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Comment Re: Now try this (Score 1) 29

I'd bet it becomes even less visible. I find black mosquitoes almost impossible to see without a contrasting background. I can't imagine how you'd see them if they were moving in a circular motion at 25 rpm. Humans are remarkably bad at telling if something is 50 or even 75% dimmer. If this were spinning at 25 rpm you'd be dealing with something 4% dimmer if it was non-emissive. Whereas if it's white you see an actual change in color, which humans are really good at.

Comment Re: Don't worry. They'll find a way to ruin AI, to (Score 1) 83

Lately, I've been finding myself deleting the internet from my life. I think AI has some amazing uses, but the thing I really need less of is the strip mall. Google searches have completely fallen apart. Google's AI answers are still hallucinations most of the time. The one thing Google still does well is the thing I wish it would stop doing, which is indexing people's private information. Other search engines are far more respectful of people's privacy.

Comment Who is Samuel Tunick? (Score 1) 182

If you use Google or other mainstream search engines you can't find out who Samuel Tunick is or what his activism is centered around. The cop city protests are way more important than most Americans realize as they constitute what is essentially a domestic military occupation. Unlike military bases, these are meant to suppress the general population in mass.

The Guardian reported in February that surveillance cameras hidden in utility boxes mounted on light poles had begun appearing outside the homes of âCop Cityâ(TM) activists. In other instances, activists have been pulled over after leaving an organizing event with Fire Ant Movement Defense. In March, Atlanta police officers âoeharassedâ attendees at a fundraiser for formerly-incarcerated Black Panther Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, who is battling lung cancer.

https://atlpresscollective.com/2025/12/05/samuel-tunick-atlanta-activist-arrest/

Comment Maybe written and timed tests aren't the answer? (Score 1) 109

The goal should be learning, not necessarily performance on a timed and written test. Grades really shouldn't be competitive either. We need to establish mechanisms of evaluation that determine a student's mastery of a topic without high pressure, high stakes tests. Class discussions, (hand) written essays, individual and group projects. Basically, AI is a reality now, just like we don't make calculus students do long division, autoregressive generative text is a tool you can't prevent. So, ask the student interesting questions the AI would be incapable of answering correctly. And, perhaps that's the real problem. If the AI is more knowledgeable, discerning and insightful than the instructor such that the instructor can't ask questions that challenge it, then why are they the instructor?

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