this is an interesting point in the new ted chiang piece – no one really claims that alphafold is conscious, or that sora or midjourney or dall-e are conscious
Absolutely massive changes to Canada’s population growth trajectory in just the last year. For the first time in the country’s history, the population *declined*!
BREAKING: Iran says it has now decided to execute the full blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as the next operational step following the announcement of ending all negotiations and communication with the US, per Tasnim.
Oil is surging over 8%, now at $94.
kudos to the globe editorial board for having the courage to say the thing
“The media, including The Globe and Mail, did not initially scrutinize, much less challenge” the assertion that remains of 215 children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School had been found
Canada would benefit from significantly more unbiased media scrutiny, across all issues
Leonard Cohen and Sonny Rollins playing “Who By Fire” on NBC’s one of a kind Nightmusic (1989). We have the late Hal Wilner and David Sanborn to thank for dreaming up and producing the greatest music show that’s ever been on tv.
The US Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused President Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s, over suspected perjury tied to a 2022 deposition in which she said she had no outside legal funding https://t.co/s5l8bB7tZ6
My latest, on the continuing fiasco at the CPP investment fund, which has now spent more than $50 billion over twenty years to lose about $100 billion relative to what it might have earned, for an equal amount of risk, if it had just bought the relevant indexes — or flung darts at the stock listings.
https://t.co/293Q8BwwCq