Olivia (they/he)
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Honestly, knowing how billionaires tend to cut corners on things, I’m expecting more of an Oceangate 2: Outer Space Boogaloo situation.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Honestly, knowing how billionaires tend to cut corners on things, I’m expecting more of an Oceangate 2: Outer Space Boogaloo situation.
The kind of AI that’s actually useful in research is called “machine learning”, and the only similarities between that and ChatGPT are that they both involve computers and for some reason they’re both called “AI”.
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The kind of AI that’s actually useful in research is called “machine learning”, and the only similarities between that and ChatGPT are that they both involve computers and for some reason they’re both called “AI”.
And it can’t even do research right (at least this kind of AI can’t) since it’s fundamentally fancy predictive text and has no ability to tell fact from fiction.
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And it can’t even do research right (at least this kind of AI can’t) since it’s fundamentally fancy predictive text and has no ability to tell fact from fiction.
I will happily help fund Elon Musk’s mission to Mars on the condition that he takes his billionaire buddies with him and they never bother us again.
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I will happily help fund Elon Musk’s mission to Mars on the condition that he takes his billionaire buddies with him and they never bother us again.
Is Sam Altman just … forgetting that humans as a species have been around for a couple million years or so?
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Is Sam Altman just … forgetting that humans as a species have been around for a couple million years or so?
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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No one should be offered death in lieu of treatment.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
No one should be offered death in lieu of treatment.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.