“Bangladesh’s New Democracy Under Threat From Flood of Misinformation - The country’s democratic revolution is being targeted by both external and internal sources of misinformation and propaganda.” My piece in The Diplomat. #Bangladeshthediplomat.com/2024/08/bang...

Bangladesh’s New Democracy Under Threat From Flood of Misinformation

The country’s democratic revolution is being targeted by both external and internal sources of misinformation and propaganda.

Even with all of the push back, I think we are still greatly *underestimating* the damage that this current "AI" tech is doing. We were actually doing a respectable job of cataloging human knowledge and making it accessible to people. Now we are actively polluting it and making it useless.

LHlaurahelmuth.bsky.socialAug 15, 2024 7:43pm

Fucking fuck Google to the fucking moon and back. I searched for a Scientific American article and got an AI summary that had an error in almost every single sentence, starting with the date being off by a decade.

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Living in the subtropics has made me grossly overestimate how many layers I will need when I go anywhere even slightly cooler. It is embarrassing how much I overpack.

Have any $ in @unisuperfund ? Sign the petition calling on UniSuper to divest. Unisuper have previously tried to reassure members by saying we only have a 'fraction' invested in these companies, as if any amount of war profiteering is acceptable www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/st...

Stop making UniSuper members complicit in Israel’s crimes!

It is unethical for the funds of UniSuper members to be invested in any companies which: • provide products or services that contribute to violent acts against civilians, Israeli or...

“It’s horror,” McCain told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview to air Sunday. “There is famine — full-blown famine — in the north, and it’s moving its way south.” www.huffpost.com/entry/united...

Top U.N. Official Cindy McCain Says Northern Gaza Is Now In 'Full-Blown Famine'

“It’s horror," McCain told NBC's “Meet the Press” in an interview to air Sunday.

how is my essay 1,992 words in google docs but 2,015 in word? (not it's not counting the footnotes in word).

Y'all are being blatantly lied to by this administration and I guess it's just "shrugs, sucks to be Palestinian???" Is that the response???? Shame on all of us.

Adding protein powder to food and drink is a great way to support your gains at the gym for the low low price of eroding the small pleasures of daily life

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