David Zvi Kalman
@dzkalman.bsky.social
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I write about religion and tech. I also design dreidels.
New from me: AI Ethics is a Casualty of the Gaza War Would love your thoughts.
www.jellomenorah.com/p/ai-ethics-...
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AI Ethics is a Casualty of the Gaza War
Does our traumatized minority even have the bandwidth?
https://www.jellomenorah.com/p/ai-ethics-is-a-casualty-of-the-gaza
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With great trepidation, I’m excited to launch Sabbath Mode, a YouTube channel about religion and tech. This is a vulnerable step for me, a perpetual podcaster. More videos coming later this summer.
youtu.be/Or0KqnwTpEU?...
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Two Religions Invented A Bad Lamp
YouTube video by Sabbath Mode
https://youtu.be/Or0KqnwTpEU?si=Ho6OO3CyeiAflaUk
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Last week I attended a conference at Harvard Law School on religion and psychedelics. I left feeling energized about the state of Jewish psychedelic culture. Here's my write-up.
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Psychedelic Judaism is going to win
The energy is there and the obstacles are surprisingly few
https://www.jellomenorah.com/p/psychedelic-judaism-is-going-to-win?r=2e7gjn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
12 months ago
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The guy who went to jail for using CRISPR to genetically edit babies is just regularly tweeting that he wishes he could do it all the time.
12 months ago
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When you ask the wrong OpenAI model to give you a picture
about 1 year ago
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I think about this video at least once a week.
about 1 year ago
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TIL that the Camp Khitomer peace accords were signed at American Jewish University
about 1 year ago
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I wrote up the state of the Jewish AI conversation—which is picking up speed! Lots of goodies here.
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Finally, a Jewish AI debate has emerged
The field is broadening. Here's my report card.
https://www.jellomenorah.com/p/finally-a-jewish-ai-debate-has-emerged
about 1 year ago
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Two weeks in, the clear media pattern appears to be that international insanity is treated as Big News while domestic government-breaking is treated as a series of minor stories. This despite the fact that the former is more likely to be bluster/negotiation tactics while the latter is well underway.
about 1 year ago
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Where I’m at today.
about 1 year ago
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Ai Weiwei —>
about 1 year ago
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It’s fascinating that a certain segment of the Orthodox world has identified Orthodox podcasts as a dangerous subversion of authority (and of course they’re correct).
yated.com/beware/?fbcl...
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Beware! - Yated.com
Who remembers blogs? Not long ago, perhaps a bit more or less than fifteen years ago, blogs were all the rage. It was a totally new concept. Anyone who had opinions, regardless of how good, how crazy,...
https://yated.com/beware/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHo84hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfFmDEwW1h5yQ1dqBia05OSpos9zNa233fAQW6dgPPAFVNdRGPE3fGk-Ew_aem_J4cKzo64d26zO3dSIQNohg
about 1 year ago
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This is literally the premise of Ken Liu's short story "Byzantine empathy."
gizmodo.com/florida-judg...
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Florida Judge Allows VR Simulation of Alleged Crime to Be Submitted as Evidence
The defendant's attorney wanted the judge to see the altercation from his client's eyes.
https://gizmodo.com/florida-judge-allows-vr-simulation-of-alleged-crime-to-be-submitted-as-evidence-2000544922
about 1 year ago
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The One Jasons is better, this was a cash grab pure and simple
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about 1 year ago
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This is the way Hanukkah ends. This is the way Hanukkah ends. This is the way Hanukkah ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
about 1 year ago
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I'd like an AI that will tell me if the work I'm doing could be done more efficiently with the help of AI.
about 1 year ago
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If you're not hanging on every twist and turn of AI development, this is a great rundown of the last year. It's technical but within reason—and of course you can always ask an LLM for help if you don't understand something!
simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
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Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past …
https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/llms-in-2024/
about 1 year ago
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Predictions about the future of AI could not be any further apart.
about 1 year ago
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A reminder that Christmas is much more like Shabbat than it is like Hanukkah, and if that seems absurd maybe consider that Americans have an unhealthy relationship to work.
www.jellomenorah.com/p/the-jewish...
