos-style argumentation, while rationalist cults used logos. Because the form is syllogistic, the recruit believes the conclusion has arrived through "pure reason".
September 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Probably that's why their cults felt so strange. Most cults use pathos or ethos-style argumentation, while rationalist cults used logos. Because the form is syllogistic, the recruit believes the conclusion has arrived through "pure reason".
The cultist parts of the scene are fascinating, since cultism is seemingly antithetical to the "rationalist" ethos of questioning stuff and subjecting everything to dispassionate reasoning. Really, someone needs to analyze the logical fallacies involved in "rationalist" cultism.
September 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The cultist parts of the scene are fascinating, since cultism is seemingly antithetical to the "rationalist" ethos of questioning stuff and subjecting everything to dispassionate reasoning. Really, someone needs to analyze the logical fallacies involved in "rationalist" cultism.
It seems that nowadays, most people with strongly held views like to imagine some generic grand poobah shrieking "how dare you think that!" or "how dare you contradict me!" or something like that at them. Makes them feel very rebellious.
August 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It seems that nowadays, most people with strongly held views like to imagine some generic grand poobah shrieking "how dare you think that!" or "how dare you contradict me!" or something like that at them. Makes them feel very rebellious.
It's also the fault of the right-wing, who ended up alienating bohemian demographics, forcing it to the left. Historically, an artistic person wasn't necessarily a leftie. It's also why the right-wing likes GenAI so much - they lack artists nowadays. McNaughton and Ben Garrison just aren't enough.
August 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's also the fault of the right-wing, who ended up alienating bohemian demographics, forcing it to the left. Historically, an artistic person wasn't necessarily a leftie. It's also why the right-wing likes GenAI so much - they lack artists nowadays. McNaughton and Ben Garrison just aren't enough.
Wasn't there more Jews then Arabs between "the river and the sea" for the majority of Israeli state history (so after 1948?)
August 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Wasn't there more Jews then Arabs between "the river and the sea" for the majority of Israeli state history (so after 1948?)
Not sure whether answers like, "yes, but it should be a binational state" (a common left position) would be accepted. Of course, others insist that Israeli Jews are not a legitimate nation and that the only acceptable outcome is Palestine, Arab Republic of.
June 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Not sure whether answers like, "yes, but it should be a binational state" (a common left position) would be accepted. Of course, others insist that Israeli Jews are not a legitimate nation and that the only acceptable outcome is Palestine, Arab Republic of.
Afrikaner is definitely a different ethnonational identity from European Dutch at this point.
June 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Afrikaner is definitely a different ethnonational identity from European Dutch at this point.
The whole Palestinian RoR situation is quite sui generis, it's hard for me to find another contemporary analog. Especially the international legal situation around it.
June 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The whole Palestinian RoR situation is quite sui generis, it's hard for me to find another contemporary analog. Especially the international legal situation around it.
There's also the Palestinian "Right to Return", which is also viewed by many as an abolishment of Israel.
June 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
There's also the Palestinian "Right to Return", which is also viewed by many as an abolishment of Israel.
Well, it started as a geniune neutral hypothesis. Due to substantial arguments against it, it went downhill fast, though.
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Well, it started as a geniune neutral hypothesis. Due to substantial arguments against it, it went downhill fast, though.
Charmingly sarcastic thread/takedown.
June 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Charmingly sarcastic thread/takedown.
Also, editors? I feel that even in the worst "replacement" case, which I don't think is true, they'll be the last to go.
May 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Also, editors? I feel that even in the worst "replacement" case, which I don't think is true, they'll be the last to go.
ChatGPT is quite bad at explaining its image rejections. It doesn't really "know itself", it can only guess-by-probability-prediction, and it doesn't help that the image generator and the LLM itself are different modules.
May 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
ChatGPT is quite bad at explaining its image rejections. It doesn't really "know itself", it can only guess-by-probability-prediction, and it doesn't help that the image generator and the LLM itself are different modules.
I guess I can see already politized people blaming gangstalking on their political enemies, through the writer hasn't listed any examples of that.
May 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I guess I can see already politized people blaming gangstalking on their political enemies, through the writer hasn't listed any examples of that.
Interesting that it seems to be an apolitical phenomena.
May 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Interesting that it seems to be an apolitical phenomena.
While there is such a thing as a good short-form "tweet" format, it also offers incentives for shallow dunks and nonsensical, but inflammatory statements, regardless of additional factors on Twitter. Long-form stuff like Reddit and old-style forums are better in this regard.
May 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
While there is such a thing as a good short-form "tweet" format, it also offers incentives for shallow dunks and nonsensical, but inflammatory statements, regardless of additional factors on Twitter. Long-form stuff like Reddit and old-style forums are better in this regard.
The "vibes? papers? essays?" seems to have turned into a generic meme, unmoored from its "decolonial" origins.
March 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The "vibes? papers? essays?" seems to have turned into a generic meme, unmoored from its "decolonial" origins.
Current ChatGPT (the one after login) deals with the farmer's problem well. So yeah, LLM's failing at this is both amusing and informative, but they're slowly getting better at it.
February 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Current ChatGPT (the one after login) deals with the farmer's problem well. So yeah, LLM's failing at this is both amusing and informative, but they're slowly getting better at it.