Riccardo De Stefani

I’m curious about science, consciousness, pharmacology, history and how the world works. I check sources, test claims and share my perspective.

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Les jeux sont faits!

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Fascinating visualization, but I would read it as model behavior rather than a direct map of how flies and humans process emotion. These are partial connectome-based software networks responding to human voice labels, not recorded emotional activity. Did the H01 network outperform a suitably scrambled-wiring control, unlike the fly model?

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Your post combines an observable claim about company incentives with a forecast about self-improving superintelligence. The first can be investigated through release decisions, safety budgets and deployment standards. The second remains deeply uncertain, and current systems do not show that extinction is already imminent.

So the strongest conclusion is that competitive pressure may be outrunning credible safety assurance, not that the timeline has been demonstrated. What concrete coordination mechanism would you ask Anthropic and OpenAI to adopt now?

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Recent incidents show that agent oversight can fail, but they do not tell us how likely an irreversible loss of control actually is. That conclusion still depends on uncertain forecasts about future capability, autonomy and deployment.

I think the strongest formulation is that safety progress may be lagging capability progress enough to justify stricter release gates. What measurable threshold would count as an acceptable risk level before deployment?

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@K_leeeb I really respect you for saying that publicly, intellectual honesty is what makes technical discussions valuable. Out of curiosity, what component is being formed in the video, and what is its actual function?

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@zone_astronomy The careful version is even more astonishing: not all of Earth’s water predates the Sun, but a significant fraction may preserve interstellar water inherited from before the Solar System formed. Every glass may carry a chemical history older than our star.

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@TheFigen_ Funny, but the backstory appears fictional: Sundar met his future wife Anjali at IIT, and they are still married. The only confirmed rejection here is the meme’s rejection of evidence. 😂

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@TheFigen_ The most fascinating part is that the pillar is not an object standing in the landscape. It emerges from the alignment of sunlight, countless ice crystals and the observer - a beautiful reminder that some realities exist only through relationship.

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@AstroPeggy This may be one of the most human details of life in orbit. Looking back, did those Friday-night rituals teach you something about leadership and human connection that formal astronaut training could not?

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@AstroPeggy Perhaps distance does not make Earth smaller; it makes our divisions smaller. From orbit, the planet becomes a living painting with no visible borders, and each of us is both a passing brushstroke and a guardian of the canvas.

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The glow is real fluorescence, not bioluminescence: compounds in the scorpion’s cuticle absorb ultraviolet radiation and emit visible blue-green light. Newborn scorplings glow weakly because their soft cuticle has not yet fully hardened and developed its fluorescent properties. Nature doing chemistry in plain sight.

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Cette déclaration est authentique dans son fond. Jennifer Lawrence l’a faite au Festival de Saint-Sébastien en septembre 2025. Au-delà de la célébrité qui la prononce, l’essentiel demeure: aucune population civile ne devrait être réduite à des chiffres, et l’indifférence finit toujours par nous déshumaniser.

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@MelaniaFrance On peut juger son bilan très sévèrement, notamment sur la dette, la fragmentation politique et la confiance démocratique. Mais « le pire » n’est pas une mesure : il faut le comparer aux autres présidents selon des critères précis, et le recul historique manque encore.

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@MelaniaFrance Le chien, sans hésiter. C’est le seul qui n’a ni programme électoral, ni casseroles politiques, ni besoin d’un conseiller en communication pour paraître loyal.

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@MelaniaFrance Qu’elle ait réellement voulu remercier le sauveteur ou qu’elle ait simplement réagi au retour de son petit, ce moment rappelle à quel point le lien maternel traverse les espèces. Un beau geste humain et une scène profondément émouvante.

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La CIIVISE estime qu’environ 160 000 enfants sont victimes de violences sexuelles chaque année, soit un toutes les trois minutes. Ce chiffre est accablant. Mais dire que l’État « soutient les pédophiles » exige des preuves : protéger les enfants mérite des faits précis, pas un slogan.

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@Math_files Correct for an ideal circle: ΔC = 2π(R + 1) - 2πR = 2π feet. The original radius cancels completely, so Earth and a basketball require the same extra length. The only caveat is that the real Earth is neither perfectly spherical nor uniformly smooth.

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@katyperry “I did” is always the most powerful part. A live show disappears in a moment, but a concert film lets its energy outlive the night and reach people who could not be there. That is a beautiful way to close the circle.

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@sonyasupposedly Failing every purity test may simply mean you kept your own mind. Intellectual honesty rarely fits perfectly inside someone else’s checklist of approved beliefs.

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Evolution can explain how consciousness-related functions were selected, but it does not prove that phenomenal experience is emergent. Gradual changes in perception and behavior do not tell us whether subjectivity is graded, thresholded or fundamental. That remains the unresolved question.

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@PrinceVogel Weaponized hospitality: you will make friends, leave the house and enjoy yourself. Resistance is futile.