Scott Seagroves
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
The Nearest Starbase
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.
What are you calling it?
What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Nearest Starbase
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Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reporter: We have 3 videos, 2 breathalyzers, 4 bartenders, and a minivan full of nuns attesting to how the driver was drunk and reckless when he hit the school bus.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
Weiss; What did the driver say.
Reporter: He and his lawyer won’t talk. We asked them 5 times.
Weiss: I’m killing your story.
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
I'd guess they had the foresight to use 3M command strips
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I'd guess they had the foresight to use 3M command strips
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This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Just watched The Family Stone. That sure was 115 minutes
December 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Just watched The Family Stone. That sure was 115 minutes
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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Birthright citizenship under the common law, a thread:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Birthright citizenship under the common law, a thread:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
I have done this many times on social media, in print, and in media interviews, but not to be accused of taking others’ not seriously enough, by plainly stating the law and history of birthright citizenship, I’m taking the time here:
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If you see a woman firing double birds screaming “yeah I’m a racist” who then gets fired and you think “how can I defend this from the left?” you might have terminal pundit brain.
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you see a woman firing double birds screaming “yeah I’m a racist” who then gets fired and you think “how can I defend this from the left?” you might have terminal pundit brain.
Gina woke from another one of those dreams. She was crying quietly into her pillow, trying not to wake Tommy. But he was awake already. He rolled over, spooning up behind her, his hand on her hip.
"BABY IT'S O-KAYEEYEEEEEEEEEE," he belted out.
"Can't you fucking whisper! Jesus!"
"BABY IT'S O-KAYEEYEEEEEEEEEE," he belted out.
"Can't you fucking whisper! Jesus!"
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Gina woke from another one of those dreams. She was crying quietly into her pillow, trying not to wake Tommy. But he was awake already. He rolled over, spooning up behind her, his hand on her hip.
"BABY IT'S O-KAYEEYEEEEEEEEEE," he belted out.
"Can't you fucking whisper! Jesus!"
"BABY IT'S O-KAYEEYEEEEEEEEEE," he belted out.
"Can't you fucking whisper! Jesus!"
Wêird flêx bût ôk
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wêird flêx bût ôk
I wonder how much money Jack White makes every time a pep band plays 4 bars of Seven Nation Army
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I wonder how much money Jack White makes every time a pep band plays 4 bars of Seven Nation Army
This is so petty and ugly and despicable. Here are some other names we ought to use (ignoring legal name changes) to match the pettiness:
- The VP is James Donald Bowman
- The Sec of Education is Linda Edwards
- The Sec of Homeland Security is Kristi Arnold
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
- The VP is James Donald Bowman
- The Sec of Education is Linda Edwards
- The Sec of Homeland Security is Kristi Arnold
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is so petty and ugly and despicable. Here are some other names we ought to use (ignoring legal name changes) to match the pettiness:
- The VP is James Donald Bowman
- The Sec of Education is Linda Edwards
- The Sec of Homeland Security is Kristi Arnold
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
- The VP is James Donald Bowman
- The Sec of Education is Linda Edwards
- The Sec of Homeland Security is Kristi Arnold
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester
Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Also a reminder: a number of graduate programs at MSU have suspended intake for the coming fall, including 21 in the College of Arts and Letters.
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Also a reminder: a number of graduate programs at MSU have suspended intake for the coming fall, including 21 in the College of Arts and Letters.
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When Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern send material asking for donations, do they include links to a Trump SuperPAC so donors don't have to bother with a middle man?
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern send material asking for donations, do they include links to a Trump SuperPAC so donors don't have to bother with a middle man?
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
don't like that
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
don't like that
The faculty are using AI to grade the essays that are written by AI and all of it's being used as training data for AI
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The faculty are using AI to grade the essays that are written by AI and all of it's being used as training data for AI