The craziest thing about contagion was that, when I first watched the movie, I thought the Jude Law character was unrealistic. Not only was I wrong, but I never would have forseen that the Jude Law character would be the actual President IRL

BREAKING: California’s newly passed AI bill requires models trained with over 10^26 flops to
— not be fine tunable to create chemical / biological weapons
— immediate shut down button
— significant paperwork and reporting to govt

We all had our early career conference snafus.

This is the Hiroshima of community notes

The main problem is that there is little to no wage premium for a PhD in most private sector fields so it really just ends up being 4-5 burnt prime earning potential years (plus however many lost to the postdoc gristmill).

I agree. There is a rush to appropriate everything. This is not what copyright was intended to do.

'Dear Editor,

I have incorporated all suggestions from reviewer 2, and I hope you find the changes an improvement to the manuscript as a whole.'

I often think about how Generative AI will change the knowledge industry. I expect many people to the independent mental activity of Googling, reading, and mental organization to be hard work. Why look for an answer in a text block or video when AI can deliver it directly?

I am reading a paper on the society-level political risks of Generative AI. The author is focused on how the tech will flood established media with influential or destabilizing content. I'm thinking that Generative AI will displace legacy media, and the real threat is guardrails