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Saving the biosphere - One allele at a time ™ | Jeffrey Markert | Non Satis Scire
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A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context* Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when An LLM just generates text

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Where can I buy one of these cool bowling ball proof cars?

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Divers!! Recreational, professional, scientific, SCUBA, freedive, and everything in between: I want to hear about your favorite traditions / activities / events that got you into diving. 🤿🦑

submitted 2 hours ago • 1 comment

Here's where Melville neatly summarizes vertebrate paleontologists' primary nemesis.

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Do they have bustles?

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ALSO, if you are getting pissy about "anti-AI" sentiment on Bluesky while technofascists are deploying LLMs to scrape data, fire thousands of people, decimate academia and science, and worse, while also promising governments that "AI will replace everyone" you might not be reading the room

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Heard from a former (undergrad) student who just defended her PhD. Students: tell your old profs about your successes and achievements. It's not bragging, and we love to hear about it. It's one of the best parts of being an educator. #academicsky

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Yes - I keep hearing 'we can't put this genie back in the bottle'. Yeah, we can. We won't b/c we're lazy, but we could.

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I don't know if I've told the story of how I found a chicken on here. We need some levity. (🧵)

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

Grading papers in the AI-glurge era. Dr @laurawilliams.bsky.social 'Single Scoundrel' model lurks. How much energy do I want to put into hunting down a lone robot writer when Skynet is already firing lasers at us.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Christ alive. We’re all doomed.

submitted 3 days ago • 67 comments

#地衣類 #lichen #fungifriends

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#consgen authority Fred Allendorf cries out in despair for American science in the Missoulian newspaper. It’s terrifying to watch this destruction unfold day by day. My heart goes out to my American colleagues and friends. Stay strong and fight.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Lecture 3 today!

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Do any of you work at ecoRI?

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I would really like congress to start challenging the blatantly illegal grant and program termination, mid-contract. These are federal contracts with congressional money and their termination is illegal, full stop.

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We think we have discovered a "feature" of LLMs that will cause havoc for taxonomists and nomenclature people. They are likely to pollute the literature and databases with hallucinated junk names. 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics #nomenclature #biodiversity stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107

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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

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