Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

Freelance science writer and editor emeritus. RT implies approval where not otherwise stated or very clearly insinuated. typeshare.co/chriscooper Bristol, England Joined November 2008

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

11 hours ago

I'm glad Lammy is playing the ball, not the man. High ethical standards. But I didn't realize Nigel Farage is that old.

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

13 hours ago

I'm glad Lammy is playing the ball, not the man. High ethical standards. But I didn't realize Nigel Farage is that old.

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

4 days ago

Wow - this is well written, Seb! (Based on having read a few paragraphs.) Refeshment in the swamp of online writing.

Séb Krier @sebkrier

5 days ago

Wow - this is well written, Seb! (Based on having read a few paragraphs.) Refeshment in the swamp of online writing.

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

6 days ago

"LLMs are roughly equivalent to mediocre first-year grad students [in maths]" I can remember when this would have been an expression of awestruck incredulity.

carl feynman @carl_feynman

6 days ago

"LLMs are roughly equivalent to mediocre first-year grad students [in maths]" I can remember when this would have been an expression of awestruck incredulity.

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

9 months ago

Everyone should read these candid words.

Mohammed Hijab @mohammed_hijab

9 months ago

Everyone should read these candid words.

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

11 months ago

"light candles rather than curse the darkness " Hey, when Net Zero really starts to bite, we'll be able to do both!

Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas

11 months ago

"light candles rather than curse the darkness " Hey, when Net Zero really starts to bite, we'll be able to do both!

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

2 years ago

The cutesy, whimsical tone of American billboards is exactly like the cutesy, whimsical tone of British billboards. And all this time I'd thought our ads express our inimitable British humour. Instead, it's international adspeak.

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

2 years ago

What's happening? My lists have just vanished, that's what's happening.

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Noah Carl @NoahCarl90

2 years ago

A paper defending merit in science, just published in the Journal of Controversial Ideas and with two Nobel laureates among the authors, was rejected from another journal on grounds of "hurtfulness". journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/1/236

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

3 years ago

Once he made me laugh before he'd even come on - his unmistakeable shadow appeared on the backdrop, shambling around ...

ℝ𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕣 @The_East_End

3 years ago

Once he made me laugh before he'd even come on - his unmistakeable shadow appeared on the backdrop, shambling around ...

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

3 years ago

To me the most disturbing part of the response is the talk of "my fingers" and "the most comfortable way for me". Where does the bot's impulse to pretend that it has fingers and experiences comfort or discomfort come from? Who is ultimately responsible for the lie?

David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf

3 years ago

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ExiledInfoHaz @ExiledInfoHaz

3 years ago

... the risk of superintelligence arising uninvited. Alignment workers can experiment on systems that are powerful but limited by hardware constraints to probably not be lethal in unexpected ways.

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

3 years ago

But there's a tragic side to this: these kids obviously never watch old films! And everybody should watch old films.

David Deutsch @DavidDeutschOxf

3 years ago

But there's a tragic side to this: these kids obviously never watch old films! And everybody should watch old films.

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professional hog groomer @bidetmarxman

3 years ago

@turbnz pipeline-journal.net/news/explosive…

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Chris Cooper, seeking better framings @chris_r_cooper

3 years ago

Disputes about word usage can always be settled in the end by resorting to a dictionary. The Shorter Oxford is convenient: either volume can deliver severe concussion in one quick blow to the head.