Niel
@nielflamarich.bsky.social
Científic de dades | Data Scientist.
AI.
Physics dropout.
AI.
Physics dropout.
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
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European Commission asked by 73 scientists to withdraw 'AI hype' statement
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
European Commission asked by 73 scientists to withdraw 'AI hype' statement | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
MLex Summary: Seventy-three scientists from Europe, the UK and North America asked the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen to withdraw a statement claiming AI would reach human-level ...
www.mlex.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
European Commission asked by 73 scientists to withdraw 'AI hype' statement
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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El Comitè LIBE del Parlament Europeu ha aprovat una proposta per ampliar els poders d'Europol en matèria de recollida i processament de dades biomètriques. Això marca un pas significatiu cap a l'aprovació d'una reforma que permetrà establir un "estat policial digital" a Europa.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
El Comitè LIBE del Parlament Europeu ha aprovat una proposta per ampliar els poders d'Europol en matèria de recollida i processament de dades biomètriques. Això marca un pas significatiu cap a l'aprovació d'una reforma que permetrà establir un "estat policial digital" a Europa.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
Um…you can prove it’s not true, and more generally that AGI via learning is impossible. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social did.
Um…you can prove it’s not true, and more generally that AGI via learning is impossible. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social did.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
Um…you can prove it’s not true, and more generally that AGI via learning is impossible. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social did.
Um…you can prove it’s not true, and more generally that AGI via learning is impossible. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social did.
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Are we the only rational thinkers? New research on our primate cousins suggests otherwise
Chimps Can Rethink Their Beliefs—Just Like Humans
Are we the only rational thinkers? New research on our primate cousins suggests otherwise
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are we the only rational thinkers? New research on our primate cousins suggests otherwise
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The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The monster eye at the center of a still strengthening Hurricane Melissa.
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There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
AI Is the Bubble to Burst Them All
I talked to the scholars who literally wrote the book on tech bubbles—and applied their test.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles.
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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openai are disgusting freaks
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
openai are disgusting freaks
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Aquesta mes d'octubre l'Electronic Frontier Foundation ha començat una iniciativa molt interessant, una sèrie de consells diaris per ajudar a les persones a millorar la privacitat de les seves dades, i minimitzar el rastre digital que deixen.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Aquesta mes d'octubre l'Electronic Frontier Foundation ha començat una iniciativa molt interessant, una sèrie de consells diaris per ajudar a les persones a millorar la privacitat de les seves dades, i minimitzar el rastre digital que deixen.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Google says it has solved a problem on a quantum processor faster than a classical computer, and is optimistic about future scientific applications
go.nature.com/4ql1B3O
go.nature.com/4ql1B3O
Google claims ‘quantum advantage’ again — but researchers are sceptical
The firm says it has solved a problem on a quantum processor faster than a classical computer, and is optimistic about future scientific applications.
go.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Google says it has solved a problem on a quantum processor faster than a classical computer, and is optimistic about future scientific applications
go.nature.com/4ql1B3O
go.nature.com/4ql1B3O
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We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
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'Be authentic' and 'curate your personal brand' are contradictory instructions we've somehow convinced an entire generation to follow simultaneously
October 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
'Be authentic' and 'curate your personal brand' are contradictory instructions we've somehow convinced an entire generation to follow simultaneously
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Cultivate a compassionate, coherent, evidence-based intellectual framework or live entirely at the mercy of malicious bullshit, those are really the two options.
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cultivate a compassionate, coherent, evidence-based intellectual framework or live entirely at the mercy of malicious bullshit, those are really the two options.
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Geostationary satellites are leaking critical data, transmitting sensitive communications in the clear. With just $800 of consumer hardware, researchers intercepted military, telecom, retail, and infrastructure traffic. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...
October 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Geostationary satellites are leaking critical data, transmitting sensitive communications in the clear. With just $800 of consumer hardware, researchers intercepted military, telecom, retail, and infrastructure traffic. satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...
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"Dunbar's Number" is a zombie that lives forever in the science press it seems. Estimates of Dunbar's Number with 95% intervals, for a range of model specifications (from doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... ):
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Dunbar's Number" is a zombie that lives forever in the science press it seems. Estimates of Dunbar's Number with 95% intervals, for a range of model specifications (from doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... ):
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Without Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) in psychology (doi.org/10.31234/osf...) we risk the following:
1️⃣ misunderstanding statistical models, thinking correlation is causation;
2️⃣ confusing statistical models and cognitive models, undermining theory;
3️⃣ going against stated open science norms.
4/
1️⃣ misunderstanding statistical models, thinking correlation is causation;
2️⃣ confusing statistical models and cognitive models, undermining theory;
3️⃣ going against stated open science norms.
4/
October 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Without Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) in psychology (doi.org/10.31234/osf...) we risk the following:
1️⃣ misunderstanding statistical models, thinking correlation is causation;
2️⃣ confusing statistical models and cognitive models, undermining theory;
3️⃣ going against stated open science norms.
