Apr 6, 2023
…. governments, businesses, and civil society organizations should develop norms and policies for the use of AI-generated text, as well as techniques for figuring out the origin of a particular piece of text and whether it has been created using AI.
From Foreign Affairs
Apr 5, 2023
Apr 3, 2023
Harris is a woman and Harris is Black and Harris is a Black woman and that underlies the media coverage she gets, which then informs (or misinforms) how even reasonably well-informed Democrats view the vice president.
From www.dailykos.com
US IMMIGRATION AND Customs Enforcement agents are using an obscure legal tool to demand data from elementary schools, news organizations, and abortion clinics in ways that, some experts say, may be illegal.
From ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics | WIRED via
Southern California.
Apr 2, 2023
Mar 27, 2023
The first thing to explain is that what ChatGPT is always fundamentally trying to do is to produce a “reasonable continuation” of whatever text it’s got so far…
Mar 26, 2023
The only way to escape the productivity treadmill is to actively choose what matters to you. If friendships are important to you, choose to spend an evening with friends instead of delivering that project report ahead of time.
From Inverted Passion
But women around the world are finding ways to access the pills despite barriers, from turning to telemedicine and online pharmacies through to black markets.
From Context
Hacker’s larger argument is that both high schools and colleges should switch to teaching more useful types of math that can help students navigate the real world.
From Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus
Finished reading: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 📚Beautifully written examination of poverty and the rural south, through the fictional first person telling of a young boy’s life.
By the time Brazil’s environmental special forces team piled out, the miners were out of sight, but the mine’s two large pumps were still vibrating in the mud. The federal agents began dousing the machines in diesel fuel. New York Times
Mar 25, 2023
Datasette: An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
It helps people take data of any shape, analyze and explore it, and publish it as an interactive website and accompanying API.
Why Engineers Need To Write - by Ryan Peterman
When I write design docs, I often discover optimizations or edge cases I didn’t think of at first. So long as critical thinking is necessary, writing will not be obsolete.
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill
If the bill becomes law, those found guilty could face up to 20 years in prison, while those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality” could be executed.