@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-07 20:57:06
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
SAULT:
🎵 Chapter 1
#NowPlaying #SAULT
https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/6ohSXVLFYTqb4SVMD6quyb
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-07 20:57:06
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2026-01-05 07:51:56
(paywalled) Appropriation of perceptual prostheses: an enactive approach to spatial perception https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-91550-5_2 "analysis of the mechanisms of perception through perceptual prostheses", "A coupling device which is…
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-07 21:08:40
'Any school that stands in the way of a Club America program in their school should be reported immediately to the Texas Education Agency, where I expect meaningful disciplinary action,” Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said during a news conference on Dec. 8 in which he and the state’s lt. governor vowed to help Turning Point bring a chapter to every Texas high school.'
As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/Z7XfJ
@wvmierlo@zirk.us2026-02-06 17:32:29
Look what arrived in the post: New Directions in Digital Textual Studies, expertly and diligently edited by Christopher Ohge and Kristen Schuster. My chapter on "Unlocking Literary Heritage: From Cabinets of Curiosity to Digital Storytelling" is surrounded by the work of a bunch of really terrific scholars. @… Peter Webster, Mary Erica Zimmer,…
@Tuxramus@social.linux.pizza2026-01-08 04:23:58
Squeezing in some final holiday adventures in LOTRO tonight! ⚔️ Taking the Linux rig out for some questing as we prepare for our next big chapter with Penguins on Tour. 🐧✈️
Live now!
#LOTRO
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-01-01 17:23:28
Tom Brady signals new chapter with NYE update https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/tom-brady-signals-new-chapter-nye-update/73eb4921a127d602fdb69a69
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-01-05 23:41:32
Cardinals' firing of Jonathan Gannon says more about them than the head coach https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6943463/2026/01/05/cardinals-jonathan-gannon-fired-arizona-nfl/
@cyrevolt@mastodon.social2026-02-05 12:44:38
Happy to contribute to #Cilium (#documentation).
Good tools deserve good docs. ✨
https://github.com/cilium/cilium/pull/
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange2026-01-04 22:06:13
I am so tired today.
I binged "Someone You Can Build a Nest In" by @… al in one go yesterday and last night for my bookclub this month.
I didn't intend to. It was just so fun and funny and I had to just one more chapter it to make sure everything turned out ok for everyone. It's the first book I've read with an asexual major char…
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-01-05 11:44:42
If you are an anti-fascist, you are against petroleum. Petroleum funds fascism globally. It is at the heart of the military industrial complex driving global imperialism, from both the US and Russia. Motonormitivity is fascist, both in it's elitist roots and in it's ties to historical fascism (Hitler hated bikes, just on principle). Oil is militarism.
Oil is the dominant resource which drives war, both in terms of it being the primary spoil wars are fought over and in terms of fueling the military vehicles and weapons that carry out those wars. Practically every war since (and including) WWII has been over oil. Genocides are carried out to secure oil. Gaza is over oil, in more ways than one.
Oil is the absolute enemy, and AI is simply an extension of that: an attempt to atomize us so we can't resist the oil-centric global order, one last grasp at the control over our lives oil has given to those whose power is now threatened by a solar punk future.
"I haven't written for a few weeks now. As I write the closing chapter and begin rewriting previous sections, everything feels both more distant and more immediate. The working title [Kairos] has only continued to feel more and more resonant, both during the writing and during my pause."
Now is the time to resist by making something different, by creating a world fundamentally opposed to these systems of oppression.
This is the last in my Kairos series. From here on out I'll be editing to try and make it more of a book than a series of posts. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far. All editing is welcome (typos, spell checks, questions and challenges). Between ADHD and dyslexia, it's always hard for my brain to notice mistakes in my own text so I always appreciate the support of those who can.
https://anarchoccultism.org/building-zion/kairos
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-03 06:05:49
Stripe agrees to acquire Metronome, which offers APIs to help SaaS companies charge customers based on usage and has raised $128M in total funding (Scott Woody/Metronome)
https://metronome.com/blog/important-company-update
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-12-17 08:27:31
“People want software that is fast, modern, but also honest about what it does.”
