March 26, 2023
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The internet is not ours anymore
“The internet once belonged to cats. It was that weird period in the late nineties when everyone who was online seemed to be posting cat pictures (believe it or…”
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Strife at eLife: inside a journal’s quest to upend science publishing
“NEWS FEATURE 17 March 2023 Strife at eLife : inside a journal’s quest to upend science publishing Editors threaten to resign over ‘no-reject’ model that others…”
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Enabling privacy on the Internet with Oblivious HTTP
“Internet users are increasingly concerned about who collects their personal information, and how it might be used to paint a picture of their online (or real…”
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How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain | Quanta Magazine
“neuroscience How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain February 28, 2023 Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social…”
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“Bill Gates In my lifetime, I’ve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary. The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a…”
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ChatGPT gets “eyes and ears” with plugins that can interface AI with the world
“A demo video of ChatGPT plugins from OpenAI. While OpenAI calls the plugin selection process a “plugin store,” the company has not announced plans to sell…”
March 25, 2023
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ChatGPT Gets Its “Wolfram Superpowers”!
“To enable the functionality described here, select and install the Wolfram plugin from within ChatGPT. Note that this capability is so far available only to…”
March 21, 2023
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Forget Utopia. Ignore Dystopia. Embrace Protopia!
“The Bright Side Some proponents of protopian thinking believe that it can lead us to a better future. Others maintain we’re already living in a protopia. Send…”
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“Critic’s Notebook A.O. Scott conducts his own exit interview as he moves to a new post after more than two decades of reviewing films. Send any friend a story…”
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Kids Deserve a New Gender Paradigm | The Walrus
“T oronto parent Tessa Yang is raising Elia, who is best described as a gender-fluid child. (Pseudonyms have been used for both to protect their privacy.) Gender…”
March 1, 2023
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“In a race towards the post-reality era, TikTok are leading the way. Image filters are now at a stage where they trigger visceral emotions and have a very real…”
February 27, 2023
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Maybe we’ve just forgotten how to find out about movies
“Austin Butler in Elvis , Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick , Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once , and Sigourney Weaver in Avatar: The Way of Water…”
February 23, 2023
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“In May 2022, a racist traveled several hours to kill 10 people at the Tops Friendly Market in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo. Last week, he was sentenced to…”
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Instagram’s co-founders’ personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features
“Artifact , the personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders , is now open to the public, no sign-up required. Last month, Instagram’s creators…”
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Your brain could be controlling how sick you get — and how you recover
“Download PDF Hundreds of scientists around the world are looking for ways to treat heart attacks. But few started where Hedva Haykin has: in the brain. Haykin,…”
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You’ve never talked to a language model
“You’ve never talked to a language model Feb 18 2023 Machine Learning I sure don’t fully understand how large language models work, but in that I’m not alone.…”
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Use Your Illusion | dansinker.com
“It’s March 11, 1918. Eva Carrière sits in a corner of a darkened room, mostly obscured by thick black curtains on three sides. The front is curtained too, but…”
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“According to magician Teller, “Neuroscientists are novices at deception. Magicians have done controlled testing in human perception for thousands of years.”…”
February 20, 2023
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Next Week, The Supreme Court Could Destroy Everything Good About The Internet
“Content Moderation from the a-toast-to-230 dept Fri, Feb 17th 2023 10:50am – Next week, the Supreme Court will hold the oral arguments in the Gonzalez and…”
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Biden Went to Kyiv Because There’s No Going Back
“An American AWACs began patrolling the skies west of Ukraine last night; Kyiv was locked down this morning. Motorcades crisscrossed the city and rumors began to…”
February 18, 2023
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20 Genre-Defying Sci-Fi Books That Broke the Mold
“What do we mean when we talk about genre-defying sci-fi books? Do we mean experimental formats, like epistolary novels or books told entirely through texts?…”
February 16, 2023
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“Hello citizens, Paul here 👋 Very excited to share our next installment of our “Stan” theme with you today. I can’t think of a bigger Internet “stan” than this…”
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A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled
“The Shift A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine left me deeply unsettled. Even frightened. Send any friend a story…”
February 15, 2023
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Eagles Are Falling, Bears Are Going Blind
“It was late fall of 2022 when David Stallknecht heard that bodies were raining from the sky. Stallknecht, a wildlife biologist at the University of Georgia, was…”
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“This was originally published as a Stratechery Update Look, this is going to sound crazy. But know this: I would not be talking about Bing Chat for the fourth…”
February 12, 2023
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God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter
““Happy to talk about it if this is interesting,” Marc Benioff , the founder of Salesforce, texted Elon Musk last spring. He continued, opaquely: “Twitter…”
February 11, 2023
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““They don’t want you to know the truth.” “I’m the only one you can trust to tell you the truth.” “Why won’t they even let us ask questions?” If you’ve heard any…”
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‘Incredibly concerning’: Bird flu outbreak at Spanish mink farm triggers pandemic fears
“When mink at a big farm in Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain, started to die in October 2022, veterinarians initially thought the culprit might be…”
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Opinion | Where American Democracy Isn’t Very Democratic
“Jamelle Bouie When the Police Are the Government Feb. 3, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit… Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos Send any friend a story As a…”
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“Tracy Bennett. Tracy Bennett. Tracy Bennett had worked as a copy editor for over 20 years and constructed crosswords as a hobby. She applied to be an associate…”