[SC 2.4.4] Cackling out loud like an old-timey prospector
I'm fortunate in that sometimes something I put out on the web comes back to me in a surprising and pleasant and. Reader, I was cackling out loud like an old-timey prospector who struck gold when I saw this.
I watched Nvidia's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run cold
I wish more AI reporting was like this.
The world’s largest fungus collection may unlock the mysteries of carbon capture
Hell yeah, fungus.
Weighing in on "Man or Bear"
A woman who literally hangs out with bears in the woods weighs in on the "man or bear" issue.
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that voting is not a fundamental right. What’s next for voters?
oh.
A Response to Futurism's "CEOs Could Easily Be Replaced With AI, Experts Argue" And Similar Articles
…and here's another AI CEO post!
Meet The Man Who Supplies Netflix, Disney And EA With Vintage Arcade Cabinets
What a cool gig.
How it feels to get an AI email from a friend
"It felt like getting a birthday card with only the prewritten message inside, and no added well-wishes from the wisher’s own pen."
Remote Amazon tribe finally connects to internet — only to wind up hooked on porn, social media
👋 humans 👋
Dollaritas not good enough for one woman, who caused some mayhem when she started pouring tequila from her purse at the South Bay Applebee's, police say
Here's some local news!
DARPA Spent $1 Billion Trying to Build a Real-Life Skynet in the 1980s
"…this new system was supposed to see, hear, act, and react. Most importantly, it was supposed to understand, all without human prompting."
chipmunks on 16 speed - Vol 1
"In the late '80s someone pumped out an 'Alvin & The Chipmunks' cassette taps of '80s new-wave and pop hits. 30 years later some guy found it, slowed it to 1/16th speed, and revealed what was secretly the most important postpunk/goth album ever recorded"
XScreenSaver for Android • Privacy Policy
Google mandated that this app have a privacy policy, and let me tell you, it is a good one.
The word ‘bot’ is increasingly being used as an insult on social media
Cool new way to dehumanize someone you don't like just dropped.
Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It
Do we have less equanimity because we know or feel something that the students don’t, or because we don’t know or feel something that they do?"
Chiquita Found Liable for Colombia Paramilitary Killings
Holy shit.
Long COVID finally gets a universal definition
This is definitely worth noting. As a bonus, here's a link for making ban-skirting respirators.
Using AI for Political Polling
So, they basically invented a slow way to do nothing and also hurt the environment while doing so.
The empty brain
It's interesting to see people talk about cognition in terms of whatever technology is ascendant in the era they live in.