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As the editor of a content mill that generates great articles every 4.2 seconds, like “Five Hacks for Your Roku” and “Seven Hacks for Your Roku,” I feel the need to take a stand against the rise of AI articles and the threat they pose to my team of human writers, who we treat like robots.

Sure, our articles maintain a rigid SEO template that creatively resembles the kitchen at a poorly run Quiznos, and granted, all our story ideas are gleaned from better-written magazine articles from seven months ago (that we’re totally not plagiarizing), but imagine if AI wrote those articles? So much would be lost.

We employ actual human writers, from teenagers who happen to have a computer and know how to mash 1,200 unreadable words in twenty minutes, to aging writers desperately grasping at the last branch in a failing industry and can’t make the 1,200 words that fast and will be let go. What would happen to them if we simply plugged terms into an AI article program? Self-worth, perhaps, yet at what cost? (None to us, obviously, since we pay in Slack chat emojis and no exposure.)

The Post Office scandal, which saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of fraud, is one of the UK’s biggest miscarriages of justice. Thanks largely to the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office, parliamentarians are finally taking action and passing legislation that will quash the convictions of post office workers who were prosecuted during […]

How the ancient warrior people of the steppes have found themselves on the cultural frontlines of Russia’s war against Ukraine

- by Peter Mumford

Read at Aeon

I once clung to a dubious family legend to help me cope with a difficult childhood. I’ve since found a better story to tell

- by Patricia Olsen

Read at Psyche

Since Boris Johnson's 2019 pledge, the public has received more of the same – austerity and higher taxes from the Government and, in many cases, cash-strapped local councils

NHS doctor David Oliver examines the evidence of ever-increasing use of provision from private healthcare companies that bring a profit motive to the service

Millie McAinsh's family sought help when the ME sufferer could no longer eat – only for her to to be sectioned

Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions.

The newly established Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work at the University of Sydney is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to join and to help lead our growing team. The Centre builds on a significant body of research at the University which has investigated the nature of gender inequality at work, its causes, and potential pathways to better practice and outcomes. This research will be scaled in 2024 under the leadership of Centre Director Professor Rae Cooper and Deputy Director Professor Elizabeth Hill. As a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, you will play a critical role at this exciting time as the Centre establishes and grows.

Projects you undertake as part of the Centre’s research program will contribute to driving positive change in workplaces and labour markets. The Centre aims to generate new data-informed knowledge able to inform and improve gender equality at work. The Centre’s research is organized around four key themes:

This is the second article in my “Principles of the New Green Age” Series. You can read the first, here.

The first principle was

“Do as thou will, so long as you increase biodiversity and biomass, reduce pollution and heat, and replace any resources used.“

In the real olden days of civilization, in the Fertile Crescent (which really was fertile before most of it was turned into desert) there was a dual currency system: there was grain and there was silver (and what amounted to certificates of deposit on both, along with usurious loans.)

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Trump is lying more than ever This Washington Post fact check is worth reading if you aren’t following all the latest Trump lies: Trump frequently recycles false claims of achievement from when he was president that we have repeatedly fact-checked, including: -He created the greatest U.S. economy in U.S. history (not by any metric).-He passed the biggest tax cut in history (it ranks 8th).-He did more for Black people than any president but Abraham Lincoln (not by any metric).-He defeated ISIS in four weeks (it took the United States and coalition partners more than two years after he took office).-He was the first president to impose tariffs on China (China has faced U.S. tariffs since George Washington first enacted them in 1789).He increased government revenue even though he cut taxes (False). But there are always new lies. Here are a few: Biden was declared ‘incompetent’ to stand trial in documents case “He’s [Biden] at great jeopardy, really, but they said: ‘Look, he’s incompetent to go to court but he can be president.’ Figure that one.

The University of Sydney welcomes applications for the position of Lecturer in Political Economy (Education Focused) (Level B)

The position is based at the School of Social and Political Sciences and will significantly contribute to the Discipline of Political Economy’s pluralist, heterodox and interdisciplinary program of political economy teaching and learning at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The appointee will also conduct research in their field of study and/or in pedagogical practice, design and evaluation, and contribute to educational and other leadership and governance priorities in SSPS.

Full information about the role and application process is available on the University of Sydney’s Careers Website.

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Clare Fester reviews a new book that looks at the history of Jewish working class radicalism and struggle that Zionism has sought to hide.

The post The hidden history of Jewish anti-Zionism and radicalism first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Ankush Khardori at Politico takes a look at some polling on Trump’s legal problems: Eight months out, we had questions. Among them: If Trump is convicted of a crime, how will it affect his chances of returning to the White House? What do Americans make of his claim that he should be immune from prosecution even if he actually perpetrated a criminal scheme to steal the last election? Does the public trust the Supreme Court to decide that issue fairly? To find out, we worked with Ipsos to poll the American people — and we discovered some surprising answers to all of these questions, and several more. The bottom line is that a conviction in Manhattan may not doom Trump, but it would do real damage. More than a third of independents said a guilty verdict would make them less likely to support Trump’s candidacy. In a close race, that might matter. It also cuts against the conventional wisdom, as analysts have sometimes doubted the political impact of the prosecution in Manhattan, which concerns Trump’s alleged falsification of his company’s business records in connection with a hush-money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels.

I know, it’s easy to dismiss Trump’s extremist rhetoric as just another occasion of “Trump...

The Queensland Government (for now) has announced that the 2032 Olympic opening ceremony will be held at the Indooroopily Macca’s outdoor playground. The news comes after the billion dollar plan to rebuild the Gabba has been scrapped. ”The 2032 Brisbane... Read More ›

CARCOSA is an AI-driven program that aims to reduce information overload for soldiers.

The post Secret Pentagon Program Echoes Pedophile Ring in “True Detective” Series appeared first on The Intercept.

A National Audit Office report shows government pledges to decarbonise domestic heating has failed to meet half its target