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Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after
Ethan Mollick
Amid todays AI boom, its disconcerting that we still dont know how to measure how smart, creative, or empathetic these systems are. Our tests for these traits, never great in the first place, were ma ...[Continue Reading]
Oneusefulthing.org
over 1 year ago
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Warriors' Steve Kerr was shocked' by Steph Curry's eye condition revelation
Kevin Topley
Warriors' Steve Kerr was 'shocked' by Steph Curry's eye condition revelation originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Steve Kerr had noticed something about Warriors' star Steph Curry for years. H ...[Continue Reading]
Nbcsportsbayarea.com
1 day ago
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Why AI-powered romance scams are harder than ever to spot
Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. Earlier this month six men were extradited from South Africa for allegedly conning more than 100 U.S. women out of more ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
1 day ago
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Trump Personifies the Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Ross Rosenfeld
An Italian economic historian and UC-Berkeley professor whod seen fascism firsthand and was writing in the wake of the Vietnam War, Cipolla wanted to determine how advanced societies commit truly stu ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago
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The Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough Investigation
Timothy Noah
There is of course plenty to investigate with no corruption angle per se, just catastrophic and/or illegal governance. For example: You could hold an entire hearing to calculate how many people Rober ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago
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How Trump Won the Russia Messaging Warand How the Democrats Lost It
David Corn
Third, while denying there was any wrongdoing and defining the terms of the scandal to his advantage, Trump also engaged in a series of deflections. Looking to change the subject, he alleged that ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago