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public health guy
about 2 months ago
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
add a skeleton here at some point
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Catsuka
2 months ago
Someone has just restored "Daicon 3" from a rare 8mm copy. It's the best version to date. >>
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lexaprogrammer
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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max 🌌
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they)
2 months ago
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-destroying-the-university-and-learning-itself
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they)
2 months ago
„The irony couldn’t be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism.“
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
3 months ago
New preprint!
@marentierra.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
& I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence" Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
3 months ago
We can't really say this enough... > Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are-deskilling-workers-philosophy-professor-2025-11
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ
5 months ago
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
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arturo mi ha rotto il cervello da un anno, un algoritmo allenato sui miei testi scrive (spesso) al posto mio nel frattempo, sono diventato definitivamente stupido ho scritto un testo a riguardo, insieme ad arturo
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Arturo mi ha rotto il cervello
Da un anno, un algoritmo allenato sui miei testi scrive (spesso) al posto mio. Sono diventato definitivamente stupido?
https://stellakamikaze.org/arturo-mi-ha-rotto-il-cervello-intelligenza-artificiale-claude-algoritmo/
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tutto il mio tempo mi sembra sprecato, come posso restituirgli del senso? per l'ultimo numero di VIVO Journal ho fatto una chiacchiera con
@silviolorusso.bsky.social
per capire come costruire degli archivi davvero utili
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Come si costruiscono degli archivi (davvero) utili
Tutto il mio tempo mi sembra sprecato, come posso restituirgli del senso? Una conversazione con Silvio Lorusso.
https://stellakamikaze.org/come-si-costruiscono-degli-archivi-davvero-utili-intervista-silvio-lorusso/
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yoshimi red
5 months ago
KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."
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David_j_roth
5 months ago
I'm harnessing the unprecedented power of AI to forget how to read and develop a severe mental illness that makes me unrecognizable to those who once knew me.
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dan
5 months ago
ok enough arguing with people i'll go back to arguing with computer
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www.nts.live/shows/in-foc...
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In Focus: DJ Mehdi 8th August 2025
The bombastic energy of France's 2000s electro and electronic explosion left an indelible mark on music that is still felt today, perhaps even more so at the moment, due to a certain cultural nostalgi...
https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-dj-mehdi-8th-august-2025
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Un consiglio agli amici su Substack, non siateci - usate Ghost
www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/s...
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Substack’s Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Already Knew: It’s The Nazi Bar Now
Back in April 2023, when Substack CEO Chris Best refused to answer basic questions about whether his platform would allow racist content, I noted that his evasiveness was essentially hanging out a …
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/04/substacks-algorithm-accidentally-reveals-what-we-already-knew-its-the-nazi-bar-now/
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George Takei
12 months ago
A reminder for these times.
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Ogni volta che prendo la metropolitana mi sento di essere in big city life di mattafix e percepisco la tristezza planetaria dei miei simili
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Samuel
12 months ago
your outie always uses semantic html
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Bluesky funziona bene: i contenuti che mi presenta il suo algoritmo mi fanno venire voglia di somministrarmi un coma farmacologico a lungo termine
about 1 year ago
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Alex Hanna
about 1 year ago
Wow: "our screening analysis demonstrates that driven by the growing demand for AI, the U.S. data centers could contribute to, among others, approximately 600,000 asthma symptom cases and 1,300 premature deaths in 2030, exceeding 1/3 of asthma deaths in the U.S. each year."
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06288
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Sequencer Magazine
about 1 year ago
For their 1976 bicentennial issue, National Geographic invited "five noted thinkers" to predict the future. The answers ranged from optimism to pleas for transformational change. Here's an excerpt from Edmund Bacon, city planner (AND FATHER OF KEVIN BACON)
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CNN
about 1 year ago
Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands.
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Thieves blow up museum door and steal ancient artifacts, including 2,500-year-old gold helmet | CNN
The 5th-century BC Helmet of Cotofenesti was among the valuable items taken during an overnight heist at Drents Museum in the Netherlands.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/style/netherlands-drents-museum-heist-helmet/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2025-01-27T08%3A12%3A09
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Archivio Grafton9
about 1 year ago
Manifesti Palestinesi dal Fondo Marco Pezzi - Archivio Storico Marco Pezzi ASMP
www.comune.bologna.it/iperbole/asn...
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Rowan / RowanFuture
about 1 year ago
Transitions
#gamedev
#pixelart
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Margot Finn
about 1 year ago
'In the most detailed suggestions of how the UK government’s plans for a vast central archive of public data might be achieved, some of the country’s top data experts have expressed grave concerns that the project would mean the construction of a massive standalone data platform'. 1/3
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Goldacre warns Labour against ‘monolithic’ national data library
Scientists urge UK to adopt network approach for landmark project bringing public data together
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/goldacre-warns-labour-against-monolithic-national-data-library
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M.J. Crockett
about 1 year ago
Quite the indictment of AI products: they are more appealing to people who don't understand how they work and see them as magical The paper concludes: "businesses may benefit from targeting those with lower AI literacy" and "maintaining an aura of magic around AI" ✨
tinyurl.com/ynefd8zk
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Brent Toderian
about 1 year ago
This is really interesting. Groundbreaking study on the value of libraries and “third places.” “A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users.”
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Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being
"Our research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use"
https://bookriot.com/innovative-study-by-upenn-finds-that-public-libraries-positively-impact-community-health-and-well-being/
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henry ✷
about 1 year ago
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Philip Di Salvo
about 1 year ago
What stage of capitalism is this again?
