Why is this so funny to me?

A nice example of a reporter/academic reflecting about past flaws on his analysis. I wish more people had this spirit in both professions (journalism and academia). Alas, I don't see this much on most reporting on AI....

The China Cycle comes for them all. Every single time.

Noam Brown Thomas Power OpenAI If you can’t talk about it, it's not research.

To me that's a good sign then!

"Veteran users of X say the sheer amount of bogus and baseless information on the platform is getting worse – in part because Elon Musk reversed efforts to reduce viral misinformation and reinstated accounts of conspiracy theorists." cnn.com/2024/10/05/med…

He increased the price of these from $3 wholesale (per Bible) to $59.99 for his followers. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Very interesting concept. Wikipedia, and many other information sources on the web, are now like pre-Trinity en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-backg…, where they are least contaminated with the bullshit radiating from AI misinformation.

I KNEW IT!!!! The New York Times has been able to confirm coordination between the Trump Campaign and Elon Musk’s Twitter, exposing what may be the largest election interference scheme in history. meidasnews.com/news/new-york-…

Yes this is from 4chan. The point remains extremely valid. The conspiracy theorists are massive hypocrites and almost always political partisans.

A recent study reveals that Tik Tok manipulates it's algorithms to suppress contents exposing China's human rights violations thereby shaping the views of it's users. There are four keywords: Uyghurs, Xinjiang, Tibet and Tiananmen. monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/st…

This one is for Elon's free speech BS: despair.com/collections/de…

Of course I can fix your computer, Dad! I'm a computer scientist, I know computers. A computer can be formally defined as a 7-tuple M=⟨Q, Γ, b, Σ,δ,q₀,F⟩, where... Dad?

The four books that Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson - who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics today - are known for by the broad community of social scientists and beyond, along with 4 of their influential articles. 🧵with links to the 4 articles

Been there, truly interesting, even in the context of an already rich Mexican culinary culture.

A mistake of scandalous proportions. Incomprehensible & hugely damaging to the BBC.