"'The Wall' is a myth. The male wall isn’t" - Anon, Afru, 17JUN24
>Women practice self-care, men do not. The theory that women drop their standards and bed losers after 30 is stinky manosphere drivel.
>The male wall, on the other hand, is very real
>The average thirty-year-old male already has a receding hair line. His face has begun to bloat from the excessive alcohol usage and poor diet. A flat tire is already beginning to form around his mid-section. He has pre-mature wrinkles, sun damage, and uneven skin tone because he washes with Axe-3-In-1 Hair, Face, and Body Wash everyday and as never picked up a proper skincare product in his entire life.
Throw in the erectile dysfunction from excessive pornography consumption throughout his youth?
https://archive.ph/wYXZ1
>Women practice self-care, men do not. The theory that women drop their standards and bed losers after 30 is stinky manosphere drivel.
>The male wall, on the other hand, is very real
>The average thirty-year-old male already has a receding hair line. His face has begun to bloat from the excessive alcohol usage and poor diet. A flat tire is already beginning to form around his mid-section. He has pre-mature wrinkles, sun damage, and uneven skin tone because he washes with Axe-3-In-1 Hair, Face, and Body Wash everyday and as never picked up a proper skincare product in his entire life.
Throw in the erectile dysfunction from excessive pornography consumption throughout his youth?
https://archive.ph/wYXZ1
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"A Retracted Stem Cell Study Reveals Science’s Shortcomings" -
PETER ALDHOUS, SciAm, 02JUL24
>The withdrawal after 22 years of a controversial stem cell paper highlights how perverse incentives can distort scientific progress
>In June a notice posted on the website of the journal Nature set a new scientific record. It withdrew what is now the most highly cited research paper ever to be retracted.
>The study, published in 2002 by Catherine Verfaillie, then at the University of Minnesota, and her colleagues, had been cited 4,482 times by its demise according to the Web of Science. The bone marrow cells it described were lauded as an alternative to embryonic stem cells, offering the same potential to develop into any type of tissue but without the need to destroy an early-stage human embryo. At that time the U.S. government was wrestling with the ethics of funding stem cell research, and politicians opposed to work on embryos championed Verfaillie’s findings.
https://archive.ph/WHj8n
PETER ALDHOUS, SciAm, 02JUL24
>The withdrawal after 22 years of a controversial stem cell paper highlights how perverse incentives can distort scientific progress
>In June a notice posted on the website of the journal Nature set a new scientific record. It withdrew what is now the most highly cited research paper ever to be retracted.
>The study, published in 2002 by Catherine Verfaillie, then at the University of Minnesota, and her colleagues, had been cited 4,482 times by its demise according to the Web of Science. The bone marrow cells it described were lauded as an alternative to embryonic stem cells, offering the same potential to develop into any type of tissue but without the need to destroy an early-stage human embryo. At that time the U.S. government was wrestling with the ethics of funding stem cell research, and politicians opposed to work on embryos championed Verfaillie’s findings.
https://archive.ph/WHj8n
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"The direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 virus vaccination on human ovarian granulosa cells explains menstrual irregularities" - Hadas Bar-Joseph, Nature, 26JUN24
>Irregular periods are important well beyond fertility and the discomfort they impose; they are associated with the risk of cardiovascular morbidity, chronic diseases, and premature mortality. Pre-clinical examination of the vaccine polymeric envelope indicates its accumulation in the ovaries.
>InhibinB was upregulated, whereas AMH was downregulated.
>found a 2–3 folds change in the post-vaccination FSH/InhibinB protein level ratio, compared to their pre-vaccination values.
>This altered expression of InhibinB could significantly impact the HPO axis in vaccinated women and may ultimately influence the endometrium cyclicity, manifested clinically by the commonly reported changes in menstrual bleeding patterns.
https://archive.ph/rEFxS
>Irregular periods are important well beyond fertility and the discomfort they impose; they are associated with the risk of cardiovascular morbidity, chronic diseases, and premature mortality. Pre-clinical examination of the vaccine polymeric envelope indicates its accumulation in the ovaries.
