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Shrew
@shrewshrew.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist/mouse psychologist and mad about it. She
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · May 4
Today I am wondering about the insights we could have about the brain if we didn't insist that it recapitulates western power structures

For example, to what degree are our hypotheses about prefrontal cortex limited because we call its processes "executive functions" instead of like, "mothering"
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Bar Mageddon @barmageddon.bsky.social · 3d
nobody is allowed to be mean to me for a period of ever again
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 3d
When have I ever said men were allowed to speak
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 3d
He's so far behind Jeff. He's wandering into Mr Mayonnaise's domain and asking to hold the mayo
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 3d
How dare u you know I'm a Rekha fan
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 3d
But you're just telling your little friends. Run along with you then
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 3d
The way this came up on my phone I thought you had texted me this and I was about to remind you that all television that isn't on dropout is unworthy of my notice
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 5d
As the prophet once said
It is Wednesday my dudes
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 5d
The Naturalistic Truthaccy
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Antonio Byrd @writesantonio.bsky.social · 6d
Why is the economy still doing relatively well? We invested money in AI infrastructure which I’m sure has a few loose nuts and bolts on its legs 👀
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
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Kevin Wright @kevinmawright.bsky.social · 7d
@shrewshrew.bsky.social, Don't forget to hydrate this winter:

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Programmed seasonal brain shrinkage in the common shrew via water loss without cell death
Baldoni et al. reveal that common shrews naturally shrink their brains in winter by reducing cell size and water content rather than through cell loss, maintaining brain function through reversible, e...
www.cell.com
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 9d
Why is it so humid. I thought I left humidity behind when I moved to the mainland. why is it obsessed with me
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Jam2go @jam2go.com · 15d
I’ve been training my cat to play ambient music.

Last night he hit me with this hauntingly beautiful chord change after 10 minutes of A7sus4
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'dro👻 @clowndro.bsky.social · 11d
[letter to vitamin company]

So your ad said that this supplement "helps with memory loss" but I'm still remembering stuff
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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 19d
My many enemies will be furious to know that I found a luxurious new hat at the bus station
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 23d
I do gotta hand it to them that they at least decided to ask the question "can it understand information" rather than interacting with AI billionaire style, eg "it instantly understands all human knowledge including complicated science almost no one understands and would be my friend if I had those"
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Kurt Fraser @kurtfraser.bsky.social · 26d
This is actually who is behind ChatGPT. Just thousands and thousands of layers of rodents on their phones
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 26d
Why is this the first I am hearing about rodents having thumbnails??

Well anyways if they have thumbs we can give them tiny phones and tiny social medias and maybe tiny sports betting apps. No better mousetrap has ever been devised

@smithsonianmag.bsky.social www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r...
Rodents Conquered the World With the Help of Their Thumbnails, Study Suggests
The trait might have given rodents greater manual dexterity, allowing them to access new foods, such as nuts
www.smithsonianmag.com
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 26d
Oh that is a legitimate great tip ty
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Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 26d
Smh. Taking good middle class jobs from comically antisocial confident lieHUMANS
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
Ok how do I turn this into an op ed
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
I teach about how casinos and gambling apps drive compulsive use via providing the right rate of "close enough" payoffs to destroy peoples finances and lives for profit

and it honestly feels like such childs play compared to AI companies running this playbook to destroy fact itself
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
Univeraally the wisest and most chill kind of human
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · Jul 15
It is *pleasurable* to be certain about what we should do. Our brain enters a different state. We like it so much we spend time and money to keep doing that activity.

Uncertainty, thinking, failing? they can't compete.

A real problem is: at their core, AIs are slot machines where you win certainty
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METR @metr.org · Jul 10
When AI is allowed, developers spend less time actively coding and searching for information, and instead spend time prompting AI, waiting on/reviewing AI outputs, and idle. We find no single reason for the slowdown—it’s driven by a combination of factors.
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
I teach about how casinos and gambling apps drive compulsive use via providing the right rate of "close enough" payoffs to destroy peoples finances and lives for profit

and it honestly feels like such childs play compared to AI companies running this playbook to destroy fact itself
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
I teach about how casinos and gambling apps drive compulsive use via providing the right rate of "close enough" payoffs to destroy peoples finances and lives for profit

and it honestly feels like such childs play compared to AI companies running this playbook to destroy fact itself
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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 27d
We will repetitively, compulsively, make choices that make our lives simpler and nothing is simpler than being right 😎

Our brave silicon valley overlords have simply found a way to offer the feeling of being right without worrying about any pesky "actually being right"
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