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‘Off the charts’: the key breakthroughs giving new hope in treating cancer
Thanks to CNN
Nuclear Energy’s Bottom Line
Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for new potatoes, eggs, asparagus and green sauce
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for new potatoes, eggs, asparagus and green sauce
This sounds so good that I might have to learn what parsley looks like!
An Excellent Book
Genetic variations help explain the link between cognitive ability and liberalism
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If you are smart, you will vote this year
Courts Rule For Climate Policys
The Day of Happiness
the International Day of Happiness, established by the United Nations, is celebrated on March 20.
The top 9 in the latest report are:
Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Israel
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Australia
The USA is # 23
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AI can read anything you can read
Omg, Big Brother is actively using AI. Beware of what you say in all your social media contexts. It can and will be used against you. Again, it’s not the tool that is the problem, instead it is the carpenter.
“We know that these technologies are really commonly used by companies to do tasks like screening job applicants,” said Valentin Hoffman, a researcher at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and co-author of the recent paper, published this week in arXiv, an open-access research archive from Cornell University.
In person get-togethers might return to popularity once Gen Z learns that AI has become an uninvited guest at all their internet gab festivals. Remember, AI can read Instagram and TicToc and all those other apps.
The HR departments have hired AI technicians.
The Truth of the Matter
Solar Eclipse
Yellow Dot Studios
A Tail of Fire and Ice
https://youtu.be/EFBBy8sGIx4
You Expect Me To Believe That?
Car Commercial 419
https://youtu.be/G3ZA76dttys
Market Testing
https://youtu.be/kn6NAGorSHE
Chevron Ad
https://youtu.be/S2XTGteritE
IRA Kitchen
“Cut your emissions in half every decade.”
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“Plant enough trees every year so that at least 2 live beyond a full year.”
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Most Popular Languages as of 2023
Lenovo’s transparent laptop screen is impressive – Wow
3D family trees, Adobe AI images, architectural drawings, imagine….
I voted
“This is a message from the California Secretary of State on behalf of Monterey County Election. Your ballot for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election was received and counted. Thank you for voting!”
Thank you, California, for having Vote By Mail services.
Curiosity
64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates
“Ninety-one percent of the estimated rape-related pregnancies took place in states without exceptions for rape, according to the researchers.”. It seems like the men who are “pro-life” need rape to have children.
Eric Schmidt on recursive self-improvement — from LessWrong
AGI => we don’t need to worry until AI systems can recursively improve themselves. Then we gotta call the terminator!
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/cLC2HcQbFZ5pFAgqC/eric-schmidt-on-recursive-self-improvement





