Eve Poole
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Eve Poole
@evepoole.bsky.social
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attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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Also in the paper this week:

@evepoole.bsky.social investigates attempts to bring a "personality" to #AI 💻
#PrisonsWeek - Cressie Gethin reflects on the UK’s penal system ⚖️
• Jonathan Evens sees #SpiritualBritten and #Darkness at The Red House Aldeburgh
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'If we are to build compassionate, cohesive societies, we need to understand religious education as something active, lifelong, evolving and to be taken seriously.' - pleased to be publishing this Theos report in Nov, on where people learn about other religions/worldviews beyond the classroom.
🎥 As part of #GrantsFocusWeek we’re sharing this video from @theosthinktank.bsky.social. Senior Researcher Hannah Rich introduces their project ‘Where is religion and worldviews education?’, supported by CSTG, exploring how learning happens in informal spaces.
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An introduction to Theos' "Where is religion and worldviews" project
YouTube video by Culham St Gabriel's
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[Withnail, close to tears] “I have become vulnerable in the night-time economy”.
Wake up Babe, a new euphemism for students getting drunk just dropped
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I know that energy usage from AI prompts comes up in classroom discussion all the time.

I hope this section in my latest post helps people provide a more grounded answer to the question, rather than just speculating or citing out-of-date information. www.oneusefulthing.org/p/mass-intel...
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August used to be the silly season for news. A reminder of what journalists risk to bring us news and makes sure the dark deeds of others are brought into the light.
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I think everyone interested in AI should read the model cards for the frontier models, especially the safety sections, which give you a sense of known risks:
Gemini Deep Think: storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-med...
Claude 4: www-cdn.anthropic.com/07b2a3f9902e...
o3: cdn.openai.com/pdf/2221c875...
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WIRED @wired.com · May 26
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
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In 1984, Francis Crick described a biological conundrum: Memories last years, while most molecules degrade in days or weeks. “How then is memory stored in the brain so that its trace is relatively immune to molecular turnover?” he wrote in Nature. www.quantamagazine.org/the-molecula...
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any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin

archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
On Harvard and my habit of trying to get bricks through scanners... www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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find other #writers!

I’m delighted to announce a new book, Pathways to Belonging, co-edited with Erin Weber-Johnson & Glen Bell w/ a foreword from Willie James Jennings.

#Belonging is the air we breathe, we need it to survive.

Pre-order: wipfandstock.com/979838520332...