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I dunno about using AI to simulate a therapist, but using it to learn about your own neurology is gold.
May 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I dunno about using AI to simulate a therapist, but using it to learn about your own neurology is gold.
This is a critical study for archeologists and mythologists.
Neolithic peoples would have noticed the difference, but they would not have been able to explain it scientifically.
Look to the Pashupati Seal for clues.
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Neolithic peoples would have noticed the difference, but they would not have been able to explain it scientifically.
Look to the Pashupati Seal for clues.
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
An ancient regulatory variant of ACSF3 influences the coevolution of increased human height and basal metabolic rate via metabolic homeostasis
Zhang et al. identified a genetic variant (rs34590044-A) that increased both height
and basal metabolic rate in modern humans by enhancing ACSF3 expression and mitochondrial
activity. This variant und...
www.cell.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is a critical study for archeologists and mythologists.
Neolithic peoples would have noticed the difference, but they would not have been able to explain it scientifically.
Look to the Pashupati Seal for clues.
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
Neolithic peoples would have noticed the difference, but they would not have been able to explain it scientifically.
Look to the Pashupati Seal for clues.
www.cell.com/cell-genomic...
COP is a sick joke.
30 years of nothing.
They'll still be looking for "consensus" as humanity goes to shit.
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
30 years of nothing.
They'll still be looking for "consensus" as humanity goes to shit.
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
Is the COP30 climate summit already in crisis, with six months to go?
Mounting concerns about Brazil's approach to the COP30 climate summit have observers asking whether the meeting will be able to tackle the difficult choices involved in curbing emissions
www.newscientist.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
COP is a sick joke.
30 years of nothing.
They'll still be looking for "consensus" as humanity goes to shit.
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
30 years of nothing.
They'll still be looking for "consensus" as humanity goes to shit.
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
This chart neatly explains why capitalism produces idiots.
"Market forces" dictate that throwing a ball around a field for a living is worth 10X than teaching kids.
"Market forces" dictate that throwing a ball around a field for a living is worth 10X than teaching kids.
May 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This chart neatly explains why capitalism produces idiots.
"Market forces" dictate that throwing a ball around a field for a living is worth 10X than teaching kids.
"Market forces" dictate that throwing a ball around a field for a living is worth 10X than teaching kids.
This is still going on?
Is Star Citizen the "new" Shroud of the Avatar?
www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/af...
Is Star Citizen the "new" Shroud of the Avatar?
www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/af...
After raising over $800 million from its community, Star Citizen's developer delays the release of a new ship upgrade as players baulk at having to pay for it
"For future gameplay kit introductions, we’ll ensure these items are obtainable in-game on day one."
www.pcgamer.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is still going on?
Is Star Citizen the "new" Shroud of the Avatar?
www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/af...
Is Star Citizen the "new" Shroud of the Avatar?
www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/af...
The inability or unwillingness to critique one's own profession or work is the hallmark sign of unprofessionalism and hackjobs
May 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The inability or unwillingness to critique one's own profession or work is the hallmark sign of unprofessionalism and hackjobs
More "surprise" and pseudoskepticism from the ontological gatekeepers.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
'If it was a man, we would say that's a warrior's grave': Weapon-filled burials are shaking up what we know about women's role in Viking society
New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided about what that means.
www.livescience.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
More "surprise" and pseudoskepticism from the ontological gatekeepers.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Yes, yes... but WHY is this surprising?
Scientists so very rarely examine their own surprisal.
WHY is the "null hypothesis" that people just made stories up out of thin air?
discoverwildscience.com/the-maori-or...
Scientists so very rarely examine their own surprisal.
WHY is the "null hypothesis" that people just made stories up out of thin air?
discoverwildscience.com/the-maori-or...
The Maori Oral Histories That Line Up Surprisingly Well With Geological Evidence - discoverwildscience
Discover the thunder beast that stomped through Queensland before roads existed—explore the ancient creature that roamed this land.
discoverwildscience.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yes, yes... but WHY is this surprising?
Scientists so very rarely examine their own surprisal.
