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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats Blue Jays!!!
So proud! Canucks!
AL east winners!

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · 7d

How do you leave a New Yorker speechless?

RBI baby!! 5-1 Jays going to the bottom of the 9th

#Go #Jays
#MLB #playoffs

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · 12d

Bottom of the 8th-
9-1. Rogers Stadium is loud!!! Go #Jays
#mlb #yankees #playoffs

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Goodbye, Home Run! @home-run.bsky.social · 12d

#BlueJays Alejandro Kirk homers (2) on a line drive to left off #Yankees Paul Blackburn.
🏳 377ft, 106.0mph, 19.0 deg

NYY 1 @ TOR 7; BOT 8

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · 12d

7th inning
Jays 6, Yankees 1
I love this game!
Go Toronto !

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 12d

SkyDome is OPEN

The Yankees are in town.

It’s the playoffs.

And we’re going to the beach.

Peak Toronto the Good.

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Mounir Shita @mounirshita.bsky.social · 15d

Believing LLM is on path to AGI is like believing winning the lottery makes you a mathematical genius. It's time to look beyond next token guessing if we want #AGI. Worthy read by @hessiejones.bsky.social

www.forbes.com/sites/hessie...

LLMs Are Short-Circuiting. Is It Time To Redefine Intelligence?

The AI community is going through a reckoning. LLMs are failing. They are proving they may not be the pathway towards the promised intelligence we've all been led to believe. Now what?

www.forbes.com

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Mounir Shita @mounirshita.bsky.social · Jul 5

US government has a secret #AGI program.

www.SuperAIbooks.com

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · 15d

@mounirshita.bsky.social !!

Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · 15d

My latest! Looks like LLMs are not the path to surpassing human intelligence. Thanks
@garymarcus.bsky.social Mounir Shita and Marc Fawzi for enlightening me !

www.forbes.com/sites/hessie...

LLMs Are Short-Circuiting. Is It Time To Redefine Intelligence?

The AI community is going through a reckoning. LLMs are failing. They are proving they may not be the pathway towards the promised intelligence we've all been led to believe. Now what?

www.forbes.com

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 29d

Axios reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Trump last Tuesday morning that Israel planned to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar nearly an hour before the strike took place.

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Sep 8

Agreed @bmitra.bsky.social it was important to listen to our different perspectives. Needs, values ultimately clash but will yield decisions that are more nuanced.

Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র @bmitra.bsky.social · Sep 8

This was such a fun conversation!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2M9...

My main message: The question of whether or not we should use Generative AI shouldn't be framed simply through the lens of harm-benefit analysis of the tech, but grounded in today's broader sociopolitical context.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

See in more languages at the Illinois Immigration Information Hub:

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS — IL IMMIGRATION INFO

Everyone is protected by the law in Illinois. Start here to get to know your rights as an immigrant community member.

www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Aug 26

I assume this is phishing? Received this on DM

"gotothebadge info/verify"

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 29

The new head of the CDC, Jim O’Neill, has no degree in science or medicine, and has pushed unproven treatments for COVID like ivermectin. This is so incredibly dangerous.

O’Neill, unlike Monarez, has no training in medicine or infectious disease science. He is a former speechwriter for the health department, during the Bush years, who went on to work for the tech investor and conservative megadonor Peter Thiel.

During the Covid pandemic, O’Neill voiced public support for unproven treatments that were not supported by scientific evidence, including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, as well as vitamin D as a supposed “prophylaxis”.

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Aug 29

While the walkout was a signal to the administration the vacancies allow JFKJ to install loyalists and further diminish CDC effectiveness

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 28

CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW - Leger recently released a report: Canadian Views on Artificial Intelligence. These are the findings

• Canadians are top users of Chatbots, but this is also of highest concern
• Top benefits: convenience and productivity
• Top concerns: privacy, makes us lazy

www.forbes.com/sites/hessie...

Two Thirds Of Canadians Are Divided On Whether AI Is Good For Society

When Leger polled Canadians across the country about their views on artificial intelligence, 34% said AI is good for society, while 36% believed it is harmful.

www.forbes.com

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Yaël Eisenstat @yaeleisenstat.bsky.social · Aug 26

I'm one of the 37 targeted below by DNI Tulsi Gabbard. I haven't had a clearance nor worked in government since 2013. This is political theater & a dangerous example of government abusing its powers to punish private citizens for openly exercising their 1st Amendment rights. My full statement:

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join Mia Shah-Dand @womeninaiethics.bsky.social tomorrow as we debate the Use of Generative AI. The reasons for and against, you may think, are binary. Aside from the usual suspects when it comes to ethics there arises some value. Join us as tomorrow Aug 26th

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Aug 26

I assume this is phishing? Received this on DM

"gotothebadge info/verify"

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Women in AI Ethics official account @womeninaiethics.bsky.social · Aug 7

🤔 To use Generative AI or not to use it?

Join the AI debate hosted by @hessiejones.bsky.social and @womeninaiethics.bsky.social founder, Mia Shah-Dand on last Tuesdays as they discuss both sides of the most critical issues of our times.

Registration is free! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Last Tuesdays at 11a PT/2p ET Join the AI Debate
Hessie Jones
Mia Shah-Dand
www.waieplus.com
WAIE+

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Women in AI Ethics official account @womeninaiethics.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎙️ Start your Tuesday mornings with @hessiejones.bsky.social and our founder Mia Shah-Dand at 11a ET as they sort through the latest AI hype to bring you news that matters to 99% of humanity in their new weekly online series “AI & Current Events.” us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Hessie Jones 🇨🇦 @hessiejones.bsky.social · Aug 4

OpenAI and frontier AI models are failing. I saw this morning the soaring valuations of AI: Microsoft just surpassed $4T valuation; OpenAI's recent $8Billion raise now values it at $300B. Jing Hu, @garymarcus.bsky.social, & Caroline Kennedy weigh in on LRM limits
www.forbes.com/sites/hessie...

Despite Billions In Investment, Large Reasoning Models Are Falling Short

Is AI Reasoning and Oxymoron? Open AI recently raised $40B with a post money valuation of $300B. Altman announced AI will replace tasks and jobs at scale... however LRMs fail to deliver.

www.forbes.com

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · Jul 29

We don’t need to be flawless to fight for what’s right. We need to be human. If we wait for perfection, we’ll be waiting while the world falls apart.

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Dissent in Bloom 🌼 @dissentinbloom0.bsky.social · Jul 19

NEW ARTICLE ALERT 💙
Every cruelty the Trump administration has inflicted on immigrants — from DNA tracking to mass raids — traces back to executive orders signed in the first 48 hours. It all started there. And it’s only grown darker.

open.substack.com/pub/dissenti...

Trump Has Fired 103 Immigration Judges. Here’s Why That Matters.

These changes apply retroactively, affecting people already in the system for years.

open.substack.com

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