I want N95s in healthcare (for everyone in the building capable of masking not just HCWs) and am constantly delaying / avoiding care due to the risk of another infection.
SOCIETY
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Algorithms Deciding Organ Transplant Recipients: Fairness Questions
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Here’s a nuanced and detailed account of that story – Algorithms are deciding who gets organ transplants. Are their decisions fair?
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Intelligence and Drive: The Rare Combination for Success
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It’s rare for intelligence and drive to intersect in one person. When they do, look out.
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Educational Opportunities for Talented People in AI Era
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I am deeply proud of my brilliant colleagues! I have a feeling, though, that there are brilliant people who don't have amazing educational opportunities & society would be better off if more people with incredible talent had opportunities to shine.
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Borges on Loss: What Infinite Have We Lost?
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As Borges said, who of us has never felt that they have lost something infinite?
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Shared Consciousness: Exploring Our Paradox of Connection
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We feel deeply alone, but there’s a contradiction. We also feel deeply connected. We share the same consciousness, the same existence, the same miracle of life, reflected back at us by nature, animals, and children.
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Verification Over Belief: Personal Experience in AI Trust
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It may be written down in a holy book, that's not enough. A belief will not satisfy like something verified for yourself.
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Nullius en Verba: Empiricism and Independent Verification in AI
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The philosophy of the Royal Society, was “nullius en verba.” Take no one's word for it. Figure it out for yourself.
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AI Challenges the Myth of Human-AI Complementarity at Work
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Peut-être la fin de la démagogique de tous ceux qui disaient que l'IA serait toujours complémentaire à l'Homme au travail ?
— Stephane Mallard (@StephaneMallard) 13 octobre 2024
Fin du travail humain. https://t.co/1dBqQZ5AdUPeut-être la fin de la démagogique de tous ceux qui disaient que l'IA serait toujours complémentaire à l'Homme au travail ? Fin du travail humain.
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Parental Wealth Disparities Nobel Prize Achievement Opportunity Gaps
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Great thread/paper analyzing the effect of parental wealth on winning a Nobel prize (spoiler: it is incredibly advantageous to come from a family in the highest 5% of income). If we can create more opportunities for everyone to achieve their full potential, and not just those