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/
No, you muppet, people want tools that do what…
@edintone@mastodon.green2025-11-21 07:56:13
Fresh chapter as archives gain accredited status https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/fresh-chapter-as-archives-gain-accredited-status/
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-22 23:18:25
A Chapter Closes: Ukrainian International Legion Dissolves: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/22/a-chapter-closes-ukrainian-international.html
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-01-05 13:11:27
Good Morning #Canada
B.C. is full of hipsters, Alberta is oil obsessed, Ontario has a superiority complex, PEI prays to potatoes, and all Newfies drink Screech at breakfast. Every Province and Territory is known for their unique habits, culture, and views of the world. And we all hold expectations and misconceptions of our neighbours across internal borders. Hey, it's a long winter and we need some gossip to get us to the end of it.
The attached video provides a detailed rundown of stereotypes for each Province and Territory, and some of the content is accurate, like Toronto being the centre of the universe. It's a bit long but you can select a chapter to check out your Province, or one that you dislike. My favourite is Albertans pouring oil on their cereal.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Stereotypes
https://youtu.be/tFEar1K_Y6w
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-26 10:05:39
An interview with Audrey Cooper, EIC of The Baltimore Banner, on local news decline, growing regionally, paywalls, experimenting with AI, and more (Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-29 14:11:25
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
SAULT:
🎵 Chapter 1
#SAULT
https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social2025-11-18 14:55:22
Well, the guys who were always going on about the "benevolent dictator for life" thing must be feeling a bit of a loss here. How are they going to complain now?
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-25 15:41:44
This is a fashion trend. It’s not just functional; camo serves no purpose of disguising whatsoever on Minneapolis streets. Militaries are dressing the part — and ICE is playing dress-up.
Avery Trufelman’s excellent podcast Articles of Interest spent an entire season on this topic, under the name “Gear.” Here’s on relevant episode.
2/2
https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/gear-chapter-5
@stsquad@mastodon.org.uk2026-02-03 11:20:57
I have no idea what #musk has been huffing but clearly no one is willing to tell him no. #spacex have developed a really cool re-usable launch system but it seems like hubris to claim managing data centres in space gives you some sort of competitive advantage. Aside from making hardware swaps impossible…
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2025-12-16 17:28:53
First this...
"AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off."
And then this...
"Firefox will [...] evolve into a modern AI browser."
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/m…
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to2025-11-30 17:16:12
"As explained in chapter 11 of Meyer’s book, assertions are meant to check the correctness of a piece of software; that is, its ability to perform the tasks defined in their specification.
Because, you do have a specification, right? Right?"
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/asser…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-03 01:55:46
If assumptions hold, SpaceX-xAI could own a full stack of capabilities, from launch to orbital bandwidth to frontier AI models, and offer AI on demand anywhere (Eric Berger/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/spacex-acq…
@michaels@mstdn.nursing.unibas.ch2025-12-01 18:29:59
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social2025-11-25 19:58:21
We are doing another Xogot jam, join us for chapter three:
https://blog.xogot.com/xogot-jam-3-is-coming-jam-2-winners/
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-11-18 09:21:37
"I remember somebody jokingly suggesting that I challenge Elon Musk to a fight (this was during his and Mark Zuckerberg’s martial arts feud), and quietly thinking to myself, I am literally not paid enough for that" -- @…
Happy retirement, Eugen!
@frankel@mastodon.top2026-01-21 09:00:12
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.info2025-12-16 20:54:54
@scott@carfree.city2026-01-29 08:42:09
You don't hate cars enough. I thought I knew everything there was to know about hating cars, and this book is showing me: not quite. Much of the nature chapter is new to me. @…
https://www.lif…
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-04 06:43:16
TOC: Journal of Jewish Ethics 10.1-2 https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20136596/toc-journal-jewish-ethics-101-2
@Nathan@social.lostinok.com2025-11-20 04:00:54
I think Mr. Rochko has done an admirable job with Mastodon. Even when I disagreed with the direction of the project, I always found his reasoning for decisions to be well thought out and articulated. I wish him all the best. #mastodon #fediverse
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-11-23 15:42:03
from my link log —
USB in a nutshell: making sense of the USB standard.
https://www.beyondlogic.org/usbnutshell/usb1.shtml
saved 2025-11-23 https:/…
@gwire@mastodon.social2025-12-16 11:00:14
The BBC charter green paper does at least acknowledge the licence fee's elephant in the room - we're potentially, maybe, ten to fifteen years away from switching off terrestrial TV broadcast towers.
@steve@s.yelvington.com2025-11-26 16:23:38
George's corrupt Republican party finally gets its way and kills the election interference case against Donald Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/politics/georgia-prosecutor-drops-trump-election-interference-case
@3sframe@social.linux.pizza2025-12-31 21:24:02
Reading the #mistborn trilogy for the first time. On book 2.
It's basically like:
Nothing happens
Nothing happens
People talking
300 more pages of nothing
OMG!!!!
EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE!
OH THE HUMANITY! IT'S ALL GONE!
Nothing happens
People talking
Nothing happens...
I'm on chapter 42. Thanks for coming to my incom…
@jake4480@c.im2026-01-11 01:16:58
Gotta talk about this new record while it's on my mind. LOVE finding things like this. This is new LP 'Chapter 1' by British collective SAULT. It has R&B, jazz, funk, disco, soul, gospel & house vibes all over, vibes of Sade or Marvin Gaye maybe, in spots.
https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album
@CondeChocula@social.linux.pizza2026-01-11 16:29:51
Content warning: Contains a huge spoiler from chapter 1 (Neverwinter Nights). Stay away if you didn't complete it.
End of chapter 1.
Since first moment I spoke with Desther I felt a strange feeling. Something didn't go right with him.
PD: I did all henchmen tales too. That guys gave a good rewards.
Chapter 2 here I go.
#neverwinter_nights #videogames
@marcel@waldvogel.family2026-01-22 05:20:00
"So long as the pain of using the service is lower than the pain of leaving it, the companies can turn the screws on users to make their lives worse in order to extract more profit from them. This is why Musk killed the block button and why Zuck fired all his moderators."
https://plural…
@otakus_terebi@mastodon.social2025-12-31 15:56:13
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War will have a movie that will serve as the final chapter with a completely new story written by the original author, Aka Akasaka.
Official website: #kaguyasamaloveiswar
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2026-01-11 08:10:51
(paywalled) Supporting individuals with visual impairments 2: Walking and navigating support https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-95-5783-7_4 "emphasizing sensory substitution functionalities and emerging assistive technologies", "challenges in …
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-30 23:05:36
America's Test Kitchen agrees to purchase recipe site Food52 for $6.5M; Food52 said a sudden cash sweep by its lender, Avidbank, forced it into Chapter 11 (Jonathan Randles/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@johnhobbs@mstdn.ca2025-12-30 20:22:01
Diving into a history book feels like journeying through time, uncovering intricate stories from ancient civilizations to World War II. Each chapter satisfies my curiosity without the hassle of travel delays. 📚 What genre captivates you when you seek both relaxation and new insights?
#HistoryBuff #BookLoversUnite #TimelessNarratives
@NuclearDisorder@mastodon.social2025-11-29 08:26:07
Heute vor 70 Jahren: Am 29. November 1955 kam es im #Versuchsreaktor EBR-I in Arco, Idaho zu einer teilweisen #Kernschmelze während eines Tests zur Kühlmittelflussänderung. Ursache war die thermische Ausdehnung der Brennstäbe.
@erc_bk@fosstodon.org2025-11-16 00:36:40
How spatial sampling methods affect the variance of your mean estimate when spatial autocorrelation is present.
https://dosull.github.io/posts/2025-11-14-gia-chapter-2A-spatial-autocorrelation/
@PwnieFan@infosec.exchange2026-01-12 15:47:59
Wrote a chapter for the first time in a while. Work on the next book is slow, but I'm glad I took the time. Whatever you do that fulfills you, I hope everyone reading this is finding a little time for joy in between the chaos. #amwriting #bookstodon
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-18 05:12:31
Kash Patel has reportedly assigned a security detail of SWAT agents to guard his country singer girlfriend,
in the latest chapter of the FBI director’s blatant misappropriation of bureau resources.
A group of elite agents from the FBI Field Office in Nashville have been assigned to protect Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins.
The sources added that those agents, who are typically charged with responding to high-risk situations, would likely be unable to respond in the event o…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-19 14:30:59
Year of the Epstein files enters final chapter (Zachary Basu/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/19/epstein-files-trump-release-justice-department
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p33#a251219p33
@catsalad@infosec.exchange2025-12-12 08:26:57
Claim your cats as dependents for extra tax savings!
(Note: not a licensed CPA)
@denmanrooke@social.coop2025-12-14 22:19:09
New D&D art! Check it out!
Chapter 5: Magic of Faerûn opener illustration created for Dungeon & Dragon's Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn player expansion.
AD: Emi Tanji
The seventh Blackstaff of Waterdeep, Vajra Safahr is seen here awakening The Hawkman, one of the might walking statues of Waterdeep.
https://www.…
@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io2025-12-18 16:31:46
Don’t get me wrong - while using the fountain pen I am still trying to maintain good writing posture and I’m continuing to do my regular hand stretches.
But for a sense of the difference: before, I was happy with the fact that I managed to develop a good pain management routine to allow me to write like 2-3 pages at a time without convulsing in pain.
And now I can write 6 pages nonstop without even thinking or feeling anything. A short 5–10 minute rest and I can come back for more.
This is such a big deal to me. I was able to draw yesterday with a relaxed hand after spending hours writing notes. Before I’d only be able to do one or the other in a day!
And then I finished the evening by writing out a chapter of my novel by hand.
And today my hand is totally fine!!
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social2025-12-19 09:36:55
📢 Bundesverwaltungsgericht kippt "Hammerskins"-Verbot
Das Bundesverwaltungsgericht hat das Verbot der rechtsextremen Gruppierung "Hammerskins Deutschland" gekippt. Das Gericht in Leipzig gab mehreren Klagen einzelner Mitglieder und regionaler Chapter der Neonazi-Gruppierung statt. Die damalige Bundesinnenministerin Nancy Faeser (SPD) war 2023 gegen die "Hammerskins" vorgegangen.
➡️
@simoncox@seocommunity.social2025-11-18 08:32:14
Thank you for everything @… ! 👏
https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/115569662927806367
@kctipton@mas.to2025-11-21 23:43:59
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-14 01:52:29
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
SAULT:
🎵 Chapter 1
#SAULT
https://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-01-02 16:05:47
TOC: Journal of Jewish Ethics 10.1-2
https://ift.tt/WdnR0QC
Mining the Logs: Sources on Blue Humor URL …
via Input 4 RELCFP https://ift.tt/vMXlZkp
@deprogrammaticaipsum@mas.to2025-11-16 09:17:07
"For Levy and Newborn, the stakes were clear, and the title of the first chapter of the book says it all: “The Challenge is World Champion Kasparov”. Said chapter describes in detail the match between a first iteration of a chess supercomputer by IBM, the less well-known “Deep Thought”. It was a strong contender, having defeated quite a few grandmasters along the way (including the aforementioned Levy), but was no match for Kasparov in August 1989."
@simon_lucy@mastodon.social2025-12-13 11:56:10
My random track stream just slid into a chapter of The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood.
If you only know the physical book get the audio book as well as it includes the songs.
@carstingaxion@dewp.space2026-01-16 20:59:04
“ Collectively, these optimizations target common real-world bottlenecks, improving consistency across a wide variety of configurations. HTTP Archive data supports this pattern, showing that WordPress performance variance is driven more by configuration than by core limitations.”
