<p>People seriously getting upset because I used AI to edit an article about how to protect people from getting replaced by AI. Smdh.</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/brandonbedard/p/the-ubi-trojan-horse-of-the-leisure?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qos2e" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/brandonbedard/p/the-ubi-trojan-horse-of-the-leisure?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qos2e"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/brandonb</span><span class="invisible">edard/p/the-ubi-trojan-horse-of-the-leisure?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=7qos2e</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nupa/" rel="tag">#NUPA</a> <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> <a href="/tags/uhi/" rel="tag">#UHI</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a> <a href="/tags/finance/" rel="tag">#finance</a> <a href="/tags/fintech/" rel="tag">#fintech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/robots/" rel="tag">#robots</a> <a href="/tags/futureofwork/" rel="tag">#futureofwork</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#business</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/blm/" rel="tag">#BLM</a> <a href="/tags/reparations/" rel="tag">#reparations</a></p>
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<p>'The most incredible display of aurora I've ever seen in my 20 years of flying'. </p><p>Pilot captures historic northern lights show from 37,000 feet (photos) </p><p><a href="https://www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.space.com/stargazing/auroras/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.space.com/stargazing/auror</span><span class="invisible">as/the-most-incredible-display-of-aurora-ive-ever-seen-in-my-20-years-of-flying-pilot-captures-historic-northern-lights-show-from-37-000-feet-photos</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/aurora/" rel="tag">#aurora</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a></p>
<p>Rx Inspector, our free, searchable tool, allows you to look up where your generic prescription drug was made.</p><p>From patients and doctors to researchers, it is already reshaping how people make decisions. “This is a godsend,” one professor told us.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-reshaping-decisions-generic-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rx-inspector-reshaping-decisions-generic-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rx-</span><span class="invisible">inspector-reshaping-decisions-generic-drugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/pharmacy/" rel="tag">#Pharmacy</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a></p>
<p>"I would say keep your options open…or move to Canada or France or England. Right now, it looks like America is getting out of this business." <a href="/tags/nasa/" rel="tag">#NASA</a> <a href="/tags/spaceexploration/" rel="tag">#SpaceExploration</a> <a href="/tags/planetaryscience/" rel="tag">#PlanetaryScience</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/astrodon/" rel="tag">#Astrodon</a> @space <a href="https://www.planetary.org/articles/4000-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.planetary.org/articles/4000-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.planetary.org/articles/400</span><span class="invisible">0-gone-inside-nasas-brain-drain</span></a></p>
<p>Galera pedi a <span class="h-card"><a href="https://transverso.org/@isadora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>isadora</span></a></span> para criar um canal só para ciência, no protocolo XMPP, vamos lá se empolguem e vamos dialogar. Segue o link abaixo<br>xmpp:[email protected]?join</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mato.social/@josemurilo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josemurilo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bolha.us/@OG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OG</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ursal.zone/@biloti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>biloti</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bolha.us/@rogawa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rogawa</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://novaparis.art.br/users/rony" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rony</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bertha.social/@labdciencia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>labdciencia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@henriqueffcustodio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>henriqueffcustodio</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pynews.com.br/@melissawm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>melissawm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bolha.us/@tiagojferreira" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tiagojferreira</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tubedu.org/c/numerico/videos', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tubedu.org/c/numerico', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tubedu.org/video-channels/numerico', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>numerico</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/ciencia/" rel="tag">#ciencia</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/xmpp/" rel="tag">#xmpp</a></p>
