@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2025-06-08 17:41:46
400 years ago #OTD the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini a.k.a. #Cassini I (because they would become an astro-dynasty) was born: while #meridiana of Bologna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Petronio,_Bologna
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-06-09 18:27:35
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Spoon:
🎵 Got Nuffin
#Spoon
https://spoontheband.bandcamp.com/track/got-nuffin
https://open.spotify.com/track/0n2tnCMIlM8Z58NPdXzlQe
@derweisheit@podcasts.social2025-05-08 18:35:05
@… @… Das wissen nur die Hörer*innen! @… @…
@hw@fediscience.org2025-05-09 08:13:23
This video features a #GenAI avatar of a murder victim delivering their own impact statement in the murder trial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMs-_8etNts.
The technical quality is not very impressive, but the affective and social implications of this are amazing.
/via @…: https://www.404media.co/r/8a3ee799
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2025-06-09 16:33:19
These pieces are much harsher than Fred’s, much more in the LLM-bashing camp, but feel relevant here:
https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/
Fred’s point is that a bad interaction model creates hidden work, then humans do that work and “the machine claims the praise.” These other two pieces make the point that this phenomenon of giving the machine credit for unrecognized human work is age-old, taps into some deep trapdoors in human cognition.
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@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org2025-06-08 20:58:37
Was speaking to some journalists recently who didn't realise how long a history the use of radar has in measuring ice thickness over glaciers.
The technique was discovered by pilots, who must have had the frankly terrifying experience of landing on the ice sheet with their radars telling them they still had a few thousand metres of descent to reach the surface...
It's not mentioned in this obituary but I wonder if this guy would have seen it? Perhaps he didn't even have radar to assist in landing?
https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/obituaries-bq1u22g8z/-/a-gd4LiLY4RbOMXavSDWOBQQ:a:3195393-/0
newyorktimes@flipboard.com - Conrad Shinn, First Pilot to Land at the South Pole, Dies at 102
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/obituaries/conrad-shinn-dead.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Obituaries @obituaries-newyorktimes
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-06-09 18:23:33
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Spoon:
🎵 I Ain't the One
#Spoon
https://spoontheband.bandcamp.com/track/i-aint-the-one
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Eyn4IekRi5vMKiExXzHwf
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-06-08 12:05:27
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-06-10 04:27:40
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #ElSonido
Coqueta:
🎵 Coqueta
#Coqueta
https://coqueta.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/track/2thEQuRlfFtGyBVYaxBkb9
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2025-06-09 19:29:34
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Winter Gardens:
🎵 Hyacinth
#WinterGardens
https://wintergardensband.bandcamp.com/track/hyacinth
https://open.spotify.com/track/5CD2QCU6u3wcu3hC4JIuct