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learning and tweeting along the way

[peter @PeterGill2]

Rt to pin

[peter @PeterGill2]

@Noahpinion Bicentennial Man?

[peter @PeterGill2]

Really thought this was gonna be an elaborate “what did the chicken say when it crossed the road” joke

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

i think AI is about to uncover an entire hidden world of animal communication

and what it's already found is insane...

> AI found evidence that elephants call each other by name. when researchers played one its name-like call, it approached the speaker faster and called back more, revealing a form of personal naming once thought almost uniquely human

> AI analyzed 53,993 marmoset calls and found tiny monkeys may use names too. entire families use similar labels for the same monkey, suggesting they learn names and dialects from each other

> AI learned to tell what Egyptian fruit bats were arguing about: food, mating, sleeping spots or personal space. it could even partly identify who was shouting at whom inside a colony of thousands

> AI discovered a “phonetic alphabet” in sperm whale clicks, with rhythm, tempo and tiny timing changes combining into at least 143 recurring patterns. their communication system is nearly 10x more expressive than scientists previously believed, and we still don't know what most of it means

> an AI trained on 1.5 million zebra finch calls held real-time vocal exchanges with living birds, generating calls as they spoke and getting them to respond with the same timing and flexibility they use with other birds

> Google trained an AI on decades of dolphin recordings to predict what sound comes next, then paired it with an underwater device that gives objects their own synthetic whistles. the goal is for a wild dolphin to copy a whistle to ask a human for a specific object, creating a tiny shared vocabulary between species

> AI combined microphones worn by wild crows with nest cameras and uncovered quiet calls that may announce when a crow is arriving at the nest and help entire families coordinate caring for their chicks

> a robot bee performed the waggle dance real bees use to share the direction and distance of food, and the bees changed their flight paths based on its instructions. researchers effectively sent a destination into a hive in bee language

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Georgia I entered a Chick-fil-A drive-thru line of forty cars.

I turned off my engine. I prepared to wait the way my ancestors waited out a siege.

Six minutes later I was holding chicken.

I do not know what happened to the other thirty-nine cars. The line moved like water that had somewhere to be.

A young woman walked between the cars taking orders on a small tablet, on foot, in the sun, smiling like the sun was her idea.

I said thank you.

She said, "My pleasure."

I did not think about it then. I should have.

At the window I thanked the young man for the food.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for the sauce.

"My pleasure."

I thanked him for thanking me—

"My pleasure."

I want to be clear about what was happening.

This was a duel.

In Japan I trained in courtesy for forty years. Bowing angles. Seasonal greetings. The correct depth of apology for seventeen distinct situations.

I was a white belt in that drive-thru.

I escalated. I used my most formal English. I thanked him on behalf of my entire family line.

He said, "My pleasure," and gave me extra sauce.

Extra sauce. Unprovoked. A counterattack.

I returned the next day to reclaim my honor.

It was Sunday. The restaurant was closed.

All of them were closed. In the entire country. They close every Sunday, and they have closed every Sunday since the beginning, because the founder made a promise, and the promise did not expire when he did.

I stood in the empty parking lot and understood I had lost twice.

Once to a teenager with sauce.

Once to a man I will never meet, who kept his word so long it became a building.

In my country we say a samurai's word is his life.

I had never seen a restaurant say it back.

I returned Monday. I ordered. And this time I said it first, before she could.

"My pleasure."

She smiled and said, "It sure is."

America, I surrender.

It was my pleasure.

[peter @PeterGill2]

@admcollingwood Don't know if you are still monitoring this post, but what did you think of the different styles of the club world cup? Or were there any?

[peter @PeterGill2]

Make our day. We love war

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

The Belgians, however, continue to fire warning shots.

They say they continue to contest the “eligibility” of Balogun and say they have told US Soccer they reserve all options if he is on the team sheet tonight.

[peter @PeterGill2]

Hey @FIFAWorldCup did you read this tweet?

[peter @PeterGill2]

If US don’t advance FIFA lose most casual soccer fans over that call.

[peter @PeterGill2]

@GiancarloSopo @tnyfrontrow Absolutely very thoughtful! I have seen half of these and looking forward to watching the rest.

Any list with Sergeant York on it has my respect! 🙂

[peter @PeterGill2]

@GiancarloSopo @tnyfrontrow This was great thank you.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! 

The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.

LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.

[peter @PeterGill2]

Free Balo

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

WHAT HAVE WE JUST WATCHED 🇺🇸

Tim Ream is a great American. Chris Richards is a great American. Malik Tillman is a great American. And FREE BALOGUN 🗣️

We're reacting LIVE to USMNT 2-0 Bosnia on Night Cup

[peter @PeterGill2]

If US don’t advance FIFA lose most casual soccer fans over that call.

[peter @PeterGill2]

Every day is a battle

[Crusader Fren @NoticerCat18155]

Being a man in your early 30's means an inexcusable amount of piss just lands in your boxers after taking a leak

[peter @PeterGill2]

@Noahpinion Mine is the Expanse 😞

[peter @PeterGill2]

@VanLathan Wade is a good statistical comp for this.

But I think the Knicks are actually better team than Miami was at the time!

That Miami team was haggard. Wade was called flash because he was faster than everyone on that team lmao

[peter @PeterGill2]

@dieworkwear @amandamull It’s the business retreat look book

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

53 years.
One Shining Moment.

[peter @PeterGill2]

Rock fight

[peter @PeterGill2]

@ConnorHolden00 Connor* 🤦🏻‍♂️

[peter @PeterGill2]

@ConnorHolden00 Conner my Chelsea guy covering my National team 🙏

[peter @PeterGill2]

What have I witnessed