Herbert’s “Dune” was filled with Arabic, most of which has been cut from the films in the name of a believable sci-fi world. In my new The New Yorker essay, I explore the art of making fictional languages & what gets lost in the pursuit of speculative realism. newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

mission accomplished

It dawns on me that I may officially be performing music in front of a live audience for the first time this week

You keep using that word, “literal.” I do not think it means what you think it means.

or is it gaslighting self-aware underachievers into believing they are overachieving

I just published about Meta and Lavender - specifically how Whatsapp is used to enable bombing of WhatsApp users

Palestinian residents in the area allege Israeli forces are using recordings of children crying to lure and target civilians, as shown in a verified video by Al Jazeera from Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp.

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We only endorse free speech when it doesn’t mention the ongoing US and EU bankrolled genocide.

Incredibly alarming for anyone invested in free expression and the right to dissent.

While there has been some encouraging progress, a lot remains to be done to make LLMs sufficiently trustworthy! In particular, we identify four challenges from a socio-technical perspective in a new agenda paper that might cause LLMs to be ‘untrustworthy’ for a user. 🧵⬇️