"If you give AI a hard enough question, it can't do it, therefore AI can't actually reason" is kind of a wild take if you think about it. https://t.co/JhTqtfOCv1
— Noah Smith
(@Noahpinion) June 11, 2025
That paper is clownish. Anyone who treats it as credible is clownish.
And I am by no means an AI enthusiast. But dumb is dumb.
What’s the most painful truth you’ve had to accept?
That you’ll only have maybe 2-3 true friends in your life — yes, even extroverted, attractive people with tons of “friends.” The rest only care about you when it’s convenient or benefits them. And the thing is, you almost never know the difference until you need help or you’re not doing well.
Then you’re all too often standing alone.
After nearly a year of owning a home, we are happy we did finally pulled the trigger on buying. Our carrying costs (even with absurdly high California taxes) are pretty low, the house has not required a lot of maintenance and the neighborhood itself has been fine.
It’s certainly nice having no rent to pay. And no one — besides eminent domain from the gummint — can kick us out. (There is no HOA.) This will be very helpful in the depression that is coming where probably about half of the US will lose their homes.
It was a good decision for us.
Arguing that the Enlightenment or the Renaissance did not occur because people at the time did not call it those things is — and I cannot stress enough — fucking idiotic.
A river exists whether or not you call it a “river.” And the agricultural revolution still occurred no matter what it was named post-hoc1. Names are irrelevant in this context. The events and the turn and transition of history is all that matters.
Arguing that the Enlightenment did not happen because no one sat up in bed one morning and declared, “Hey, motherfuckers, it’s the Enlightenment! Ain’t this some shit!” is just not serious scholarship; it’s specious clownery based on what something is named rather than what is actually occurring in reality. Politics cannot be divorced from history. Nevertheless, claiming that something does not exist because it does not seem fair or does not comport with your idea that all humans are exactly the same all the time is a poor way to practice your craft. And wrong.
This comment is horribly depressing.
From what I’ve read, though, this is incredibly common among the under-25s. In addition to their illiteracy, they depend on AI to do nearly all of their thinking.
We’re not headed for a very nice future, are we?
I hope the loss of US science supremacy, the destruction of our world-class universities, the elimination of accurate weather forecasting, a severe depression and so many more self-caused acts of destruction are all worth not possibly having to share a public restroom with a trans person.
Stupid motherfuckers. I wish you moronic MAGA lot could FAFO without me having to do so as well.
If I were single now, there’s no chance I’d date in the US. I’d absolutely become the despised-by-feminists1 Passport BroTM.
It’s the only reasonable response to American women’s insane standards and lack of accountability and reciprocity. And yes, that’s true even if you meet those standards. Why choose from a clapped-out cupboard of cheap and crappy goods when you can just…not do that.
And no, when I was in China I was not a Passport BroTM. I slept with no one and turned four different women down.
Big Fans Of State Sovereignty Except When California Does It.
Trump’s Version of Federalism Is a Perverse Death Trap.
The French Hygiene Offensive of the 1950s: A Critical Moment in the History of Manners.
This Is What Autocracy Looks Like.
Can we create the Philosophy of the 21st century before it is too late?
The Patriot. How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump.
Why is quality so rare? This is half advertising, but still good.
Sun’s south pole revealed for first time, in images from Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
Trump’s threats toward Los Angeles this weekend are a dry run for stealing next year’s midterms.
A lot more people need to get on some Ozempic and hit the gym, dang.
Wow that’s fun.
All of y’all mooks who cannot find any good new music, the problem is with you and not with the music.
Trust.
Language policing has reached a completely senseless nadir, I see.
I propose replacing “smoke test” with “slap the ugly baby test.” That way it offends everyone equally. Let’s do this.
J’aime bien sa voix un peu soufflée mais pleine d’assurance. Sa robe, on dirait un sac-poubelle de camping1 — et pourtant, elle le porte grave bien.
Les mystères s’arrêtent jamais ou quoi ?
The High Cost of Self-Sufficiency.
A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
This giant microwave may change the future of war.
Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast to 2.3%.
Wanted: Democrat With Some Spine. There are none.
Global economy heading for ‘worst decade since 1960s.’
New Grads Join Worst Entry-Level Job Market in Years.
Researchers Find Thousands of Pediatric Firearm Deaths Linked to More Permissive State Gun Laws.
The Covidians are still obsessed with masks.
I’m sure there’s interesting sociology there. That I just do not care about.