Larry Hunter
@proflhunter.bsky.social
Knowledge based biomedical data science, artificial intelligence for discovery in molecular biomedicine, computational bioethics, theory of mattering. University of Chicago / Big Island HI
Bad use of AI alert: There are now LLM products intended to "help" librarians enforce book bans and buy more right-wing books. www.404media.co/ai-is-superc... For example librarytechnology.org/pr/31869
November 23, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Bad use of AI alert: There are now LLM products intended to "help" librarians enforce book bans and buy more right-wing books. www.404media.co/ai-is-superc... For example librarytechnology.org/pr/31869
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
This is not my parents' timeline
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is not my parents' timeline
Advertising is the most likely endgame for monetizing llms. Artificial intimacy is the longshot.
Google starts rolling out ads in AI mode; the ads look similar to the citations in AI answers but with a "sponsored" label (Mayank Parmar/BleepingComputer)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Advertising is the most likely endgame for monetizing llms. Artificial intimacy is the longshot.
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🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The arc of the moral universe does not bend.
The arc of the moral universe must be bent.
The arc of the moral universe is a constant pain in the ass.
The arc of the moral universe must be bent.
The arc of the moral universe is a constant pain in the ass.
"The arc of the moral universe just walked into the kitchen but forgot what it was looking for. It mindlessly opens the refrigerator as if the answer might be sitting next to the milk. All the shelves are empty."
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The arc of the moral universe does not bend.
The arc of the moral universe must be bent.
The arc of the moral universe is a constant pain in the ass.
The arc of the moral universe must be bent.
The arc of the moral universe is a constant pain in the ass.
The patent office is trying to make it harder for the public to challenge bad patents. Lots of patents, e.g., ignore prior art, and can now be challenged with a simple process, which PTO wants to end. Please take a moment to go on record about what a bad idea this is.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The patent office is trying to make it harder for the public to challenge bad patents. Lots of patents, e.g., ignore prior art, and can now be challenged with a simple process, which PTO wants to end. Please take a moment to go on record about what a bad idea this is.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
In my 60+ years on this planet, I have been a harsh critic of the CIA and unabashed American patriotism. But ex-CIA Sen. Slotkin's video brought a tear to my eye and I deeply appreciate her bravery. We are on the same side.
Despite being threatened by the President of the United States, these Senators and Representatives will not be deterred. They will not be silenced. They will not be intimidated. They love this country and believe we are better than what the politics represent!
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In my 60+ years on this planet, I have been a harsh critic of the CIA and unabashed American patriotism. But ex-CIA Sen. Slotkin's video brought a tear to my eye and I deeply appreciate her bravery. We are on the same side.
This is hilarious and wildly dangerous at the same time.
AI guardrails try to keep us safe and yet
Poetry beats all the bots on the net
arxiv.org/abs/2511.153...
AI guardrails try to keep us safe and yet
Poetry beats all the bots on the net
arxiv.org/abs/2511.153...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for large language models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is hilarious and wildly dangerous at the same time.
AI guardrails try to keep us safe and yet
Poetry beats all the bots on the net
arxiv.org/abs/2511.153...
AI guardrails try to keep us safe and yet
Poetry beats all the bots on the net
arxiv.org/abs/2511.153...
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Lots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures.
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Lots going on but don’t lose track of the Trump attacks on biomedical research and cancer cures.
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
@jeremymberg.bsky.social posted a leaked #NIH memo today. I want to highlight a few scary parts.
They’re about taking power from scientists and experts and giving it to the president’s hacks. 1/ 🧪
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I agree that emotional addiction to chatbots is the number one risk of AI today. Here is a gift link to an important OpEd in the NYTimes:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Sad and Dangerous Reality Behind ‘Her’
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I agree that emotional addiction to chatbots is the number one risk of AI today. Here is a gift link to an important OpEd in the NYTimes:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
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For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.
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I hope nobody ever said that co-reference resolution was dead in NLP because of LLMs.
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I hope nobody ever said that co-reference resolution was dead in NLP because of LLMs.
Want a lovely property with a fun turnkey business on the Big Island? The Vanillerie is for sale mls.hiinfo.com/public-deep-...
HIMLS
mls.hiinfo.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Want a lovely property with a fun turnkey business on the Big Island? The Vanillerie is for sale mls.hiinfo.com/public-deep-...
