Source: The Ether Dreams of Fin-de-Siècle Paris
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Maupassant’s interpretation of telepathic communications is that they were doublings or splittings of his own mind. In his later years, he wondered if they were evidence of a disembodied presence inhabiting the modern world. His short story “The Horla,” explores this idea with a fractured, ambivalent, and perverse narrative.
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Source: New York Is Forcing Schools to Change How They Teach Children to Read
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New York City schools are making reading a top priority under the new administration of Mayor Eric Adams, who is dyslexic. Schools are being required to adopt phonics programs, and teacher training on the new programs will begin soon and continue over the summer. The initiative begins with several areas where children have struggled the most.
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Source: Sexual abuse tip-off site could be sharing data with Facebook – Radio Sweden
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Child protection group ECPAT may have inadvertently shared tipsters’ contact information with Facebook. Swedish Radio News tested ECPAT’s tip-off form and found names, phone numbers and email addresses were shared.
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Source: Indiaβs religious AI chatbots are speaking in the voice of god β and condoning violence
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GitaGPT is an AI chatbot based on the Bhagavad Gita, which generates responses based on statistical probabilities. However, some GitaGPTs have been found to lack filters for casteism, misogyny, and even law, and some responses seem regressive. Experts warn that chatbots being allowed to play god might have unintended, and dangerous, consequences.
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π¬ At least five GitaGPTs have been launched since January 2023, with more on the way.
π¬ GitaGPTs promise to βunlock lifeβs mysteries with Krishna,β and some are answering up to 50,000 questions a day.
π¬ Experts have warned that chatbots being allowed to play god might have unintended, and dangerous, consequences.
Source: Why Object.keys doesn’t and shouldn’t return (keyof T)[]
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Object.keys() doesn’t return (keyof T)[] in TypeScript due to potential issues arising from objects having additional properties at runtime. A wrapper can be used as a workaround.
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