Felienne Hermans
@felienne.bsky.social
"What I had not realized is that extremely short exposure to a relatively simple computer program could induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people" - Weizenbaum 1976
Weekly newsletter on AI and teaching and more(nl/en): www.felienne.nl
Weekly newsletter on AI and teaching and more(nl/en): www.felienne.nl
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Odd piece in that the word "fraud" appears in neither the headline or article.
Also - were MIT's economists so detached from reality that they didn't wonder about a scenario where scientists were inventing so many new materials but keeping them secret?
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
Also - were MIT's economists so detached from reality that they didn't wonder about a scenario where scientists were inventing so many new materials but keeping them secret?
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Odd piece in that the word "fraud" appears in neither the headline or article.
Also - were MIT's economists so detached from reality that they didn't wonder about a scenario where scientists were inventing so many new materials but keeping them secret?
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
Also - were MIT's economists so detached from reality that they didn't wonder about a scenario where scientists were inventing so many new materials but keeping them secret?
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
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Incredible not just that this happened, but that it’s not even a second or third tier news story, let alone something Farage will actually be held accountable for. Doesn’t make the top 15 stories on either the BBC or the Guardian! Filed under “Wales”.
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Incredible not just that this happened, but that it’s not even a second or third tier news story, let alone something Farage will actually be held accountable for. Doesn’t make the top 15 stories on either the BBC or the Guardian! Filed under “Wales”.
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More people need to read "Why does he do that?" because a great deal of people are bullied and we don't turn into abusers. The narrative these people are victims is perverse to the goal of stopping abuse because it's not only false but contributes the cycle.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
More people need to read "Why does he do that?" because a great deal of people are bullied and we don't turn into abusers. The narrative these people are victims is perverse to the goal of stopping abuse because it's not only false but contributes the cycle.
dn790007.ca.archive.org/0/items/Lund...
dn790007.ca.archive.org/0/items/Lund...
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If there are no consequences to the "president" for threatening political opponents with death or being cruel to reporters, then why is it even news? Just so we can all be sad about it?
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If there are no consequences to the "president" for threatening political opponents with death or being cruel to reporters, then why is it even news? Just so we can all be sad about it?
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"You won’t get promoted for optimizing an existing service, but you can get promoted by replacing it with a new one.
Preferably written in Golang. Maybe Typescript."
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
Preferably written in Golang. Maybe Typescript."
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"You won’t get promoted for optimizing an existing service, but you can get promoted by replacing it with a new one.
Preferably written in Golang. Maybe Typescript."
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
Preferably written in Golang. Maybe Typescript."
okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
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Yeah dude, it was totally the commitment to net zero that caused the economy to fall in the late 2020-2021 period
Nothing else of note happened that impacted the economy
Nothing else of note happened that impacted the economy
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yeah dude, it was totally the commitment to net zero that caused the economy to fall in the late 2020-2021 period
Nothing else of note happened that impacted the economy
Nothing else of note happened that impacted the economy
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Escape room where the thing you are trying to escape is reading about Olivia Nuzzi
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
I have not read this yet, but having read Elizabeth's absolutely amazing book on the alt-right (bookwyrm.social/book/594052/...) I dare to recommend it unseen!
Will get back to you all later when I have more notes!
Will get back to you all later when I have more notes!
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have not read this yet, but having read Elizabeth's absolutely amazing book on the alt-right (bookwyrm.social/book/594052/...) I dare to recommend it unseen!
Will get back to you all later when I have more notes!
Will get back to you all later when I have more notes!
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Me, before reading the excerpted passage: “I don’t see why anyone would read Olivia Nuzzi’s book. What a pointless exercise.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
I regret to inform you that Olivia Nuzzi's book appears to be Perfect
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
insane, stupid, comically overwritten, dishy, politically indefensible I cannot wait to get my hands on it I must accept this is who I am as a person at some deep level whether I like it or not www.vanityfair.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Me, before reading the excerpted passage: “I don’t see why anyone would read Olivia Nuzzi’s book. What a pointless exercise.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
Me, after reading the passage: “I must read this book. The hate-read theoretical has launched the hate-read possible.”