>InhibinB was upregulated, whereas AMH was downregulated.
>found a 2–3 folds change in the post-vaccination FSH/InhibinB protein level ratio, compared to their pre-vaccination values.
>This altered expression of InhibinB could significantly impact the HPO axis in vaccinated women and may ultimately influence the endometrium cyclicity, manifested clinically by the commonly reported changes in menstrual bleeding patterns.
https://archive.ph/rEFxS
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"How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat" - Anahad O’Connor, NYT, 12SEP2016
>The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead, newly released historical documents show.
>The internal sugar industry documents, recently discovered by a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, and published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease, including many of today’s dietary recommendations, may have been largely shaped by the sugar industry.
>“They were able to derail the discussion about sugar for decades,” said Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at U.C.S.F. and an author of the JAMA Internal Medicine paper.
https://archive.ph/hrnsK
JAMA paper:
https://archive.ph/mGsQx
>The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead, newly released historical documents show.
>The internal sugar industry documents, recently discovered by a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, and published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease, including many of today’s dietary recommendations, may have been largely shaped by the sugar industry.
>“They were able to derail the discussion about sugar for decades,” said Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at U.C.S.F. and an author of the JAMA Internal Medicine paper.
https://archive.ph/hrnsK
JAMA paper:
https://archive.ph/mGsQx
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"Giant international fusion project is in big trouble" - Daniel Clergy, Science org, 03JUL2024
>ITER operations delayed to 2034, with energy-producing reactions expected 5 years later
>Dreamed up in 1980s, ITER collaboration came together in 2006. Construction began in 2010 with contracts spread across all member states. Operations were expected to start a decade later. The project relies on a doughnut-shaped reactor, called a tokamak, in which magnetic fields contain a plasma of hydrogen nuclei hot enough to fuse and release energy. Particle beams and microwaves heat plasma to 150 million degrees Celsius—10 times the temperature of the Sun’s core—while a few meters away the superconducting magnets must be cooled to –269°C, a few degrees above absolute zero.
>After 5 years, operators will fire up short fusion bursts of less than a minute with the more potent deuterium-tritium fuel, which will give ITER a shot at its stated goal of generating 10 times more power than it consumes.
https://archive.ph/sQloP
>ITER operations delayed to 2034, with energy-producing reactions expected 5 years later
>Dreamed up in 1980s, ITER collaboration came together in 2006. Construction began in 2010 with contracts spread across all member states. Operations were expected to start a decade later. The project relies on a doughnut-shaped reactor, called a tokamak, in which magnetic fields contain a plasma of hydrogen nuclei hot enough to fuse and release energy. Particle beams and microwaves heat plasma to 150 million degrees Celsius—10 times the temperature of the Sun’s core—while a few meters away the superconducting magnets must be cooled to –269°C, a few degrees above absolute zero.
>After 5 years, operators will fire up short fusion bursts of less than a minute with the more potent deuterium-tritium fuel, which will give ITER a shot at its stated goal of generating 10 times more power than it consumes.
https://archive.ph/sQloP
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"Plutonium pit ‘panic’ threatens America’s nuclear ambitions" - Brad Dress, The Hill, 06MAR24
tl;dr: status of US nuclear production
• The US has no current nuclear production, but is looking to Build Back Better
Sites:
• Los Alamos "Technical Area-55" @ "Plutonium Facility-4": pursuing plutonium pit remanufacturing capability, scheduled to open in the 2030s, but facing forever delays and budget increases. Planning to melt down thousands of pits produced during cold war and remanufacture new working pits. They are hiring American demographics to complete this post-apocalyptic scavenging.
• Rocky Flats Plant: Raided by EPA and FBI marauders in 1989. Closed during the last year of Bush Sr's presidency in 1992, "no longer needed due to the fall of the Soviet Union."
