Jason Byrne
@geekwithsoul.bsky.social
I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.…
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“It doesn’t feel like a satisfying outcome to just have two robots argue back and forth over whether a patient should access a particular type of care"
All other issues aside, the inefficiency of throwing AI at everything - including other AIs - seems destined for failure rather than anything good.
All other issues aside, the inefficiency of throwing AI at everything - including other AIs - seems destined for failure rather than anything good.
AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care • Florida Phoenix
As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bil...
floridaphoenix.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“It doesn’t feel like a satisfying outcome to just have two robots argue back and forth over whether a patient should access a particular type of care"
All other issues aside, the inefficiency of throwing AI at everything - including other AIs - seems destined for failure rather than anything good.
All other issues aside, the inefficiency of throwing AI at everything - including other AIs - seems destined for failure rather than anything good.
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PSA: Using #AI to do your homework/assignments is the cognitive equivalent of taking all the ingredients of a healthy meal and dropping them directly into the toilet.
Same end result, none of the essential benefits.
Same end result, none of the essential benefits.
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
PSA: Using #AI to do your homework/assignments is the cognitive equivalent of taking all the ingredients of a healthy meal and dropping them directly into the toilet.
Same end result, none of the essential benefits.
Same end result, none of the essential benefits.
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Just show how consciously or unconsciously people buy into the illusory personhood, the anthropomorphism, of AI.
Humans bring gender bias to their interactions with AI, finds study
Humans bring gender biases to their interactions with Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to new research from Trinity College Dublin and Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) Munich.
phys.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Just show how consciously or unconsciously people buy into the illusory personhood, the anthropomorphism, of AI.
This is why, after a lifetime of watching and enjoying #NFL football, I stopped. Growing up, we even had a family "betting" pool every week to pick the winners of every game. Hell, I still probably have upwards of two dozen Broncos jerseys. But I stopped because it's literally killing the players.
The NFL's Concussion Problem
YouTube video by Wendover Productions
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is why, after a lifetime of watching and enjoying #NFL football, I stopped. Growing up, we even had a family "betting" pool every week to pick the winners of every game. Hell, I still probably have upwards of two dozen Broncos jerseys. But I stopped because it's literally killing the players.
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No poll or research based solely on an online survey can ever be trusted again (and they never should have been in the first place), pass it on
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
No poll or research based solely on an online survey can ever be trusted again (and they never should have been in the first place), pass it on
Man, Fairfax County Public Schools #FCPS in Virginia, has totally bought in to the AI hype. One of the best school systems in the country has sold out the kids it's supposed to be educating.
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Man, Fairfax County Public Schools #FCPS in Virginia, has totally bought in to the AI hype. One of the best school systems in the country has sold out the kids it's supposed to be educating.
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The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants
It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
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Hey everybody who ever loved a video game: take a moment right now and say a little prayer for Rebecca, to whom you owe much.
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey everybody who ever loved a video game: take a moment right now and say a little prayer for Rebecca, to whom you owe much.
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a) this fucking sucks, wtf Apple?
b) anybody got the link avail, the one about how to remove this?
b) anybody got the link avail, the one about how to remove this?
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
a) this fucking sucks, wtf Apple?
b) anybody got the link avail, the one about how to remove this?
b) anybody got the link avail, the one about how to remove this?
Guess we know where the next Ground Zero of an outbreak is going to be.
North Texas pastor celebrates school's lowest vaccination rate in the state: 'We'll take it'
Mercy Culture pastor Landon Schott, whose Mercy Culture Preparatory Academy has a measles vaccination rate of 14.29%, posted a video on Instagram.
www.wfaa.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Guess we know where the next Ground Zero of an outbreak is going to be.
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Nobel Peace Prize candidate, Donald Trump, on the murder and dismemberment of a journalist: "Things happen."
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Nobel Peace Prize candidate, Donald Trump, on the murder and dismemberment of a journalist: "Things happen."
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NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
Gov. Abbott released 1,400 pages of emails about Elon Musk. Most are blacked out.
Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released.
www.kut.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
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This thread is fascinating and terrifying
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This thread is fascinating and terrifying
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There is no reason for this. The tax code is very formulaic and should be straightforward to code for.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There is no reason for this. The tax code is very formulaic and should be straightforward to code for.
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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This isn’t *quite* Verhoeven coded because it isn’t violent enough but good lord I hate living in a parody of the early 21st century
🚨 EXPOSED: Parents are being threatened for recording their own kids’ hockey games. Private equity bought the rinks, banned filming, and now charges up to $50 a month to watch youth sports.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This isn’t *quite* Verhoeven coded because it isn’t violent enough but good lord I hate living in a parody of the early 21st century
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Interview: Oleksa Lozowchuk on The Outer Worlds 2 Soundtrack
Interview: Oleksa Lozowchuk on The Outer Worlds 2 Soundtrack
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview the composer behind The Outer Worlds 2, Oleksa Lozowchuk. Lozowchuk has also worked on the soundtracks for games like Horizon Forbidden West and the Dead Rising franchise, among others. He's also the co-founder of Interleave, a "collective of 20+ super-collaborative and award-winning music and audio professionals" from the gaming industry and beyond.
finalweapon.net
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Interview: Oleksa Lozowchuk on The Outer Worlds 2 Soundtrack
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As I told the Columbia Journalism Review, this swatting incident occurred just before I published an investigative report that unmasked the operators of four major neo-Nazi accounts on X. I don't think the timing was coincidental.
www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...
www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...
The dangers facing local reporters who cover extremism.
The extremism beat has gone mainstream—but in local markets, it’s still intensely personal.
www.cjr.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As I told the Columbia Journalism Review, this swatting incident occurred just before I published an investigative report that unmasked the operators of four major neo-Nazi accounts on X. I don't think the timing was coincidental.
www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...
www.cjr.org/analysis/loc...
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The tech oligarchs believe they are entitled to public research funding, an exemption from antitrust regulation, and tax breaks. They're willing to punish any party that doesn't accede to their demands.
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The tech oligarchs believe they are entitled to public research funding, an exemption from antitrust regulation, and tax breaks. They're willing to punish any party that doesn't accede to their demands.
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Actually found a neat #OuterWorlds2 pacifist choice not covered in any of the walkthroughs I could find. On the 'Do More Harm' quest, you can keep Curator Arnaux alive and stop him calling in Protectorate reinforcements. Explanation in the alt text to avoid spoilers.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Actually found a neat #OuterWorlds2 pacifist choice not covered in any of the walkthroughs I could find. On the 'Do More Harm' quest, you can keep Curator Arnaux alive and stop him calling in Protectorate reinforcements. Explanation in the alt text to avoid spoilers.
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The idea that individuals are going to be able to "negotiate" better rates with health insurers than the US government can is pants-on-head level absurd on its face
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The idea that individuals are going to be able to "negotiate" better rates with health insurers than the US government can is pants-on-head level absurd on its face
Something definitely fishy with the pressure on archive.today - excellent write-up on the details from an interested third-party.
Behind the complaints: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today
Some time ago, we were contacted by a group fighting against online CSAM, demanding that AdGuard DNS blocks the Archive.today website. This was only the beginning of a much larger story…
adguard-dns.io
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Something definitely fishy with the pressure on archive.today - excellent write-up on the details from an interested third-party.
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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Of all the cruel, evil, stupid things that MAGA / the far-right have done, I still cannot in any way understand how doctors, nurses and cancer researchers became the enemy.
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Of all the cruel, evil, stupid things that MAGA / the far-right have done, I still cannot in any way understand how doctors, nurses and cancer researchers became the enemy.