WHY is the "null hypothesis" that people just made stories up out of thin air?
discoverwildscience.com/the-maori-or...
Scientists so very rarely examine their own surprisal.
WHY is the "null hypothesis" that people just made stories up out of thin air?
discoverwildscience.com/the-maori-or...
Moms exploiting their children for YT fame and fortune are the most disgusting of moms.
com.manychat.com/article/bran...
com.manychat.com/article/bran...
Branded Since Birth | Chronically Online Magazine
com.manychat.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Moms exploiting their children for YT fame and fortune are the most disgusting of moms.
com.manychat.com/article/bran...
com.manychat.com/article/bran...
It's terrifying to think about how many so-called "progressives" believe that appropriating the voices of plants, animals, volcanoes, etc., and setting themselves up as their "guardians" is, in any way, coherent with their anti-colonial rhetoric.
May 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's terrifying to think about how many so-called "progressives" believe that appropriating the voices of plants, animals, volcanoes, etc., and setting themselves up as their "guardians" is, in any way, coherent with their anti-colonial rhetoric.
The main way I telegrpah that I'm not an AI bot is that I've stopped xorrecting all my typos.
May 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The main way I telegrpah that I'm not an AI bot is that I've stopped xorrecting all my typos.
I love how almost none of these articles explain WHY it is like this.
Nobody told it to be this way, it learned from samples of responses that users explicitly liked in the app.
boingboing.net/2025/05/01/c...
Nobody told it to be this way, it learned from samples of responses that users explicitly liked in the app.
boingboing.net/2025/05/01/c...
ChatGPT became such a sycophant even hardcore AI bros noticed
ChatGPT, the favorite digital sycophant of thousands of tech bros, has been turned into a little too much of a doormat. Every AI model under the sun is apparently too…
boingboing.net
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I love how almost none of these articles explain WHY it is like this.
Nobody told it to be this way, it learned from samples of responses that users explicitly liked in the app.
boingboing.net/2025/05/01/c...
Nobody told it to be this way, it learned from samples of responses that users explicitly liked in the app.
boingboing.net/2025/05/01/c...
People love to critique systems and call for their dismantlement... right up until they get dismantled.
Then they cry about it and call foul.
Then they cry about it and call foul.
May 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
People love to critique systems and call for their dismantlement... right up until they get dismantled.
Then they cry about it and call foul.
Then they cry about it and call foul.
Yes, but why is this surprising?
This is what happens when you ask users what they prefer.
The ones who like AI slobbing their knob mash "like" while the rest of us get no say.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/o...
This is what happens when you ask users what they prefer.
The ones who like AI slobbing their knob mash "like" while the rest of us get no say.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/o...
OpenAI explains why ChatGPT became too sycophantic | TechCrunch
OpenAI has published a postmortem on the recent sycophancy issues with the default AI model powering ChatGPT, GPT-4o.
techcrunch.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Yes, but why is this surprising?
This is what happens when you ask users what they prefer.
The ones who like AI slobbing their knob mash "like" while the rest of us get no say.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/o...
This is what happens when you ask users what they prefer.
The ones who like AI slobbing their knob mash "like" while the rest of us get no say.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/o...
The author displaces the responsibility for failing to acknowledge Semmelweis' insights as due to his "poor science communication skills" and doesn't mention how the scientific community ridiculed and mocked the idea of "invisible forces" impacting our health. 🙄
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
'Vaccine rejection is as old as vaccines themselves': Science historian Thomas Levenson on the history of germ theory and its deniers
Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.
www.livescience.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The author displaces the responsibility for failing to acknowledge Semmelweis' insights as due to his "poor science communication skills" and doesn't mention how the scientific community ridiculed and mocked the idea of "invisible forces" impacting our health. 🙄
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
www.livescience.com/health/virus...
Curiously missing is who in these households:
Takes out the trash.
Moves heavy objects.
Kills anything that needs killed.
Deald with anything gross or toxic besides baby poop.
daily.jstor.org/the-gendered...
Takes out the trash.
Moves heavy objects.
Kills anything that needs killed.
Deald with anything gross or toxic besides baby poop.
daily.jstor.org/the-gendered...
The Gendered Labor of Noticing and Anticipating - JSTOR Daily
Through interviews with couples, sociologist Allison Daminger refines our understanding of cognitive labor in the household.
daily.jstor.org
April 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Curiously missing is who in these households:
Takes out the trash.
Moves heavy objects.
Kills anything that needs killed.
Deald with anything gross or toxic besides baby poop.
daily.jstor.org/the-gendered...
Takes out the trash.
Moves heavy objects.
Kills anything that needs killed.
Deald with anything gross or toxic besides baby poop.
daily.jstor.org/the-gendered...
GPT fabricates entire research studies when asked to read a PDF.
But people are talking about the resources wasted by saying "please and thank you."
Because, humans.
But people are talking about the resources wasted by saying "please and thank you."
Because, humans.
April 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
GPT fabricates entire research studies when asked to read a PDF.
But people are talking about the resources wasted by saying "please and thank you."
Because, humans.
But people are talking about the resources wasted by saying "please and thank you."
Because, humans.
🙄
"If an object is alive enough for us to start having intimate conversations, friendly conversations, treating it as a really important person in our lives, even though it’s not, it’s alive enough for us to show courtesy to," Turkle told Deb.
futurism.com/ai-politenes...
"If an object is alive enough for us to start having intimate conversations, friendly conversations, treating it as a really important person in our lives, even though it’s not, it’s alive enough for us to show courtesy to," Turkle told Deb.
futurism.com/ai-politenes...
Should You Be Polite to ChatGPT Even If It Wastes Sam Altman's Money?
After Sam Altman bemoaned the massive costs of people saying "please" and "thank you" to ChatGPT, one columnist argues it's worth it.
futurism.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
🙄
"If an object is alive enough for us to start having intimate conversations, friendly conversations, treating it as a really important person in our lives, even though it’s not, it’s alive enough for us to show courtesy to," Turkle told Deb.
futurism.com/ai-politenes...
"If an object is alive enough for us to start having intimate conversations, friendly conversations, treating it as a really important person in our lives, even though it’s not, it’s alive enough for us to show courtesy to," Turkle told Deb.
futurism.com/ai-politenes...
The same people who laughed at these ads are now crying because AI "stole" their work.
www.pcgamer.com/games/in-the...
www.pcgamer.com/games/in-the...
In the most delicious irony imaginable, the notorious early 2000s 'You wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign may have used an 'illegal' font
And no one noticed for 21 years.
www.pcgamer.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The same people who laughed at these ads are now crying because AI "stole" their work.
www.pcgamer.com/games/in-the...
www.pcgamer.com/games/in-the...
They're insulted.
The terrorists- yeah the ones with the hostages?
Those sons of dogs are insulted.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
The terrorists- yeah the ones with the hostages?
Those sons of dogs are insulted.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
‘Insulting’: Hamas condemns Abbas’s remarks on Gaza captives
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says keeping the captives provides Israel with justification for its attacks on Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They're insulted.
The terrorists- yeah the ones with the hostages?
Those sons of dogs are insulted.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
The terrorists- yeah the ones with the hostages?
Those sons of dogs are insulted.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/...
Well ya don't fucking say?
Yes, we've been saying for 14 years, but nobody cares.
Everybody thinks they're the exception.
You're 13-years old on TikTok. You're not the exception.
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
Yes, we've been saying for 14 years, but nobody cares.
Everybody thinks they're the exception.
You're 13-years old on TikTok. You're not the exception.
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment
Governments, financial influencers, and entertainment insiders are using data center-like facilities full of phones to push narratives fabricated through fake social media engagement.
www.fastcompany.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Well ya don't fucking say?
Yes, we've been saying for 14 years, but nobody cares.
Everybody thinks they're the exception.
You're 13-years old on TikTok. You're not the exception.
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
Yes, we've been saying for 14 years, but nobody cares.
Everybody thinks they're the exception.
You're 13-years old on TikTok. You're not the exception.
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...