Dr Pieter Peach
@pieterpeach.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Anaesthetist/Anesthesiologist | MPH | Cabrini Health, Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne |
#Anaesthesia #Anesthesia #PublicHealth
🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@PieterPeach on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
#Anaesthesia #Anesthesia #PublicHealth
🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@PieterPeach on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
“The replies to her story were full of similar anecdotes about loved ones suddenly falling down rabbit holes of spiritual mania, supernatural delusion, and arcane prophecy — all of it fueled by AI.“
#llm […]
#llm […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
May 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“The replies to her story were full of similar anecdotes about loved ones suddenly falling down rabbit holes of spiritual mania, supernatural delusion, and arcane prophecy — all of it fueled by AI.“
#llm […]
#llm […]
Happy day in Australia
#ausvotes #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/election-result-map-how-labor-won/105208988
#ausvotes #auspol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-04/election-result-map-how-labor-won/105208988
See where things went right for Labor, and very wrong for the Coalition
Australian voters have delivered Anthony Albanese "a win for the ages" that should see Labor with more seats than at any point in its history.
www.abc.net.au
May 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Wait. HOW MANY supernova explode every year?
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-447-wait-how-many-supernova-explode
#astronomy
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-447-wait-how-many-supernova-explode
#astronomy
BAN #447: Wait. HOW MANY supernova explode every year?
25 July 2022 Issue #447
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wait. HOW MANY supernova explode every year?
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-447-wait-how-many-supernova-explode
#astronomy
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-447-wait-how-many-supernova-explode
#astronomy
After running out of ideas for kids movies this one just came out of nowhere. Good times!
#parenting
#parenting
February 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
After running out of ideas for kids movies this one just came out of nowhere. Good times!
#parenting
#parenting
When something’s not actually a thing but definitely should be
December 31, 2024 at 7:56 AM
When something’s not actually a thing but definitely should be
Posting this from the @openvibe.bsky.social @openvibe app simulatously to Bsky and Mastodon. This is the benefit of open protocols like ActivityPub (mastodon) and ATProtocol (Bsky)
For this to persist though it will require people to eventually move their accounts to servers not owned by BSky.
For this to persist though it will require people to eventually move their accounts to servers not owned by BSky.
November 14, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Posting this from the @openvibe.bsky.social @openvibe app simulatously to Bsky and Mastodon. This is the benefit of open protocols like ActivityPub (mastodon) and ATProtocol (Bsky)
For this to persist though it will require people to eventually move their accounts to servers not owned by BSky.
For this to persist though it will require people to eventually move their accounts to servers not owned by BSky.
I’d like to be able to keep up with global affairs while muting specific words (eg anything out of a specific country). Bluesky and Mastodon are useful, but am wondering whether there is a news aggregator that allows this?
November 6, 2024 at 6:26 AM
I’d like to be able to keep up with global affairs while muting specific words (eg anything out of a specific country). Bluesky and Mastodon are useful, but am wondering whether there is a news aggregator that allows this?
Just tried the “Podcast conversation” feature in Google’s NotebookLM to generate a 10 min conversation about a couple of dry academic papers. It’s genuinely mind blowing. Throw it your most boring paper and see what it comes up with. https://notebooklm.google/ #llm
October 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Just tried the “Podcast conversation” feature in Google’s NotebookLM to generate a 10 min conversation about a couple of dry academic papers. It’s genuinely mind blowing. Throw it your most boring paper and see what it comes up with. https://notebooklm.google/ #llm
Regular reminder : Avoid posting details on social media that people can use to steal yours, or other’s, identities, namely birthdays.
Think about the last time you spoke to a company and they asked you your date of birth as a form of ID verification.
Think about the last time you spoke to a company and they asked you your date of birth as a form of ID verification.
October 11, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Regular reminder : Avoid posting details on social media that people can use to steal yours, or other’s, identities, namely birthdays.
Think about the last time you spoke to a company and they asked you your date of birth as a form of ID verification.
Think about the last time you spoke to a company and they asked you your date of birth as a form of ID verification.
If you feel like your news feed is becoming a little histrionic, check out Boring Report, an app that removes sensationalism from the news and makes it boring to read.
We really need this for social media feeds.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boring-report-news-by-ai/id6446786839
We really need this for social media feeds.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boring-report-news-by-ai/id6446786839
September 19, 2024 at 10:59 PM
If you feel like your news feed is becoming a little histrionic, check out Boring Report, an app that removes sensationalism from the news and makes it boring to read.
We really need this for social media feeds.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boring-report-news-by-ai/id6446786839
We really need this for social media feeds.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boring-report-news-by-ai/id6446786839
The time has come to mute all words related to US politics and plutocrats on all social media platforms and news channels.
