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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 7h

we’ve gone so far past “sex workers are the canaries in the coal mine” re: internet freedom, to an internet that’s run off and robbed from all the sex workers in order to replace them with planet-destroying simulations of sex workers

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 10h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 7h

Israel Warns Gaza Still Harboring Hundreds Of Doctors https://theonion.com/israel-warns-gaza-still-harboring-hundreds-of-doctors-1850964439/

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 9h

doing the theory module next term and have no idea how to get things into 11 weeks.

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 10h

Marina Hyde column headline with her image below.
Headline: Trump is more Taylor Swift than Henry Kissinger

Andy Burnham phone meme - looking away in disgust

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 10h

D'Angelo now too? Wtf.

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 11h

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 11h

Labour's employer NI contribution changes were bad enough that they've got me, a communist, advocating for relieving the tax burden on businesses. Immigration changes are another self own for no gain.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 11h

One mistake Labour made in their first year is loading quite a few new costs onto business all at once. They are risking doing something similar on immigration, I think.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 12h

I'm from Stornoway and my family comes from Wick, so I have very little time for these travel hardship stories.

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 12h

Where's the celebrity backing for all the trips Wick have had to make down south? This is just central belt centric thinking as per usual.

Sir Alex Ferguson helps fund Glasgow club's Scottish Cup trip

The former Manchester United manager paid for overnight accommodation for Benburb FC before they play Wick.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 13h

ONLY migrants though, no one else is to study English because it's a rip off and a waste of time, am I getting this right.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 14h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Nye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 1d

Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

1984 is the most overrated books of all time and one of the least helpful books for understanding authoritarianism. In fact, I would go so far as saying it has had a small role in making centrists lose their minds this last decade.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

There is no shortcut to thinking, nor, indeed should there be in paid employment for thinking.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

The thing that fucks me off about this is the 12,000 job losses that have been announced in the sector. This openness about not doing your actual job is a spit in the face to those who now can't.

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.

A post from an academic on blue sky that says: "I'm learning about "prompt engineering" when asking LLMs to extract data. I now add this to all instructions:

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Be concise, analytic, and specific (cite page/figure if provided). If essential info is missing, keep going but flag Unclear and exact data needed. Never invent data.

#academicsky"

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Total banger. Definitely better than the Gareth Gates version.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Either she doesn't like her job or needs to join a trade union

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

I lost faith in her when she basically blocked anyone on the other place for offering mild criticism. I think Brexit got me blocked.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by the pwomise of the gweat pwagawism machine

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dead horse @hooved-mammal.bsky.social · 1d

OH MY GOD HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

IT CANT READ
IT CANT READ THE PAPERS
ITS NOT SENTIENT
ITS NOT INTELLIGENT

AM I IN HELL, IS THIS SOME CIRCLE OF HELL WHAT IS HAPPENING

Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine admitting that you didn’t do your own work and that you’re basing your claims to epistemic authority on the computational equivalent of a game of snap.

No, I already have the papers. I want it to read the papers.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Well, one of those songs you don't realise it's a cover. I think I only learned it was a cover quite recently!

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

I had the same feeling when I was in Copenhagen this summer.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

did an online OU tutorial. of course there's that male student doing an English course that says "as a writer, Thomas Hardy makes me pull my hair out"

Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Oh god, I love the Concretes. I was just ranting about how great they were to a friend last month. Of course this fits with your Scandi vibes.

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, Bob didn't go electric until this! Definitely in the spirit.

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