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2025-04-30

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The Debt-Ridden Superpower: What Is It?

The US gov must roll 🥐$9t over by the end of 2026 (a lot of that was in short to medium term maturities - 2, 3, and 5-year treasuries with...

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This is cool: Maria Popova & indie bookstore chain McNally Jackson are...

This is cool: Maria Popova & indie bookstore chain McNally Jackson are collaborating on publishing a selection of “forgotten masterworks that deserve a second life”. 💬 Join the discussion on...

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Mark Zuckerberg's Wife Was Weirded Out by His Strange Gift to Her

Swing and a Miss Two months ago, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines when he took the stage in a baby blue jumpsuit to perform for his wife's birthday. Priscilla Chan, the...

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“This Is What a University Looks Like”

Students and faculty from Columbia University recently held a “25-hour speak-out” in support of academic freedom. Some of the remarks made during the speak-out are published at Rise Up, Columbia:...

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Every house you can buy in Oblivion Remastered, including upgrades and freebies

Every house (or castle) in Cyrodiil is a fantasy fixer-upper.

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'Be more like Larian, less like Activision': Ex-Call of Duty producer takes his old employer to task for prioritizing FOMO over quality

The XDefiant producer and former face of Call of Duty has some thoughts on CoD's live service shift.

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The Talk Show: ‘The Ratchet of Flippancy’

Craig Mod returns to the show to discuss his splendid new book, Things Become Other Things. Other topics include creating with AI tools (including programming), social media permanence vs. ephemerality,...

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Lonely Boomers Are Doomed Now That Scammers Are Using AI Filters to Make Themselves Look Like Beautiful Women

Let's face it: it's never been a particularly good time to be an elderly internet user. Folders can be tough to navigate, Facebook statuses are virtually indistinguishable from the Google...

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GPT-4o Responds to Negative Feedback

Published on April 30, 2025 8:20 PM GMTWhoops. Sorry everyone. Rolling back to a previous version.Here’s where we are at this point, now that GPT-4o is no longer an absurd...

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Animal Welfare: Anthropic Has Failed, at AI Consciousness Research

AI companies that are doing research to understand the inner workings of AI models are already doing AI consciousness or LLMs sentience research. For humans, consciousness is how the mind...

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EA says Codemasters won't be making any more rally games: 'We've reached the end of the road working on WRC'

The FIA says it's going in an "ambitious new direction" with future WRC game releases, but for Codemasters it's the end of an era.

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From Kirkus, a list of the Best Books of the 21st Century...

From Kirkus, a list of the Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far). I’ve read some of these but want to add the rest to my pile. 💬 Join...

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The Botched Kerning on Pope Francis’s Tomb

Mark Wilson, writing for Fast Company: Pope Francis’s tomb is simple by design. Francis — a modest man who opted to live in humble quarters alongside his peers rather than...

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State of play of AI progress (and related brakes on an intelligence explosion) [Linkpost]

Published on April 30, 2025 7:58 PM GMTThis time around, I'm sharing a post on Interconnects on why he doesn't believe that the AI 2027 scenario by @Daniel Kokotajlo and...

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Woxa Corporation Continues to Lead Innovation in Fintech and AI Algorithmic Trading

Woxa Corp, a Lithuania-based fintech innovator with operations in Thailand, is advancing AI algorithmic trading and financial platforms under CEO Takin Jitjanuruk. With a global team and investments in Web3,...

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ChatGPT Is Already Bungling Product Recommendations

ChatGPT just received a big update to give you better shopping recommendations — but it's still suffering from the same old problem: dodgy responses. Unlike before, OpenAI's chatbot will now...

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Don't accuse your interlocutor of being insufficiently truth-seeking

Published on April 30, 2025 7:38 PM GMTI argue that you shouldn't accuse your interlocutor of being insufficiently truth-seeking. This doesn't mean you can't internally model their level of truth-seeking...

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How AposHealth Is Revolutionizing Chronic Pain Relief with AI and Wearable Tech

Medical innovation is tackling rising healthcare costs and shortages. AposHealth’s wearable device and AI-powered gait app offer non-surgical, personalized care for knee pain, allowing patients to improve mobility and reduce...

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