Ben Huberman

Editor in Chief @TDataScience. Previously: senior editor @longreads, editorial lead @wordpressdotcom / @automattic. Words / sugar / the early modern

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Since we've been looking for more things to do, @emilymbender @mmitchell_ai @mcmillan_majora and I wrote a statement about the horrible "letter" on the AI apocalypse, the very first citation of which, was our #StochasticParrots paper.
https://t.co/6kFtBcXhZj

[Towards Data Science @TDataScience]

A note to our community and to our authors: we recently updated our guidelines to make it explicit that all articles submitted to TDS must be written entirely by humans. https://t.co/KAP42e0RHG

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

It really makes no sense to waste your time on upper-middle grifts when you can grift for the wealthiest idiot that has ever lived

[Justin Baragona @justinbaragona]

"Now, Weiss has been given access to Twitter's employee systems, added to its Slack, and given a company laptop, two people familiar with her presence said.

The level of access to Twitter systems given to Weiss is typically given only to employees..."

https://t.co/3zBi3eDGJP

[Towards Data Science @TDataScience]

We've published more than 6,000 stories so far in 2022. It was extremely hard to choose, but here are some of the most memorable ones. https://t.co/gEaWxhvorc

[Pipe Wrench @pipewrenchmag]

Download some podcasts and stop by the Dunkin’ for a big coffee: we’re going on one hell of a road trip. Mexico. Mormons. A search for truth, faith, connection, autonomy. Contradictions? They abound!

Welcome to Pipe Wrench no. 8, The Road Trip Issue. 🧵

https://t.co/iLWQgkI6Bk

[Mike Dang @reportermike]

Some news! I'm excited to share that I've joined The New York Times as an editor on the Business desk and am getting back into the personal finance space. I'll be bringing a lot of my Billfold sensibility to the section, so if you missed that, you're in luck!

[Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle]

whoa

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

Deeply annoyed at the evil geniuses at Disney for finally coming up with a show I couldn’t not sign up for

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

The *sentences*

https://t.co/YwIPLB9mWE)

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

@ervinmalakaj Congrats Ervin!!!

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

Since apparently she was everyone’s grandmother, maybe the late queen made provisions in her will for all the childcare expenses and lost income people in BC will have to endure because of her funeral 🙃

[Richard Zussman @richardzussman]

NEW - K-12 public schools and public post-secondary institutions, and most Crown corporations will be closed on Monday in B.C. Province encourages private-sector employers to find a way to recognize or reflect on the day in a way that is appropriate for their employees. #bcpoli

[Michelle Cyca @michellecyca]

In August 2019, my former employer @EmilyCarrU hired Gina Adams, an “Ojibwe-Lakota” artist, as part of a restricted search for Indigenous faculty. Then people started asking questions about her identity— including me. My first feature for @macleans:
https://t.co/vScMHM8Mfj

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

@anne_theriault They loved it, despite finding the playgrounds underwhelming (which: not wrong)

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

@anne_theriault Ha, we were just there 3 weeks ago! We took the Uber-operated (🤷🏻‍♂️) river bus from the tower pier to Westminster, and it was delightful; they even serve London’s least overpriced mini-bottles of prosecco on board!

[Pipe Wrench @pipewrenchmag]

Is being gender-fluid “new”? Ha! Indigenous people have been rejecting binaries for millennia, and they’d like your colonialism off their bodies.

🧵🔧 Welcome to the Nonbinary Issue, a rich tapestry that defies categorization.

https://t.co/zUhntZ0iHo

[Pipe Wrench @pipewrenchmag]

you: want to be paid fairly to write

we: want to pay you

pipe wrench will continue to exist in 2023! maybe you'll write one of our features.

https://t.co/CnOGzXCxgT

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

Egon Schiele Pikachu ftw

[Towards Data Science @TDataScience]

What can AI-generated art tell us about creativity, authorship, and style?

Egon Ferri explores these deep questions through an unlikely, but highly effective procedure: tasking Midjourney with painting Pikachus in the style of notable art movements. https://t.co/xlDtAPk5fF

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

@karachiiite So weird to realize that for some of these anonymous NYer sources, a union = social clique that decides whose rights to protect based on whether or not they like them

[Ben Huberman @benzbox]

Can’t have a revolution without marzipan

[Ère républicaine @Ererepublicaine]

Aujourd'hui, nous sommes l'octidi 18 thermidor, de l'année CCXXX du calendrier républicain, jour de l'amande.

[Erin Overbey @erinoverbey]

So the @New Yorker has fired me, effective immediately. I’m speaking with the union about potentially filing a grievance on the termination. But here are some things that I will say….