Joe @twitskeptic@qoto.org

Al Jaffee, originator of the Mad magazine "fold-in" dies at 102. One of the best satirical cartoonists ever.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/arts/al-jaffee-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=J9ddKdoT0ZRaE1WItr1SukTehunZef3TeXSsAGeP161DUmumMir9pJWfpZcdESLOz22YCcLteCjdibrbeZWlJy92nuPWVuBMTLRbz23OScuuH0Rj20pwZPA78VOmt9wzQqXsfzcH_fhWDjumIxGf-29XRcTPCfVHf_B7FVLONGYXfQt_9qqLQ0DhPmjWF2XezmNGHucjX5WZo9XpDI4QoPUhLfR4VRzbCUl5O0WTtMoJQ6pIVXoMYMJ3RAQRzwQZNGTqYS3NBQL42OqQAeEvOM0p_yhc7lGzIkTXN2_CMa7LhsluJodJG-V_w4HfmpHWLX5Pp6G4&smid=url-share

Elon weighs in on aging.

@ct_bergstrom

I'm sure all those exploited workers who were payed $1.25 to think about this for five minutes were carefully considering the philosophical implications of their answers. I guess you just have to put "ChatGPT" in the title and you get a pass through peer review.

BTW, Google offers a utilitarian answer too. I was hoping for some effective altruism but it let me down.

@ct_bergstrom So good that a third ski is just waiting to protect your fractured tibia!

@ct_bergstrom Yeah, that joke didn't really work, did it? "I aim at the stars (but sometimes I hit London)"

@ct_bergstrom Both ChatGPT and GPT-4 compensate for Google by underestimating the Rosy Wolf Snail by 1 or 2 orders of magnitude. But the geometric mean is pretty close to the right answer!

This is proof that they're talking and AGI is here. Cross posting on Twitter now.

@ct_bergstrom When Grifters Cry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1pMu2NT0Q

Nothing deceptive from Fox News here, nope none at all.

If you're into astronomy, this is just so wild - a black hole ejected from a galaxy created a 200,000 light-year long trail (larger than our own galaxy) of new stars. https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-010

@freakonometrics The real headline - I asked ChatGPT to code a handlful of specific code snippets - isn't quite as clickbaity.

Idaho becomes the first state to officially endorse the Taliban. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/idaho-becomes-first-state-to-restrict-interstate-travel-for-abortions/

@Riedl USA Today has gotta be thrilled.

@Popehat Note that the student petition didn't even bother to mention two of the most common PTSD categories: motor vehicle accidents and traumatic injury/illness/death of a loved one.

@ct_bergstrom Just trust the companies! That's the kind of ethics advice you get from one of leading figures in the field.

The guy's becoming the Elon of AI research.

https://venturebeat.com/ai/10-years-on-ai-pioneers-hinton-lecun-li-say-deep-learning-revolution-will-continue/

@jetjocko Just substitute "nuclear weapons" for AI in that screenshot. Remarkable how arrogant some of these folks are.