In my research I've become aware of 3 mental models for AI:

⇢ AI as Machine: Efficiency & speed
⇢ AI as Mind: Companion, coach, therapist
⇢ AI as Magnifying Glass: Illuminates bias and blindspots

I'm cautious about Mind and excited ab Magnifying Glass.

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A chance encounter and a round of drinks changed the course of history.

This is a story about how small moments trigger massive change—and what it can teach us about transformation. 🧵👇

Current Events (a poem)

Scared assholes crave power and control.
They stoke fear and resentment,
feeding the neglected and the bitter.

It ends ugly for everyone—
even them.

Saw a ship in the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday called the Sea Hawk — implying the existence of the Sea Tua.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

I want a bot that pre-scans messages to make sure I'm not sending someone the same meme twice.

Me: Good morning!

Disagree bot: I don't think it is.

Division bot: Way to ignore all those who are suffering.

Dipshit bot: It's not morning everywhere.

If I could give my younger self one piece of advice it’s this: choose people who support you (and allow you to support them).

In the old days we would burn a snowman alive in the forest as an offering to the Old Gods. Today we break an effigy and surround it with flames and greenery.

Make Yule Great Again

Frost said: “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.” But it turns out it’ll be in preventable diseases & raw milk born pathogens.

I guess it is a country for old men after all ...

This gives me hope. The kids are alright.