In some order: grandfather, music fan, mathematician, doctor and IT freak. "My dad is such a nerd" (@JeniT)
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Fine site for info on SARS-CoV-2 variants, of concern and under investigation. HT @jcbarret outbreak.info/situation-repo…
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Want to know why Michelle Donelan was forced to make an extraordinary apology to two academics earlier today?
It's a bizarre tale involving Policy Exchange, a secret government dossier and a libel case paid for by the taxpayer
A short thread (1/10)
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Such powerful words from @SangitaMyska today about her disappointment in Rishi Sunak
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@LBC
'How dare you gaslight your own people?!'
@SangitaMyska reacts to Rishi Sunak's claim that the racism he once experienced 'would not happen to his children now'.
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Math t-shirts funny for the wrong reasons, a thread.
That’s not the graph of the absolute value function.
Should someone whose memory is functioning so poorly be in any position of responsibility over other people - let alone Prime Minister? xitter.cf/TheTruthSword/status/1…
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How a coastline 100 million years ago influences modern election results in Alabama
See the response that I’ll quote tweet next…
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Magnificent!
🌟 Can’t wait to perform tonight in #Nottingham!
Join us for a joyous programme of JS Bach at 7pm @StMarysNotts
Limited tickets remaining: solomonsknot.co.uk/event/202…
“AI, as it is currently pursued, is set to primarily enhance the lives and work of Western knowledge workers and the digital elite off the back of data-labelling sweatshops and exploited creators.” @[email protected] in cigionline.org/articles/can-…
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For new followers who enjoyed my #AIhype take-down thread from Thursday and might want more: I've been at this for a while and have collected links to some of my #AIhype take-downs here:
medium.com/@emilymenonbender…
Why (almost) everything you know about Milgram is wrong | BPS
bps.org.uk/psychologist/why-…
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9. Pareidolia:
We see whatever we look for.
Survival favored the paranoid—those able to discern a predator from the vaguest outline. From these survivors we inherited hyperactive pattern-detection, which once saved us from the lions, but now curses us to see them even in the sky.
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Please RT. DSIT has published 125 pages of amendments to DPDI to be debated next Wednesday (publications.parliament.uk/p…). It is unacceptable to have hardly any time for consideration and have no explanation for the changes, and no way for people to see what the changes means....
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Called it! - classic Facebook move on Thxgiving eve. Unsealed nearly every redaction 233 pages in 40+ state AGs lawsuit alleging FB knowingly harmed children's mental health with addiction for profit. Email me, I'll send to you. Yellow = newly unsealed. 20 tweet summary here. /1
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OpenAI's definition of the purpose of AGI (to surpass humans in most economically valuable tasks) is such a regressive take on AI that it goes back 100 years to the coining of the word "robot" in Metropolis - from the Czech "robota" meaning forced labour.
ALT A still from Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis"
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The fact that in the US just *1* wealthy person can make a call and offer millions to unseat an official they dislike tells you everything about the corruption of our politics.
It also tells you why the tiny # of members who have managed to beat them are seen as such a threat.
NEWS - A Michigan businessman called Dem Senate candidate Hill Harper to offer $20M in campaign contributions if he agreed to drop out and instead mount a primary challenge to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, per source w/ direct knowledge of call
w/ @UrsulaPerano
politico.com/news/2023/11/22…
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OBR draws out completely implausible implications -real terms cuts of 2.3-4.1%/yr after 2025 for unprotected departments 🤯
What's the plan here? Abolish the criminal justice system and public transport maybe?
This should be the debate, not 'have they really cut taxes?'
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NEW: "It keeps coming back to this key issue of trust."
@GoldbergRadio investigates #Palantir and the NHS
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