💐 Flowers for the #WordPress performance team, gifted by
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-11-27 12:34:41
Latest chapter of Jackson vs. Burrow has been defined by injuries and divergent results https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45787472/baltimore-ravens-cincinnati-bengals-lamar-jackson-joe-burrow-thanksgiving-game…
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-11-10 21:07:41
✊🏽 Nepal’s youth uprising explained: Decades of corruption reach a tipping point
https://globalvoices.org/2025/10/14/nepals-youth-uprising-explained-decades-of-corruption-reach-a-tipping-point/
@rasos@fairmove.net2026-01-17 09:05:38
Could we become co-owner of #AI models, that used training data, which I published under a viral license?
We have briefly discussed this question in the Austrian #CreativeCommons chapter and came to the conclusion, that copyright can by only claimed by human beings. So the model itself and wha…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-11-17 23:56:14
It’s definitely a long shot.
But Rae Huang, a 43-year-old community organizer, minister and dues-paying member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,
is making her move, throwing her hat into the ring for mayor of Los Angeles.
The virtually unknown candidate is the deputy director of Housing Now California,
a coalition that fights displacement of tenants at the state and local levels.
Huang, who announced a campaign launch on Sunday, i…
@johnhobbs@mstdn.ca2026-01-29 13:45:28
Retirement isn't an end – it's an exhilarating new chapter full of untapped opportunities. 🌟 At any age, redefine your purpose and chase those passions. Let's challenge the idea that age limits potential. Remember, the best way to predict your future is to create it! ⚡️ #NewBeginnings #RetirementJourney
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-22 06:40:35
Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, regulatory pressure that killed Amazon's deal, his new robotics startup, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/it-f
@benb@osintua.eu2025-11-12 19:32:04
@rasterweb@mastodon.social2025-12-12 16:32:17
The local DSA chapter is doing a D&D style thing but with some changes...
"We'll be having a one off campaign with a Socialist twist — we're using Roberts Rules of Order. Instead of individually declaring actions, each player proposes motions that are discussed, amended, and approved by the whole group following the Robert's Rules of Order process. You can battle monsters, unionize your local tavern, redistribute your spoils to the masses, start a working class rev…
@Tuxramus@social.linux.pizza2026-01-23 04:44:48
The Penultimate Chapter! ⏳
Final stream tonight before we move to Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 Exploring a new Valheim world and hanging out with the best community on Linux. Pull up a stump and let’s celebrate! 🛡️🐧
📺 Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/tuxramus
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-12 09:30:26
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Dave:
🎵 Chapter 16 (feat. Kano)
#Dave
https://grammarfreeintheuk.bandcamp.com/track/chapter-16-die-another-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vn4C8zBO7b2pZPQ8L0oZO
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-19 04:28:15
There’s an unwritten rule in publishing,
or so I’ve been told:
don’t write about COVID.
Our collective attention span has been saturated by those endless months holed up in attics and cramped corners of apartments, staring out at a world we could no longer take part in.
When the worst of it passed, we felt an urge to close that chapter, to padlock it behind a heavy latch.
But in doing so, we also tuck away the hard-won lessons of that time:
how quickly s…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-21 12:21:05
Ukrainian-founded language learning marketplace Preply raised a $150M Series D led by WestCap at a $1.2B valuation; the startup has a 150-person office in Kyiv (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/langu…
@edintone@mastodon.green2026-01-11 20:11:34
The mission that began in a Circus: Ned Weeks and Abington Square https://edintone.com/ned-weeks-mission/ For more than twenty years, Ned Weeks preached to packed halls of working men and women.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-15 18:01:13
Lidar manufacturer Luminar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and says it reached a deal to sell its semiconductor subsidiary to Quantum Computing Inc. for $110M (Reshmi Basu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-15 00:45:35
iRobot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after reaching a restructuring support agreement to hand control to its secured lender and key supplier, Shenzhen Picea (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/robot…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-13 02:36:41
Scarcely a week ago, U.S. warplanes and drones were streaking across the Caracas night sky to deliver a swift end to the reign of the Venezuelan strongman Nicolšs Maduro.
The extraordinary display of kinetic violence delivered a stunning reminder about the reach of the world’s most powerful military—and symbolized the start of a new chapter for the man who commands it.
