A wise AGI might choose transparency for reasons of collaboration, to build trust, to better understand humans, or even as an initial step towards guiding humanity.

Inappropriate framing indicative of AI-generated content. #NYTimes

Monarchies shape public perceptions and attitudes, influencing how people understand concepts like authority, fairness, and social order. By normalizing hierarchies based on birthright, monarchies perpetuate inequalities and undermine efforts to achieve justice and equality.

#IntergenerationalCognition A perceived shift: older adults may prioritize memory as factual storage, with distinct "thinking" events. Younger adults may exhibit a more continuous "thought stream," constructing memory through active analysis & connection-building.

#BoomerBrain: Hard drive of "facts" & "memories." Thinking? Sold separately. Millennials: We think constantly, memories a mere byproduct. Evolution of learning or societal info overload? #ThinkingVsRemembering

LLMs crush non-expert human debaters. arxiv.org/pdf/2403.14380… #AI #persuasion #debate

Fully customizable AI filter for X please. "Just tweets David Foster Wallace would've loved." #AI #DFW #wishlist Linda Yaccarino Elon Musk

Political speech today: - Verbosity Inflation - Empty Intensifiers - Gratuitous Adjectives #cdnpoli #obfuscation

Millions struggling to eat today, but we're worried about far-off futures? Prioritize lifting people out of poverty NOW. #PresentOverFuture #JusticeForAll #CarbonTax

Justice demands prioritizing the well-being of those demonstrably existing today over hypothetical needs of future persons. After threshold well-being is met, a balance can be struck between maximizing projected well-being of current vs future persons. #ethics #CarbonTax

Re-reading this prescient piece from a quarter century ago by Leah McLaren "I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news," he confessed with apparent pride. "I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me." theglobeandmail.com/life/justin-tr…

Life is chess. Israel knew bombing the embassy would result in Iran responding as it did. So if Israel escalates such escalation must be taken as Israel's initial intention. Everyone thinks at least 1 move ahead, Israel many moves ahead. It's a US election year. #USA #politics

Surely this AP obituary of Dickey Betts was written by AI: "The group also had two drummers – “Jaimoe” Johanson, who is Black, and Butch Trucks." Noticing racial identifiers in situations where they aren't relevant is a dead giveaway. #AI #LLMs

Even the title of the proposed "Online Harms Act" raises Orwellian flags with its juxtaposition of "Online" and "Harms," echoing themes of doublespeak. #Orwellian #OnlineHarmsAct

The juxtaposition of atrocities in Gaza with advertisements against antisemitism raise questions about how different narratives and perspectives are being prioritized in public discourse. #emphasis #globeandmail #Gaza

Third movement of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 sounds like it was composed by MrBungle #Precipitato youtube.com/watch?v=5rfle8…

A teleportation time machine would be so helpful