Where Financial Risk Lies, in 12 Charts WSJ
AI-detection tools can discern academic work by ChatGPT, suggests study Deccan Herald. Meanwhile, because AI = BS:
I asked ChatGPT "Who is Liam Kofi Bright?" and it is an eerie mix of correct and stuff it just made up. pic.twitter.com/zUcuYBztIn
— Liam Bright (@lastpositivist) March 25, 2023
Levi’s to Use AI-Generated Models to ‘Increase Diversity’ PetaPixel. So meta
Artificial intelligence ‘godfather’ on AI possibly wiping out humanity: ‘It’s not inconceivable’ FOX. Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
* * * Society’s Technical Debt and Software’s Gutenberg Moment Irregular Ideas with Paul Kedrosky & Eric Norlin of SKV
Is the Caller the Killer? 911 Call Analysis Can’t Give You the Right Answer Office for Science and Society, McGill University
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading ThemProPublica. Well worth a read, although by no means unexpected. NC on Cigna in 2014 (!).
What’s Behind Train Derailments and Are They Happening More Often? WSJ
Mixed Feelings Among UAW Union Democracy Activists about Fain’s Victory Payday Report
Air Pollution and Mortality at the Intersection of Race and Social Class NEJM
Matthew Desmond: ‘America does so much more to subsidise affluence than alleviate poverty’ FT
Credit ratings are a torment nexus:
Today I found out my credit score dropped 120 points because of a $190 medical bill I didn’t even know I owed. We were planning on buying a house next year, and now my credit score isn’t good enough. Even if I pay the $190, it’s staying on my credit score for 5-7 years.
— Sara Luterman (@slooterman) March 26, 2023
Need a consultant? This book argues hiring one might actually damage your institution NPR