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Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
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🔴 **Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician.**
_“Language models train on large databases of knowledge, so you moment you make a database of maths questions public, the language models will train on it. And then if you ask such a model a question from the database they’ll probably just rattle off the answer which they already saw.”_
🔗 https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/can-ai-do-maths-yet-thoughts-from-a-mathematician/
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The ice at Santa's workshop is thinning away... #NorthPole 🎁🧑🎄
Check out my blog from November 2022 for more on this graphic: https://zacklabe.com/blog-archive-2022/
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22 Dec 1668: d. Stephen Day first printer in the British American colonies #otd in Cambridge Massachusetts (Library of Congess)
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How many countries are there in 2024?
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/how-many-countries-are-there?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into SCIENCEFOCUS.COM @sciencefocus-com-sciencefocus
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📚🖋️ #JohannesGutenberg is commonly perceived as the inventor of #printing, yet, #Asia pioneered printing centuries earlier. From the #DiamondSutra of 868 CE from #China to #Korea's metal movable type predating #Gutenberg's Bible by 80 years, Asia's innovations laid the groundwork for global information exchange. Inspired by a visit to the #GutenbergMuseum in #Mainz, I explored the fascinating history of printing in this article:
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Earlier today I read that Generation Z reads less than earlier generations and over-estimates its knowledge gained from absorbing non-stop tiny nuggets of social-media spun information etc.
Now this finding:
Reading enlarges brain mass in at least one area related to empathic capability.
In other words, reading immerses us in the feelings and experiences of others, decreasing an otherwise very narcissistic worldview.
https://neurosciencenews.com/reading-language-emotion-neuroscience-28246/
@dwvxulblj I am sorry I do not click on links to websites I do not know.
@maxleibman That it is for sure.
OpenAI project to improve ChatGPT behind schedule as costs soar: report https://seekingalpha.com/news/4389549-openai-project-to-improve-chatgpt-beh...
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I guess I'm on a bookstore kick this week so here are some more cool book store photos. This time it's Old Capitol Books in Monterey, CA. It's a pint sized used bookstore.
I shot these with with an ultra-wide angle so the shop looks a lot roomier than it really is. In reality, it's about the size of a studio apartment and the photo of the storefront shows almost the entire store.
🔴 🇬🇧 **Newly uncovered sites reveal true power of great Viking army in Britain**
Dalya Alberge
_“The finds reflect that the great army was not simply a military force but a community of men, women, children, craftworkers and merchants. The new evidence reflects the wide range of activities undertaken at the camps, from creating metalwork, minting coins and engaging in trade.”_
#Archaeology #Archaeodons #Vikings #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #Britain #History #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
🔴 🇪🇸 📸 **Roman Aqueduct Segovia night 2012**
#Image attribution: Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Aqueduct_Segovia_night_2012_Spain.jpg.
#Night #Image #Photo #Photography #Segovia #Spain #Roman #Europe
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Spotify is a creepy, and grossly unethical, platform at this point. it rips off musicians and rewards huge companies -- and itself. Apparently what it's doing is legal, however.
This is great reporting, from a new book by Liz Pelly. A compelling read.
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/
🔴 🇸🇬 📸 **Singapore Night Time Skyline Panorama**
#Image attribution: Mustang Joe, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Singapore_Night_Time_Skyline_Panorama_(54212129482).jpg
🔴 🇬🇱 🛰️ **Incredible satellite images show Greenland’s massive ice sheet melting**
Julia Musto in New York
_“Altogether, the ice sheet shrank by 563 cubic miles, losing enough mass to fill Africa’s Lake Victoria. The most extreme thinning occurred at the glaciers along its edge, including those known as Jakobshavn Isbræ and Zachariae Isstrøm.”_
🔗 https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/greenland-map-satellite-melting-ice-b2668161.html
#Images #Science #Climate #ClimateChange #Arctic #Greenland @science @climatechange
🔴 💻 🎥 **How AI Got a Reality Check**
Bloomberg Originals
_“Two years ago, OpenAI’s ChatGPT became the tech industry’s biggest product in years. Now, leading developers like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are finding their models aren’t improving as dramatically as they once did and profitability remains elusive.”_
#Video length: eight minutes and fifty-three seconds.
The #holiday season has started, well at least for me.
@PascalH Nuclear energy has its own set of problems.
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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