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per protestare contro il ban di tiktok, un 19enne ha dato fuoco all'ufficio del deputato grothman a fond du lac, wisconsin l'azione è avvenuta di notte, il responsabile è stato arrestato poche ore dopo
about 1 year ago
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Rob DenBleyker
about 1 year ago
i'm losing it
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doom gira dentro a un pdf: uno studente ha trasformato ogni riga del gioco in un campo di testo ascii che si aggiorna 12 volte al secondo. non dovrebbe funzionare, ma funziona
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about 1 year ago
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websim è un'interfaccia che genera siti web immaginati da un algoritmo tra le mille menate dell'AI hype del 2024, è una delle più interessanti: trasforma testi in opere computazionali generative attraverso prompt che manipolano shader in tempo reale. design algoritmico senza saper scrivere codice.
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doom gallery experience trasforma e1m1 in una galleria d'arte: invece di sparare puoi sorseggiare vino tra opere classiche sulle pareti insanguinate di doom musica ambient per il livello più reinterpretato della storia dei videogiochi open source e gratuito
bobatealee.itch.io/doom-the-gal...
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about 1 year ago
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“the road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it” le tombe di atuan è il libro di ursula k. le guin, pubblicato per la prima volta sulla rivista worlds of fantasy nel 1970, preferito da ursula k. le guin e me 1 - cover di david smee, edizione 1974/88
about 1 year ago
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il mystery flesh pit national park è uno dei progetti di worldbuilding più incredibili degli ultimi anni
about 1 year ago
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Evan Sutton
about 1 year ago
Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
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MacKenzie Scott's game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: 'Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability'
"What they are saying with trust-based philanthropy is to offer support beyond a check," Indiana University's Pamela Wiepking says, "and that’s typically not what she is doing.”
https://fortune.com/article/mackenzie-scotts-game-changing-philanthropy-still-mystifies-nonprofits-her-gifts-are-super-generous-but-unfortunately-they-dont-provide-long-term-sustainability/
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l'archivio grafton9 sta continuando a costruire una cosa bellissima ovvero un archivio digitale della cultura indipendente italiana per continuare a farlo così bene ha bisogno di qualche soldo e tra 48 ore finisce la campagna di crowdfunding
about 1 year ago
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31 ottobre 2024, con ufficio furore abbiamo fatto suonare le tristwch y fenywod alla festa di halloween di mercurio books - il loro è il secondo album dell’anno per the quietus e noi abbiamo prodotto e curato il loro debutto europeo (foto di eric scaggiante)
about 1 year ago
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Max von Thun
about 1 year ago
@edzitron.com
taking no prisoners (as usual) with this evisceration of Big Tech executives and their impact on society.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
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Andrew Middleton
about 1 year ago
Hi. I'm Andrew. I own New England's oldest map store because last year I moved across the country after an old guy retired and gave it to me Willy Wonka-style. Visit my store in Rhode Island.
www.mapcenter.com
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Guillaume Bonnet
over 1 year ago
My comfort zone: Tiny fantasy people, preferably with big backpacks.
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We're (probably) doomed: Experts think the Sun may produce gigantic, electronics-destroying superflares much more often than we previously thought
https://buff.ly/41BRI7Q
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We're (probably) doomed: Experts think the Sun may produce gigantic, electronics-destroying superflares much more often than we previously thought
Thanks for all the fish, etc.
https://buff.ly/41BRI7Q
about 1 year ago
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Philip Di Salvo
about 1 year ago
The rage transcends:
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-rage-t...
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The rage transcends
As our institutions fail us, the specter of a more violent politics rises
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-rage-transcends
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Archivio Grafton9
about 1 year ago
per altre 2 settimane puoi sostenerci con una donazione
sostieni.link/36780
il ricavato è da sempre usato per ritrovare libri nel mercato dell'usato e metterli di nuovo in circolazione nel web in cantiere un nuovo progetto di collaborazione tra gli archivi di cui vi parleremo
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Sostieni Archivio Grafton9
ARCHIVIO GRAFTON9 è un progetto no-profit che si dedica alla digitalizzazione e alla pubblicazione gratuita sul web di materiali cartacei storici provenienti dal mondo delle autoproduzioni, delle fanz...
https://sostieni.link/36780
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Second Wind
about 1 year ago
We're moving our Animal Well Documentary release to early 2025, but in the meantime here's a fun video where we had our Patreon supporters submit questions for us to ask during the shoot for a rapid fire Q&A video!
@animalwell.bsky.social
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ANIMAL WELL Dev Answers Your Burning Questions
YouTube video by Second Wind
https://youtu.be/7yaz1bf9fw0?si=-xCZIv1lcK18hyte
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Kent and Surrey Bylines
about 1 year ago
Former foghorn testing station now a holiday let A disused foghorn testing station in Dungeness is one of the unusual holiday lets on
#Kent's
Romney Marsh. So what is the most unusual building you've stayed in for a holiday? Open to anyone, but extra points for Kent and Surrey locations.
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Dungeness: Former foghorn testing station now a holiday let
Unusual holiday lets at Dungeness include a foghorn testing station and disused railway carriages.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yxryykjvzo
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Buongiorno, ore 5.30, domenica mattina, parto per una roba di lavoro, sono zero percento contento. Ieri sera sono andato a dormire alle 21.30, ora sono sveglio dall'1. Questo livello del videogioco non è divertente.
about 1 year ago
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i follow rivers di lykke li è una straordinaria composizione generazionale e come tale andrebbe trattata, attraverso una sonorizzazione tramite acusmonium audior all'auditorium san fedele, duomo, milano
about 1 year ago
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