Many things worth perusing.
Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.: ICE lies. All the time.
The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies: Lots of abused real humans in Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence.
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Order: This is the single best description of the the effect of chat bots ever produced.
Financing Our Own Destruction - In These Times: Pension funds need to understand they have power.
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion: Excellent piece of data journalism and a great demonstration of how data cannot replace expertise.
It’s up to you, New York, New York - by Harry Litman: States also need to understand they have power.
How to win followers and influence people (to subscribe to your newsletter): Nice discussion, by an excellent journalist you should all be subscribing to, of how independent journalism works in the era of newsletters.
The Time That Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Almost Assassinated in St. Augustine, Florida: I had no idea this ever happened.
The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters - Ars Technica: Science is cool and will dig up your remains.
This season’s top NHL team fan giveaways: Floss holder, bobbleheads, ‘Nutquacker’ and more - The Athletic: Who says capitalism is out of ideas?
Taylor Swift, The White House Demolition, And Pathways Of Persuasion: People’s minds can be changed. Unless they are Democratic consultant’s whose livelihoods depend upon convincing democratic politicians that people’s minds cannot be changed.
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine: Science is cool and says you shall not pass.
Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem - Ars Technica: Science is cool and knows your chatbot is blowing smoke up your ass.
Fear and Loathing in San Francisco: Interesting article that takes Thiel’s antichrist obsession on its own terms and demonstrates how and why it is a symptom of the failing of Thiel’s worldview.
Have the best possible week, everyone.
Hi & thanks for the good reads which I haven't had time to read. This is sad because my life revolves upon the written word. I sometimes read the dictionary, opening it up on random pages and enjoying the words. Wishing you a happy and productive week...sneek in some fun !!!