Good luck friends, and may the force be with you.
Good luck friends, and may the force be with you.
September 19, 2024 at 3:09 AM
The time has come to mute all words related to US politics and plutocrats on all social media platforms and news channels.
Good luck friends, and may the force be with you.
Good luck friends, and may the force be with you.
Posting this to both Mastodon and Bluesky from the @openvibe.bsky.social app.
Bring on the open social web
Bring on the open social web
September 17, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Posting this to both Mastodon and Bluesky from the @openvibe.bsky.social app.
Bring on the open social web
Bring on the open social web
Trying to do the right thing and use a normal search engine for an internet query, but every page I click on is full of cookie preference popups (which I agree with in principle, but are engineered to try and trick you into saying yes)
I now find myself wanting to use a #llm for an internet […]
I now find myself wanting to use a #llm for an internet […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Trying to do the right thing and use a normal search engine for an internet query, but every page I click on is full of cookie preference popups (which I agree with in principle, but are engineered to try and trick you into saying yes)
I now find myself wanting to use a #llm for an internet […]
I now find myself wanting to use a #llm for an internet […]
Reposted by Dr Pieter Peach
This is the pox of privatisation that has banished proper notions of public services: The Grenfell inquiry is exposing a culture of contempt that ran deep in Britain for decades | Rowan Moore
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/01/grenfell-inquiry-culture-of-contempt-britain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/01/grenfell-inquiry-culture-of-contempt-britain
September 1, 2024 at 8:18 AM
This is the pox of privatisation that has banished proper notions of public services: The Grenfell inquiry is exposing a culture of contempt that ran deep in Britain for decades | Rowan Moore
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/01/grenfell-inquiry-culture-of-contempt-britain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/01/grenfell-inquiry-culture-of-contempt-britain
Reposted by Dr Pieter Peach
August 22, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Dr Pieter Peach
I like how “dead internet theory” started out as a joke and now over 50% of all web traffic is bots. Over ⅓ of all web traffic is a malicious bot with the intent of hacking a site or spreading misinfo.
As every social media platform becomes unusable, the Fediverse is the final frontier […]
As every social media platform becomes unusable, the Fediverse is the final frontier […]
Original post on mastodon.de
mastodon.de
August 19, 2024 at 12:50 AM
I like how “dead internet theory” started out as a joke and now over 50% of all web traffic is bots. Over ⅓ of all web traffic is a malicious bot with the intent of hacking a site or spreading misinfo.
As every social media platform becomes unusable, the Fediverse is the final frontier […]
As every social media platform becomes unusable, the Fediverse is the final frontier […]
“WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM
“WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations […]
“Huge paper exploring the relationship between exhalation aerosol counts and CO2 has just been published.
Take home message: CO2 and aerosol strongly correlate in silence. Vocalisation causes this relationship to breakdown (way more aerosol than CO2).” […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Take home message: CO2 and aerosol strongly correlate in silence. Vocalisation causes this relationship to breakdown (way more aerosol than CO2).” […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
August 14, 2024 at 8:55 PM
“Huge paper exploring the relationship between exhalation aerosol counts and CO2 has just been published.
Take home message: CO2 and aerosol strongly correlate in silence. Vocalisation causes this relationship to breakdown (way more aerosol than CO2).” […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Take home message: CO2 and aerosol strongly correlate in silence. Vocalisation causes this relationship to breakdown (way more aerosol than CO2).” […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
“While the AI Scientist's behavior did not pose immediate risks in the controlled research environment, these instances show the importance of not letting an AI system run autonomously in a system that isn't isolated from the world. AI models do not need to be "AGI" or "self-aware" (both […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 14, 2024 at 8:22 PM
“While the AI Scientist's behavior did not pose immediate risks in the controlled research environment, these instances show the importance of not letting an AI system run autonomously in a system that isn't isolated from the world. AI models do not need to be "AGI" or "self-aware" (both […]
Reposted by Dr Pieter Peach
In-depth story about my favourite dystopian app, Sam Altman's Worldcoin and its iris-scanning Orb. The company is desperately trying to spin it as an open source benefit to humanity, but oh boy... you just can't trust ANY company, let alone a crypto one. The last line is a doozy, a quote from […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 13, 2024 at 10:05 AM
In-depth story about my favourite dystopian app, Sam Altman's Worldcoin and its iris-scanning Orb. The company is desperately trying to spin it as an open source benefit to humanity, but oh boy... you just can't trust ANY company, let alone a crypto one. The last line is a doozy, a quote from […]
Reposted by Dr Pieter Peach
