Notices by GLC (glc@mastodon.online)

@michael_w_busch @franciswashere @startswithabang

Not extinction, but still problematic, should it occur:
https://xkcd.com/3265/

@thomasfuchs

I'm not sure what a radical helmet denier is but I'm familiar with the school of thought that the onus of car safety ought to be borne in part by those who operate cars, and not solely by pedestrians and cyclists.

The example of the Netherlands illustrates what occurs when society actually takes the issue of safety seriously rather than treating it solely as a matter of personal responsibility. (Also relevant to climate.)

Anyway, for your entertainment:
https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k5094

@susankayequinn @dalias

Direct link to the contact information form for the class settlement for interested parties, or potentially interested parties.

https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

@Dangerous_beans @ai6yr

A floor wax and a dessert topping.

@ryanjyoder @paco

Nope.

Just another illustration of the original point.

@paco @ryanjyoder @ralfmaximus

A general comment ... from another angle, more or less parallel -

The question is whether the following is a picture of a woman or a picture of a tree. Opinions vary, and are strongly held.

LLMs by design strip away all meaning. Similar techniques have been in use since the I Ching (more recently, describedl by Shannon 1948 with transition probabilities). It's a bit like dehydrated water - just add water.

@LoganFive

@skinnylatte

DeHaene's "Reading in the Brain" is very interesting, at more or less the opposite end of the scale (mostly low level processing, from the eyes to the visual centers to the letter/word recognition modules and the language centers). With some quick trips along the corpus callosum to mix things up a bit.

So he doesn't address this sort of high level issue at all directly, but it provides some interesting—and intriguing—context.

@evan

I don't trust any, myself, though I admit to ignorance. Chrome became bad enough that I switched to Safari and Firefox depending on device. Some of the others might deserve trust. I don't trust the two I use, but they have some good features. In particular Apple is unkind to its competitors, and parts of that are very good (like the curate's soft-boiled egg).

(Systemic problems need systemic solutions.)

@cstross

Ah yes, there's gambling in the bar, and we are shocked.

You do know who created the student loan crisis I assume.

The campaign is over now.

@FediThing @jwildeboer

Seems to me like a comment on #1.