What Would Baba Yaga Do?

@babayagaacolyte

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What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Feb 25

Here's the Inside Higher Ed excerpt I was talking about

At Yale University, officials temporarily removed computer science professor David Gelernter from the classroom this spring, The Yale Daily News reported. Gelernter, a Yale graduate who has taught at the university since the early 1980s, defended his correspondence with Epstein to multiple media outlets and said he does not regret describing a Yale undergraduate as a “v small goodlooking blonde [sic]” in a 2011 email to Epstein. In an email to School of Engineering and Applied Science dean Jeffrey Brock, which student journalists shared with Inside Higher Ed, he wrote that he kept “the potential boss’s habits in mind” when describing the student to Epstein and said he was “very glad” to have written the note.

“The ‘outcry’ following the totally pointless disclosure of the Epstein files seems to be almost over (in my case, I mean). But just for the record, I ought to tell you the facts,” Gelernter wrote to Brock, going on to describe his relationship with the Yale alumna he referenced to Epstein. “During this term, we (wife & I) had her out to lunch or dinner several times. She slept over at our house at least twice … Going forward, the mystery person mainly (I think) talked about her current (variable) boyfriend. She’s naturally shy and reticent, but has other attractions—enormous charm, for one—that draw people to her. And (oh yes), she’s s [sic] strikingly beautiful. After she graduated, she lived in NH for a while & continued to stop by my office (which I thought was great). As for the guilty email, there is nothing in it that could possibly offend any rational-minded person on earth.”

Gelernter is currently under review and will not teach again until the review is complete, Yale spokesperson Karen Peart told Inside Higher Ed.

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Jan 27

Pretty much no universe.

A Wikipedia page listing US states in order of total area, land area, and water area. Minnesota ranks 12th largest, with 86,936 square miles or 225,163 square kilometers of total area.

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Dec 30

Can we also talk about the narcolepsy they both have because apparently they both go straight into REM while making out (or possibly into deep comas, depending on what he fucking means by "going dark")

Another snippet from Bryan Johnson: "The executive control of our brains surrenders. No longer concerned with the 68 trillion cells. The prefrontal cortex goes dark. Eliminating future planning and probabalistic modeling."

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Dec 30

Can we talk about how he is also a dualist apparently? Soooo like why do you need your body to live forever if you have a mind that's separate my dude

Screenshot of part of tech billionaire Brian Johnson's unhinged fanfic about reuniting with his partner. "I feel her finger tips on the back of my neck. Goose bumps light up my body. Skin nerve cells fire signals directly to my brain, bypassing the analytical mind. The hypothalamus dumps the" The sentence starting with "skin nerve cells" is highlighted.

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Jul 28

So many things wrong but one really big one is that they say most people stayed in the same group at the 6 month re-test but their graph shows that only a third of the "Compulsives" stayed "Compulsives"

Clustering of avoidance behavior at retest revealed the same Sensitive, Unaware, and Compulsive phenotypes as found in initial test (Fig. 4a). Additionally, the cognitive and motivational characteristics associated with each phenotype (e.g., poor Action-CS awareness, distinct cognitive-behavioral trajectories) were recapitulated at retest (Figs. S4, S7–S9). These findings show the robustness of these phenotypes. Crucially, each phenotype at retest predominantly consisted of participants who exhibited the same phenotype at the initial test (χ2(4) = 30.811, p < 0.001) (Fig. 4b, c), indicating that inter-individual differences are relatively stable over time. This suggests that variation in punishment learning and cognitive-behavioral integration reflect stable, trait-like characteristics.

A figure from the paper in Nature Communications that shows what percent of each of the three groups remained in the same group or switched in the 6 month re-test. Notably, only 33% of the original Compulsives group stayed in that group. 42% of them switched to Unaware, and 25% of them switched to Sensitive.

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Jun 25

I think chapter 6 will cover that, I'm not there yet! My rough understanding is: p[doom] makes their products seem all-powerful and godlike; gets them more venture capital; makes the public acquiesce to these products being shoved into ill-fitting places.

Table of contents for the book: The AI Con, by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna. Chapter 6 is titled: I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that: AI Doomers, AI Boosters, and why none of that makes sense

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Mar 5

Fair enough but where are eggs $14? They're pricey for sure but not quite there yet

Meijer Cage Free Grade A Large Eggs, dozen
$5.59

Target item from search for "eggs": Grade A Large Eggs - 12 count - Good & Gather (packaging may vary)
$5.49
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What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Jan 1

Well they are all saying it was terrorism now anyway

Snippet of CBS News article: New Orleans Police Department superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the man drove around barricades and hurtled down Bourbon Street in "very intentional behavior" before opening fire on officers. Mayor LaToya Cantrell referred to it as a likely "terrorist attack," and the FBI said in a news release that they are investigating it "as an act of terrorism."

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Dec 12

Closeup of the "woman looking down" meme with the word WHAT over it. This meme features a 1980s-looking photo of a blonde woman with a big smile but looking down and off into space with dead eyes like she is horrified but still trying to smile

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Nov 5

Today, this sticker I got years ago hits hard

Art that looks like a tarot card with a drawing of a uterus on a background of a blue and yellow sunburst. Roman numeral 20 (XX) on top and the words The Choice on the bottom

Text on the back of the sticker: Bookish Stickers LLC, quietly subversive stickers, decals and more. Instagram: @bookishstickers www.bookishstickers.com

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Oct 11

Finally Finally saw em

A view of the night sky with northern lights showing as vertical green and pink misty streaks

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Sep 17

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #921,546!

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· Jul 23

Someone on there made a quick poll. It's suuuuper unscientific BUT does have 12K respondents on there. Likely young people. No guarantee they are all over voting age or even in USA of course

A Tumblr poll created by user realcheddarchips. Header text: actually how does everyone feel about Kamala Harris over joe Biden? Four options are shown: 1. I was going to vote for Biden and will vote for Harris (87.2%) 2. I was not going to vote for biden but will vote for Harris (5.3%) 3. I was going to vote for Biden but will not vote for Harris (0.8%) 4. I was not going to vote for Biden and will not vote for Harris (6.8%) footer info: 12,863 votes

What Would Baba Yaga Do?@babayagaacolyte· May 31

I found one! This person is getting emotional at kindness showed to them (as per wet eye kitten meme) and uses punctuation in a way to convey being choked up: n. noted,, It's like an ellipsis with extra "I don't even know what to say"