Why AI Needs A Sense Of Smell | NOEMA Scent is a vital component of human intelligence. But in our quest to advance artificial intelligence, nobody seems to care about it.

AI can't smell, but it does stink.

What Happens When Peer Review Forgets Demarcation How Oxford, LARB, and a chorus of praise turned credulity into scholarship and deepened epistemic injury

"A reader encountering that chorus receives a very clear signal: suspicion is unnecessary here, because the institutions have already done the doubting for you. But the trust in this case would have been wholly misplaced."

"American Cosmic" and the dancing woo-woo masters.

Movements Need the Critical Thinking That AI Destroys Struggles against oppression start with people critically reflecting on their experiences. What happens to such struggles when we outsource our thinking to AI and replace human interlocutors with syco...

"Struggles against oppression start with people critically reflecting on their experiences. What happens to such struggles when we outsource our thinking to AI and replace human interlocutors with sycophantic chatbots?"

Further commentary would be superfluous ...

Live updates: Trump pulls back on Iran threats for two weeks, subject to Iran agreeing to terms President Donald Trump says he’s pulling back on his threats to widen attacks on Iran — subject to Iran being ready for a two-week ceasefire and to reopen Strait of Hormuz.

TACO Tuesday:

How PayPal and Other Platforms Help Silence Alternative Media “We were punished.” That’s how Joe Lauria, the editor in chief of Consortium News, described PayPal’s decision to cut off their account. Lauria has spent decades writing about international affairs…

"When PayPal closed Consortium News’ account in May 2022, it held $9,000 of Consortium News’ funds. PayPal didn’t offer an explanation for why it shut off Consortium News’ account. But Lauria believes it was directly connected to their coverage of the war in Ukraine."

It never bode well for civilization to have the stupidest man on the planet also be the most powerful.

As Lawsuits Against Trump Pile Up, Strategies Shift The government has secured some notable wins, but plaintiffs aiming to rein in Trump’s higher ed agenda still hold the upper hand, an Inside Higher Ed analysis shows.

"of more than 60 key higher ed lawsuits, the government has the upper hand in just 17 cases as of April 1. Those include cases regarding the rights of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency and whether the government can add a $100,000 fee to H-1B visas."

Andrew Tate Doesn’t Get the Point of Books The erosion of deep reading weakens our capacity to grasp complex ideas.

"So I try to see reading not as a plate of vegetables, but as a glass of wine. Just as we don’t sip an earthy red in order to work our way through the stocks in a cellar, we shouldn’t read just to diminish the pile of books on our desk. There is pleasure in an attentive sip."

The Real Cancel Culture: NYU Has Put an End to Live Student Graduation Speeches Though New York University contingent faculty’s ongoing strike is the biggest news of late from campus, the institution’s  suspect labor practices aren’t the only recent damning headlines: NYU is a…

“The ruling class knows that if you give the smartest person in the room a microphone they’re probably going to say Free Palestine.”

“Technophobe!” A Short History of An Insult On May 13th 1985, a Police Department helicopter hovering above 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia made history: it dropped 11/4-pound blocks of C-4 explosives, making it the first time a U.S. …

"What interests me in accusations of techno-phobia is ... the work that this subtle, but crucial labelling of ‘techno-phobia’ does by reducing the divergent set of techno-negative emotions that fuel critiques of technology to just one specific feeling."

What Was Actually in the Mueller Report There is an enormous amount of misinformation circulating about former Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S.

Anyone else who engaged in obstruction on the scale that Trump did would have been indicted.

Michel Chaouli: "Do You Actually Have to Finish That Novel?" A critic and self-described "nonfinisher" considers why we feel guilty about abandoning books—and what the endings of novels can teach us about the…

"I prefer this way of seeing things. Now the books lying all over the house, books I have started and will probably never finish, are signs not of fickleness but of a robust indifference to societal norms. Now I am no malingerer, but rather a champion of the erotics of art."

YouTube Accused Of Training Its AI With New Video Prompt Asking 'Does This Feel Like AI Slop?' YouTube just launched a new popup survey asking viewers if videos look like "AI slop," spurring theories that they're training their own bot.

YouTube wants your unpaid assistance in refining AI slop:

Juliana Stratton wins Illinois Democratic Senate primary race The progressive candidate was behind Krishnamoorthi until she got an infusion of cash from Governor Pritzker

HOLY SH!T1!1!1!1!
I'd have bet money the a$$hole was going to take it!
Stratton for the win!

BREAKING NEWS (PARODY)

US drops its biggest bomb EVER in IRAN

B52 Dropped DVDS of MELANIA THE MOVIE

FILM AT 11

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I'm not revealing any state secrets here. This is nothing more than the common sense developed from reading Sun Tzu many times, fencing (where feints are important), playing Avalon Hill games, and watching movies.

First we have to see if anyone is dumb enough to take up Jabba on his offer.