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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

Does anyone else enjoy the hobby of doom scrolling youtube for content about the potential dangers of AI?

I don’t see Gabor’s explanation as totally distinct from the fact that social media spreads misinformation, since that spread contributes to and is facilitated by e.g. the erosion of trust in epistemic institutions, the politicization of education, etc

Random question popped into my head this morning: what will happen first, economically viable fusion power or cure for dementia? (I think the common thread is just, I hope these happen someday)

The “good guy with a gun” theory in action

In Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen says he wants to know if love is real. I don’t understand this question. Isn’t the answer just yes? What are people who ask if love is real wondering about?

I was thinking: Next time I need an example for a Frege case, I am going to use Bounty is the Quicker Picker Upper. But then I started wondering if Quicker Picker Upper is a name or a description. I think it’s a name though. Could some other paper towel have been the Quicker Picker Upper?

OK here’s a possible solution to the chatgpt situation: students must turn in essays composed on an old fashioned typewriter. They could still copy an essay from chatgpt, yes, but if you have to put in that much effort anyway who would do that? And it has a certain retro aesthetic that we need now