• Savannah River Site: At end of cold war, nuclear weapon material production stopped at this site. New facility is scheduled to be built in mid-2030s, and will build mad-max scavenged Pu pits like Los Alamos TA-55.
https://archive.ph/wmkDl
tl;dr: status of US nuclear production
• The US has no current nuclear production, but is looking to Build Back Better
Sites:
• Los Alamos "Technical Area-55" @ "Plutonium Facility-4": pursuing plutonium pit remanufacturing capability, scheduled to open in the 2030s, but facing forever delays and budget increases. Planning to melt down thousands of pits produced during cold war and remanufacture new working pits. They are hiring American demographics to complete this post-apocalyptic scavenging.
• Rocky Flats Plant: Raided by EPA and FBI marauders in 1989. Closed during the last year of Bush Sr's presidency in 1992, "no longer needed due to the fall of the Soviet Union."
• Savannah River Site: At end of cold war, nuclear weapon material production stopped at this site. New facility is scheduled to be built in mid-2030s, and will build mad-max scavenged Pu pits like Los Alamos TA-55.
https://archive.ph/wmkDl
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"Is Having a Loving Family an Unfair Advantage?" - Joe Gelonesi, ABC, 1MAY2015
>Plato famously wanted to abolish the family and put children into care of the state. Some still think the traditional family has a lot to answer for, but some plausible arguments remain in favour of it. Joe Gelonesi meets a philosopher with a rescue plan very much in tune with the times.
>So, what to do?
>According to Swift, from a purely instrumental position the answer is straightforward.
>‘One way philosophers might think about solving the social justice problem would be by simply abolishing the family. If the family is this source of unfairness in society then it looks plausible to think that if we abolished the family there would be a more level playing field.’
>It’s not the first time a philosopher has thought about such a drastic solution. Two thousand four hundred years ago another sage reasoned that the care of children should be undertaken by the state.
https://archive.ph/PiRxL
>Plato famously wanted to abolish the family and put children into care of the state. Some still think the traditional family has a lot to answer for, but some plausible arguments remain in favour of it. Joe Gelonesi meets a philosopher with a rescue plan very much in tune with the times.
>So, what to do?
>According to Swift, from a purely instrumental position the answer is straightforward.
>‘One way philosophers might think about solving the social justice problem would be by simply abolishing the family. If the family is this source of unfairness in society then it looks plausible to think that if we abolished the family there would be a more level playing field.’
>It’s not the first time a philosopher has thought about such a drastic solution. Two thousand four hundred years ago another sage reasoned that the care of children should be undertaken by the state.
https://archive.ph/PiRxL
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"A Surprising Climate Find" - Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 27JUN24
>As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising
new story.
>What they found is startling: Even though sea levels have risen, many islands haven’t shrunk. Most, in fact, have been stable. Some have even grown.
>One study that rounded up scientists’ data on 709 islands across the Pacific and Indian Oceans showed that nearly 89 percent either had increased in area or hadn’t changed much in recent decades. Only 11 percent had contracted.
https://archive.ph/yDnrZ
(Climate?)
>As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising
new story.
>What they found is startling: Even though sea levels have risen, many islands haven’t shrunk. Most, in fact, have been stable. Some have even grown.
>One study that rounded up scientists’ data on 709 islands across the Pacific and Indian Oceans showed that nearly 89 percent either had increased in area or hadn’t changed much in recent decades. Only 11 percent had contracted.
https://archive.ph/yDnrZ
(Climate?)
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>TB primarily kills people primarily in Africa, South America and Asia. In 2022 two thirds of TB cases were just in six countries: India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan and Nigeria. Almost all of Tuberculosis deaths happened in South East Asia.
>But as it is a slow problem, like climate change, it was ignored instead of fought aggressively...
>In the first 25 years of the "antibiotic era" (1940-1965) we developed eight classes of drugs to treat TB. And then, in the 47 years between 1965 and 2012, we developed none...
