Mastodawn

Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all being bucketed under "AI", is misleading. This is why @emilymbender and @alex say to name the specific thing being discussed rather than calling it "AI". 🧵

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Bruce 6h ago

Tesco, good, occasionally busy later. Sainsbury’s, moderate to good, rough in toilet roll aisle.
Asda, light to moderate, heavy crowds by evening.
M&S and Co-Op, fair.
Waitrose, fair to moderate.
Lidl, rough at first, easing later.
And that’s the end of the Shopping Forecast.

Bruno Nicoletti 1d ago

Good interview by Paul Krugman of Paul Kedrosky (from MIT) about the AI industry and its associated bubble. This bubble combines three bubbles into one, real estate, tech and credit, with a helping of government assistance.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-paul-kedrosky

Talking With Paul Kedrosky

So, about this AI thing ...

Paul Krugman

Bruno Nicoletti 1d ago

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@ChrisMayLA6

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Mat Wright 1d ago

Perfect, just perfect...

#USpol #USpolitics #Epstein #Epsteinfiles

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TechAltar 2d ago

Great take from @anderspuck putting Europe's support of Ukraine into context

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTNUZ2zONY

Europe's great power move: EU secures Ukraine funding

YouTube

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Best for Britain 2d ago

Marsha De Cordova MP:"I cannot stress enough that leaving the ECHR would place these protections at risk for everyone. "It does not just affect cases related to immigration – it would undermine essential pillars of our peace and democracy." https://bit.ly/4qjX6G0

Brexit's ‘wild promises’ have ...

Brexit's ‘wild promises’ have not been fulfilled, so why believe them about leaving the ECHR?

By Marsha de Cordova MP

The Best for Britain Wire

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Veronica Olsen 3d ago

A good piece on how GenAI is flooding the field. I too have worked with ML for a while and feel similarly.

"Having done my PhD on AI language generation (long considered niche), I was thrilled we had come this far. But the awe I felt was rivaled by my growing rage at the flood of media takes and self-appointed experts insisting that generative AI could do things it simply can’t, and warning that anyone who didn’t adopt it would be left behind."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1129179/generative-ai-hype-distracts-us-from-ais-more-important-breakthroughs/

#AI #GenAI #ML #CompSci