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In case you writers out there have ever felt imposter syndrome, "From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible" is an actual sentence in whatever this is.
Vanity Fair's West Coast Editor Olivia Nuzzi was a star political correspondent until scandal led her into exile—and to a California up in flames.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
In an excerpt from her book, ‘American Canto,’ she takes stock of scorched earth.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In case you writers out there have ever felt imposter syndrome, "From his mouth the bullet theoretical launched the bullet possible" is an actual sentence in whatever this is.
Lots of things going on in the world of AI this week! It turns out LLMs in the medical world aren't delivering the results promised (by Geoffrey Hinton, among others), and what's the deal with the AI bubble?
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Lots of things going on in the world of AI this week! It turns out LLMs in the medical world aren't delivering the results promised (by Geoffrey Hinton, among others), and what's the deal with the AI bubble?
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"data centers already accounted for 22% of Ireland's total electricity consumption in 2024. In the Dublin/Meath area, where a third of Ireland's population lives, 48% of the electricity was used by data centers in 2023." @abeba.bsky.social & @krisshrishak.bsky.social
✍🏼 www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
✍🏼 www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"data centers already accounted for 22% of Ireland's total electricity consumption in 2024. In the Dublin/Meath area, where a third of Ireland's population lives, 48% of the electricity was used by data centers in 2023." @abeba.bsky.social & @krisshrishak.bsky.social
✍🏼 www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
✍🏼 www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
Free Frankie!
A young Caribbean Flamingo named Frankie flew away from a zoo in Cornwall, England. She was located 130 miles away in France, where her keepers said they would likely have to leave her.
On a Clipped Wing, Flamingo Escapes a British Zoo for a Life in France
Frankie, a young Caribbean Flamingo, flew 130 miles from captivity. Her keepers said they would likely have to leave her in France.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Free Frankie!
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The collapse of single-channel authority isn’t news.
People no longer wait for institutions to define what’s true or credible. They confer that legitimacy themselves and do it instantly.
It can’t be solved with a comms plan. You solve it by rebuilding trust across the actual centres of influence.
People no longer wait for institutions to define what’s true or credible. They confer that legitimacy themselves and do it instantly.
It can’t be solved with a comms plan. You solve it by rebuilding trust across the actual centres of influence.
Ideas of influence and impact are shifting under our feet quickly and the days of a single point of institutional truth is clearly gone. Yes, it’s disrupting traditional communications but it shouldn’t be paralyzing. We’ve got work to do h/t @nicktsergas.ca www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
Influencers have more reach on 5 major platforms than news media, politicians: report
More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers — and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media outlets or...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The collapse of single-channel authority isn’t news.
People no longer wait for institutions to define what’s true or credible. They confer that legitimacy themselves and do it instantly.
It can’t be solved with a comms plan. You solve it by rebuilding trust across the actual centres of influence.
People no longer wait for institutions to define what’s true or credible. They confer that legitimacy themselves and do it instantly.
It can’t be solved with a comms plan. You solve it by rebuilding trust across the actual centres of influence.
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability.
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OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
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Remember when nearly everyone recognized the importance of reality. Wasn’t that cool? Now the most powerful nation in the world is led by people who believe in their made up reality or that there is no reality at all. Not ideal.
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Remember when nearly everyone recognized the importance of reality. Wasn’t that cool? Now the most powerful nation in the world is led by people who believe in their made up reality or that there is no reality at all. Not ideal.
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Ya don't say
Artificial intelligence peer reviewers recommend the acceptance of unsound papers created entirely by AI more than 80% of the time, a new study has found. cen.acs.org/research-int... #chemsky 🧪
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ya don't say