Maurits Martijn

As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.

LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.

People who rarely interact with anyone even resembling an average skilled worker claim some bullshit

Critical chip shortage worsens by the day The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is increasingly concerned by imminent disruption to European vehicle manufacturing due to the block in supply of foundational microchips that are essential for our members’ manufacturing.

Truly seems we're on the verge of a huge shock to the car industry over the Nexperia crisis - will keep track of things in this rolling thread

EU's car-making body said today assembly lines in Europe "might only be days away" from grinding to a halt

Microsoft to invest over $15 billion in UAE, secures US export licenses for Nvidia chips Microsoft will invest over $15 billion in the United Arab Emirates in the seven years to the end of 2029 and has the Trump administration's approval to export Nvidia chips for its data centres there, a senior executive told Reuters on Monday.

1/UAE Chip deal offers textbook case in neo-royalism. Elite ties rather than national security drive dealmaking. The winner is not national security but Trump inner circile.
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Former Trump Official Katie Miller Threatens Cenk Uygur With Deportation During Heated Debate Miller also accused Uygur of being antisemitic toward her, despite Uygur making no mention of her faith or ethnicity.

During a heated debate, Katie Miller, wife to Stephen Miller, suggested that her co-panelist on the show, progressive commentator Cenk Uygur, should be deported. “You better check your citizenship application and hope that everything was legal and correct,” she said.

Ondertussen in de VS

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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?

Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

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10% of surveyed Dutch citizens told us they are likely to ask AI for election advice. They shouldn't!

This is especially problematic as we know that the people who usually consult advice applications are undecided and are doing so right before casting their vote.

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They’re doing this because it’s so successful

Folks, just spitballing here but “President Demands his Attorney General Pay him $230 Million From Taxpayers” might just be something that can break through to normies.

Beïnvloedt #AI onze #verkiezingen? Of jouw keuze?

Twee dagen voor we naar de stembus gaan stellen we de vraag aan @claesdevreese.bsky.social @mauritsmartijn.bsky.social e.a.

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ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

Sora flopping, bleeding cash on pro subscriptions, lawsuits left and right accusing the company of inventing the emotional torment nexus, age verification lobby with a stranglehold on the adult internet... pivoting to porn is masterful gambit www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

Partisan Language Inserted Into Education Dept. Workers’ Automated Emails

“Some furloughed workers at the Dept of Education expressed shock…to find that their out-of-office email messages had been changed without their knowledge to reflect the Trump administration’s view that the government shutdown was the fault of “Democrat Senators.””

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I wonder how long before unis who signed up for campus-wide ChatGPT accounts start asking for this kind of surveillance to be integrated into the student and worker versions.

​Foort van Oosten: ‘Ik ben ook maar gewoon een man die 5 dagen geleden door de VVD is verzonnen Demissionair minister van Justitie en Veiligheid Foort van Oosten heeft het boetekleed aangetrokken nadat hij, ondanks het dringende advies van de NCTV, eerder weigerde om de rellen in Den Haag van dit weekend expliciet

​Foort van Oosten: ‘Ik ben ook maar gewoon een man die 5 dagen geleden door de VVD is verzonnen

Dit is zo waar: veel Amerikaanse techreporters verwarren techsucces met denkkracht

America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides [FREE TO READ] FT analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits

America’s top companies keep talking about AI — but can’t explain the upsides

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I gotta give them props, the opening to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was pretty good. 👇

Kimmel.

Colbert.

Suits against the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and 60 Minutes.

Extorting settlements from CBS, ABC, and others.

Blocking the AP's access to the White House. 🧵

Details Emerge on U.S.-China TikTok Deal Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of an investor consortium that would control an 80% stake.

TikTok’s U.S. business would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz under a framework the U.S. and China are finalizing.

So it begins

Deze programmeur dacht dat AI hem productiever maakte. En toen ging hij het meten Dit gaat lekker, dacht Mike Judge. Hij maakte intensief gebruik van AI bij zijn dagelijkse programmeerwerk en werd wel 25 procent productiever. Tenminste, dat dácht hij. Want, blijkt uit onderzoek: AI...

Ik schreef over Mike Judge, een softwareprogrammeur die dacht dat AI hem stukken productiever maakte. Totdat 'ie het ging meten.

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Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiële vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.

In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.

Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.

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En dat kost je slechts 1 miljoen voor de inauguratie

EU Google antitrust penalty halted amid Trump’s tariff threats The decision was paused by Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič against the wishes of Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera.

EU laws are cute, as long as we don't try to enforce them against American corporations.

Given US dominance in tech and this level of clarity, the silver lining here is that the EU and the member states can fire thousands of lawyers and close entire institutions.

No point, is there?

In minder dan een week tijd;

* vuurt Rusland raketten af op een pand in Kyiv waar de EU een kantoor heeft;
* vliegt het drones over wapenroutes in Duitsland;
* verstoort het de GPS in Bulgarije zodat Von der Leyen niet kan landen...

Will the Train Coming Out of This Movie Screen Kill Everyone in the Theater?

I'm one of the 37 targeted below by DNI Tulsi Gabbard. I haven't had a clearance nor worked in government since 2013. This is political theater & a dangerous example of government abusing its powers to punish private citizens for openly exercising their 1st Amendment rights. My full statement:

Exclusive: Trump administration weighs sanctions on officials implementing EU tech law, sources say | Reuters President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said, over U.S. complaints that the law censors Americans and imposes costs on U.S. tech companies.

“President Donald Trump's administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc's landmark Digital Services Act, two sources familiar with the matter said” www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ... theverge.com The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5 successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting with in 2023. Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output." The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." Copy Share Select all Web search Dictionary ...

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

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