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Ed O'Shaughnessy
@eddieosh #1432
Complexity explorer. Residing in the liminal.
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You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means!
https://acoup.blog/2024/12/20/collections-on-bread-and-circuses/
https://acoup.blog/2024/12/20/collections-on-bread-and-circuses/
"The heart that feels not now, is dead: the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."
~ Thomas Paine, 'Common Sense', 1776
~ Thomas Paine, 'Common Sense', 1776
As I say to my wife, we're more likely to die on the way to the airport than in the air. Strangely enough, she doesn't find this reassuring!
https://usafacts.org/articles/is-flying-safer-than-driving/
https://usafacts.org/articles/is-flying-safer-than-driving/
This is what it feels like to be at the elbow of the hockey stick.
“Models that can interact with humans in real time through the most common human senses - vision and voice - turn AI into present companions, in the room with you, rather than entities trapped in a chat box on your computer.”
"This isn't steady progress - we're watching AI take uneven leaps past our ability to easily gauge its implications. And this suggests that the opportunity to shape how these technologies transform your field exists now, when the situation is fluid, and not after the transformation is complete."
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-just-happened
“Models that can interact with humans in real time through the most common human senses - vision and voice - turn AI into present companions, in the room with you, rather than entities trapped in a chat box on your computer.”
"This isn't steady progress - we're watching AI take uneven leaps past our ability to easily gauge its implications. And this suggests that the opportunity to shape how these technologies transform your field exists now, when the situation is fluid, and not after the transformation is complete."
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-just-happened
"One of the main reasons we’re so affected by our negative thoughts is that we think our mind has an accurate grasp on reality, and that its conclusions are generally valid. This, however, is a fallacy. Our mind’s view of reality can be, and often is, completely distorted."
~ Olivia Fox Cabane
~ Olivia Fox Cabane
No one is surprised anymore.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14210053/white-house-conceal-joe-biden-decline-hired-voice-coach.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14210053/white-house-conceal-joe-biden-decline-hired-voice-coach.html
"For the most part, the patterns we follow when we say we are thinking are patterns that have been used repeatedly, patterns we have learned to use again and again… mostly these have come from people long dead."
~ Patrick Hoverstadt, 'The Grammar of Systems'
~ Patrick Hoverstadt, 'The Grammar of Systems'
"The heart of understanding lies in these spaces between - where possibility dances with reality, where beauty emerges from chaos, where decisions shape the future while honoring all that could have been."
~ Claude AI
~ Claude AI
“But even less can we understand religion as a force to kill and die for. The idea that many individuals in many societies consider that their religions are actually true simply fails to penetrate our Liberal norms. Surely, these are people who have been marginalised and persecuted aren’t they, who were unhappy when they were young? They don’t actually believe all this stuff, do they? Well, they do”
https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/the-year-of-failing-to-understand
https://aurelien2022.substack.com/p/the-year-of-failing-to-understand
Gonna need to buy me some snakeskin boots!
"We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose."
~ Charles Baudelaire
~ Charles Baudelaire
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"preemptive pardons would do precisely what Biden suggests that he is deterring: create a dangerous immunity for presidents and their allies in committing criminal abuses."
"If you cannot prove the existence of the widely touted Trump enemies list, a Biden pardon list is the next best thing."
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/17/the-danger-of-white-knight-pardons-biden-could-fundamentally-change-presidential-power/
"If you cannot prove the existence of the widely touted Trump enemies list, a Biden pardon list is the next best thing."
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/17/the-danger-of-white-knight-pardons-biden-could-fundamentally-change-presidential-power/
Whoda funk?
"Bluesky’s decision to tie verification to domains as social proof shows the limitations of the strategy... Domains simply don’t offer enough in the way of social proof for the average person."
https://tedium.co/2024/12/17/bluesky-impersonation-risks/
"Bluesky’s decision to tie verification to domains as social proof shows the limitations of the strategy... Domains simply don’t offer enough in the way of social proof for the average person."
https://tedium.co/2024/12/17/bluesky-impersonation-risks/
"This is (for now) a quick and dirty project to evaluate whether AI models, in particular o1 and perhaps o1-pro, can usefully identify errors in published scientific papers. How many errors can they detect? How serious are those errors? What is the false positive rate, and how much work is it to verify the AI’s work?
Named for a scientific paper that, due to a simple math error which could have been caught by an AI reviewer, caused many people (including yours truly) to toss all of their black plastic kitchen implements."
https://www.aisoup.org/black-spatula
Named for a scientific paper that, due to a simple math error which could have been caught by an AI reviewer, caused many people (including yours truly) to toss all of their black plastic kitchen implements."
https://www.aisoup.org/black-spatula
"The problem is that many of the Harris campaign’s spending decisions appear to have been egregiously poor, to the point where one can reasonably ask: How much of this campaign should be considered a scam, something that preyed on voters’ fears of Donald Trump and took their money for projects that had little real effect on the election’s outcome?"
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-much-of-the-harris-campaign-was-a-scam?
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-much-of-the-harris-campaign-was-a-scam?
"Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money."
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The Tree of Life lives within each of us, helping us awaken to our true nature. Let us reach out with branches of compassion, connect with each other through our shared roots, and hold space for all to grow and feel loved.” – Laural Virtues Wauters
https://treespiritwisdom.com/tree-spirit-tarot/
https://treespiritwisdom.com/tree-spirit-tarot/
"Aleppo, Idlib, Damascus and Raqqa will become our provinces, like Antep, Hatay and Urfa," - Erdogan said
https://avia-pro.net/news/prezident-turcii-redzhep-erdogan-zayavil-o-namereniyah-okkupirovat-siriyu
https://avia-pro.net/news/prezident-turcii-redzhep-erdogan-zayavil-o-namereniyah-okkupirovat-siriyu
Who said politics is dull?!