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person · Don't believe everything you think · Veteran
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- @Where nuance goes to die
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Re: Radicalism
I think the argument that since social media algorithms manipulate what gets seen that makes them an editor and a publisher and responsible for what gets seen on their platforms is right. They hide b… (View Post)
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Re: The AI tsunami
(Quote) This my feeling too, I listened to an interview of Cal Newport today and he promoted a relatively more rosey picture. Saying that despite large efforts at increased compute thrown at AI the g… (View Post)1 -
Re: Radicalism
I hear the word illiberalism used often to describe the sort of mood the world seems to be entering into. In the sense of being opposite of authoritarian sentiment; dialogue, pluralism, secularism, r… (View Post)1 -
Re: Radicalism
I also prefer to use the word extremism. The way I think of it as radical is something outside the norm and extremism is taking things too far often to a harmful, destructive way. (View Post)
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Re: Hot Stuff
Some info to help keep people safe. Heat index matters for those in more humid areas. https://tempest.earth/resources/how-hot-is-too-hot-to-be-outside/#:~:text=can%20be%20fatal.-,At%20What%20Temperat… (View Post)1