Reposted by Philip WheelerPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026And remember, all of this is happening amid the AI buildout. AI, which is not a coherent set of products and services, but rather a commercial and political project, can be understood as a full-spectrum class-war offensive. An offensive waged by one industry, which put their guy Vance in the WH. 2940212
Reposted by Philip WheelerPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026People talk about AI not turning a profit and how it's a massive bubble—they're not wrong. But remember when Uber was willing to take tremendous losses FOR YEARS to engineer dependence and bleed out the competition? 2802131
Reposted by Philip WheelerPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026AI is basically that for the whole economy and the workings of government. It's a bleed-out of current conditions. Not all of these companies are going to make it, but the billionaires are counting on a situation in which existing social relations can no longer be reproduced. A re-ordering. 3744131
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Thank you for a) performing this study and b) making the results available in such an approachable format. 010
Reposted by Philip WheelerValentin Rodionov @arbitraryeffect.bsky.social · 13/10/2026We measured it on 42 bad papers, over 12600 prompts. Failure rate was 93%. Some hilarious responses can be seen here: intellicat.ai/traces/index...intellicat.aiAI Models + Bad ScienceWe tested 30 leading AI models on 42 unreliable papers. They went along with the bad premise 93% of the time. 2249
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026You may have found an especially bad Olive Garden, or you have never been to Chili's or TGI Fridays (is it even still in business?) There are plenty of chains that are decent to good - I am partial to BJ's Brewhouse and Wood Ranch BBQ. 110
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026static.klipy.comPortlandia GothAlt: Portlandia Goth laughing then looking very serious 000
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If you pine for Olive Garden, you have a problem that money can't solve. 110
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I already refused to buy any game that required me to install the Epic launcher, so it will be very convenient not to buy or play their games in the future. 010
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026One of the most memorable meals of my life was pasta with saffron and black pepper at a hole in the wall in Rome. I did not have a corporate card at that time. That same trip I had incredible pork ribs at a place near the Charles River in Prague. I'm not buying money as a barrier. 120
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026An echo chamber of bad taste. As long as the restaurants remain open, I can enjoy them in the absence loud American tourists. Or at least as the only loud American tourist. 020
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Same, and I'll add that my kids loved the pasta I brought back. It's not an American thing, it's a lame person thing. I've heard people in the UK rag on Mexican food they had in LA. Their problem. 210
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026You don't need this kit, just get a vasectomy and turn your testes into fermentors. 000
Reposted by Philip Wheelertherealnbw.bsky.social @therealnbw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Physicists have been using neural nets for a longtime. We tried to use one for triggering decisions on a high energy experiment in the 90s. It was slower than programming FPGAs. These models are nothing special. Just big neural nets trained on a huge amount of uncurated data. 2542
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026youtu.be/JbegaT5CDfM?...youtu.beKids in the Hall - Never Put Salt in Your EyesYouTube video by SpongeBath ShitPants 000
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Boomers. The same people who can't figure out how to change the clock on their microwave think AI will do their taxes for them. 021
Reposted by Philip WheelerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 8830861185
Reposted by Philip WheelerCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311805323
Reposted by Philip WheelerKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AI will never be able to make art. Thanks. 1085647806
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Because drawing charges on a neutral molecule gives me the ick" 110
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Kids are still expected to know the products of all the single digit integers by 3rd grade. At least in my district (Torrance, CA). 010
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not yet. Thankfully, I haven't had a work trip that was more than a week in a long time. The laundry in Argentina was great. It wasn't coin operated, they took my bag of laundry and returned it clean and neatly folded. That was a trip for fun, not work. 010
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Pack 1 week of clothes into a carry-on and do laundry on the weekend if it's more than a 1 week trip. Yes, they have laundromats in other countries. 120
Reposted by Philip WheelerFX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 22/09/2026The number of "technically sound but provides no insight" papers is infinite, sadly. This is why all mega-journals that have said policy contains endless amount of utter trash, sadly. 173
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The ratio of F to C makes it a lot more reasonable to be classed as a PFAS than say, a 400 Dalton drug molecule with a single CF3 group. 040
Reposted by Philip WheelerAndre the Chemist @andrechemist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's a shame no chemist ever came up with the idea to say "I'm working on something that might kill all of humanity, so please give me several billion dollars so I can stop myself" That feels like something that should've been right up our alley 68817
Reposted by Philip WheelerTauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Erika Ishii's inclusion is not a "controversial announcement". This is elevating weird gamergaters' boring whining as deserving of attention. There's no "sides" to this, there's no "issue": It's a talented performer who's done nothing wrong being hated for who they are. 181460285
Reposted by Philip WheelerUnwoman @unwoman.com · 21/09/2026Give it two thoughts but only allow one to triumph 081
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026While pumping your gas at Chevron you have to keep your pinkie raised off the nozzle. 031
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026May the memory of Ian Gibbons be a blessing. 000
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“There was sort of an Omertà in that from the early stages of the company — and it got worse and worse — there was really unethical behavior and employees who would try to raise questions were either fired, or marginalized, or left of their own volition." mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...mitsloan.mit.edu4 red flags that signaled Theranos' downfall | MIT SloanThe blood testing startup's culture and claim set the stage for its demise. 000
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The toxic culture at Theranos, led by Holmes, silencing anyone who raised concerns about the feasibility of the technology was documented by John Carreyrou: www.amazon.com/Bad-Blood-Se...amazon.comBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup: Carreyrou, John: 9781524731656: Amazon.com: BooksBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup [Carreyrou, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 100
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I'll ask again, if the technology was fundamentally sound and is the key to market domination, who is working on it today? 100
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As a human, it's impossible for me to be completely objective. As a scientist, it's imperative for me to acknowledge my bias and look for evidence that contradicts it. www.nbcbayarea.com/news/busines...nbcbayarea.comFormer Theranos Scientist Says Elizabeth Holmes Pushed Her to Validate Tests for Walgreens RolloutFormer Theranos senior scientist Surekha Gangakhedkar testified on Friday that CEO Elizabeth Holmes pressured the lab to validate blood tests 110
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You're white-knighting for the person who was rushing it, fyi. 100
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The idea is there for anyone to pick up and run with. Who's done it? 000
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Actually, the burden of proof is on you. You made the claim that the technology will work, or would have worked, or whatever your position is. 100
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I won't go so far as "no one" but certainly a lot of people with money and power. And those people will clearly double down before they'll admit they were wrong. 020
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I remember seeing an announcement by (I think) Microsoft that their revolutionary algorithms would end cancer in three years' time or something like that and thinking "techbros are about to get a painful lesson." Boy was I wrong. 130
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026One of the most valuable practical lessons I took from my education in science is that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Investors and laypeople might make better decisions if they fully understood this concept. 010
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It was his job to make her lies to investors and regulatory agencies the truth. 101
Philip Wheeler @philipwheeler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Her CSO committed suicide after repeatedly telling her the technology would not work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gib...en.wikipedia.orgIan Gibbons (biochemist) - Wikipedia 100
