"Embrace AI or be left behind" is a condescending and heartless ultimatum. A false dichotomy that reeks of debunked social darwinist horse-fuckery.

Tech should adapt to people's needs.

Not the reverse.

What happens when you mandate masks at a conference now that most people no longer wear them but medically vulnerable people are still at risk because #CovidIsNotOver? In the case of #PyConUS, the conference sells out.

Why a masking policy? “Many of us and our fellow community members can’t attend without health and safety guidelines in place. We want PyCon US to be an event that everyone feels safe attending,” organizers explained.

Well done @pycon https://fosstodon.org/@pycon/112445571644276379

And then there were 28 .... mucosal Covid vaccines in clinical trials.

As well as a new oral vax entering first-in-human trial in Australia, an aerosol vax from Canada called AeroVax is on its way to phase 2.

Plus there's a new type of vaccine in development in Canada - a next generation of a next generation vax! & the human challenge study consortium has had its first international meeting.

Much more in my next generation vax update @PLOS
https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/04/30/mucosal-covid-vaccines-advancing-plus-a-new-type-of-vax-in-development-next-generation-update-16/

#Vaccines #Covid #Covid19

If you’re at #PyConUS, and you’re neurodivergent, I’ve scheduled an open space at 10:00 (well, just after the main session finishes, so probably more like 10:10 or however it takes to walk across the huge convention center) in 321 (the room furthest from the action, as best suited for neurodivergent folk!).

There’s no agenda, we’ll just get to meet with each other, exchange some contact info if desired, and talk (or type or whatever!).

I hope to see neurodivergent folk tomorrow (Saturday)!

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I would like to send every person who uses user data to train an LLM to jail. Ethics jail, where they all must learn basic ethics of user consent and data privacy.

Latest exhibit: Slack is training a *global* model on conversations in your space. To opt out you need to email them. This is unconscionable and is extremely likely to leak private information.

Were mathematics
discovered or invented?

Please discuss