The research exaggeration pipeline.
-Unpublished paper
-One outlier: "min & max can be found at 0.3°C
and 9.1°C" (95th pct "between 1.5°C & 2.4°C")
-No causal identification; just pre/post that could be result of many factors
Do you really believe data centers are warming *10km* away? Really?
Brendan Nyhan
ngl the updated branding for @bsky.app is bold
It's basically impossible to have any sort of nuanced discussion on this site about AI without it devolving into a shouting match about it. People are genuinely angry about it for a lot of valid reasons and are channeling that anger into completely destructive and toxic ways online.
Jerry Chen
Alejandra Caraballo
This country would be far better off if, once a month, we all clocked out a little early, headed down to the local brewery, ordered some carne asada fries and just kicked it while a cover band played biker rock jams.
not great, not great
Good point by Spirling here. Maybe we can finally get rid of Stata 🤞