Via LLRX – How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false – Conspiracy theories abound. What should you believe − and how can you tell? H. Colleen Sinclair, a social psychologist who studies misleading narratives, identifies seven step you can take to vet a claim you’ve seen or heard.
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Daily Archives: May 20, 2024
After I learned this easy email trick the clutter vanished from my inbox
ZDNET: “Is your inbox overflowing with ads, newsletters, and social media updates? You don’t need complex rules or multiple accounts to get things under control. Just the magic of one feature that’s built into most email solutions…The magic of email aliases. An alias is an alternate email address that’s linked to your main account. Messages… Continue Reading
If using LinkedIn makes you feel like an imposter at work, here’s how to cope
Via LLRX – If using LinkedIn makes you feel like an imposter at work, here’s how to cope – Dr. Sebastian Oliver acknowledges when it comes to professional social media, LinkedIn, with its billion-plus members, stands unrivalled. The platform for career updates, networking and job searches has effectively become a requirement in the professional world. It… Continue Reading
We might finally know how the biggest Egyptian pyramids were built
BBC Science Focus: “Egypt’s iconic pyramids have been a source of mystery and wonder for thousands of years, as experts have scrambled to understand how an ancient society could be capable of building such colossal structures. Now, archaeologists have uncovered a crucial piece of the construction puzzle – a long-lost branch of the Nile River,… Continue Reading
Google – Introducing the Frontier Safety Framework
The Framework – The first version of the Framework announced today builds on our research on evaluating critical capabilities in frontier models, and follows the emerging approach of Responsible Capability Scaling. The Framework has three key components: Identifying capabilities a model may have with potential for severe harm. To do this, we research the paths… Continue Reading
Secrets in Your Data
NOVA, PBS Documentary – YouTube – Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3QEVLKC | #novapbs Whether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. That can pose a risk to your privacy – even your safety. But at the same time, big datasets could lead to huge advances in fields… Continue Reading
See How Easily AI Chatbots Can Be Taught to Spew Disinformation
The New York Times [no paywall]: “Ahead of the U.S. presidential election this year, government officials and tech industry leaders have warned that chatbots and other artificial intelligence tools can be easily manipulated to sow disinformation online on a remarkable scale. To understand how worrisome the threat is, we customized our own chatbots, feeding them… Continue Reading
Pin Point. The most common 4 digit pin numbers
“Chip and PIN card, phone passcode, hotel safe – how predictable is your chosen PIN number? 3.4 million data points visualized from several data breaches. Created by the late great Nick Berry of Data Genetics (redesigned and used with permission). He wrote a great data story around this which is also worth a read. Published… Continue Reading
Toxic Gaslighting by 3M
ProPublica: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe – “Kris Hansen had worked as a chemist at the 3M Corporation for about a year when her boss, an affable senior scientist named Jim Johnson, gave her a strange assignment. 3M had invented Scotch Tape and Post-it… Continue Reading
