Right - if supernatural phenomenon are fake explain this: my watch has been wrong by an hour for the last 6 months, but this morning.....it's fucking correct!
Don't tell me there's nothing beyond that which we can observe...
What do Americans have against our Polish friends! Every time they tell us the Democrats are going to win the mid-terms they caveat it with: "If the Poles are to be believed".
Why are Poles so distrusted, and exactly how influential are they?
I think someone should conduct some kind of survey.
want to start a petition – would you sign it? I want to ban any company affiliated to Elon Musk from having a government contract in the UK. He has shown himself to be an enemy, and willing to use his commercial reach to influence global politics to his own advantage.
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to three scientists who used light to reveal the mysteries of the brain.
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel pioneered the field of optogenetics, a technique that uses tiny lights to activate neurons in the brain.
I'd have thought, given the current standing of the US in the world, that a better response would be:
"Ooh! Yes, you're right! We can't guarantee the safety of any of your bases - you'd better clear out.
Don't worry - we'll *cover* your back!"
*laugh behind*
My days as a Canadian emergency worker were curtailed when I found out to my cost that you cannot in face fight fire with fir.
Or indeed fur - though I did look amazing.
Can't believe they want to ban killer robots. What happened to tolerance? We may disagree with killer robots but banning them forces their robotic homicidal views underground. Engaging them in respectful debate is the answer. NB: this is definitely not written by a killer robot.
Good to see you again, dear José Raúl Mulino.
Panama is an important partner for Europe in Central America.
And Global Gateway is delivering on your priorities.
Like faster railways.
Clean electricity for all.
And soon, a new @eib.org regional office in Panama.
It's a partnership built to last!
My nickname at school was Quacker after I farted on a wooden seat and it sounded like a duck. When I go back to my old area, people still shout out "Quacker"; I'm 73 and a retired doctor. If I tried to fart now, I'd shit myself.
Had a head wobble moment today when @mrjamesob.bsky.social dismissed the idea of universal basic income out of hand based on the power of those with vested interests in AI.
I found that a bit depressing- surely such a fundamental change to how 'work' is carried out requires.....
...images of your problem, and have it guide you to a resolution.
All jobs are up for grabs (AI is eating up the employment chain from bottom to top).
It WILL cause mass redundancies.
It WILL raise questions around "what defines a productive/useful/positive life for a human.
and these questions are about to come at us fast. So shouldn't we be at least starting to look at our, humanity's - (and that is not hyperbolic) response with open eyes?
Had a head wobble moment today when @mrjamesob.bsky.social dismissed the idea of universal basic income out of hand based on the power of those with vested interests in AI.
I found that a bit depressing- surely such a fundamental change to how 'work' is carried out requires.....
....an equally transformative response? This technology change is not like any other - it is solving a problem that no-one knew existed.
It is going to take jobs - even those saying "we'll always need plumbers.." are ignoringthe fact that TODAY you can provide an AI with....
Reports coming in that a loud opinionated white privileged man is about to stand in front of multiple audiences to spout his bile totally unchallenged !
Now back to the studio...
Just booked tickets to @jonathanpienews.bsky.social
Quite looking forward to it tbh.
Physician, heal thyself. If it doth not clear up in a couple of weeks, book a follow-up appointment with thy receptionist and try a different medication. Now kindly make haste, other patients are waiting to consult with thee.
Racists should get in the sea. Where they'll be rescued by the RNLI regardless of their opinions, because that’s what RNLI does, and what makes them infinitely better people than the racists.
Have you noticed how these AI engines seldom argue with you?
Whatever outlandish idea you present the response is always a 'yes' however qualified - as an example, I asked if we could separate Wales from Britain and float it to Greenland. I was given an admittedly sarcastic 'Yes',
followed by details of how to do it.
Obviously the answer is a firm No. This makes AI or LLMs, in my view, an Automated Bias Confirmation (ABC) engine.
So we should study the ABCs of AI