>... and there simply wasn't enough profit incentive. There IS a vaccine, but it's over 100 years old...
>But beginning in 2012... we did develop two new classes of drugs that treat TB, and we may finally be at an inflection point again, as better vaccines are on the horizon...
>...but only if we get enough people to know about TB - like you do now, and to care about it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLb5h2O2Ww
>But as it is a slow problem, like climate change, it was ignored instead of fought aggressively...
>In the first 25 years of the "antibiotic era" (1940-1965) we developed eight classes of drugs to treat TB. And then, in the 47 years between 1965 and 2012, we developed none...
>... and there simply wasn't enough profit incentive. There IS a vaccine, but it's over 100 years old...
>But beginning in 2012... we did develop two new classes of drugs that treat TB, and we may finally be at an inflection point again, as better vaccines are on the horizon...
>...but only if we get enough people to know about TB - like you do now, and to care about it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFLb5h2O2Ww
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"A Ukrainian minister says she's frustrated by the West's inability to adapt its weapons to Russian tactics: report" - Mia Jankowicz, Business Insider 10JUL2024
>Some weapons systems that were immensely effective when they were first deployed in Ukraine have since seen limited results or have even fallen by the wayside as Russian forces adapt their tactics to counter them.
>Excalibur artillery rounds — which had a huge impact on Ukraine's fighting ability well into 2023 — had been all but abandoned by this spring after Russian forces repeatedly foiled them with advanced electronic warfare techniques, as The Washington Post reported.
>A similar story has played out with US-made HIMARS missiles, whose precision has also been somewhat blunted, the Journal reported.
>Ukraine has also given up using Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs, pending a review, according to the Journal.
https://archive.ph/QFQwp
(Science Weapons)
>Some weapons systems that were immensely effective when they were first deployed in Ukraine have since seen limited results or have even fallen by the wayside as Russian forces adapt their tactics to counter them.
>Excalibur artillery rounds — which had a huge impact on Ukraine's fighting ability well into 2023 — had been all but abandoned by this spring after Russian forces repeatedly foiled them with advanced electronic warfare techniques, as The Washington Post reported.
>A similar story has played out with US-made HIMARS missiles, whose precision has also been somewhat blunted, the Journal reported.
>Ukraine has also given up using Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs, pending a review, according to the Journal.
https://archive.ph/QFQwp
(Science Weapons)
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"Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down — and it could alter the length of our days" - Harry Baker, Live Science, 19JUN2024
>A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation, lengthening our days.
>The heart of our planet has been spinning unusually slowly for the past 14 years, new research confirms. And if this mysterious trend continues, it could potentially lengthen Earth's days — though the effects would likely be imperceptible to us.
>Since scientists started mapping Earth's inner layers with detailed seismic activity records around 40 years ago, the inner core has rotated slightly faster than the mantle and the crust. But in a new study, published June 12 in the journal Nature, researchers found that since 2010, the inner core has been slowing down and is now rotating a bit more slowly than our planet's outer layers.
https://archive.ph/05znP
>A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation, lengthening our days.
>The heart of our planet has been spinning unusually slowly for the past 14 years, new research confirms. And if this mysterious trend continues, it could potentially lengthen Earth's days — though the effects would likely be imperceptible to us.
>Since scientists started mapping Earth's inner layers with detailed seismic activity records around 40 years ago, the inner core has rotated slightly faster than the mantle and the crust. But in a new study, published June 12 in the journal Nature, researchers found that since 2010, the inner core has been slowing down and is now rotating a bit more slowly than our planet's outer layers.
