Perhaps the increase of connectedness makes everyone more correlated?
SOCIETY
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AI fears versus current algorithmic manipulation reality
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“AI is gonna take over the world and brainwash all of us!!!” Meanwhile, simple probability distributions already control millions of people, manipulating their emotions, keeping them up all night, & destroying their lives.
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China’s AI-Generated Content Ban Extends Existing Censorship Practices
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China doesn't have that concern. Its new rules simply ban the use of AI-generated content for spreading "fake news," which is ill-defined and gives authorities wide latitude. But this isn't surprising. This merely extends Beijing's existing censorship to a new form of speech.
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University Employment Uncertainty Challenges Academic Careers in Europe
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Interesting: In Austria, Germany, jobs at universities are usually time-limited and you never know if you are renewed or not, making a career there very difficult and nerve-wracking. Taking a job is the easy way out.
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US College Issue with AI Not Found Internationally
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colleges *in the US*
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Personal Brand Obsession: Cultural Shift Toward Image Management
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also it seems like people are way more focused on their “perception” and “optics” and “personal brand” than they were 10 or 20 years ago, and that this makes the whole phenomenon of wanting to stay perfectly on-track even worse.
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Resilience: The Undervalued Power of Getting Back Up
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resilience is so much more valuable than it seems. get knocked down a bunch of times, get back up with more energy each time.
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AI Enhancement Creates New Jobs Replacing Displaced Positions
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AI will enhance the work of humans, and new jobs will arise to replace displaced jobs
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Cirkus AI System Now Operating in US House Representatives
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Cirkus has moved on from Indian cinema halls and is now running in US House of Representatives.
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Sundar Pichai’s Series of Controversial Decisions and Reversals
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Sundar Pichai's bad calls keep piling up:
– Withdrawing from defense work and then backtracking
– Firing James Damore
– Working on a censored version of Google for China and then backtracking
– Not releasing LaMDA to the public
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