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powerpcmac··on Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone
I'd like to imagine the stunned scientist is a scientist from another field, they show some medical findings to a guy who looks at snail butts all day and he's the one "stunned" by the findings
powerpcmac··on BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising
The car will remain in park until you roll down the windows and yell "I love McDonalds!"
powerpcmac··on Patreon laying off 20% of staff
In the year of our Lord 2026 when you can be fired for not churning enough tokens, you can believe any corpo-post corpo speak has been checked by their LLMs for "compassionate voicing" and "low risk wording"
powerpcmac··on Patreon laying off 20% of staff
The rich get richer and the poor get more AI edited and toned condolence posting.
powerpcmac··on Launching Health in ChatGPT to US Users
Specific tools for MDs to record patient notes were found to hallucinate patient details in 45% of cases. They were especially bad on patient mental health. I am against AI in healthcare in most cases, but anything other than augmentation is probably never going to be happening.

https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialr...

powerpcmac··on Launching Health in ChatGPT to US Users
It sounds like you need a better patient advocate or your area is very underserved in provider choice. Many people have success with the health system.
powerpcmac··on Launching Health in ChatGPT to US Users
45% of medical note taking software hallucinated details about patients. This is not a good application for AI.

https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialr...

powerpcmac··on The advertising cartel coming to your web browser
Closed immediately due to the invasive "using this site means you agree to our terms of service!!" Popup
powerpcmac··on US tech firms pledge at White House to bear costs of energy for datacenters
The only people who believes corpo jackoffery these days are either boomers or people investing their remaining money in big line go up
powerpcmac··on A new Polymarket account made over $500k betting on the U.S. strike against Iran
"insider trading" for me

"harmless betting" for thee

powerpcmac··on The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran
Unless you live under a rock you know that they equate it too, when it serves the purpose of their needs
powerpcmac··on Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is killed in Israeli strike, ending 36-year rule
Fine, you got me. We will expedite another billion in aid to Israel to make up for it.
powerpcmac··on Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze sperm
Here's how Ukraine can still win
powerpcmac··on Iron Beam: Israel's first operational anti drone laser system
>none

>more than 1 billion

Pick one

https://defensescoop.com/2024/04/25/iron-beam-procurement-us...