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Divyangana Rakesh @divyangana.bsky.social · 6d

Read coverage on our article on macroeconomic income inequality, the brain, and mental health in @theguardian.com:

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’

www.theguardian.com

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · 14d

The really interesting history behind something you never really though about. By Francesco Bertelli via

A brief history of the numeric keypad

Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most ...

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Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 15d

How is this a president?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · 16d

Such a great insightful video by @dominicwalliman.com! Highly recommended. I had lots of fun today munching on my lunch and discovering more about the world of fungi.

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 16d

Explore the Fascinating Map of Fungi: An Introduction to the Vast Mushroom Kingdom

Here on Open Culture, we've previously featured Domain of Science's elaborate infographic maps of such vast fields of intellectual endeavor as mathematics, physics, computer science, quantum physics, ...

www.openculture.com

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · 21d

So it looks like there is now an increasing number of people / companies offering services to fix vibe coding problems, as the vibe coders themselves do not have the skills to do it themselves...

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · 22d

In this case, Jeff Somers was just checking for detection rate, without paying attention to the content itself. My guess is that the quality / relevance of the content would degrade more and more as you pass the text repeatedly through these tools, making it paradoxically easier for us to detect...

I Tested AI 'Humanizers' to See How Well They Actually Disguise AI Writing

Using AI to write emails, cover letters, or anything else can be a huge time saver. But if you’re worried about AI detectors, don’t think “humanizer” tools are going to save you.

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · 25d

Really nice and topical letter to read / share, especially as the start of the academic year is around the corner... By @lindsaybrainard.bsky.social

Step Away from the Chatbot: a Letter to a Student about AI and Creativity

Dear Student, I’m glad this letter reached you before you fed that assignment prompt from your Creative Writing professor into ChatGPT. I’d like to share some ideas that may be helpful as you decide ...

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · 29d

There is nothing like starting the day by stepping out of the house and crashing into a spider web, with the spider ending up on your nose. I am not sure who was the most surprised between us...

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Sep 4

We need to keep this in mind when we will eventually use AI to assist us with marking: "Job seekers who use the same AI model to compose resumes as the AI model used to evaluate their application are more likely to advance through the hiring process than those submitting human-written materials"

AI models handling hiring shun human-written applications

: When AI runs recruiting, the winning move is using the same bot

www.theregister.com

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Joe Barnby @joebarnby.com · Sep 3

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Of course they did. All low can they get? We are not even surprised anymore, which is sad...

US tells countries to reject UN ship fuel emissions deal or face tariffs, sources say

The United States has told countries to reject a United Nations' marine fuel emissions-cutting deal or face tariffs, visa restrictions and port levies, U.S. and European officials and sources told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 31

In a recent interview, JD Vance said that one of his favourite songs is Mazzy Star's Fade Into You. So he is human after all... I really like this live version and he should maybe learn some humility from it...

Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (LIVE)

YouTube video by markmarky

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 28

One of the positives of GenAI is that most of the essays / theses that students hand in these days are well written and easy to read. We can just focus on the science when marking.

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 26

You couldn't make this up if you wanted to... "A Italian master painting stolen by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam has been spotted on the website of an estate agent selling a house in Argentina, more than 80 years after it was taken."

Artwork looted by Nazis 80 years ago spotted in estate agent ad

Portrait of a Lady seen in house near Buenos Aires, more than 80 years after it was looted from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 25

I also still haven't decided what to be when I grow up, but this is indeed magnificent!

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is what I want to be when I grow up

Shane Liesegang, SJ @sjml.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.

I hate to just repeat the post text, but in this case it's a straight description: Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 20

I still prefer @mattwall.bsky.social's songs, but this is fun! Of course we will all be sick of it within a few days / weeks, but I will enjoy it in the meantime. Maybe this will also help make marking more palatable...

Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sure, you could use AI to summarize papers and explain them at a level anyone could understand... or you can turn the abstracts into music videos for no reason.

The tools are obviously not perfect yet, but the disparate elements (consistent characters, lip syncing, etc.) are evolving fast

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 17

For a second, before the link loaded, I thought that you meant The Hoff!

David Hasselhoff - Hooked on a Feeling

YouTube video by Óskarsson

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 15

Worrying, but predictable due to over-reliance on tools: see how useless we are at finding directions when GPS is down.

"In conclusion, we observed that continuous exposure to AI in colonoscopy might reduce the [Adenoma Detection Rate] of standard, non-AI assisted colonoscopy" via @theregister.com

Endoscopist deskilling risk after exposure to artificial intelligence in colonoscopy: a multicentre, observational study

Continuous exposure to AI might reduce the ADR of standard non-AI assisted colonoscopy, suggesting a negative effect on endoscopist behaviour.

www.thelancet.com

Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Unfortunately [the vibe coding platform] was over-optimistic and the application did not work at all. The log showed hundreds of errors and the preview screen just said "Loading." " www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/a...

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 15

When I was a student and I had hair (important in this case!), I auditioned for the part of Frank-N-Furter... Didn't get it and ended up doing stage lighting instead. I had a blast above the stage being a spotlight operator.

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · Aug 15

The movie ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ opened 50 years ago today at London’s Rialto Theatre 👄

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Aug 13

Things like this keeps on coming up, which is worrying... "Because the amount of care you get is determined on the basis of perceived need, this could result in women receiving less care if biased models are used in practice. But we don’t actually know which models are being used at the moment."

AI summaries can downplay medical issues for female patients, UK research finds

When large language models summarized real case notes, they were more likely to omit important language when the patient was female.

www.engadget.com

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Luke Robert Mason @lukerobertmason.net · Aug 8

Let’s hope 'PhD level' AI doesn’t mean it also needs three supervisors, six revisions, and a nervous breakdown before it can explain anything.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

OpenAI claims new GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’

GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.

www.bbc.com

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · Aug 1

The thing about vibe coding is it’s simultaneously super fun and incredibly inefficient. You get 80% of the way there in two hours and then spend x5 times as long correcting mistakes and going in circles.

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Vincent Giampietro @vincentgiampietro.bsky.social · Jul 26

Two albums that I listened to a lot then then and that have stood the test of time (at least for me) are Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun and Moby - Play.

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