My favorite part of the Claude system prompt is how it ends: "Claude is now being connected with a person."
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Brain Control: Prefrontal Cortex Versus Amygdala Struggle
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The human brain is a struggle for control between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala.
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Universities DEI Requirements and Federal Funding Policy Debate
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Why are any universities with mandatory DEI statements for faculty applicants still receiving federal funding?
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Choosing Your Own Reward Function in AI Systems
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at least i get to choose my own reward function
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Benchmark Transparency: Why Methodology Matters More Than Results
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Bragging about results on benchmarks without saying how they were obtained is marketing, not science.
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Optimizing the PhD Thought Cycle for Intellectual Breakthroughs
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the main 'thought cycle' practiced during a PhD: – identify region of problem space that lacks coherence
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AI Investment Boom: Questioning Equitable Economic Benefits Distribution
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“We are investing so much in driving the capabilities for hundreds of billions of dollars, and we're investing very little in thinking about how we make sure that leads to widely shared prosperity,” says @DigEconLab
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Global AI: Who Shapes Innovation and Who Gets Left Behind
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Who gets to shape AI—and who gets left behind?
— SAS Software (@SASsoftware) 6 août 2025
In this episode of Pondering AI, Hiwot Tesfaye, Technical Advisor at @Microsoft, challenges dominant narratives around innovation, AI “givers and takers,” and imported solutions. She makes the case for truly global, multi-lingual… pic.twitter.com/dY1SiAzjxTWho gets to shape AI—and who gets left behind? In this episode of Pondering AI, Hiwot Tesfaye, Technical Advisor at @Microsoft
, challenges dominant narratives around innovation, AI “givers and takers,” and imported solutions. She makes the case for truly global, multi-lingual -
ChatGPT outperforms doctors in diagnostics, reshaping medicine
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Mes confrères médecins ne réalisent pas la transformation de notre métier 1 ChatGPT o3 est 4 fois meilleur que nous médecins pour faire un diagnostic 2 ChatGPT plus médecin c’est nettement moins bon que ChatGPT tout seul 3 déjà 40 % des patients font confiance à ChatGPT
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Government AI adoption: leadership and responsible implementation
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The giant question is: now that The Crowd in government has access to AI tools (which, given representative surveys, many were already using) how are they going to be used to make things better, not worse? Where are Leadership & The Lab inside agencies? https://
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