Gerald Zhang-Schmidt
@zhangschmidt.bsky.social
Microexploration educator, non-extreme athlete
This was not AI after all, huh?
I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This was not AI after all, huh?
You know, you can get away from the online world, the news from everywhere that only tangentially affect your life or that you are a minuscule influence on, and all the bs falls away.
August 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
You know, you can get away from the online world, the news from everywhere that only tangentially affect your life or that you are a minuscule influence on, and all the bs falls away.
Why would you post about this article without allowing comments from people you don't follow (when you don't interact much) and only allowing reposts - unless you want your interpretation of the findings (and those of your tribe) to be the only ones allowed?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Evidence for and against banning mobile phones in schools: A scoping review - Marilyn Campbell, Elizabeth J Edwards, Donna Pennell, Shiralee Poed, Victoria Lister, Jenna Gillett-Swan, Adrian Kelly, Dajana Zec, Thuy-Anh Nguyen, 2024
Public opinions are divided on the relative benefits versus harms of allowing mobile phones in schools. When debating the consequences of mobile phones in schoo...
journals.sagepub.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Why would you post about this article without allowing comments from people you don't follow (when you don't interact much) and only allowing reposts - unless you want your interpretation of the findings (and those of your tribe) to be the only ones allowed?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
@thoc.bsky.social recently wondered why every sci-fi AI has ethical rules baked in, our really existing AI don't. This is why: It doesn't work that way.
@thoc.bsky.social recently wondered why every sci-fi AI has ethical rules baked in, our really existing AI don't. This is why: It doesn't work that way.
The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine
The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
@thoc.bsky.social recently wondered why every sci-fi AI has ethical rules baked in, our really existing AI don't. This is why: It doesn't work that way.
@thoc.bsky.social recently wondered why every sci-fi AI has ethical rules baked in, our really existing AI don't. This is why: It doesn't work that way.
All those stories of how people react to LLMs make me really worry about one set of algorithms:
The one in the human mind.
The one in the human mind.
August 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
All those stories of how people react to LLMs make me really worry about one set of algorithms:
The one in the human mind.
The one in the human mind.
What is this? How is this?
If you have engaged with LLMs at all, not in chats, but seeing anything their creators say, you have seen these people themselves state that they don't exactly know how or why LLMs do what they do. "Black Box" etc.
If you have engaged with LLMs at all, not in chats, but seeing anything their creators say, you have seen these people themselves state that they don't exactly know how or why LLMs do what they do. "Black Box" etc.
“Without meaningful access to documentation about how the system works, there’s no one weird trick for decoding a chatbot’s programming from the outside.”
Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets
LLMs make things up — including about themselves.
www.theverge.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
What is this? How is this?
If you have engaged with LLMs at all, not in chats, but seeing anything their creators say, you have seen these people themselves state that they don't exactly know how or why LLMs do what they do. "Black Box" etc.
If you have engaged with LLMs at all, not in chats, but seeing anything their creators say, you have seen these people themselves state that they don't exactly know how or why LLMs do what they do. "Black Box" etc.
Sure, celebrate kids being d*cks rather than learning - and especially, tell me how you square that with the current wave of "if that text contains em-dashes, it's definitely AI-generated" so-called thinking
August 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Sure, celebrate kids being d*cks rather than learning - and especially, tell me how you square that with the current wave of "if that text contains em-dashes, it's definitely AI-generated" so-called thinking
At some point, the future elite will really be those who understand what "they" don't want you to know: reality.
As in facts, the ecological foundations of life, biology, physics... the scientific method and clear thinking.
As in facts, the ecological foundations of life, biology, physics... the scientific method and clear thinking.
August 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
At some point, the future elite will really be those who understand what "they" don't want you to know: reality.
As in facts, the ecological foundations of life, biology, physics... the scientific method and clear thinking.
As in facts, the ecological foundations of life, biology, physics... the scientific method and clear thinking.
You know, the USA could just finally join real democracies and go for one person, one vote and logical districting rather than this whole absurd trickery.
At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
Texas Battle Triggers National Gerrymandering War—These States Could Redistrict Next
At least nine states are considering mid-cycle redistricting efforts in an attempt to gerrymander new congressional seats.
www.forbes.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
You know, the USA could just finally join real democracies and go for one person, one vote and logical districting rather than this whole absurd trickery.
My wife: This couple bought a chateau in France; isn't that a beautiful place?
... And also, why is there no stuff lying around anywhere?
