Dr Keith Wilson πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

Philosopher of Perception and the Cognitive Sciences at #UCD, #Dublin. Father of #LittleHuman. Former computer programmer & sound engineer. Maintains various #philosophy lists, feeds and starter packs. β†˜ πŸš«πŸ€–, βœ…πŸ§  #LongCOVID https://keithwilson.eu (he/they) πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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A piece of good news in the middle of the darkness we live in: "SpaceX will not gain accelerated access to potentially billions more dollars through passive investment funds that automatically purchase shares of S&P 500 companies." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic arstechnica.com
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  • S&P Dow Jones upheld all three entry rules: 12-month seasoning, four profitable GAAP quarters, and a 10% public float minimum.
  • SpaceX reported a $4.94 billion net loss in 2025, barring S&P 500 inclusion until at least mid-2027.
  • Bloomberg Intelligence estimates the three companies collectively miss roughly $27 billion in forced passive fund buying.
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More evidence of animal inner lives! Zebra finches were played back recorded sounds from other zebra finches. Sometimes they confused calls with the same meaning rather than the same sound, implying they have mental imagery of the meaning of their vocalisations! www.theguardia…

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong | Animal behaviour | The Guardian theguardian.com
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@ketanjoshi.co

"Perhaps pro-AI developers didn't want to talk to me or I just didn't run into any during my survey, because I heard an overwhelmingly negative assessment of generative AI's origins, capabilities, and risks. By the end, I'd heard dozens of developers make a case against using …

Why so many game developers don gamesradar.com View on Bluesky β†’
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social

The biggest AI risk isn't rogue machinesβ€”it's "cognitive surrender,” writes Evan Liu. As part of a series of student essays produced in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Liu argues AI tempts us to outsource the struggle o…

AI's Catastrophic Risk Isn't Rogue Machines, It's Cognitive Surrender techpolicy.press View on Bluesky β†’

The claim was that chatbots simulate *conversation*, not that LLMs simulate *brains*, which is obviously false. But if you don’t like the term, here is a more detailed working out of a similar idea: arxiv.org/abs/2212.03551

Talking About Large Language Models arxiv.org
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β€œSiri AI will not initially be available in the EU on iOS and iPadOS.” Makes you wonder which EU privacy law it contravenes. 🀨 #SiriAI #AppleIntelligence #wwdc26

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