Words that are good!
Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers - Ars Technica: Unsurprising.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws – Computerworld: Also unsurprising.
steal magnolias - by Allison Epstein: Allison Epstein is the funniest person on the internet.
Tesla influencers tried Elon Musk’s coast-to-coast self-driving, crashed before 60 miles | Electrek: Musk wanted a system with no LIDAR, got it, and now it’s just this side of useless.
How “Free Speech Culture” Is Killing Free Speech: Part One: Very thoughtful, though I think he is being too generous to the perpetrators.
The Secret Service traced swatting threats against officials and found an operation for spies, hackers and organized crime | CNN: Interesting look at how criminal use technology.
Can Liberalism Be Saved? | The New Yorker: Cass Sunstein gets eviscerated.
How Much More American Does The Canadian Football League Want To Be? | Defector: The CFL apparently thinks we want to watch the same game minus the best players. Idiots.
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette: We are all mutts.
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers | WIRED: The last quoted person is my hero.
She Warned About Silicon Valley 25 Years Ago. We Ignored Her.: Tech leaders have always been like this.
Who Helped Jeffrey Epstein? Emails Detail His Private Support Network: We need elite accountability yesterday.
Senate staff probes DOGE, finds locked doors and windows covered with trash bags - Ars Technica: I will not be surprised when/if some of these people are found to have stolen data/committed other serious crimes while in DOGE.
Why Winning Is Bad for Democrats - The American Prospect: I miss satire ….
Is Star Wars “for kids”? - by Lyta Gold - Lyta’s List: Great look at what it means to claim something is childish.
Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department.: Hey. Taking money from police and putting it towards real solutions helps reduce crime! Who would have thought?
We’re about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom: Pretty sure it does.
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus: thoughtful look at what drives many of the publishing industry’s problems.
Bowling Green’s Pudge the Cat is a college football breakout star - The Athletic: Sports are fun.
At Jets camp, a prospect left behind tries to prove he belongs in the NHL - The Athletic: And hard.
Ex-NFL sack master John Abraham paid a steep price for success. He’s still recovering - The Athletic: And hard on the people who play them.
Federal cops ‘instigating’ confrontations with protesters outside ICE building, Portland police official says in court - oregonlive.com: Oh, look. ICE is attacking protestors unprovoked. Per the Portland Police.
Federal cops ‘instigating’ confrontations with protesters outside ICE building, Portland police official says in court - oregonlive.com: Science is very cool.
Have the best possible week, everyone.
Good God, that is a long list of reads. Where to start? The top, the bottom or the middle ??? It could take a week or so but I'm diligent. Thanks !!!