Jayson Massey @jaysonmassey@qoto.org

"To combat AI plagiarism and keep the tool in check, Princeton computer science and journalism student Edward Tian spent his winter break building GPTZero, an app that attempts to detect whether or not a body of text was human-written or AI-written."

#ai #computerscience

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3admg8/a-compsci-student-built-an-app-that-can-detect-chatgpt-generated-text

@wrigleyfield or car. Glitter never goes away! It's worse than nuclear waste!

Cybersecurity tip: Change the default password on your devices, even your car!

"Believe it or not, this incredibly creepy hack hinged on the fact that the companies were giving users the default password of “123456.”"

#cybersecurity #passwords

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pajpkg/how-a-hacker-tracked-thousands-of-cars-and-gained-the-ability-to-kill-their-engines

"One of Cobb’s most well-known articles was “Race and Runners” which appeared in 1936. He sought to refute the idea that Jesse Owens, a quadruple gold medalist in the 1936 “Nazi” Olympics, was superior because of African Americans’ innate physical prowess that corresponded to a decreased intelligence."

#scienceandenvironment #intelligence #jobs #anthropology

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/cobb-w-montague-1904-1990/

@markmetz Here's the instrumental. Innawebz do ya stuff.

NOTE: I think the basis of this beat is a Steely Dan sample, but I might be wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPVj8b18Qs

@markmetz He should def drop a mix tape over some old Biggie Smalls beats.

@alyssam_infosec The phrase "No one complained before" has a lot of "this the that way we've always done it!" energy.

"We don’t incinerate foods, we DIGEST them, and the efficiency of said digestion is multi-factorial, the result being that we probably absorb about 90% of the caloric energy from the food we eat."

https://forums.t-nation.com/t/6-giant-myths-about-calories/280622

How small is the difference between people?

"In fact, genetically, we are among the most similar at all species. Only one out of every 1000 nucleotides that make up our genetic code is different. One individual, um, another. These look like penguins have twice the amount of genetic difference. One from the other than humans. And these fruit flies, ten times more difference. Any to fruit flies maybe as different genetically from each other as a human is from a chimpanzee."

#race #biology #genetics

https://capture.udel.edu/media/RaceA+The+Power+of+an+Illusion%2C+Ep.+1A+The+Difference+Between+us/1_de7u5ihx/180544301

@consequence No wonder he's touring! Poor guy can't afford a shirt!

"For the league, it has worked. The NFL is the constructor of its own reality. Until Monday night, it was unclear if the league’s world-building abilities even had a limit. Now that threshold is obvious."

https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/damar-hamlin-injury-update-cardiac-arrest-nfl-response.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Sign up for CPR classes! Let's be prepared to help people like Pittsburgh native Delmar Hamlin

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class

"Here’s the scary thing: The tools and tactics that Russia used have now been co-opted by Republican operatives, fascists, and other weirdos to harass people, dox them, and spread misinformation."

#Russia #Republican #fascist #misinformation

https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/vpn-phone-computer-security-phishing-siri-tips.html

"More than ever, we saw efforts to catch and convict cyber criminals increase throughout the year"

#cybersecurity #2022recap

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilsayegh/2022/12/13/2022-in-review-an-eventful-cybersecurity-year/?sh=35941767352f

@briankrebs ATTN: @rmac18

Working on New Year's stuff. First, I worked out. Now I'm sore!

Next, I am cancelling subscriptions.

After that...going to bed early?

@BrentToderian I would like to find a place to talk about civic issues. Any suggestions? #ResolutionsForMyCity

@BrentToderian These are fantastic! Top work!