John Stewart

@minzlicht @Plinz The ‘Age Paradox’ is not surprising. A lot of older people, especially at or near retirement, don’t see their livelihood slipping away.

Ask a colleague why they refuse to use AI. They say it uses up all that water. You point out the water use is far smaller than some would have them believe. Then it's the hallucinations. You mention accuracy has improved dramatically. Then, finally: the process is the point. The struggle. The craft. The deeply human act of sitting with uncertainty. They're not reasoning. They're rationalizing their gut intuitions. My amazing student @vicoldemburgo, with Éloïse Côté, Reem Ayad, @yorl, Jason Plaks and I have a new preprint that explores this more thoroughly, called "The Moralization of Artificial Intelligence". We started by asking how moralized AI has become in public discourse. Analyzing 69,890 news headlines from 2018 to 2024, we found that AI was moralized at levels comparable to GMOs and vaccines, technologies whose moral opposition has been studied for decades. It ranked above both. The sharpest spike came within weeks of ChatGPT's launch in late 2022. When we surveyed representative samples of Americans, a majority of AI opponents said their views wouldn't change even if AI proved safe and beneficial. That's consequence insensitivity, the hallmark of moral conviction, not practical calculation. Across art, chatbots, legal tools, and romantic companions, AI moralization loaded onto a single latent factor. A global moral stance, dressed up in whatever practical language is available. The behavioral data make this concrete: a one standard deviation increase in moralization scores predicted a 42% drop in actual AI usage, even when it would have benefited that person personally. The conviction preceded the behavior by up to 573 days. The next time someone gives you three different reasons to oppose AI, each one dissolving under mild scrutiny, you're probably not watching someone think. You're watching someone feel. Preprint avaulable here: osf.io/preprints/psya…

این پست رو لطفا حمایت کنید چون لیاقت آزادی خواها این هست که همه بالای ۱۰ هزار فالور باشن پس اتحاد داشته باشیمو اتحادمونو اینجا نشون بدیمو همو فالو کنیم🌱 تا ابد #جاویدشاه

این آخرین نبرده، پهلوی برمیگرده This is the final battle Pahlavi will return

R.I.P. Ace

Among My Other Selves 24x18 Oil on Linen by @KatayounStewart

Reality is not computation any more than it was the calculus of a mechanical clock centuries ago. Let’s not confuse our technology with what our universe is, it’s a surefire way to close the future by stifling our ability to see beyond the dogmas of our time. longnow.org/ideas/physics-…

@adamdorfx @AnthropicAI But this is a "light" touch.

Our statement on Governor Newsom's AI Working Group Draft Report: anthropic.com/news/anthropic…

@vinniecolaiuta Sorry Vinnie, I was trying to obscure the concerning nature of this phenomenon with a sarcastic, scientific-sounding explanation linking it to climate change, which is a common trope. I forget that sarcasm doesn't always come across clearly here.

@johnstewart Hi John. Okay, I’ve looked that up and found nothing. But I did with cirrus tabulatum. These aren’t that, and every image of them substantiated that. My image was different also in that, tabulatum didn’t criss cross in a formation that strained the idea of that natural phenom.

1) Tic Tac Toe. 2) Checkerboard. 3) Coincidental or Intentional Flight Path Convergence. 4) Feeling ‘Artsy’. 5)None of the above.

@Networkingwatch @BrightInsight6 @WWolfProd Who knows, it’s just some of this stuff doesn’t seem to say what’s trying to be said. Other things seem quite mysterious.

@johnstewart @BrightInsight6 @WWolfProd Could be but that also is interesting. Given sufficient time people converge on the ‘best solution’. I think it is more likely that mariners shared this knowledge as the settled the new lands.

Compare the corners of these Polygonal stone walls in Egypt & Cambodia 👀 Although not identical, the characteristics of these two walls is remarkably similar. Lost ancient Global connection? 🌍 Cambodia 📸 credit: @WWolfProd 🔥

@vinniecolaiuta Happy New Year.

Happy New Year 🎊 everyone! I wish you all a blessed, happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous 2025! As cliché as it may sound, I mean it. Happy 2025!

Not reflecting.

@vinniecolaiuta Decrease regulation. Punish corruption. Remove the idea that insurance is healthcare. Disallow the employee/employer health benefit connection (including government employees.) Deregulate drug and therapies.

It’s so broken. How or IF will it be fixed may be rhe question of the century. Not holding my breath, but still hoping.

The reason to win the game is so that you can be free of it. @naval

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The badge path seems less challenging than it used to be.

I wish you a great day of your life. Share this with someone special. Love, Robin

7D artist Daniel Reyes Llinás will be performing solo and ensemble sets in NYC, NJ, Paris, and Anchorage throughout September. For info and details, visit: llinasmusic.com/calendar