Grant Me StrengthCompanies: OK, employees make sure you use AI or we’ll be left behind!
Employees: Sigh, ok.
Companies: (the next day) Stop using AI! You burned through our token budget!
Employees: So we’re good?
Jeffrey Schrab
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aztecladyHoly fucking fuck, SCIENCE!
"A patient with type 1 diabetes has begun producing his own insulin after receiving a transplant of pancreatic cells. For the first time, islet cells have been edited so they wouldn't be rejected by the patient, removing the need for immunosuppressant drugs." --Dr Ian Weissman on Bluesky
Because it's been pointed out below: the piece is from August 2025.
#Science #Diabet4es #Insulin #Transplants #immuneSystem
https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-cell-transplant-brings-a-cure-for-diabetes-closer
Fast CompanyThis sentence about AI got Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak applause—not boos—for his commencement speech
https://www.fastcompany.com/91545731/this-sentence-about-ai-got-apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-applause-not-boos-for-his-commencement-speech?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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kottke.orgRemember Desktop Tower Defense? I played it for a bit this weekend and it’s still great fun. One of the very best games from the Flash era. https://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/
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Information Is BeautifulThe biggest source of power in every North American state & province
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The intelligence of LLMs is “a function of the social complexity of the civilization whose language it digested”, and their widespread use will lead to a thinning of that complexity, “undermining the conditions for its own advancement”. (And ours.) https://www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-social-edge-of-intelligence/
