Dan Cosgrove

@NoContextHumans Missed a spot…

We have instant hair before GTA6💀

8 seed!?!? Can we decline that and take an 11?

@ChrisMWilliams Give us Duke! 😃

Iowa State now with non-con wins over Big East and Big Ten Tournament champs.

@iowahawkblog I receive them all, but only get about half of them. 😃

There are a lot of people who never get my posts x.com/linderje/statu…

This is insane. Scientists just taught living human brain cells to play DOOM. Cortical Labs in Australia grew about 800,000 neurons (human stem-cell derived plus mouse neurons) on a silicon chip and connected them to a computer using a high density microelectrode array. This system, called DishBrain, sends electrical signals representing the game environment and reads the neurons’ responses as control inputs. These cells don’t see graphics. They receive patterns of stimulation encoding movement and feedback, then reorganize their firing to improve performance. In earlier experiments, these neuron networks began learning tasks like Pong in about 5 minutes of gameplay. Because biological neurons adapt continuously and use extremely little energy, researchers are developing real bio-hybrid machines like the Cortical Labs CL1 biological computer, which runs living neural networks on silicon hardware. For perspective, the entire human brain operates on roughly ~20 watts of power. Modern AI systems require far more energy for comparable tasks. Researchers call this Synthetic Biological Intelligence. Future applications could include controlling robotic limbs, modeling neurological diseases, testing drugs, and building ultra-efficient computers that learn naturally instead of being trained from scratch. This isn’t consciousness or a “brain in a jar.” It’s proof that living tissue itself can function as computing hardware. Acceleration is everywhere.

@tom_peters Huge new opportunities but also huge new anxieties. Instead of being “doers” many will be “directors”, telling the ai agents what needs to be done, verifying the task, any moving on. Think of the difference in a corp: not an individual contributor but a functional director.

help me here. What kind of future can a kid of 11 expect in the age of AI🪱🦀🦐v🕷️🦎🐌🐞

@DanaPerino Only one cure: Hair of the dog, or whatever. 😃

Cut him off, he’s had enough!

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Dog ownership was linked to ~40% lower odds of disabling dementia. There was no protective signal for cat owners.

Thanks @LAYS — challenge accepted and completed. 🥔

@IndianaGPA @GPAIndiana Is that a magic wand? 😃

Pretty good odds 🤣🤣

Assault squirrel!

@ShooterMcGavin *college basketball has entered the chat

Dads returning to their families after football season ends tonight

30-1 Run

It’s that time of year! #GoPats

Now put it on a shrimp and garlic alfredo pizza🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@chamath Certainly could be funded by PE or other risk capital in exchange for a % of the damages recovered.

No idea this existed until today. People can make billions ratting out the fraud: What is “qui tam”? Via Gemini: “Qui tam is a legal provision that allows a private individual (known as a relator) to file a lawsuit on behalf of the government to recover funds lost to fraud. The term comes from the Latin phrase qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, meaning "he who brings the action for the king as well as for himself."  In California, these actions are primarily governed by the California False Claims Act (CFCA), which is modeled after the federal version but tailored to protect state and local taxpayer money.  How Qui Tam Uncovers Fraud in California: The CFCA is designed to incentivize "insiders"—employees, contractors, or competitors—to expose schemes that the government might not otherwise detect.  1. Common Types of Fraud Reported • Healthcare/Medi-Cal Fraud: Overbilling, "upcoding" services, or billing for treatments never provided.  • Contractor Fraud: Using substandard materials on public construction projects or inflating labor hours.  • Grant & Education Fraud: Misusing state funds provided to schools, universities, or research institutions. • Procurement Fraud: Conspiring to rig bids for state contracts or providing defective products to state agencies.  • "Reverse" False Claims: Intentionally underpaying money owed to the state (e.g., hiding a debt or under-reporting natural resources extracted from state land).  2. The Process: Filing "Under Seal" To uncover fraud without alerting the bad actor, the process follows a specific "cloak and dagger" procedure:  • Confidential Filing: The whistleblower files the lawsuit in secret (under seal). Not even the defendant knows they are being sued yet.  • Government Investigation: The California Attorney General (or local prosecutor) has 60 days (often extended) to investigate the claims privately.  • Intervention Decision: The government decides to either intervene (take over the case) or decline (let the whistleblower pursue it on their own).  Whistleblower Rewards and Protections California offers some of the strongest incentives and protections in the nation to encourage people to come forward.

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