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assistant professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
assistant professor of computational cognitive science · she/they · cypriot/kıbrıslı/κυπραία · σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ χεῖρα κίνει
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CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Together with Cybertruck and Florida's coastal mansions, AI has now joined the elite ranks of the uninsurable.
In the big debate over who is liable when the AI fucks up, the insurance companies boldly take the lead by shouting NOT US, and slamming the door.
In the big debate over who is liable when the AI fucks up, the insurance companies boldly take the lead by shouting NOT US, and slamming the door.
AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk | TechCrunch
Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI model...
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Together with Cybertruck and Florida's coastal mansions, AI has now joined the elite ranks of the uninsurable.
In the big debate over who is liable when the AI fucks up, the insurance companies boldly take the lead by shouting NOT US, and slamming the door.
In the big debate over who is liable when the AI fucks up, the insurance companies boldly take the lead by shouting NOT US, and slamming the door.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Rest well Ms Viola. You were magnificent ♥️
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Rest well Ms Viola. You were magnificent ♥️
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
If 2023 was the year AI slop was embraced by spammers and social media influencers, and 2024 was the year the slop era began in earnest, 2025 was when slop became embedded in our cultural institutions and social spheres.
On the slop layer that we all must navigate now:
On the slop layer that we all must navigate now:
Lost in the slop layer
How AI has encrusted our culture and social sphere in a sedimentary layer of slop.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If 2023 was the year AI slop was embraced by spammers and social media influencers, and 2024 was the year the slop era began in earnest, 2025 was when slop became embedded in our cultural institutions and social spheres.
On the slop layer that we all must navigate now:
On the slop layer that we all must navigate now:
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
If you definitely have a real product, you don't do this.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you definitely have a real product, you don't do this.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We’re living through crazy times - it’s getting to the point where you can’t even go to an Al Jardine show with Eric Idle without being dragged up on stage to sing “Barbara Ann”!
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
The group doesn't claim to offer therapy. But it has, in some cases, been able to help break AI users out of their spirals.
This has mainly occurred in situations in which a user was starting to doubt the chatbot, and was ready (or readier) to hear that their AI-generated reality might not be real.
This has mainly occurred in situations in which a user was starting to doubt the chatbot, and was ready (or readier) to hear that their AI-generated reality might not be real.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The group doesn't claim to offer therapy. But it has, in some cases, been able to help break AI users out of their spirals.
This has mainly occurred in situations in which a user was starting to doubt the chatbot, and was ready (or readier) to hear that their AI-generated reality might not be real.
This has mainly occurred in situations in which a user was starting to doubt the chatbot, and was ready (or readier) to hear that their AI-generated reality might not be real.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions
In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
The Streisand Effect strikes again
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Nvidia’s ‘I’m Not Enron’ memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by that memo
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Tye Leung Schulze became the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election in 1912. She worked as a translator at Angel Island and fought for immigrant women and girls. Her courage opened doors in a country that tried to keep them shut. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/psm1I
shorturl.at/psm1I
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tye Leung Schulze became the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election in 1912. She worked as a translator at Angel Island and fought for immigrant women and girls. Her courage opened doors in a country that tried to keep them shut. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/psm1I
shorturl.at/psm1I
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Trump wants the MMR split. Kennedy rewrote CDC vaccine–autism language. Sen. Ron Johnson says it’s “time to apologize to Dr. Wakefield.”
Across MAHA/MAGA media, the movement has fully adopted the anti-vaxx fiction of Wakefield as a martyr and is elevating him again.
Across MAHA/MAGA media, the movement has fully adopted the anti-vaxx fiction of Wakefield as a martyr and is elevating him again.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trump wants the MMR split. Kennedy rewrote CDC vaccine–autism language. Sen. Ron Johnson says it’s “time to apologize to Dr. Wakefield.”
Across MAHA/MAGA media, the movement has fully adopted the anti-vaxx fiction of Wakefield as a martyr and is elevating him again.
Across MAHA/MAGA media, the movement has fully adopted the anti-vaxx fiction of Wakefield as a martyr and is elevating him again.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
It’s a real shame that journalists are the most credulous bozos on earth, willing to print half-baked nonsense so that Silicon Valley grifters can slap “as seen in Politico” on their website when they go begging for venture capital money.
Are you all afflicted by short term memory loss?
Are you all afflicted by short term memory loss?
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It’s a real shame that journalists are the most credulous bozos on earth, willing to print half-baked nonsense so that Silicon Valley grifters can slap “as seen in Politico” on their website when they go begging for venture capital money.
Are you all afflicted by short term memory loss?
Are you all afflicted by short term memory loss?
This works even better if you have sensory issues with sauces like me
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This works even better if you have sensory issues with sauces like me
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
My theory is that in the left, progressive global majority politicians make liberal white politicians feel like they're part of the problem. And no one likes that, especially when they recycle and eat poppadoms. So they are marginalised whilst the bootlickers rise to the top
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My theory is that in the left, progressive global majority politicians make liberal white politicians feel like they're part of the problem. And no one likes that, especially when they recycle and eat poppadoms. So they are marginalised whilst the bootlickers rise to the top
“Mother Fletcher carried 111 years of truth, resilience, and grace and was a reminder of how far we’ve come and how far we must still go”
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Mother Fletcher carried 111 years of truth, resilience, and grace and was a reminder of how far we’ve come and how far we must still go”
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction
Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
The government is halting new puberty blocker prescriptions for youth with gender dysphoria. From 19 December, new regulations under the Medicines Act will prevent new prescriptions for this purpose,...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
That every comment in this article is supportive of trans kids right to access puberty blockers tells you everything you need to know. In the medical community, this isn’t even a debate. No one thinks a ban is right.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
"Additionally, by accepting generative models’ normative rationality, the University reframes learning and research as
essentially consisting in the evaluation of models’ outputs." @katschwerzmann.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2505.03513
essentially consisting in the evaluation of models’ outputs." @katschwerzmann.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2505.03513
Ruled by the Representation Space: On the University's Embrace of Large Language Models
This paper explores the implications of universities' rapid adoption of large language models (LLMs) for studying, teaching, and research by analyzing the logics underpinning their representation spac...
arxiv.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Additionally, by accepting generative models’ normative rationality, the University reframes learning and research as
essentially consisting in the evaluation of models’ outputs." @katschwerzmann.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2505.03513
essentially consisting in the evaluation of models’ outputs." @katschwerzmann.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2505.03513
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
That time foxy came to me for help to get porcupine quills out of nose….
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
That time foxy came to me for help to get porcupine quills out of nose….
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
I can see the confusion. He thinks it's a machine that makes fun of people but actually it's a mockery of human life
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I can see the confusion. He thinks it's a machine that makes fun of people but actually it's a mockery of human life
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November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
Reposted by Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
This is just way too many chat bots. Hire some poets!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is just way too many chat bots. Hire some poets!!