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BZBrainz, 11 months ago to bookstodon

@actuallyautistic @audhd
Was deeply engaged in a difficult conversation today when a book caught my attention across the room. “Is that Unmasking Autism? I read that earlier this year.” It was an optional opening for optional disclosure. It changed the questions he felt comfortable asking, changed how I provided education, and it ended be a deeply satisfying and helpful exchange. Today was a real win. #autistic #actuallyautistic #autism @bookstodon

jeffjarvis, 11 months ago to random

Another fascinating AI paper, this one trying to address the lack of factual reliability from LLMs. These researchers take inspiration from the law by having one LLM "cross-examine" another. Interesting approach. But I wonder how either even can identify factual claims to interrogate.

(And -- somewhat off topic -- I wonder what happens when LLMs end up in extended dialogue; do they start making up their own short-cut language?)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.13281?utm_source=tldrai

TheConversationUS, 11 months ago to random

The United States has a #DebtCeiling because in 1917, Congress would have had to gather slowly by train and horse-and-buggy to approve new debt to pay for World War I. An economist points out that other countries do fine without this archaic law:

“The best solution would be to scrap the debt ceiling altogether. Congress already approved the spending and the tax laws that require more debt. Why should it also have to approve the additional borrowing?”

#News #USPolitics
https://theconversation.com/why-america-has-a-debt-ceiling-5-questions-answered-164977

danielpunkass, 11 months ago to random

Imagine what a "stable genius" you'd have to be to think that doing an audio-only livestream with a crackpot CEO on an understaffed web site was a savvy way to launch a Presidential campaign.

jeffjarvis, 11 months ago to random

Oh, FFS. "Biden’s casual public use of “hell” and “damn” — and the fact that many people these days think those words barely qualify as profanity — is a reflection of our lowered standards."
Send your smelling salts to the Post.
I swear, our profane society is a disgrace https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/15/swearing-presidents-society-language/

AbandonedAmerica, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

1/ I'm seeing a lot of talk (still!) of defederating mastodon.social over the recent spam attacks. I have a feeling I'm going to regret this, but as someone on that instance with no current plans to move, I feel like there are some things those who are considering it may not be taking into account. There are loads of patronizing comments that people on this instance are "doing the Fediverse wrong". No, we're not. You can't have a democracy while telling others they can't choose where to be.

jeffjarvis, 1 year ago to random

Tech bloggers were the first bloggers. I was part of a wave of political bloggers in 2001, after 9/11. Then in 2002 came Dooce and networks of "mommy bloggers." She brought so much to the form, the medium, the conversation.

codinghorror, 1 year ago to random

"In General Electric’s annual report from 1953, the company bragged about how much it paid in taxes and how much it was spending on payroll. It explicitly said that “maximizing employment security is a prime company goal.” The founder of Johnson & Johnson said that the company’s responsibility to its employees was higher than its responsibility to its shareholders. Corporations then had a radically different conception of their role in society compared with corporations today." https://archive.is/66hPb

lowqualityfacts, 1 year ago to random

The perfect crime.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Grizzlysgrowls, 1 year ago to random

Mnemonic: Boost tells everybody, Favorite tells them, Bookmark tells you.