Kevin Quealy@KevinQ
Even @judyblume had a hard time telling the difference between essays by Chat-GPT-3 and real kids. Try for yourself in this quiz from @clairecm + @adamplayford + @Aaron_Krolik + @larrybuch (with extra-terrific LB art)
nytimes.com
Did a Fourth Grader Write This? Or the New Chatbot?
2:50 PM · Dec 26, 2022
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I only scored 8 out of 10, so I guess I don't have a bright future as a blade runner like Nate Silver who scored 10/10.
Dan Diamond@ddiamond
“I never claimed to be Jewish,” Santos said. “I said I was `Jew-ish.'”
George Santos, GOP congressman-elect, admits some lies and tries to spin others.
nypost.com
Liar Rep.-elect George Santos admits fabricating key details of his bio
12:06 AM · Dec 27, 2022
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He goes on to point out that this is literally a Seth Meyers routine from 2014
Lydia DePillis@lydiadepillis
@AlecMacGillis Also terrible for kids: Sugar rich diets. The end of sugar rationing after WWII in the UK led to more diagnoses of chronic disease and lower educational educational attainment/earnings in adulthood: nber.org/system/files/w…
12:02 AM · Dec 27, 2022
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Yglesias points out that we should really have excise taxes on sweeteners, but that it'd be extremely unpopular.
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