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#photography #nature #bookbinding #plants
🐱 A study by @universityofgroningen #researchers of #Dutch #cat owners reveals:
Many of them anthropomorphize their pets, attributing #human #social roles like family member or #child.
➡️ "Cat owners’ anthropomorphic perceptions of feline emotions and interpretation of photographs"
This can lead to misinterpreting #feline emotions and behaviours by projecting complex human-like social and emotional characteristics onto cats.
🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168159123003222?via%3Dihub
No matter how hard we all wish it were otherwise, the sad fact is that there aren't really individual solutions to systemic problems. For example: your personal diligence in recycling will have no meaningful impact on the climate emergency.
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@laurenshof.online It's an open graph issue, and these two lines of html code cause the issue:
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<meta property="og:image" content="https://fediversereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230113-01-5-e1681301358336-150x150.jpg"/>
<meta property="og:image:width" content="150"/>
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Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers @Iris and @olivia at Radboud University and others show new proof that those claims are overblown and unlikely to ever come to fruition. Their findings are published in Computational Brain & Behavior today.
https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/dont-believe-the-hype-agi-is-far-from-inevitable

Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes show new proof that those claims are overblown.
New in our electronic #collection:
➡️ The #Politics of Platform #Regulation. How #Governments Shape #Online #ContentModeration
🔗 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90834
This book analyzes the emerging field of platform regulation, exploring government strategies used to address harmful online content across different political contexts, with case studies in #Germany, #Australia, #NewZealand, and the #US.
#OpenAccess #MediaStudies #internet #digital #society #Politics #regulation #integrity #BigTech