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The Jewish Christmas is...Shabbat.
Forget Hanukkah. Christmas shares much with the day of rest.
https://www.jellomenorah.com/p/the-jewish-christmas-isshabbat
about 1 year ago
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Honored to be among such excellent company!
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about 1 year ago
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On this Christmas Eve, a new episode for you: the story of why people keep making AI models of Jesus, and why they may be more than a novelty. I spoke with Marco Schmid, who made the AI confessional booth in Lucerne that received an avalanche of media attention.
open.spotify.com/episode/5h26...
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The Beta Testing of Jesus Christ
Belief in the Future · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h26yFUxSKQMgd0vWaB1Vl?si=3e6a9c5607b04c76
about 1 year ago
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This is such a beautiful thought from Flannery O'Connor.
about 1 year ago
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I have institutional library access but I end up seeking out "other" sources for PDFs because this is just so annoying.
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about 1 year ago
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He's correct, and there's only one solution: go outside.
about 1 year ago
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This academic detective story is incredibly well written—and the payoff is unbelievably beautiful.
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about 1 year ago
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As Hanukkah approaches, I continue to be tickled by the fact that I am one of the only people in the world who actually makes money off dreidels.
about 1 year ago
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Hanukkah is never late, nor is it early; it arrives precisely when it means to.
about 1 year ago
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Yes, but who is appropriating who
over 1 year ago
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what I would give
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over 1 year ago
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The only time it works for me is while driving through Appalachia.
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over 1 year ago
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I'll sell this to you for less than $6 million
over 1 year ago
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messiah lookalike contest in flatbush this weekend
over 1 year ago
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In terms of Jews: Americans think we’re heavy cream, but actually (appropriately?) we’re more like skim milk.
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over 1 year ago
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I thought this platform wasn’t going to hurt me
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over 1 year ago
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The long 21st century
over 1 year ago
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1. It’s great to be here and not the other place 2. Why wasn’t the lesson that we actually just need to go outside? 3. The irony of going to a virtual place called “Blue Sky”
over 1 year ago
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If you wanted evidence that academic illustration is the future, this is it.
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over 1 year ago
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I’m on this friendly platform to tell you that the Goya building lots like a Goya can
over 1 year ago
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Look at this photograph of bagel peddlers from 1938 by Roman Vishniac. Look at those bagels! At what point does shmear even make sense??
over 1 year ago
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Today’s bit of self-care: finally watched La Jetée. What a movie. There’s something about the photo-film format that feels adjacent to text. A+
over 1 year ago
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I think of Shabbat as Book Day and I’m sure I’m not the only one
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over 1 year ago
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lowkey my favorite government account
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over 1 year ago
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That Ů…ŘŮ…ŘŻ (Muhammad) is taking some real liberties.
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over 1 year ago
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In another universe HHS really does have a undersecretary for loneliness mitigation
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over 1 year ago
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As a small publisher myself, I am so proud to see other publishers demonstrate that their ultimate desire is not money but to see good ideas in the hands of people who want it. Kudos to Haymarket.
www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
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Ten Free Ebooks for Getting Free
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to ...
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-ten-free-ebooks-for-getting-free
over 1 year ago
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a incredibly important article about our missing middle institutions
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.
The party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-party-civic-life-local-membership/
over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
A huge problem we face is Americans’ complete lack of familiarity with actual authoritarian regimes. It leaves people both fearing imaginary dangers (“there will be no more elections!”) and, for that exact reason, unable to see the actual threats (cronyism, authoritarian consolidation, etc.).
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Not diminishing this but wish they had also asked Jews
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over 1 year ago
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All these starter packs make me feel like a kid in a candy shop. Keep them coming!
over 1 year ago
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