Andrea Pring ♿

Kidlit author & PhD candidate (disability/illness in children’s Gothic) | Founder of @virtualwriters | #WriteMentor ‘21 mentee #eds #mecfs #pots #mcas she/her

[Andrea Pring ♿ @Andrea_Pring]

Want to join a fantastic group of writers? We meet every day at 4pm U.K. time. Honestly, some of the most supportive peeps around. The group has been meeting together since 2007. 👀 Okay, now I feel old. 😂 #virtualwriters

[Virtual Writers @virtualwriters]

500 Word Snatch at 8am PST/4pm GMT.

Two timed sprints of 30 minutes. Research, plot, write, edit/revise, ponder or daydream. Simply teleport, then park & write. We meet every day!

https://t.co/SAqTiy7yNe

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Lithuanian composer and conductor Mindaugas Piečaitis, directs his orchestra on the notes of Nora the cat playing the piano.

She earns a standing ovation.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Remembering DAPHNE DU MAURIER — who left us 37yrs ago today, aged 82.

Here she is in 1971 at her home in Cornwall giving her first ever TV interview.

[Adam @ABrokenBattery]

Powerful testimony on #MECFS by Emma Shorter in the Scottish Parliament from 2018

“It turns fit and active people into ghosts… I know teachers who can’t teach, children who can’t play, and parents who can no longer hold their children.”

[Andrea Pring ♿ @Andrea_Pring]

Video killed the radio star…

[Brian Roemmele @BrianRoemmele]

“Is that a TV?”—1985

[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks.
The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and the University of Fellowship of the Ring, and stated mid-paper that the entire thing was made up. Google's Gemini told users it was caused by blue light. Perplexity cited its prevalence at one in 90,000 people.

ChatGPT advised users whether their symptoms matched. The fake research was then cited in a peer-reviewed journal that only retracted it after Nature contacted the publisher.

My Take
The researcher made the papers as obviously fake as possible on purpose. The AI systems didn't catch it. Neither did the human researchers who cited it in real journals, which means people are feeding AI-generated references into their work without reading what they're actually citing.

I've covered the FDA using AI for drug review, the NYC hospital CEO ready to replace radiologists, and ChatGPT Health launching this year. All of that is happening in the same environment where a condition funded by a Simpsons character and endorsed by the crew of the Enterprise was being presented as emerging medical consensus. The people making these deployment decisions seem to believe the pipeline from research to AI to patient is more supervised than it actually is. This experiment suggests it isn't supervised much at all.

Hedgie🤗
https://t.co/8Kg8FOrgHW

[Andrea Pring ♿ @Andrea_Pring]

I’m dying here.

[Jonas Čeika @Jonas_Ceika]

I sent ChatGPT an audio file of a series of FART sound effects and asked what it thinks of "my music" and this is what it said

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

IDGAF, this is one of the greatest bands ever to exist https://t.co/BZwJzYfXyx

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Comically accurate. GTA moves

[Andrea Pring ♿ @Andrea_Pring]

If you’re looking for a supportive and active online writing community, then this one is highly recommended. The most loveliest of groups. 💖

[Virtual Writers @virtualwriters]

Camp Moxie is coming!

Our super-charged writing challenge begins on 1st April and ends at midnight on 30th April. We welcome word-count goals between 5,000 and 25,000 for any type of writing project. See link for details.

https://t.co/y1wzz4xXYG

[Lloyd Legalist @LloydLegalist]

This is brilliant.

[Andrea Pring ♿ @Andrea_Pring]

@TinyWriterLaura It’s just my cup of tea.

[Jess in the Wild @Jess_inthewild]

May I offer you an ethically-sourced baby squirrel sleeping video? Cared for at a licensed wildlife facility

[Creepy.org @creepydotorg]

Recent studies suggest that horror movies help with depression and anxiety, as well as decrease negative thoughts.

[Frog and Toad @frogandtoadbook]

☕🍁
Ig: indiarosecrawford

[Kimberly @books4kimberly]

Please, please, please do not run other people's work (those you're critiquing/beta reading/freelance editing for, or anyone's work) through an AI checker.

The system may literally be then using that person's work! & they are trusting you w/their words-something very precious!

[Andrea Pring ♿ @Andrea_Pring]

I love this!

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

World first virtual reality train opens in Aussie aged care facility, where residents enjoy afternoon tea while touring 10 countries.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Reaction of a father who sees his child's older version using an app

[SEND Warrior Mum making a difference! @martinimarie]


Scores of DWP failings linked to deaths were kept from MPs voting on benefit cuts, secret reports reveal

https://t.co/AInogkeCVm

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Peers have approved a government amendment that will strengthen disability hate crime laws, but disabled campaigners say there must still be a “total overhaul” of legislation.
https://t.co/TMm1aXA6pf