The truth is there are three kinds of people: the disabled, the pre-disabled, and the doomed to die suddenly. Most of us will be disabled at some point.

*Schumer, bluffing at high-stakes poker with a worthless hand* Dealer: You already showed everyone at the table your cards, you know that right Schumer: ALL IN BABY

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

I tried this once and failed, but I again imposed the ‘no phone near my bed’ rule upon myself. Bought a nice sunrise alarm clock that wakes me up with light and birdsong. No doomscrolling. Best night’s sleep in months. Didn’t look at the phone until I’d had my coffee and a shower. Highly recommend.

Matthew 25:35-40 (revised version): “For I was hungry, and you cut off funding to feed me, and then decided not to even study how many people are hungry you greedy, miserable bastards.”

It’s been a really tough day. Thankfully music always helps, and Christmas came early in the post

Just a little over a week before my Gotto Lecture at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC, at 2pm on Sunday, Sept 28. If you're in the NYC area, you can register at fapc.org/gotto - or you can also join online. Looking forward to this!

this exists it is called thinking

*dark, hollow laughter, tinged with bile*

imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality

I know we have bigger problems to worry about, but I can't tell you how pissed off I am about AI-generated music. It angers me even more than writer piracy by LLMs. www.thenewworld.co.uk/olive-pomets...

Thrilled to be joining @ftollon.bsky.social at RSA House and online, 9th October at 6pm (UTC+1), with @taniaduarte.bsky.social to discuss Tollon’s recent work with @shannonvallor.bsky.social on the #ResponsibleAI landscape. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-respon...

Y'all. @adambecker.bsky.social reviewed the new Eliezer Yudkowsky book for the Atlantic and he *does not miss.* www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

Me looking at the state of the whole English-speaking world rn

This is wrenching. So many people going mad, talking to mirrors all the way down.

‘ A Constitution for me, not for thee’

A pox on everyone who "just asking questions" and "both sides"ed their way into this

This looks amazing

I really really think it's important to not get too caught up in the failure of the demo and recognise that the demo was of a person asking a robot how to make something that tastes good

Politics now in a state where I’m watching monsters eat faces on Alien Earth just to get a nice little break from the horror

If you’re rich and not a coward, this is what you’d refer to as a “market opportunity” to dominate a media ecosystem that’s about to be covered in grotesque government slop. To be a pop of color in a sea of beige will be easier than ever. People will flock to it. You gotta be a little brave, though.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

When the walls started truly started closing in in Russia, there was a now infamous editorial meeting in a vaunted Moscow newsroom. One of the reporters asked, "Where is the line?" The EIC responded, "It zig-zags."

This is the way

This is the truest statement I’ve seen about AI harms

While the world continues to change, Ada’s core mission has not. As ever, amid the narratives of hype and hope, we ask: do these new technologies work.. Do they work for everyone?" We will consider the often messy and complex reality of how technologies interact with real people and real services.

🧵So proud of the team, and thankful to amazing board, supporters & stakeholders The director's note distills our read on the current situation For all the hype, hope and fear - AI is people all the way down There are no magic beans and no crystal balls yet competing visions jostle for dominance

This really is a big deal for philosophers of technology.

And we sold out the artists and writers and journalists and teachers for nothing. I spent several hours this week - about six total - cleaning up 4 different messes that resulted from error-filled AI generated crap being sent to me, and me either having to send it back or fix it myself. Efficiency!

I spoke with the Jane Doe mom testifying today about Character AI back in December. Here's a gift link to her story wapo.st/4mhYqXe

A new wrongful death lawsuit alleges that Character AI and Google are liable for the death by suicide of a 13-year-old girl in Colorado, Juliana Peralta This is the third wrongful death claim against a popular AI app for a teen's death by suicide this year www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

NEW MOON DROP

guilty as charged

One of the founders used to sit across from me an is now the sole direct report of Jeff Dean who, of course, fired me & wrote that our Stochastic Parrots paper didn't meet their "quality bar." What meets their quality bar? An app that kills teenagers which they spent $1B on to basically acquire.

This is a spectacular daiquiri in a Cuban bar in Prague, made with Mexican rum and yuzu. This is why multiculturalism must win

I did not include ‘a fine cocktail in every world city you visit’ in my original list because I wanted only things that can’t hurt you. But:

“ai isn’t going anywhere” because they need kids to train it.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten… every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” - 1984, George Orwell

Not normally one for blondes but I would have made an exception

5 small pleasures in life: 1. When the cat snuggles under the covers on a cold night and you stop shivering 2. Seeing a full moon and being surprised every time at how big it is 3. Getting a hug that feels real 4. Watching a dog on the beach or literally anywhere really 5. Breathing in a forest

jesus christ

The censorship will continue until free speech improves

There is so much bad stuff going on, but you are still someone worth taking care of.

The only good smart glasses

You don't understand the depths of human vanity and depravity until you have been looped into a 57 email-long chain trying to move $500 dollars between university ledgers.

(Meanwhile, over at FOX News, Brian Kilmeade STILL has his job, after actively calling for the state-sponsored murder of unhoused people on live TV)

This is Finny. He doesn’t go chasing waterfalls. He carefully studies their timing and arrives in advance. 14/10 very impressive (TT: jordancain70)

I don’t think it’s possible for me to boycott the Washington Post any harder, but I intend to try

In Prague for the first time since 2002. Being in a place that was liberated from authoritarian rule in my lifetime is heartening. Looking forward to giving the inaugural Karel Capek Public Lecture tomorrow at Edison Filmhub! Thanks to the Center for Environmental & Technology Ethics for hosting me.