<p>What I’ve been reading (watching, and listening to) this week ending 25 January 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-watching-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-25-january-2026-9c368055fb96" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-watching-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-25-january-2026-9c368055fb96"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-watching-and-listening-to-this-week-ending-25-january-2026-9c368055fb96</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/lean/" rel="tag">#Lean</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#Depression</a> <a href="/tags/softwareengineering/" rel="tag">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#Economics</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/productmanagement/" rel="tag">#ProductManagement</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/newspecies/" rel="tag">#NewSpecies</a>!<br>New moth from <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> just fluttered in:</p><p>Stauropus motuoensis</p><p>Treatment: <a href="https://treatment.plazi.org/id/99A25E1D-9623-56EF-ABD5-5D6C869FEC33" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="treatment.plazi.org/id/99A25E1D-9623-56EF-ABD5-5D6C869FEC33"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/99A25E1</span><span class="invisible">D-9623-56EF-ABD5-5D6C869FEC33</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e195460" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e195460</a><br><a href="/tags/biodiversitydatajournal/" rel="tag">#BiodiversityDataJournal</a> <a href="/tags/stauropusmotuoensis/" rel="tag">#StauropusMotuoensis</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fairdata/" rel="tag">#FAIRdata</a><br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/oa/" rel="tag">#OA</a> <a href="/tags/openaccess/" rel="tag">#openaccess</a> <a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#biology</a> <a href="/tags/taxonomy/" rel="tag">#taxonomy</a> <a href="/tags/ecology/" rel="tag">#ecology</a> <a href="/tags/biodiversity/" rel="tag">#biodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/conservation/" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/fauna/" rel="tag">#fauna</a> <a href="/tags/invertebrates/" rel="tag">#invertebrates</a> <a href="/tags/entomology/" rel="tag">#entomology</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#insects</a> <a href="/tags/lepidoptera/" rel="tag">#lepidoptera</a> <a href="/tags/butterfly/" rel="tag">#butterfly</a> <a href="/tags/moths/" rel="tag">#moths</a></p>
I wonder whether the digital age has led to a decline in the use of atlases, which in turn might be expected to imbue a false sense of increasing objectivity as scientific practitioners of become less acquainted with analog methods.<br><br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/philosophyofscience/" rel="tag">#PhilosophyOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/objectivity/" rel="tag">#objectivity</a> <a href="/tags/digital/" rel="tag">#digital</a><br>
<p>It's strange and frustrating that most AI researchers don't seem interested in natural intelligence.</p><p>In the early days, when "neural networks" were seen as models of brains, many people seemed at least superficially interested in neuroscience. It's not like that now. I'm sure some folks would say "yeah, and aerospace engineers don't worry about bird flight, either!" but that feels wrong to me.</p><p>If all you care about is moving cargo, then sure, flight is solved, and who cares if our designs are "biologically realistic". Similarly, if all you care about is recognizing images, playing video games, and generating slop, then AI is solved. We'll just make the current solutions better.</p><p>But I think we've barely scratched the surface of what intelligence actually is! Current AI is so narrow and so shallow by comparison, yet I think people don't even notice that because they haven't actually thought about how intelligent living things are, and in how many different ways!</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/intelligence/" rel="tag">#intelligence</a></p>
<p>🧵As AI systems grow in sophistication, some people are supposing chatbots are moving toward being conscious entities.</p><p>This is incorrect, but we should be more precise about what consciousness and perception are.</p><p>If we are, we realize that minds do not create experience; experience is what creates minds. <a href="https://plus.flux.community/p/its-like-this-why-your-perception" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="plus.flux.community/p/its-like-this-why-your-perception"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plus.flux.community/p/its-like</span><span class="invisible">-this-why-your-perception</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#philosophy</a> <a href="/tags/cognitivescience/" rel="tag">#cognitivescience</a> <a href="/tags/cogsci/" rel="tag">#cogsci</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#chatgpt</a></p>
