A while ago, when I should have been writing about Unlimited, a rant came out instead. Filed it with the editor's consent. Couldn't find it on publication. The mag's upbeat, my piece was not, so I assumed it got spiked for being too ranty.
Just noticed it's the opening feature! "Where are all the disabled-led organisations?" is about cognitive bias, loss aversion + glaring omissions.
I have a colleague who responds viscerally to the phrase “just use common sense.” He hates it because it is vague. Your common sense might be my Waterloo, and vice versa.
A “common sense” quote is attributed to Voltaire, but my internet searching yields very mixed versions. Can someone provide a good source & English translation to Voltaire’s “Common sense is uncommon” ???
I see that earplugs for everyday wear are a thing now. Has it not occurred to anyone that it would be more efficient not to turn up the music that loud in the first place? #CommonSense
Of course AI isn’t sentient/conscious, but it exhibits traits of high intelligence, even personality, and behaviours consistent with sentience, even if it’s merely simulated....
Conspiracy-minded Esther McVey was appointed "minister of common sense" by the UK's Conservative PM (not her real title, but the one provided to the Sun newspaper in an advance briefing)
Edited to add: she'll be “leading the charge on the government’s anti-woke agenda” 😬
Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, all seven states that have put the issue on the ballot - Ohio, Kansas, Vermont, Montana, Michigan, Kentucky, California - have voted to uphold the right of women to make their own reproductive healthcare choices.
Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights
#PierrePoilievre, our planet is heating up at an accelerating pace, studies show. But lets the cancel programs Canada has to flight climate change, like the #carbontax, right? What? Me worry? Bury your head in the sand, Pierre, so you don't see our country burning up. That's what your #CommonSense tells you.
Should AI be referred to as "it" or "they"?
Of course AI isn’t sentient/conscious, but it exhibits traits of high intelligence, even personality, and behaviours consistent with sentience, even if it’s merely simulated....