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The assertion that LLMs are “capable of surprisingly sophisticated reasoning” is supported with a link an article @willknight wrote on the “Sparks of AGI” paper + criticism of it.

Extruding synthetic text is not reasoning. If the extruded text looks like something sensible, it is because we have made sense of it. I find it dismaying that even critical journalists like @willknight feel a need to repeat these tropes.

—@emilymbender

It’s the anniversary of The Moon landing! (Apollo 11 specifically)

Did you know that NASA still has scientists studying the rocks that were collected on The Moon?

It’s because they set some aside to wait for technology to catch up with our curiosity.

We are still learning about The Moon to this day thanks to all the people that worked on the Apollo missions.

—@OkieSpaceQueen

This is a credible proposal for DRM for websites in general. It would enable unbeatable adblock-blocking. It would prevent user customization for not just convenience but also accessibility.

I do not say this lightly: Enabling the forfeiture of control over the browsing experience is a fundamentally evil idea that must be rejected now, as it has been in the past, and we must remain vigilant against its reemergence in the future.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md

—@gsderp

I hadn’t heard.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/kevin-mitnick-11371668

RIP Kevin Mitnick

A controversial figure in the #infosec scene.

I had a “Free Kevin” sticker on my first “laptop” (a 200 megahertz monster if I recall) in the 90s.

At my last job I worked with KnowBe4 tools, though never met him personally.

—@pseudonym

I really, really want to be pro-AI and pro the many positive things that AI can do for people and the world at large. But the executives deploying these systems are making it increasingly difficult to take this view because the execs keep making terrible unforced errors one after another.

—@lauren

I just boosted toots from @pluralistic about PE and, in particular, new proposed merger guidelines from the FCC. If you’re an American, I encourage you to read Cory’s thread, then check out the proposed guidelines and *post a public comment in support*. This kind of stuff is a prime target for astroturfing.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/07/ftc-doj-seek-comment-draft-merger-guidelines

—@specwill

@BlackAzizAnansi
We tend to talk about tech as a monolith, but within the industry there are clear class and power divides. My prediction is that much like other unionization pushes, it will start with the actual labor force that has been repeatedly exploited. The programmers, developers, and other folks who get screwed repeatedly by not having their contracts honored.

—@ElleGelato

NASA may have just cracked the code for replacing lithium in batteries: ‘Double or even triple the energy’

They’re trying to use solid state batteries.

https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-may-just-cracked-code-101500998.html

#Energy #CleanEnergy #battery

—@ppatel