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MegaPrompt: Critical Thinking Process #1: FLOATER: https://tceajmg.micro.blog/2024/03/27/chatgpt-a-critical.html

April 18 at YDS — book launch for the new Critical Dictionary of the Church. Co-author Bénédicte Sère of the University Paris Nanterre joining us to speak about the volume, with YDS Prof. Volker Leppin as respondent.
Thursday, April 18, 5-7 p.m., RSV.
https://divinity.yale.edu/ca…

Skip Bayless Gives Critical Take On Dallas Cowboys’ Draft Class https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/skip_bayless_gives_critical_take_on_dallas_cowboys_draft_class/s1_17150_40295873

Skip Bayless Gives Critical Take On Dallas Cowboys’ Draft Class
The Dallas Cowboys had until the NFL Draft to meet the expectations of their eager fans, and while their initial picks did reinforce their struggling offensive line, the team fell short of securing the standout talent promised by owner Jerry Jones. Amidst mounting frustration, vocal critics like Skip Bayless, a fervent Cowboys supporter and host of “Undisputed,” took to social media to express disappointment in Jones’ inability to engineer a draft class capable of transforming the team in…

Raiders QB responds to Johnny Manziel's critical comments https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_qb_responds_to_johnny_manziels_critical_comments/s1_13132_40024658

Raiders QB responds to Johnny Manziel's critical comments
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Brian Hoyer appeared on "Good Morning Football" on Tuesday and responded to former signal-caller Johnny Manziel's recent criticism of him. While talking on Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast, Manziel discussed his rookie season with the Cleveland Browns and how the quarterback room "was not a home" because of Hoyer. “Brian Hoyer had been waiting on an opportunity to be able to go provide for his family, get an opportunity and he saw how much of an upper ha…

Critical Mass is tomorrow!
There are now two in the Bay Area: the one in SF, and a new one in Oakland

Surprised to see the best answer on this is from Danny Sauter. None of them explicitly urge a No vote (boo), but Sauter, Sharon Lai, and Moe Jamil say kind of critical things about it, with Sauter being the most strongly critical.
https://missionlocal.org/2024/02/meet-

Meet the District 3 candidates: ‘Do you support Proposition F? Why or why not?’
Up until the November election, Mission Local will ask each candidate one question per week, and candidates will get 100 words to respond.

Interesting, some empirical research on how GPT4 /ChatGPT performs in summarizing. Still the low rate of errors can be unacceptable in some contexts. As noted "Life-critical medical decisions should remain based on full, critical, and thoughtful evaluation of the full text of research articles in context with clinical guidelines.".
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Quality, Accuracy, and Bias in ChatGPT-Based Summarization of Medical Abstracts
PURPOSE Worldwide clinical knowledge is expanding rapidly, but physicians have sparse time to review scientific literature. Large language models (eg, Chat Generative Pretrained Transformer [ChatGPT]), might help summarize and prioritize research articles to review. However, large language models sometimes “hallucinate” incorrect information. METHODS We evaluated ChatGPT’s ability to summarize 140 peer-reviewed abstracts from 14 journals. Physicians rated the quality, accuracy, and bias …

Antarctic sea ice has undergone an “abrupt, critical transition” and evidence of a "regime shift."
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/2…

Antarctic sea ice has undergone an “abrupt, critical transition” and evidence of a "regime shift."
One thing is clear: the future of a frozen ocean in a warming world is increasingly uncertain. Dr Will Hobbs, Physical Oceanographer and sea ice researcher for the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) at the University of Tasmania It's the...

A SIFT Lesson Plan: Critical Skills for Navigating Media: https://tceajmg.micro.blog/2024/03/27/a-sift-lesson.html

Alaska asks judge to toss critical habitat for threatened seals | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/alaska-asks-judge-to-toss-critical-habitat-for-threatened-seals/

Alaska asks judge to toss critical habitat for threatened seals
Alaska claims the federal government failed to consider its economic interests on the North Slope when designating critical habitat the size of Texas.