https://archive.ph/05znP
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"Doctor who decapitated baby during botched birth cleared to return to work" -
Joe Roberts, Metro, 06JUN2018
https://archive.ph/vTwSB
"Government drops doctor who says gender given at birth" - Steve Bird, The Telegraph, 08JUL2018
https://archive.ph/WPgMz
Joe Roberts, Metro, 06JUN2018
https://archive.ph/vTwSB
"Government drops doctor who says gender given at birth" - Steve Bird, The Telegraph, 08JUL2018
https://archive.ph/WPgMz
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"Toxic fluoride gas emissions from lithium-ion battery fires" - Fredrik Larsson, Nature, 30AUG2017
>Lithium-ion battery fires generate intense heat and considerable amounts of gas and smoke. Although the emission of toxic gases can be a larger threat than the heat, the knowledge of such emissions is limited. This paper presents quantitative measurements of heat release and fluoride gas emissions during battery fires for seven different types of commercial lithium-ion batteries. The results have been validated using two independent measurement techniques and show that large amounts of hydrogen fluoride (HF) may be generated, ranging between 20 and 200 mg/Wh of nominal battery energy capacity. In addition, 15–22 mg/Wh of another potentially toxic gas, phosphoryl fluoride (POF3), was measured in some of the fire tests.
https://archive.ph/UXAGO
>Lithium-ion battery fires generate intense heat and considerable amounts of gas and smoke. Although the emission of toxic gases can be a larger threat than the heat, the knowledge of such emissions is limited. This paper presents quantitative measurements of heat release and fluoride gas emissions during battery fires for seven different types of commercial lithium-ion batteries. The results have been validated using two independent measurement techniques and show that large amounts of hydrogen fluoride (HF) may be generated, ranging between 20 and 200 mg/Wh of nominal battery energy capacity. In addition, 15–22 mg/Wh of another potentially toxic gas, phosphoryl fluoride (POF3), was measured in some of the fire tests.
https://archive.ph/UXAGO
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"We Need to Talk About Gay Sex in Space" - Tony Ho Tran, Futurism, 18NOV2021
>“It would actually probably be easier for a homosexual couple because they’d likely have similar mass sizes,” Layendecker explained to Futurism.
>Layendecker adds that technique would play a role here too. Whereas missionary position would be a more difficult position to achieve while having sex in space because it’s harder to get a grip on your partner, spooning or doggy-style would be much easier, because it’s easier for one to hold onto the other.
>Space sex might also be perfect for those inclined to BDSM, which is equally accessible to same-gender lovers. Since there’s no leverage in microgravity environment, one or both partners needs to be strapped in or secured in some way; otherwise they run the risk of awkwardly floating away mid-thrust. Luckily, NASA already has solution to that.
>So are you into BDSM? You are a perfect candidate to have some incredible gay space sex.
https://archive.ph/qXgvq
(science?)
>“It would actually probably be easier for a homosexual couple because they’d likely have similar mass sizes,” Layendecker explained to Futurism.
>Layendecker adds that technique would play a role here too. Whereas missionary position would be a more difficult position to achieve while having sex in space because it’s harder to get a grip on your partner, spooning or doggy-style would be much easier, because it’s easier for one to hold onto the other.
>Space sex might also be perfect for those inclined to BDSM, which is equally accessible to same-gender lovers. Since there’s no leverage in microgravity environment, one or both partners needs to be strapped in or secured in some way; otherwise they run the risk of awkwardly floating away mid-thrust. Luckily, NASA already has solution to that.
>So are you into BDSM? You are a perfect candidate to have some incredible gay space sex.
https://archive.ph/qXgvq
(science?)
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First google hits for the two Astronauts stuck on the ISS because their Boeing spacecraft failed.
The current plan is for them to take the Boeing spacecraft down.
(dark age of technology)
The current plan is for them to take the Boeing spacecraft down.
(dark age of technology)
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"ChatGPT-4o Is Sending Users to a Scammy Website That Floods Your Screen With Fake Virus Warnings" - MAGGIE HARRISON DUPRÉ, Futurism, 01JUL2024
>Last year, OpenAI boasted about a seismic change to its flagship ChatGPT: the chatbot could "now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources."
>In theory, this is probably a good idea. AI systems like ChatGPT are notorious for making stuff up and ripping off original authors without giving credit, so it makes sense to show where the AI is pulling info from.
