A.I. and Stochastic Parrots | FACTUALLY with Emily Bender and Timnit Gebru

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAHRbFetqII&ab_channel=AdamConover[/embed] So-called “artificial intelligence” is one of the most divisive topics of the year, with even those who understand it in total disagreement about its potential impacts. This week, A.I. reseachers and authors of the famous paper “On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots,” Emily Bender and Timnit Gebru, join Adam to discuss what everyone gets…

Holocaust survivor joins the Israeli protests

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMe-H4ZFsvI&ab_channel=Reuters[/embed] Meet Esther Paran, a Holocaust survivor who navigated her way in a wheelchair through the throngs of Israelis marching through Tel Aviv in protest at government plans to overhaul the country’s judicial system. #News #Reuters #newsfeed #world #Israel #judicialreforms #protests EstherParan

EverythingOpen: connecting open* communities – Kathy Reid

Mid-March of this year saw the very first EverythingOpen conference, held in Naarm/Melbourne at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre. Unfortunately, I had some PhD commitments, and only managed to get there for the conference dinner, but was able to catch up afterwards via the conference videos – and this blog post is a recap…

New Jersey couple, 98 and 101, finds love endures, celebrate 75 years together – Health – TODAY.com

It was 1934, and William Fullwood, a young baseball player in the Negro Leagues, wanted nothing more than to marry Williemae, a “God-fearing, God-loving” woman who taught in a one-room school in Georgia.She initially spurned him because of their three-year age difference, but eight children, 23 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren later, William says he has…

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