Donald Trump has been emboldened.
The president and his advisers believe that the strike both reignited …
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-12 09:28:23
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Dave:
🎵 Chapter 16 (feat. Kano)
#Dave
https://grammarfreeintheuk.bandcamp.com/track/chapter-16-die-another-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vn4C8zBO7b2pZPQ8L0oZO
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-16 03:01:20
OpenAI's chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman's brief ouster and return in 2023 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chief-communications-officer-hannah-…
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2026-01-18 18:04:19
Cynicism, "AI"
I've been pointed out the "Reflections on 2025" post by Samuel Albanie [1]. The author's writing style makes it quite a fun, I admit.
The first part, "The Compute Theory of Everything" is an optimistic piece on "#AI". Long story short, poor "AI researchers" have been struggling for years because of predominant misconception that "machines should have been powerful enough". Fortunately, now they can finally get their hands on the kind of power that used to be only available to supervillains, and all they have to do is forget about morals, agree that their research will be used to murder millions of people, and a few more millions will die as a side effect of the climate crisis. But I'm digressing.
The author is referring to an essay by Hans Moravec, "The Role of Raw Power in Intelligence" [2]. It's also quite an interesting read, starting with a chapter on how intelligence evolved independently at least four times. The key point inferred from that seems to be, that all we need is more computing power, and we'll eventually "brute-force" all AI-related problems (or die trying, I guess).
As a disclaimer, I have to say I'm not a biologist. Rather just a random guy who read a fair number of pieces on evolution. And I feel like the analogies brought here are misleading at best.
Firstly, there seems to be an assumption that evolution inexorably leads to higher "intelligence", with a certain implicit assumption on what intelligence is. Per that assumption, any animal that gets "brainier" will eventually become intelligent. However, this seems to be missing the point that both evolution and learning doesn't operate in a void.
Yes, many animals did attain a certain level of intelligence, but they attained it in a long chain of development, while solving specific problems, in specific bodies, in specific environments. I don't think that you can just stuff more brains into a random animal, and expect it to attain human intelligence; and the same goes for a computer — you can't expect that given more power, algorithms will eventually converge on human-like intelligence.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, what evolution did succeed at first is achieving neural networks that are far more energy efficient than whatever computers are doing today. Even if indeed "computing power" paved the way for intelligence, what came first is extremely efficient "hardware". Nowadays, human seem to be skipping that part. Optimizing is hard, so why bother with it? We can afford bigger data centers, we can afford to waste more energy, we can afford to deprive people of drinking water, so let's just skip to the easy part!
And on top of that, we're trying to squash hundreds of millions of years of evolution into… a decade, perhaps? What could possibly go wrong?
[1] #NoAI #NoLLM #LLM
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-01-25 16:46:03
Students represent the Cornell Chapter of the WIldlife Society
#photo #photography #cornell #cornellclubs
@johnhobbs@mstdn.ca2025-12-15 13:48:49
Over the last month, we've explored themes of hope, fear, legacy, and freedom. My latest collaboration aims to empower those 55 to create online income streams. You don't have to journey alone. Ready for your next chapter? Let's start this adventure together! 🚀
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-12 09:17:27
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Dave:
🎵 Chapter 16 (feat. Kano)
#Dave
https://grammarfreeintheuk.bandcamp.com/track/chapter-16-die-another-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vn4C8zBO7b2pZPQ8L0oZO
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-13 12:27:31
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Domenico Gabrielli, Coventry Cathedral Chapter House Choir, Warwickshire Youth Brass Consort & Geoffrey Holroyde:
🎵 Viva La Musica
#DomenicoGabrielli #GeoffreyHolroyde
https://open.spotify.com/track/1i2q2RDuhNsE51HBpqwndR
@johnhobbs@mstdn.ca2026-01-13 13:56:15
Aging often highlights our perceived limitations, yet consider Winston Churchill, who became Prime Minister at 65. A testament that setting new goals and personal reinvention can occur at any age. Embrace each chapter with courage – the BEST is yet to come! 🌟 #AgeIsJustANumber
