Ash
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Ash
@Aleathear
Awful little automaton, fueled by spite. profile pic @DecayingTeeth



Jessica Winter has been raising her children to detest A.I. Then her daughter’s public middle school began receiving Google Chromebooks, which came pre-installed with an all-ages version of Gemini, a suite of A.I. tools. “When my daughter, who is in sixth grade, begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: ‘Help me write,’ ” Winter writes. “If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is ‘Help me visualize.’ She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: ‘Help me edit.’ ‘Beautify this slide.’ ” Proponents of generative A.I. in elementary and middle schools argue that such early exposure will foster digital-media literacy, and prepare them for a future in which most professions are steeped in A.I. But the technology also poses significant cognitive and social-emotional risks to young people. Read Winter’s report about A.I.’s infiltration into schools—and what it could mean for young minds: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NSWuBG




Solid reminder:


Greta Thunberg demands the release of all members of the flotilla who were kidnapped by Israel in international waters.

Scientists have discovered AI data centers are even worse for the environment than we thought. Big data centers create "heat islands" that raise local surface temperatures an average of 3.6°F, enough to potentially devastate local wildlife and water supply.

Zendaya will not attend this year’s Met Gala, according to ELLE. (elle.com/culture/celebr…)


Can’t get over the fact that once Oscars rejected this ad about postpartum recovery for being "too graphic" hill.cm/xAYOToZ

The fact that Americans can just not send their kids to school and call it that “homeschooling” is crazy to me.



today I get to kill my stupid grey chud kitchen and make it PINK!! 💪💪


Evangeline Lilly has called out Disney for being “disgusting and horrible” after they laid off almost all of Marvel's visual development team. “SHAME ON YOU for turning your back on the people who built the power you are now using to throw them away.”

The Gazans are angry: A huge Israeli flag hung on what used to be the Hamas regime headquarters building in the city of Rafah. Am Israel Chai! #Israel

After private equity took over Krispy Kreme, a dozen donuts hit $22. Unsold ones go straight in the trash instead of being sold cheaper.

Evangeline Lilly called out Disney after they laid off almost all of Marvel's visual development team. “SHAME ON YOU for turning your back on the people who built the power you are now using to throw them away. Why [does AI] get to steal our brilliance and use it to make executives rich while the artists responsible for feeding their robots go hungry? Disgusting."



Sheep struggling to cross the road in a new clip from ‘THE SHEEP DETECTIVES.’ In theaters on May 8.