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<p>Holy fucking fuck, SCIENCE!</p><p>"A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs." --Dr Ian Weissman on Bluesky</p><p>Because it's been pointed out below: the piece is from August 2025.</p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/diabet4es/" rel="tag">#Diabet4es</a> <a href="/tags/insulin/" rel="tag">#Insulin</a> <a href="/tags/transplants/" rel="tag">#Transplants</a> <a href="/tags/immunesystem/" rel="tag">#immuneSystem</a></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-cell-transplant-brings-a-cure-for-diabetes-closer" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-cell-transplant-brings-a-cure-for-diabetes-closer"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.sciencealert.com/first-of-</span><span class="invisible">its-kind-cell-transplant-brings-a-cure-for-diabetes-closer</span></a></p>
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<p>A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.</p><p>It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a></p>
<p>I'm flat-out amazed that we can monitor the currents of molten metal in Earth's outer core, 2200 kilometers underground--but we can. Lately, part of that flow has reversed direction, for reasons unknown. </p><p>There's a whole other dynamic world inside the world we see.</p><p><a href="https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Insights_into_Earth_s_molten_outer_core_from_space" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Insights_into_Earth_s_molten_outer_core_from_space"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.esa.int/Applications/Obser</span><span class="invisible">ving_the_Earth/FutureEO/Swarm/Insights_into_Earth_s_molten_outer_core_from_space</span></a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>
<p>Yes, you may be killed by falling human made space junk, but the odds remain small(ish) that will occur. The (almost inevitable) <a href="/tags/kesslersyndrome/" rel="tag">#KesslerSyndrome</a> may also prevent future <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> flights if all those <a href="/tags/satellites/" rel="tag">#satellites</a> in Low Earth Orbit start colliding, creating countless debris.</p><p>However, we *ALL* have to worry about the ‘chemical problem’ being created by SpaceX et al in the upper atmosphere. I have been banging on about this for a while and the attached article summarises the science in an easy to understand way - I have pasted the bit about the ‘chemical problem’ below because we *ALL* need to understand what the billionaires are doing to the planet while we are watching.</p><p>—————<br>Quote:</p><p>Debris on the ground attracts immediate attention, but atmospheric scientists are tracking a slower process with potentially larger consequences. When satellites vaporize in the mesosphere, 50 to 80 kilometers above Earth, they release clouds of vaporized metals that condense into aerosol particles. Those particles descend into the stratosphere, where Earth’s protective ozone layer resides.</p><p>Aluminum is the element of greatest concern. Upon reentry, aluminum oxidizes into aluminum oxide nanoparticles. A single 250 kilogram satellite generates roughly 30 kilograms of these particles. Unlike chlorofluorocarbons, which directly destroy ozone, aluminum oxide acts as a catalyst. One particle can facilitate chemical reactions that destroy thousands of ozone molecules over decades without being consumed.</p><p>Researchers from the University of Southern California’s Department of Astronautical Engineering documented an eightfold increase in atmospheric aluminum oxides between 2016 and 2022, directly correlating with the proliferation of satellite constellations, a finding reported in detail by CNET. In 2022 alone, reentering satellites released an estimated 41.7 metric tons of aluminum, approximately 30 percent more than the natural input from micrometeoroids.</p><p>Projections based on current deployment schedules suggest annual aluminum oxide emissions could reach 360 metric tons, a 646 percent increase over natural background levels, according to research highlighted by Popular Mechanics. Because these particles take 20 to 30 years to descend into the ozone layer, the atmospheric chemistry of today’s satellite fleet will not manifest as measurable ozone loss until the 2040s. By then, the upper atmosphere could already be saturated with catalysts.</p><p>NASA high altitude sampling flights over Alaska in 2023 detected the signature of this process. At approximately 60,000 feet, instruments found that 10 percent of stratospheric sulfuric acid particles larger than 120 nanometers contained aluminum and other metals traceable to spacecraft reentries, according to data presented at the American Astronomical Society meeting that year. The atmosphere now bears a permanent chemical marker of human activity in space.<br>—————<br><a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/thebillionairesarekillingusall/" rel="tag">#TheBillionairesAreKillingUsAll</a></p><p><a href="https://indiandefencereview.com/starlink-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="indiandefencereview.com/starlink-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indiandefencereview.com/starli</span><span class="invisible">nk-satellites-falling-nonstop-to-earth-risk/</span></a></p>
