Tom Resing

"Creativity is not a problem that needs to be solved!" So says Jenny Williams, formerly of Google and Microsoft, in an insightful interview about ethics, writing, and these so-called intelligent systems people call "AIs" and "agents". And I agree with her. Do you?

I wish there wasn't so much talk about X. Twitter connected people. X spreads lies and hate. Let's move on.

People hate pop-ups.

ChatGPT and Claude "chat" with people but they're not people. When we call something intelligent, we're comparing the thing to a person. Call them chatbots.

I was a poll worker in Brazil’s election. It was fascinating to see that out of the 190 people who came to vote in my section 80 didn’t vote in the first round and must have realized “Oh shit this is for real”.

What if we lived without recommendation algorithms? Maybe we’d be happier and more connected to others.

Reading: What Would “Good” AI Look Like? by @anildash.com anildash.com/2025/05/01/w...

Against the undermanned Mavs, the Spurs finally had a better night offensively. 45 pts from 3PT 36% accuracy from deep 64 paint pts 34 assists on 48 makes 15 offensive boards, 25 2nd-chance pts 12 turnovers 122 points

Wemby scored 14 points right at the rim, including 5 completed lobs. He's blocked two 3PAs in 3 games All-Star level numbers in back-to-back games after his struggles offensively opening night

Deep investigation of local police, paid by ICE, breaking up families and helping deport a tenth of the population of a small town for extra money paid for by the Federal Government. Heartbreaking story in a town already devastated by flooding and dependent on immigrants for recovery. ❤️‍🩹

And don’t forget Tarik Biberovic is out too. Seriously though 6 players out is a lot. Hope the healthy Spurs get to rest some players and give minutes to their much deeper bench tonight.

I hadn’t seen this essay yet. I love how many translations there are. Even an audio version in Latin!

Your Imagination is wonderful

Fair enough

"I understand that there have been some experiments showing that LLM review may have similar outcomes to human peer review, but who cares? Either scholarship, research and publishing are human enterprises or they aren’t." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu... >>

Firefox user for >20 years, TIL about about:keyboard wonder how long that's been there

Then she chuckles to herself and finishes coding her killer app.

A programmer's wife tells him, "While you're at the grocery store, buy some eggs." He never comes back

De’Aaron Fox is QUESTIONABLE for Friday with a right wrist sprain. Keldon is also QUESTIONABLE with a mouth laceration. Tobias Harris and Jayden Quaintance are both OUT vs the Rockets.

Was trying to take photos of a laser shirt for my website and my cat Krypton decided to help. www.janelleshane.com/store/p/pew-...

I love the illustrative approach to making AI understandable

people trusting you enough at work to invite you on interesting side quests is such a precious gift

I got this one, too. We must resist this type of abuse of our information and attention. I hope this causes more backlash on the sender than confusion in the receivers.

Check that your browsers pass the tests on this site. If not, update your browser to the latest patch and if that doesn't work, update your operating system to the latest.

I voted 🗳️

The second essay on Michelle Obama is so much better than the first one on Bill Cosby. I'll keep listening and see what else We Were 8 Years in Power has going on since chapter 2 was so good!

Not that you need to hear it from me, but took some out of town family to the updated Elliott Bay Trail and I think it’s my new “must visit” item for all my visitors. What an absolute gem.

Was just informed that @seattletimes.com is ceasing beat coverage of soccer. Massive loss for both local and national soccer community.

I'm struggling to get through the audio book version of "We Were 8 Years in Power". I think I liked it better hearing Ta-Nehisi Coates narrate Between the World and Me. Also, I enjoy the notes between the essays from @theatlantic.com more than the 1st 2 essays themselves. Should I DNF? #Booksky

If Dylan Harper's 3 point accuracy and attempts are up even a little bit this year it could make a huge difference. 57% won't continue, but about 35% would be great!

Keldon Johnson told reporters after the game he dropped around 15, 20 pounds over the offseason: "I feel like I'm better. I feel like all-around game I'm faster, just as strong...I'm moving good, my body feels good. And, overall, I just feel like I'm better." #Spurs

This "research essay" is TLDR. I read a bunch, skimmed a bunch more, then notices how much further the scroll bar goes! I like the di-diy-do it yourself tree. The dog-car-cat-fire thing is kind of funny, but I guess I get it. I wonder who will poke the first holes in this. already-clean.goodfire.com

Call this a no-forward lineup. Wemby's a center-ish. Vassell's almost a shooting guard. 3-guard lineup just doesn't go far enough. I mean Wemby is a ball-handler, too.

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I feel the same way about AI evals. Would similar methods work for a follow up provocation paper?

Are you ready to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms? Be part of history on Saturday by joining your local No Kings protest. Find your local No Kings event today: bit.ly/nokings1017 ❌👑

Thanks to CREW for taking the legal action necessary stop Trump's friends and family from making billions from his presidency.

Very exciting to see both Chicago (assets.metra.com/s3fs-public/...) & Philly (wwww.septa.org/initiatives/...) developing plans for all-day, two-way, frequent service on their commuter rail lines.

San Antonio and the Express News set the model for Texas here and in other ways.

UK design fam - do you know an experienced researcher, looking for their first user research job? This vacancy with my old team at Scope could be the one - £47k mostly remote (hybrid contract but no in- office requirement). I have shared more in this post - www.linkedin.com/posts/jack-g...

Boycott Spotify and racist speech on podcasts. when you listen they earn either by ad money or your subscription money. They can’t pay for the hateful speech without our money.

“Researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta…recently published a poll of nearly 6,000 senior business executives in which about 90 percent said the technology had no impact on either employment or productivity.” I wonder if they asked about negative impact.

I could go on and on with this list, but I'll end with one of my mantras, "do less that matters more." AI is a tool of optimization, speed and efficiency. These are not educational values. Telling students they should use AI so they can do more does not help them learn and develop.