>But in reality, ChatGPT's sources are often abysmal. When we quizzed ChatGPT-4o about current events, for instance, it repeatedly cited a sloppy scam news site that deluges the user with fake software updates and virus warnings.
https://archive.ph/M3YwO
(tech L)
>Last year, OpenAI boasted about a seismic change to its flagship ChatGPT: the chatbot could "now browse the internet to provide you with current and authoritative information, complete with direct links to sources."
>In theory, this is probably a good idea. AI systems like ChatGPT are notorious for making stuff up and ripping off original authors without giving credit, so it makes sense to show where the AI is pulling info from.
>But in reality, ChatGPT's sources are often abysmal. When we quizzed ChatGPT-4o about current events, for instance, it repeatedly cited a sloppy scam news site that deluges the user with fake software updates and virus warnings.
https://archive.ph/M3YwO
(tech L)
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"The F-22 Raptor and NGAD are Now in Fighter 'Limbo'" - Maya Carlin, National Interest, 12JUL2024
>The U.S. Air Force’s push to retire its remaining F-22 Raptor fighters may not come to fruition as service has not secured a firm replacement for this fifth-generation platform.
>This week, head of Air Combat Command Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, divulged that the service is likely to retain 32 Block 20 F-22 jets during a speaking event at Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “I’m in favor of keeping the Block 20s,” he said. “They give us a lot of training value, and even if we had to—in an emergency—use the Block 20s in a combat situation, they’re very capable.”
>While Air Force was previously adamant that its upcoming Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter would replace the Raptor once introduced, budgetary issues are muddying the future of the sixth-generation platform. To retain an aerial edge over its adversaries, Air Force must keep its F-22s in service.
https://archive.ph/QS68o
(science weapon)
>The U.S. Air Force’s push to retire its remaining F-22 Raptor fighters may not come to fruition as service has not secured a firm replacement for this fifth-generation platform.
>This week, head of Air Combat Command Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, divulged that the service is likely to retain 32 Block 20 F-22 jets during a speaking event at Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “I’m in favor of keeping the Block 20s,” he said. “They give us a lot of training value, and even if we had to—in an emergency—use the Block 20s in a combat situation, they’re very capable.”
>While Air Force was previously adamant that its upcoming Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter would replace the Raptor once introduced, budgetary issues are muddying the future of the sixth-generation platform. To retain an aerial edge over its adversaries, Air Force must keep its F-22s in service.
https://archive.ph/QS68o
(science weapon)
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"Company Abandons Plans to Give AI Workers "Rights" and Add Them to Org Chart After Outcry From Human Employees" - Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15JUL2024
>As experts continue to predict that AI will lead to the abolishing of millions of jobs, one company is taking the matter to its logical conclusion by giving its "digital workers" — AI algorithms that were essentially assigned a job — "rights," as Fortune reports.
>"Treating AI agents as employees disrespects the humanity of your real employees. Worse, it implies that you view humans simply as 'resources' to be optimized and measured against machines."
>For quite some time now, companies have cited AI as a reason for mass layoffs. Just last week, TurboTax maker Intuit laid off 1,800 workers in an apparent effort to cash in on the AI hype. Last month, Microsoft blamed an "AI wave" after laying off 1,500 workers.
https://archive.ph/K0Juq
(tech L)
>As experts continue to predict that AI will lead to the abolishing of millions of jobs, one company is taking the matter to its logical conclusion by giving its "digital workers" — AI algorithms that were essentially assigned a job — "rights," as Fortune reports.
>"Treating AI agents as employees disrespects the humanity of your real employees. Worse, it implies that you view humans simply as 'resources' to be optimized and measured against machines."
>For quite some time now, companies have cited AI as a reason for mass layoffs. Just last week, TurboTax maker Intuit laid off 1,800 workers in an apparent effort to cash in on the AI hype. Last month, Microsoft blamed an "AI wave" after laying off 1,500 workers.
https://archive.ph/K0Juq
(tech L)
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