I think you’re pretty much spot-on. The actual math behind most machine learning algorithms isn’t THAT complicated, and with tons of computational power, eventually someone was going to stumble into the ideas.
Also, the cats kind of out of the bag. We should use it as a tool to organize around, or even help us organize in general. But I think boycotting it feels like a distraction.
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On three separate occasions this past school year, some contractors were removing asbestos from one of the labs in the basement. The only notice was a paper sign posted very inconspicuously on two of the building doors, the day removal started.
They did some sealing on the hallway that room was in, but otherwise no precautions were taken. My office was two hallways down, and all classes in the building ran like normal. Very safe, very good 
Learning about Canada’s PM back in the 20s, 30s, and 40s, William Lyon Mackenzie King, and how he practically had a crush on Hitler was wild.
Oof. Or like. You’re solving the genuinely interesting problem of designing the switch for the track, along with the trolley itself. And as long as you don’t think about it beyond that, you can mostly convince yourself you’re in the clear.
STEM is so cooked it’s overwhelming sometimes. Really hope I can find something that doesn’t make me hate myself or others.
Thinking back to the "GhOsT cItIeS" is hilarious while living in a hollowed out US city with rising homelessness and shrinking opportunity. But, hey, we're getting a new baseball stadium, largely subsidized by the city! 
Proof by ponder
Looks like a pic from Jordan Peterson's nightmares
China's electric vehicle company BYD has announced they've developed a new hybrid drive train that promises to deliver a 2,000km (1,250 mile) range on a full tank and a full charge. And one of the new sedans they're putting it in will retail for less than $14k.
Catch me in parking lots at 2:30am doing burnouts in my Chinese car for hours on end. Or don't because 
The hype is massively overblown (of course) but I’ve recently found ChatGPT incredibly helpful with learning coding and data analysis in Python. It’s been surprisingly good at breaking down scripts of code I don’t understand, as well as giving me the skeleton of a model for me to use. And if you go back and forth with it, you can usually work out any kinks in the code it doesn’t immediately recognize.
I think if people don’t get any wack ideas in their heads about what they can do, GPTs can be pretty reasonably useful tools in some cases.
Ken has several episodes on The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, and I've found them all to be pretty good. Ken seems to really know his stuff
It’s pretty great, honestly. Simply trying it shows you how completely fucked the war on drugs has been.
Definitely be cautious about over-doing it, but have fun! It’s an incredible enhancer to experiences, but can make you very ok with being unproductive and lazy.