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Alex
@alexo.bsky.social
AI-skeptic AI researcher at the University of Toronto
If I’m reading this correctly, *directly next to Dufferin mall* is considered a “neighbourhood corner store”?
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Do the existing e-bikes support it (maybe with modification)? Or would they need to get entirely new bikes
October 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
They have been doing that for a long time. Early versions of GPT used Reddit comments sections to judge the quality of a response during model training.
May 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Although this is recommended, it’s actually not allowed for a car to run over a pedestrian because they aren’t pointing.
May 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Cars are significantly heavier than bicycles, and bring several orders of magnitude more energy into a collision even at the same speed as a bike.
May 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Provinces can’t unilaterally secede - see here: www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/do...

“secession of a province "under the Constitution" could not be achieved unilaterally, that is, without principled negotiation with other participants in Confederation within the existing constitutional framework.”
www.canlii.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The "leading" numbers really don't mean much. This is evidence of that
April 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You’re absolutely right about how image “generation” works but it is a little different for text since it’s word by word. The quoted post is right, though, LLMs are trained to predict sequences of words that seem likely - nothing to do with truthfulness
April 28, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It’s like delivery bike riders are completely invisible. Saying “it’s all delivery e-bike riders” as if that means it’s not worth it - okay, is everyone going to stop using DoorDash too?
April 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is!
March 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Great email! I just sent a version based on yours to my councillor in Toronto.
February 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM