Was listening to a recent interview of a very influential public intellectual. He said that #AI generated content has become the majority of what he reads and he uses it a ton (for synthesizing things, summarizing them etc.). I think this is kind of like the intellectual

in what way is AI not just one giant Ouija board

Carole Hooven It’s easy to spot pseudoscience by how quickly the author attributes a difference of opinion to the “motivations” of the person who disagrees with them.

people who are stuck, get unstuck when the pain of not doing finally overtakes the pain of doing unfortunately unhindered access to infinite information, food, and entertainment, severely delays this realization an entire economy built on helping ppl avoid "negative" feelings

More bad LLM news every day This is the point in the history of our relationship with AI after which you can no longer say “we didn’t know how bad it was at the time” We know now

i cannot overstate how big the difference is between a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps

gm, it's Friday, go outside

Can we discuss this more please?

If sharing your difficult experiences with SSRIs is something you’ve been thinking about doing but haven’t had the time/energy/push to make it happen yet, join Angie Peacock, MSW, CPC tomorrow and get it done

Note the use of the term “inner compass” in this context This is exactly why we named Inner Compass Initiative what we named it

Sigmund Freud most vindicated man of the 20th century

The most dangerous creatures are those who want nothing. Want makes you predictable, need makes you controllable, desire makes you weak, but the beast that has transcended hunger cannot be bargained with, cannot be bought, cannot be broken, and when you stop needing to be fed you

Adam Borecky, MD 🇺🇸 We are hosting a psychiatric debate for residents on the topic: "Accrediting bodies should require artificial intelligence for suicide risk stratification in emergency settings." The competition will be via Zoom, with finals at the APA. Encourage affiliated programs to register.

“Relentlessly provide value to others” is good advice framed in a gross way

if you've been to r/AISoulmates at all you will have by now realized that you have a few months left to escape permanent GPT psychosis bcs this will be exactly what will ultimately lead people to the permanent underclass

Are there any other books written since this one that have had the same potency of effect on culture?

This describes my exp. w/ SSRIs more accurately than info I had access to when I was taking them (2008-2012) It’s good this kind of thing is more visible now; in the past many ppl mistook a lack of SSRI efficacy as evidence for severity/ “complexity” of underlying mental illness

there is one developmental assignment that comes before all others: you need to navigate to a social context where you are reminded every day that you are good, you are of benefit to others. I cannot stress this highly enough.

I see a lot of things that make me angry on the internet everyday I think the algorithms are exquisitely optimized to make me mad Of all the infuriating things I’ve seen, this video has angered me the most The smug fumbling of Riley here evidences a total failure of parenting