Hilary A. Walsh

She/her. New Grad student/sports fan/movie buff/cat lover. St. Bon's resident millennial - for all things tech, slang, and pop culture. Opinions are my own.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In the era of #ArtificialIntelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. #MagnificaHumanitas
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[Nadine Antoinette 🖤📚 @Lilblack_heart]

iced coffee really puts you in the mood for anything. need to run errands? drink iced coffee. having a bad day? drink iced coffee. have chores to do? drink iced coffee. need to rob a bank? drink iced coffee. wanna conquer the world? drink iced coffee.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[David Perell Clips @PerellClips]

Ezra Klein: "Having AI summarize a book or paper for me is a disaster.

It has no idea what I really wanted to know and wouldn't have made the connections I would've made. I'm interested in the thing I will see that other people wouldn't have seen, and I think AI typically sees what everybody else would see.

I'm not saying that AI can't be useful, but I'm pretty against shortcuts.

And obviously, you have to limit the amount of work you're doing. You can't read literally everything. But in some ways, I think it's more dangerous to think you've read something that you haven't than to not read it at all.

I think the time you spend with things is pretty important."

@ezraklein

[dilly @2dilly2dally]

Having a cat is awesome I have this tiny little dude who is my best friend and he is small and cute and we hang out every day and sometimes he does funny stuff and when I’m sad he comforts me and he listens to me all day it’s really great I love him so much

[John Hodge @JohnDHodge]

If this was his last season, what an incredible career for Marc Kennedy:

🥌 3 Olympic medals (🥇🥇🥉)
🥌 4 World medals (🥇 🥇🥈🥉)
🥌 7 Brier medals (🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉)
🥌 most-meme'd athlete of 2026 Olympics*

*unofficial designation

#Curling | #MilanoCortinaOlympics2026

[Hilary A. Walsh @hwalsh16]

@CruisingCDN @Devin_Heroux @CBCOlympics Ah yes, you're right!

[💖 @twaniimals]

Punch has friends now😭❤️

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

16 years since one of the most iconic uses of a song in a movie!

[Carolina Hurricanes @Canes]

Seth Jarvis is an international treasure

[Pop Base @PopBase]

49 years ago today, Fleetwood Mac released ‘Rumours.’

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

THE MOMENT CARLOS ALCARAZ BEAT NOVAK DJOKOVIC AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST MAN TO COMPLETE THE CAREER GRAND SLAM.

22 years old.

History. 🥹🥹🥹

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

Eighty-one years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.

1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

[Sophie Vershbow @svershbow]

"let me ask chat gpt"
me:

[The War on Beauty @thewaronbeauty]

This is actually true. This article from the Atlantic by the former President of Harvard said 2/3rds of her undergrad history class couldn’t read cursive which hindered their ability to read historical manuscripts.

She even says students chose research subjects that only required published sources and abandoned ones that required reading handwritten documents.

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[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year.

It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.

[No Cats No Life @NoCatsNoLife_m]

He got sleepy after watching the fish for so long 🥹😂💤

[Hilary A. Walsh @hwalsh16]

This ad is everything.

[paw @pawcord]

i’m genuinely in love with this ad
a french one? for a SUPERMARKET?? like woah