Posts like these feel strange at a moment when such immense, brutal things are happening, but I am grateful to share that today is my pub day: The Problem of the Christian Master: Augustine in the Afterlife of Slavery is finally out in the world! (@yalepress)

declaring catholic jihad against san francisco

what the artificial intelligence consciousness debate shows is that deep down tech bros just want to be humanities graduate students

do you think the catholic church thinks the soul is stored in neurons or

Five year old says he wants to be Harry Potter for Halloween. Yeah sorry no. Not in my house. How about you be Thomas Sankara.

Rowdy….this isn’t you. You’re better than this.

In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.

Face of the league shifting from Bron to *this* is …. something (complimentary)

Victor Wembanyama was asked if he would ever sign a deal with a sports betting company: “Absolutely not. Honestly, I think it’s very sad to see some players promote it.”

I am excited to announce a new endeavor: The Blackhurst Project! Partnering with Blackhurst Cultural Centre and A Different Booklist, we have developed a Project to cultivate black thought in this current sociopolitical moment—a think tank, so to speak. eventbrite.ca/e/200256966076…

80% of the children who accepted Wonka's Golden Ticket died

This is what every meal feels like when you’re a dog

are these people ensouled?

We’re AutoZone United (AZU) from White Plains NY, who just won the 1st union at AutoZone this past Friday with @UAWRegion9A! Stay tuned for more updates on our fight as we bargain our 1st contract! And for help organizing your store or media, dm us or email at uawazu@gmail.com

An AI assistant can help you with day to day tasks such as coordinating the schedules of your housekeeping staff or booking your biweekly flight to Shenzhen

AutoZone is REALLY scared of the first ever union on their premises. They spent 200k to stop this one shop from unionizing- they don't want it to spread- and it didn't work. Now AutoZone resorted to illegal union busting tactics. Help the shop get a strike fund together.

In the 1600s you could write treatises for your friends as a gift. But friends don’t want treatises anymore

lol the Regional Manager and HR Manager just fired me

No, "anthropomorphizing" is a technical problem, about how AI works, not something like woke language policing. We say it's wrong because it's "technically" wrong not "morally" wrong. If you fail to set the brakes when parking on a hill, and your car then rolls down the hill, you don't claim that the car "decided to drive away on its own". Such anthropomorphizing distorts what really happened -- that you failed to set the brakes. The same applies to AI. When you "anthropomorphize" the AI you fail at understanding what actually happened.

Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”