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CULTURE
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Graduate Student Research Quality Standards in Academia
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wonder how long a grad student who produced 90-95% garbage would last?
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GPT-o1’s Processing Behavior Evokes Homestuck Horror Parallels
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I doubt OpenAI intended it this way. I expect it was meant as a homage. But Homestuck is kind of a horror story. And every time GPT-o1 goes through its "Considering alternatives… Reticulating splines…" act, part of my brain says "oh no it's SBURB oh no oh no".
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Altman’s Unfulfilled Promises: Media Accountability Gap
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Very Safe Prediction: Altman will continue to spin fairy tales (generally with plausibly deniability, implication without full commitment) as long as the press keeps reporting them, and as long the press keeps failing to hold him account for broken promises. We will not have x.com/AISafetyMemes/…
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Technophobia and Resistance to Understanding New Technologies
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There are many people who want to ban what they can't understand. I think technophobia must be part of the reason why.
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Critical thinking skills against AI grifters and misinformation
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Fantastic video. Great job by @TimTest88474756
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Image Manipulation Spectrum: From Editing to Rewriting History
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you can let your imagination run wild that's for sure — you're right tho i'd say it's probably a spectrum — from lightly editing your photos to fully rewriting history!
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Gen Alpha Lobby Achieves Quick Policy Victory
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Well that was quick. Could’ve dragged it out for a few days, but I guess the gen alpha lobby has serious pull.
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IQ vs Performance: Renaming Intelligence Quotient to Functionary Quotient
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That performance vs IQ graph is incredible. Says so much in one picture. Was thought provoking to read “If you renamed IQ , from “Intelligent Quotient” to FQ “Functionary Quotient” or SQ “Salaryperson Quotient”, then some of the stuff will be true.”
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What TikTok Users Miss Most After Platform Changes
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Parts I miss the most about TikTok: 1) comments – funnier and sharper than instagram, amazing condensed view of zeitgeist 2) search engine – tiktok was in my top 3 most used search engines, top slot on some days 3) capcut – best video editor for mobile 4) cultural