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"The real threat posed by generative AI is not that it will eliminate work on a mass scale, rendering human labour obsolete. It is that, left unchecked, it will continue to transform work in ways that deepen precarity, intensify surveillance, and widen existing inequalities."
"The current trajectory of generative AI reflects the priorities of firms seeking to lower costs, discipline workers, and consolidate profits — not any drive to enhance human flourishing. If we allo…

Is the AI Bubble About to Burst?
In the years since Automation and the Future of Work first appeared, a new wave of technological enthusiasm has swept across the popular imagination. The catalyst this time has been the rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence, spearheaded by companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta. Once again, a c

The modern standard model of cosmology is a triumph of the scientific process.
On the other hand, it’s also kind of a kludge.
The modern standard model seems to glue together a bunch of disparate parts without any overarching theoretical structure.
Take inflation and dark energy.
In both cases, we have a form of pervasive energy that pushes space apart.
Inflation does it really fast and then dissipates.
Dark energy does it much slower and does not dissipate…

Our standard model of cosmology is both a triumph and a jumbled mess
The standard model of cosmology is very successful, but cosmologists are largely still in the dark about the forces that drive the Universe.

Just playing a bit of Dwarf Fortress in a biome where it rains poisonous mucus, so the surface is kind of tricky.
All my grazing animals died before I could reach a cavern layer (my incompetence).
Traders came but brought no food.
The only thing my dwarves have eaten for 2 years is turkey eggs.
Hopefully I can sort this out before they are all clad head to toe only in turkey leather.
Got some pigs but they take ages to grow to adulthood.
Spirits are amazing…

Likely intersections in powers of the multiplicative group
Gabriel Andreas Dill, Francesco Gallinaro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07550 https://

Likely intersections in powers of the multiplicative group
We derive two finiteness properties as consequences of the geometrical non-degeneracy of an algebraic subvariety $W$ of a power of the multiplicative group, concerning the intersections of $W$ with translates of a subtorus $H$ of dimension greater than or equal to the codimension of $W$. The first one is that every translate of $H$ intersects $W$, unless $H$ is contained in one of finitely many proper subtori depending only on $W$. The second one is that every translate of $H$ by a torsion poin…

"L'obstruction, le retard ou l'affaiblissement de réglementations démocratiquement adoptées signalent un changement de priorités en faveur du profit privé Š court terme, au détriment des objectifs sociaux et environnementaux Š long terme"
#RulesToProtect #démocratie

In the last few weeks my online Digital Curation students have practiced running emulators to revive vintage software and learned the power and pitfalls of DNA storage. Digital preservation isn't just saving bits to a hard drive anymore https://DigitalCuration.UMaine.edu

If you find yourself in the Edniburg Scotland area do drop by and have a meal at Luca's Kitchen, run by Cosmo Molinaro who is a very fine fellow.
Located in #Dunfermline a short bike ride from #Edinburgh

Great opportunity to show people the accessibility settings.
https://mastodon.social/@andjsch/114655906181034852

Andreas Schantl (@andjsch@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images Just installed the iOS 26 Beta for a test drive on my spare iPhone and while the glassy look is fancy to some degree, it makes things poorly visible. I am sure a lot of people will have troubles reading text on such transparent layers and generally finding small icons with bad contrast. #ios26 #apple #wwdc25 #accessibility

Not a fan of customers who drive me mad. I’m doing my part of the relationship and I really need them to do their part.