OpenAI’s faster Fourier transform is less a mathematical breakthrough and more a malicious exploit of mathematical traditions.

ugh, this seems bad. AI slop will be unavoidable.

Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

I still recall the excellent session on deepfakes you ran long ago at Stanford.

Nothing to see here but the President of the USA protecting foreign powers helping the Iranians target and kill US soldiers....

"AI is really good at automating our worst tendencies. It amplifies the unspoken cultural practices no one likes, but no individual can reasonably deviate from. It exploits the mechanized traditions recalcitrant to collective action. In that vein, AI can now write useless theory papers."

"The “faster” Fourier transform is merely an example where theory gets so unmoored from the original question that an “open problem” becomes nothing more than an academic status puzzle."

Right-wing online influencers: We can't prove Talarico *didn't* go to a rehab in Ohio NYT: We can, we saw video proof WSJ: Speaking of, we saw video of Paxton partying at the Burj Khalifa with his girlfriend and two men under federal indictment for fraud, one of whom donated to Paxton's campaign

Agreed. Last i Looked, deaths from smoking: # cardiovascular diseases ~ # lung cancer, # COPD less, still many, then other issues. COPD in particular: dead alveoli don’t regrow.

"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Climate adaptation scientist: yes, the “adaptation gap” is the difference between the level of action needed to adapt to climate change and the actual level of action being planned, financed and implemented. You’ll see it’s quite large.

Over on X, right-wing influencers rolled out audio they said proved Talarico was recently discharged from a mental health facility in Ohio and the story fell apart within hours. Completely humiliating episode for MAGA media and untold levels of cope on the timelines there tonight

Over on X, the “rigged election” crowd is pushing rumors around a video livestream clip of election workers, working late at night, allegedly doing something nefarious. Maricopa officials have explained that the workers are just… doing their jobs. But rumors around the video continue to swirl.