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This is going to piss off so many tourists. But hey, Hawaiʻi needs the money. When you host ~10 million visitors per year, they put a lot of strain on a tax base that is much smaller and vastly outnumbered by visitors.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is going to piss off so many tourists. But hey, Hawaiʻi needs the money. When you host ~10 million visitors per year, they put a lot of strain on a tax base that is much smaller and vastly outnumbered by visitors.
Very much fits with Luke Kemp's "Goliath's curse" www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le...
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Very much fits with Luke Kemp's "Goliath's curse" www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1le...
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just outright disinformation — American Lysenkoism wreaking havoc and endangering our lives
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
just outright disinformation — American Lysenkoism wreaking havoc and endangering our lives
Growing AI intimacy is a profound threat to public mental health.
Ads for AI girlfriends: “AI girls never say no...” “What if she could be everything you imagined? Shape her style, her personality, and create the perfect connection just for you.” www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Ads for AI girlfriends: “AI girls never say no...” “What if she could be everything you imagined? Shape her style, her personality, and create the perfect connection just for you.” www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Growing AI intimacy is a profound threat to public mental health.
Ads for AI girlfriends: “AI girls never say no...” “What if she could be everything you imagined? Shape her style, her personality, and create the perfect connection just for you.” www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Ads for AI girlfriends: “AI girls never say no...” “What if she could be everything you imagined? Shape her style, her personality, and create the perfect connection just for you.” www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
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A majority of U.S. adults (59%) say they don’t want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. This is roughly identical to the share who said in October 2024 that they probably wouldn’t get the updated vaccine.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A majority of U.S. adults (59%) say they don’t want to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. This is roughly identical to the share who said in October 2024 that they probably wouldn’t get the updated vaccine.
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#HawaiiVolcanoesNationalPark Update:
❓Where are the park rangers? Find us at the Kilauea Military Camp (KMC) Welcome Center! Kīlauea VC is closed for renovation, but rangers, NPS volunteers, visitor services & the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association store have all relocated to the Welcome Center.
❓Where are the park rangers? Find us at the Kilauea Military Camp (KMC) Welcome Center! Kīlauea VC is closed for renovation, but rangers, NPS volunteers, visitor services & the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association store have all relocated to the Welcome Center.
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
#HawaiiVolcanoesNationalPark Update:
❓Where are the park rangers? Find us at the Kilauea Military Camp (KMC) Welcome Center! Kīlauea VC is closed for renovation, but rangers, NPS volunteers, visitor services & the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association store have all relocated to the Welcome Center.
❓Where are the park rangers? Find us at the Kilauea Military Camp (KMC) Welcome Center! Kīlauea VC is closed for renovation, but rangers, NPS volunteers, visitor services & the Hawai‘i Pacific Parks Association store have all relocated to the Welcome Center.
Narrator: NOT good news.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Narrator: NOT good news.
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💛 the capacity for connection
💛 the ability to trust
💛 community rooted in care
💛 joy without dominance
💛 purpose beyond control
Life Beyond the Supremacy Myth isn’t about shame.
It’s about possibility.
💛 the ability to trust
💛 community rooted in care
💛 joy without dominance
💛 purpose beyond control
Life Beyond the Supremacy Myth isn’t about shame.
It’s about possibility.
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
💛 the capacity for connection
💛 the ability to trust
💛 community rooted in care
💛 joy without dominance
💛 purpose beyond control
Life Beyond the Supremacy Myth isn’t about shame.
It’s about possibility.
💛 the ability to trust
💛 community rooted in care
💛 joy without dominance
💛 purpose beyond control
Life Beyond the Supremacy Myth isn’t about shame.
It’s about possibility.
Reposted by Larry Hunter
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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“NIH fully expects recipients to comply with the new terms and conditions, unless otherwise stated in the Notice of Award, or unless NIH has been enjoined by court order from imposing or enforcing such terms while that court order is in effect. “
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-007: Reminder of Compliance Requirements for NIH Extramural Recipients Related to Renegotiated Aims, Objectives, Titles, and Abstracts
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Reminder of Compliance Requirements for NIH Extramural Recipients Related to Renegotiated Aims, Objectives, Titles, and...
grants.nih.gov
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“NIH fully expects recipients to comply with the new terms and conditions, unless otherwise stated in the Notice of Award, or unless NIH has been enjoined by court order from imposing or enforcing such terms while that court order is in effect. “
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...