<p>If you're curious what causes that stuff threatening Garden Grove, Orange Co., CA to heat up while sitting in a tank, this EU data sheet details how things can go wrong and what can be done.</p><p>To summarize - it’s complicated. </p><p>It’s unstable material with a shelf-life that needs babying all along, and it's tricky to arrest a runaway reaction once it gets going. </p><p>Finding root cause of this failure will be a whole other game.</p><p><a href="https://www.petrochemistry.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Methacrylic-Esters-brochure-5-08.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.petrochemistry.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Methacrylic-Esters-brochure-5-08.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.petrochemistry.eu/wp-conte</span><span class="invisible">nt/uploads/2018/01/Methacrylic-Esters-brochure-5-08.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/gardengrove/" rel="tag">#gardengrove</a> <a href="/tags/airbornetoxicevent/" rel="tag">#airbornetoxicevent</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>
<p>My NSF CAREER proposal got recommended by the review panel and PO, but denied by “upper management” who has serious misgivings on the proposed research. Will hear more from the PO tomorrow.<br>This has been devastating, as we have worked so hard on this, and have put on so much hope/stake on it.<br>I work as a scientist in the US because I believed academic freedom, but it seems not existing anymore.<br>I guess it’s time to really move on… I will seriously look for an alternative career.<br><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/nsf/" rel="tag">#NSF</a></p>
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<p>NewScientist: "Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed as preventative treatments" </p><p><p>This is both so logical and yet absurdly like a science fiction story ... </p></p><p><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newscientist.com/article/2516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newscientist.com/article/2</span><span class="invisible">516079-paediatricians-blood-used-to-make-new-treatments-for-rsv-and-colds/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
China is waging war on Alzheimer’s. What can its approach teach the rest of the world?
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<p>First cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in northern elephant seals confirmed in California <a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-cases-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2026-02-cases-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2026-02-cases-hi</span><span class="invisible">ghly-pathogenic-avian-influenza.html</span></a> 🦭 <a href="/tags/pinnipeds/" rel="tag">#Pinnipeds</a> <a href="/tags/marinemammals/" rel="tag">#MarineMammals</a> <a href="/tags/marinelife/" rel="tag">#MarineLife</a> <a href="/tags/marinebiology/" rel="tag">#MarineBiology</a> <a href="/tags/seals/" rel="tag">#Seals</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/h5n1/" rel="tag">#H5N1</a> <a href="/tags/birdflu/" rel="tag">#BirdFlu</a></p>
<p>What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 22 February 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9</span></a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#housing</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/product/" rel="tag">#product</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/lean/" rel="tag">#lean</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>
<p>Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week</p><p><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2517389-human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.newscientist.com/article/2517389-human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.newscientist.com/article/2</span><span class="invisible">517389-human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/distopia/" rel="tag">#distopia</a></p>
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<p>A lab mate shared this write up of Don Knuth using LLMs to solve a math problem: <a href="https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~k</span><span class="invisible">nuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf</span></a></p><p>It's clear that using Claude did help them arrive at some new understanding here, which is wonderful. I'm happy for them.</p><p>However, I'm upset by how much they personify Claude and attribute the solution to "him."</p><p>From this narrative, it's clear that the humans were very actively involved from beginning to end. Claude was a helpful tool, but it did not solve this problem on its own. What role did it actually play? How was it like or unlike a human collaborator on this problem?</p><p>It did generate a crucial insight, but where did that come from? Was it plagiarized from some unknown source? Did it "just emerge" from text completion and interpolation in latent space? Do we need some other explanation for Claude's apparent creativity?</p><p>These folks don't care. They just wanted a solution, which they attribute to Claude, and leave it at that. I think that's a serious problem.</p><p><a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#llm</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/math/" rel="tag">#math</a></p>
<p>RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.</p><p>History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a></p>
<p>What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 22 March 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-march-2026-ae4b1344e6d3" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-march-2026-ae4b1344e6d3"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-march-2026-ae4b1344e6d3</span></a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/leadership/" rel="tag">#leadership</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>