4/
1️⃣ misunderstanding statistical models, thinking correlation is causation;
2️⃣ confusing statistical models and cognitive models, undermining theory;
3️⃣ going against stated open science norms.
4/
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In a huge coincidence, a Bitcoin billionaire just-so-happened to put up massive leveraged bets against Bitcoin and Ethereum right before Trump posted about new tariffs on China, prompting a market crash.
$200m in profits instantly. $200m we know about, because they likely used many accounts.
$200m in profits instantly. $200m we know about, because they likely used many accounts.
Early Bitcoin Whale Shorted $1.1B Right Before Tariffs, Now Up $27M - How Did He Know?
Satoshi-era whale shorted $1.1B in BTC and ETH 30 minutes before Trump tariffs, banking $190M-$200M as liquidations hit $19.33B.
cryptonews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In a huge coincidence, a Bitcoin billionaire just-so-happened to put up massive leveraged bets against Bitcoin and Ethereum right before Trump posted about new tariffs on China, prompting a market crash.
$200m in profits instantly. $200m we know about, because they likely used many accounts.
$200m in profits instantly. $200m we know about, because they likely used many accounts.
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これ面白かった。秘匿性が高い通信アプリの筆頭格であるsignalのMeredith Whittaker（元Googleの研究者）のインタビュー。
GoogleやMicrosoft、Apple等々のテック企業は基本的にユーザーの個人情報や利用情報などのプライバシーを餌として利用することを通して利益を上げていることや、その最たる例として昨今のAI技術が使われていることを解説している。私たちがネット上で日々交わしているあらゆるメッセージは、常に誰かに利用されるリスクに晒されており、それに対して人権としてのプライバシーが主張される。
youtube.com/watch?v=8BUU...
GoogleやMicrosoft、Apple等々のテック企業は基本的にユーザーの個人情報や利用情報などのプライバシーを餌として利用することを通して利益を上げていることや、その最たる例として昨今のAI技術が使われていることを解説している。私たちがネット上で日々交わしているあらゆるメッセージは、常に誰かに利用されるリスクに晒されており、それに対して人権としてのプライバシーが主張される。
youtube.com/watch?v=8BUU...
【あなたのチャットはもう"晒されている”】1億人のメッセージアプリ・シグナル代表 メレディス・ウィテカー／巨大テック「無料」の裏に“監視ビジネス”／ChatGPTは個人情報を「食い尽くす」【1on1】
YouTube video by TBS CROSS DIG with Bloomberg
youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
これ面白かった。秘匿性が高い通信アプリの筆頭格であるsignalのMeredith Whittaker（元Googleの研究者）のインタビュー。
GoogleやMicrosoft、Apple等々のテック企業は基本的にユーザーの個人情報や利用情報などのプライバシーを餌として利用することを通して利益を上げていることや、その最たる例として昨今のAI技術が使われていることを解説している。私たちがネット上で日々交わしているあらゆるメッセージは、常に誰かに利用されるリスクに晒されており、それに対して人権としてのプライバシーが主張される。
youtube.com/watch?v=8BUU...
GoogleやMicrosoft、Apple等々のテック企業は基本的にユーザーの個人情報や利用情報などのプライバシーを餌として利用することを通して利益を上げていることや、その最たる例として昨今のAI技術が使われていることを解説している。私たちがネット上で日々交わしているあらゆるメッセージは、常に誰かに利用されるリスクに晒されており、それに対して人権としてのプライバシーが主張される。
youtube.com/watch?v=8BUU...
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Unim-nos contra el feixisme i l'espanyolisme!
12 D'OCTUBRE, RES A CELEBRAR, TOT PER LLUITAR
✊🏼📣
No es poden continuar celebrant les massacres i dominacions europees com si no hagués passat res.
12 D'OCTUBRE, RES A CELEBRAR, TOT PER LLUITAR
✊🏼📣
No es poden continuar celebrant les massacres i dominacions europees com si no hagués passat res.
October 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Unim-nos contra el feixisme i l'espanyolisme!
12 D'OCTUBRE, RES A CELEBRAR, TOT PER LLUITAR
✊🏼📣
No es poden continuar celebrant les massacres i dominacions europees com si no hagués passat res.
12 D'OCTUBRE, RES A CELEBRAR, TOT PER LLUITAR
✊🏼📣
No es poden continuar celebrant les massacres i dominacions europees com si no hagués passat res.
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The audacity to anthropomorphize machines being built by corporations
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The audacity to anthropomorphize machines being built by corporations
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
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It's Nobel Prize week! A good time to remember that the economics prize was created by Swedish bankers in 1968 (67 years after the 5 original Nobel prizes) against the wishes of the Nobel family, partly to legitimize neoclassical economics in the public eye and partly to help banks avoid regulation.
Philip Mirowski - Why Is There a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics?
YouTube video by New Economic Thinking
m.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's Nobel Prize week! A good time to remember that the economics prize was created by Swedish bankers in 1968 (67 years after the 5 original Nobel prizes) against the wishes of the Nobel family, partly to legitimize neoclassical economics in the public eye and partly to help banks avoid regulation.