US news stories in 2025: we're cancelling all the programs monitoring Incredibly Contagious Butthole Rot in foreign countries, what a waste of money
US news stories in 2026: okay for some reason there are now cases of Incredibly Contagious Butthole Rot popping up in the USA
Compelling essay by sci-fi writer Ted Chiang on why LLMs are nowhere near consciousness, but why it serves the interests of LLM companies to constantly suggest that they might be.
I've pulled one quote below, but the whole article is worth reading.
In Denmark, McDonalds workers make $25 an hour and, if they are over twenty, the company starts paying into a pension plan for them, and in addition they have a full 6 weeks of paid vacation.
Now how much do you think this costs customers? The Economist looked into this and found out that the Big Mac costs 76 cents less than it does here.
Don't believe the lies that raising the minimum wage would force prices to go up.
The best part about Hunter Biden being overly online is how people in his replies go “How much COKE did you SNORT before POSTING THIS you FUCKING PEDO” and Biden responds “I didn’t snort coke I smoked it” and then they respond “Haha true that, sorry man, have a good one”
I’m not here to spread conspiracy theories. But I am here to ask journalists who made age & fitness the most covered issue of 2024 why they don’t seem to care