Thinkling

False dichotomies are the Devil's duct tape; equivocation is his WD-40.

Make Fascism Evil Again.(TM)

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

“knavish imbecility”

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

Behind paywall so cannot read.

But I'd give even money we're centuries or even millennia away from when an LLM can realistically mimic drunk mathematicians.

[the bad outputs now mimic those dissociated from reality, not those drunk]

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Young math enthusiasts have watched as AI learns to do the tasks they were once distinctly good at—but at a drunk-math party in San Francisco, @LilaShroff found a reason for hope when it comes to the uniquely human love of numbers: https://t.co/sZB4JjawUT

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

@kalezelden YMMV, but my experience with them over last ~3 years, is that it is becoming a hybrid of Reddit, https://t.co/xqdOXvhgOY, and Bluesky/QAnon. Career / job networking focus is much reduced.

I hope you have a more edifying experience than mine recently.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

@kalezelden WTF???!?

No surprise I can list several ways Jackson's LotR could be improved. But I have no delusions that any real effort to remake this work will supersede Jackson's in quality, authenticity, and vision.
@Cinema_Cravezz

[would LOVE to be proven wrong...but won't be]

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

@JLLiedl Ah, I think I get it... you say you'd be upset if they don't follow precedent, even if quantitatively dubious.

Yes, for them to balk at that would be (in today's scenario), errrr, suspicious.

On board with that. Thanks for replying.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

[Thank you Grok]

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

This restaurant gives you a picture of the animal you're eating when they bring each course out.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

I was lucky that all my primary school women (and men) teachers supported my abilities; a couple even set up weekly trips to academic clubs at local high school.

They also, all of them, encourages me learning needed social skills necessary when having such abilities. 😁

[Jabool @Jaboolie]

We dont talk enough about how male students with an IQ of 105 or greater begin to outsmart their female teachers at ~3rd grade and the resentment that breeds.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

I remember "Don't Be Evil."

Good times. Good times.

[Zephyr Teachout @ZephyrTeachout]

NYC has a moratorium on student facing AI for K through 8th grade.

Google says we are going to force you to break your own rules, you can't have search without AI.

NYC must call Google's bluff, kick out search, and refer the case to the AG and DA for illegal tying and abuse of monopoly power.

The idea that any other Ed Tech company could say "you only get the tool you want if you break your own policies" would be nonsense.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

Now that's a great word.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The midterms showed that actions have consequences—not just for Trump, but for those who were following his lead, @helenlewis argues. https://t.co/Nijv7egS9w

📸: Finn Gomez / Getty

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

@ThinkerCatholic @JLLiedl @CCamosy She is indeed, for my (& family's) blessings. Thank you for the comment.

But to also enjoy the transient fun of the moment, "she was there" ☘️ :

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

I have been told, for the sake of the common tangible good of marital bliss, that I need to retweet this.

@JLLiedl @CCamosy @ThinkerCatholic

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

The only thing crazier than being a @NotreDame alumna is being married to one.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

The only thing crazier than being a @NotreDame alumna is being married to one.

[Kale Zelden @kalezelden]

@Maribet62481007 I think the world would be a better place if adults could take a two year sabbatical in their 50's and re-read all the books they should have been assigned when they were teenagers.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

Real savage like.

[Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly]

A friend of Polish ancestry texted me in 2022 or 2023 during the last Polish crisis of this kind:

Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" is more Polish than Donald Tusk

[SlowboatReborn @SlowboatReborn]

@romanhelmetguy @kaukosaataja College campuses are a mixture of Lord of the Flies and 1984 played out by people who don't understand either reference.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

OH:

It is easier to put on slippers than to carpet the world.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

@hf_222222 They were a decent action trilogy, but a lame mythic trilogy.

And as I've always said, it shouldn't have been called "The Hobbit". It should have been called "The Orcs"

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

The ghost of Andrew Fakefield still continues to haunt the West. 🤦‍♀️

But NGL, my first reaction to thread pic was, what's CR doing talking about audio equalization?

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

The effect of adding a vaccine to the schedule on subsequent autism rates is a precise null–zilch, nada, nothing.

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

@hannahspierMD Ahh, so I tried to bite off too much.

Thanks for clarifying, and replying. 👍

I just eagerly got Saad's book; I now wonder if his usage is same as the clinical one...

[Thinkling @Think1ing]

Dr. Spier's proposals part of picture, but she misunderstands suicidal empathy. It's preferential empathy for those further away in one's own cultural/social/familial circles.

Journalist is *good* example, not counter-. She has less empathy for the woman than for her aggressor.

[Hannah Spier, MD @hannahspierMD]

In this episode, I question whether “suicidal empathy” adequately explains what we’re seeing.
I examine a different explanation: sensitivity to social consensus, status- seeking and the willingness to punish those who disagree.