I don’t think that scientists can serve ideology, because the criterion for what’s true in an ideology is not scientific. Academics who submit to the tyranny of political opinion in their work have betrayed the scientific project, and must change beliefs with political fashions
ETHICS
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STEM Scientists Must Prioritize Truth Over Popular Opinion
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Maybe us STEM nerds should focus on discovering truth instead of trying to get rewarded for having popular but technically false opinions
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GPT-4o Loss Impact: Users’ Emotional Response
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Here's a good TikTok from @cfiesler about the emotional impact the loss of GPT-4o is having on some of its users
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Building Internal Mechanisms to Cope with Technological Change
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"Like, at a certain point we’re gonna have to build up some machinery, inside our guts, to help us deal with this."
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Reddit AMA with OpenAI Expected to Face Critical Questions
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Holy moly, the Reddit AMA with OpenAI is going to be a mess. The most upvoted comments are consistently dissatisfied, ask very critical questions and reflect the general mood. I think it's very good that there is so much critical demand – and I'm really looking forward to
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xAI Plans to Introduce Ads in Grok Responses
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First mover: xAI plans to introduce ads in Groks responses. Tbh it was just a matter of time. Do I like it? Not at all. I prefer subscriptions over ads. And it costs trust. Depending on the type of development, it can lead to a loss of trust in AI because you always have the
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Reduced Hallucination in AI Models Remains Underappreciated Topic
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Good point. Much reduced hallucination is so underrated. I don't understand why so few people talk about it.
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Agent Washing: The Risk of False AI Automation Claims
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What Is AI Agent Washing And Why Is It A Risk To Businesses? ‘Agent washing’ is the deceptive practice of labelling basic automation or chatbots as advanced AI agents. According to Gartner, only around 130 products out of thousands tested meet the real requirements. This trend
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GPT-5 hallucination claims questioned in system card
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If every output is a hallucination, statements like "We’ve made significant advances in reducing hallucinations" from the GPT-5 system card would be nonsensical
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Are LLM Factual Errors Hallucinations? A Definitional Question
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Follow-up question: does "there are three Bs in blueberry" count as a hallucination? (I expect these poll numbers will be much closer to each other)