George White

@its.stonehippo.com

Sometimes I take pictures of birds. He/him. https://stonehippo.com

An edit button would be nice, but even cooler might be a button that lets me put a big "take rescinded" or "disavowed" in banner in bold red letters on old posts.

I've been thinking about "discernment" all day, thanks to @doctorow.pluralistic.net. It's an interesting framing, different from "taste" or "nuance" in a subtle way. Definitely going to add this one to my model of how to think about where we're heading.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last wk.

As far as I can tell, this dialog between MacArthur prize-winning mathematician Terrence Tao and Chatgpt about "the Jacobian conjecture counterexample" is very impressive: chatgpt.com/share/6a5fdc... 1/

A 1960s classroom. A teacher in a blue dress stands at a blackboard in the background; in the foreground, a child works at a desk. The child's head has been replaced with the head of a killer robot. The blackboard is covered in printed circuits

The "you all need to be here before I can seat you" policy is a killer of great experience dining experiences. It's a party of two, it's not like it's eating up a table for more worthy diners.

Final weekend with my little Canon RP—I'm moving to a newer R6 Mk III and shipping the TO to my brother. I bought my first mirrorless camera for a trip to Yellowstone, and it's helped me make some of my favorite images over the past five years.

Final weekend with my little Canon RP—I'm moving to a newer R6 Mk III and shipping the TO to my brother. I bought my first mirrorless camera for a trip to Yellowstone, and it's helped me make some of my favorite images over the past five years.

I don't disagree and the way it is, is very sad: AI copies and then worsens existing issues in writing as with every other sphere it touches. AI boomeranging now causes us to suspect less creative (for example, due to being junior) writing as maybe being AI. And that's kind of what they want. 1/

Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 3w ago

The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/

The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/