Me: Welcome to the world of Better Homes and Gardens.
... And also, that's not enough space for (my) books!
... And also, why is there no stuff lying around anywhere?
Me: Welcome to the world of Better Homes and Gardens.
... And also, that's not enough space for (my) books!
June 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My wife: This couple bought a chateau in France; isn't that a beautiful place?
... And also, why is there no stuff lying around anywhere?
Me: Welcome to the world of Better Homes and Gardens.
... And also, that's not enough space for (my) books!
... And also, why is there no stuff lying around anywhere?
Me: Welcome to the world of Better Homes and Gardens.
... And also, that's not enough space for (my) books!
@bundesheerbauer.bsky.social Endlich einmal für den Marc-Aurel-Marsch angemeldet.
Nicht, dass es nicht gerade größere Themen gäbe.
Nicht, dass es nicht gerade größere Themen gäbe.
June 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
@bundesheerbauer.bsky.social Endlich einmal für den Marc-Aurel-Marsch angemeldet.
Nicht, dass es nicht gerade größere Themen gäbe.
Nicht, dass es nicht gerade größere Themen gäbe.
We were wrong talking about the Trumpian USA as turning into an autocracy.
Actually, it's absolutism.
Actually, it's absolutism.
May 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We were wrong talking about the Trumpian USA as turning into an autocracy.
Actually, it's absolutism.
Actually, it's absolutism.
My little girl, finally unafraid of a bee - and the bee in question ;)
April 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My little girl, finally unafraid of a bee - and the bee in question ;)
Simplify matters as much as necessary - but not so much that you end up, well, there.
Nancy Mace will neither rest, nor sleep for even an instant until all chemicals are removed from American foods and replaced with... um... not-chemicals, such as... ah... like, maybe antimatter or something...
April 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Simplify matters as much as necessary - but not so much that you end up, well, there.
Trump to Zelenskiy feels like someone telling a rape-in-progress victim to stop struggling because it extends their suffering.
April 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Trump to Zelenskiy feels like someone telling a rape-in-progress victim to stop struggling because it extends their suffering.
Boring reality is the big problem in a million of our problems.
“They put poison in the food, it makes us sick.“
The reality here is so fucking boring that it doesn’t stick on anyone’s head. What “they” did was make food cheap and “ultra palatable” which is the fancy phrase for “very yummy.”
Thats it. A huge part of the problem is that food is too good.
The reality here is so fucking boring that it doesn’t stick on anyone’s head. What “they” did was make food cheap and “ultra palatable” which is the fancy phrase for “very yummy.”
Thats it. A huge part of the problem is that food is too good.
April 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Boring reality is the big problem in a million of our problems.
I continue to be fascinated by how you could recognize and find flowers (and butterflies) just like these... but if you look at paintings of vegetables and partly fruit, they look quite different from current varieties.
Triumphant lilies top this exuberant display of flowers from 1670 by Jan de Heem. It's his birthday.
April 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I continue to be fascinated by how you could recognize and find flowers (and butterflies) just like these... but if you look at paintings of vegetables and partly fruit, they look quite different from current varieties.
Yay, my myouga *is* coming back... and being eaten by a caterpillar.
The wonders of nature.
The wonders of nature.
April 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yay, my myouga *is* coming back... and being eaten by a caterpillar.
The wonders of nature.
The wonders of nature.
Well, prices did nicely go down.
Stock prices, at least, but hey, surely those are more important than the prices of bags of things, every single item of them?
Stock prices, at least, but hey, surely those are more important than the prices of bags of things, every single item of them?
April 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Well, prices did nicely go down.
Stock prices, at least, but hey, surely those are more important than the prices of bags of things, every single item of them?
Stock prices, at least, but hey, surely those are more important than the prices of bags of things, every single item of them?
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
Keep calm and golf.
April 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Keep calm and golf.
You're all so screwed.
The children yearn for the Foxconn factories with the anti-suicide netting
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You're all so screwed.
Europe has a long history of weird, atrocious... and I'll still take having to look at your dark past but also having dignity and promoting reason over ... *points westward, shaking head sadly*
April 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Europe has a long history of weird, atrocious... and I'll still take having to look at your dark past but also having dignity and promoting reason over ... *points westward, shaking head sadly*
Thinking of hiding my portfolio in my bank app.
I just opened my iPhone’s Stocks app for the first time ever and I gotta say, not sure I’m glad I did.
April 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thinking of hiding my portfolio in my bank app.