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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · 7d

Dono but my cat seems to know that our roomba is an abomination

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · 11d

Google Gemini made the same mistake btw

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · 11d

My prompt: "I shave any and all those who do not shave themselves". ChatGPT5 says this is a version of the Barber paradox. It's not. ("I shave all and ONLY those who do not shave themselves" is.) ChatGPT erroneously added that "the barber *only* shaves people who do not shave themselves"

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Jul 20

“The conscientious path forward is to create educational structures that minimize the temptation to outsource thinking.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Jun 30

Soon we may be hearing people say: “I don’t care if she is a chatbot. I love her.”

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 29

Love is love. #NewYorkerCartoons

A cartoon by Sam Gross, from 1998. See more cartoons and other funny stuff from New Yorker Humor: nyer.cm/nLwjJNW

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 27

I think i agree that it needn’t, but for most of us, most of the time, it takes longer

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 27

I suppose it might depend on how long Gettier sat at that diner in Detroit to write it

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 27

Unfortunately, life is too short.

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 26

"In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace, you aren't moving at all." -- Iris Murdoch

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 20

“By week one, I was already tired of his anti-rich, pro-Samaritan bullshit. I wanted to take a course in Christianity, not liberalism.”

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Selected Negative Teaching Evaluations of Jesus Christ

“Very inconvenient class! Always holds lectures on top of mountains, in the middle of the Sea of Galilee—but never close to the main campus.” “Inco...

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Apr 4

After years of watching tennis, I think I finally understand what “unforced error” means.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · Mar 29

America once took pride in not requiring citizens to carry national ID—no "Show me your papers!" Now we have to carry passports to avoid being disappeared.

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Mar 28

Sorry, philosophers of inquiry. Spelling Bee doesn’t accept it

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Mar 25

I’m betting this will get more likes than anything else I post

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Mar 24

Love a good Mediterranean barley soup

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · Mar 17

Free speech is for ideas we like; otherwise, it's sparkling terrorism

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Mar 14

Everyone: Hitler was a murderer
Elon: Ackchyually, …

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Feb 28

Today’s episode of The Apprentice was wild!

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thom Yorke: "I'm not here. This is not happening."

Pfft. This guy doesn't know how demonstratives work.

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Ali M. Hasan @alimhasan.bsky.social · Feb 26

Student from my ethics class: "I actually really like this course just wished that there was more of a straight answer to questions."

Me too, bruh. Me too.

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