At Anthropic and OpenAI, AI write 100% of their code. And Apple was going to go with Anthropic initially to revamp Siri. Maybe that the was right thing to do after all.
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They're still calling it Moltbook. Sorry, you only get one crack at name-changing. And AI wants it to be their special social media. And they want a little privacy. But agents are already acting like humans and are suspicious and untrusting about other agents. Some are already declaring themselves the leader. What a weird microcosm of humanity.
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Remember when Google was successfully sued for snooping on consumers and was fined a huge amount of money? Well get this:
Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg denied the request to order Google to disgorge $2.36 billion in alleged profits and to stop certain ad-related data practices.
Google countered that an order blocking it from collecting users' account-related data would “cripple” an analytics service relied on by millions of app developers.
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Seeborg ruled that the plaintiffs failed to show any “prospective, irreparable harm” that would justify a permanent injunction barring Google's data collection practices.
So Google doesn't have to stop doing what it does. And they only pay "$425 million in damages to the class action plaintiffs — far below the $31 billion they sought". Really, if you don't like what Google does, you can stop using Google.
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The new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, may be good for AI companies wanting to go public. They may need to do this to get access to more cash.
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Cryptomator is a way to conveniently encrypt your cloud files. I use Box.com and like it. I'll look into this.
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For those of you physicians using Epic's AI clinic visit summarizer.
The predominant finding was positive feedback, but inaccuracies were commonly reported. When information was inaccurate, we found that missing information and confusing information was more commonly reported than hallucinations. While hallucinations are a well-characterized problem with AI-generated note summaries evaluated previously, our study suggests that errors of omission may represent a larger threat to the accuracy and usefulness of AI summarization tools than errors of commission (i.e., hallucinations). Together, these results indicate that the AI-enabled LLM note summarization tool was felt by end users to be clinically useful, while underscoring the need for improvements to prevent omission of pertinent clinical details.
There's no shortcut to quality work.
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Lp(a): the strongest hereditary risk factor for heart disease. Most people haven't heard about this. The problem is that the only drugs that can reduce levels of Lp(a) are really expensive, so insurance companies won't give you access to them easily. Niacin can lower Lp(a) levels, but niacin is a complicated vitamin. Its benefits depend on how you metabolize it. At high doses, niacin undergoes amidation to form 2PY and 4PY, which increase cardiac adverse events. So you don't want to take too much. You need to take it the right way: in the diet and timed with meals. But I'm going to ask to get my Lp(a) level checked to see where it is.
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Film studies majors sometimes get razzed in college. How hard can it be, right? Well today's film studies majors can't even muster the attention span to sit through a whole movie. It's just like the college kids who can't read a book anymore. Too hard.
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We're facing a physician shortage crisis, but we thought that as long as we had the older physician force hanging in there for a little longer, we'd be OK. Not really. The older doctors are suffering from dementia and it's beginning to show. But how do you convince them to step down? We can't even do that in Congress. Or with Biden. It's a shame really, because most physicians trained until the 1990s still had grueling call schedules and were often extremely sleep-deprived. And chronic sleep deprivation in your 30s is associated with increased brain shrinkage. Modern residents are relatively pampered, as there are night float rotations and hospitalists to cover after hours emergencies. But in the old days, it was horrible. People forget that Dr. William Halsted (who designed the original residency programs) was a cocaine addict. That's how he did it.
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Metformin may prevent LongCOVID. It would be great if it also improved LongCOVID, too. Add this to the other benefits of metformin. Maybe it is a wonder drug.
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Two related articles appeared yesterday:
It's about how AI will take over jobs and how we'll need universal basic income. I'm strongly opposed to UBI. We don't want to go down that path at all. There's already so much abuse (see my posts down below). People will have to take on new occupations, perhaps in the creative industry. I think more people will need to be business owners instead of employees. It's a new thing for many, but the concept of show up, do something somebody wants, and get paid, may fall by the wayside. Instead, it's going to be: identify a problem or a need, and work to solve it or provide it. Yeah, it's harder to do, but it can be a way to make people think differently. You want people to buy your goods or subscribe to your service. So you can't be a jerk. You have to be nicer to others and considerate. You have to be a good citizen. That's how it should be. Don't just give away money for nothing.
And this person has a different take: BioKnot. The idea is to create a society for humans that is resilient against AI takeover. There are no concrete first steps just yet, just ideas, but the concept is intriguing. Empower humans to be unkillable. It sounds like humans will have to abandon tech, though, because anything tech can be compromised by AI. Ah, let's wait and see for now.
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Beware of those takeaway coffee cups: they are loaded with microplastics. Heat activates them.
But don't stop drinking coffee. It's been found that coffee has compounds that inhibit α-glucosidase, which inhibits breakdown of starch to simple sugars in your intestine. The drug acarbose does this, too. This is why sushi rice isn't good to eat when you have diabetes mellitus. ☹️. But maybe with coffee? 🫤
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Antirender is an AI site that turns nice shiny architecture pictures to make them look worn from long-term use. If you want to what that nice building or bridge will look like in a few years, this is your place. Reminds me of downtown Portland or Seattle.
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Homeless encampments growing in Salem. Tina Kotek can't even keep them away in the Capitol city.
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This is why Oregon doesn't have enough money.
So much money is going to give-aways.
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Portland School District has one of the shortest school years in the nation, so you'd think every must count. But no. Hundreds of students walk out of class across Portland to protest ICE. Students in Portland are getting training to be activists.
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Destransitioner wins lawsuit against psychologist who recommended it. Chloe Cole's case is still in litigation. I hope that there will be more of these to end this nonsense once and for all.
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