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Rep. Mike Lawler: "I don't support making a whole civilization die, but ... "
⭐️You Don't Get To Add 'but' To That Sentence
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mivvez7g5z2u

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Rep. Mike Lawler: "I don't support making a whole civilization die, but ... "

I saw a comment (which I can’t find anymore) of an extremely astute observation about LLMs:
People only ever attribute human-like attributes like cognition and reasoning to chatbot LLMs—but never to e.g. image generators. Which use the same algorithms and technical implementation.

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“[…] many works within the field state emergence of, ascribe to, or assume, generalised anthropomorphic attributes to them [LLMs] (e.g., morality or understanding of natural language). Our goal is not to argue in favour or against the existence of these attributes, but to point out that these conclusions could be incorrect. For this we build and train a simple neural network on the videogame Age of Empires II.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.31514

RationalFX: tech layoffs totaled 78,557 in Q1 2026, with the US accounting for 76.7%; nearly half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Nearly 80,000 tech jobs cut in Q1, but AI's full impact may be yet to come
IT outsourcer Cognizant moves to become AI agent builder

Oh, to be young, and also to be adrift in festering perpetuity https://purulency.bandcamp.com/track/adrift-in-festering-perpetuity

News Corp reports Q3 revenue up 9% YoY to $2.19B, vs. $2.11B est., WSJ subscriptions up 8% to 4.7M, and News Media circulation and subscription revenue up 7% (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/news-corp-q3-earnings/

News Corp. Posts 9% Revenue Increase in Q3 Through Growth in Dow Jones, Real Estate Services and Publishing
The company attributes its continued publishing growth to the book series inspiring “Heated Rivalry.”

RE: https://masto.ai/@electomania/116704346768014899
O cretino que lidera os militares americanos, um país que tem campos de concentração cada vez mais semelhantes aos da Alemanha Nazi, atreve-se a bandar bitaites sobre a imigração na Europa.
Puta que o…

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A Tribe Called Quest:
🎵 Excursions
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https://lalri.bandcamp.com/track/a-tribe-called-quest-excursions-bboy-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/4tEaytMs86hIaOSsiGoLcP

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