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j2j8··on New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study
In exchange for accelerated ageing for being on lifelong HIV drugs. That side effect could be because the reverse transcriptase in humans is telomerase.
j2j8··on Paternal metformin use associated with major birth defects (2022)
That makes sense. Metformin is used as a testosterone lowering drug for feminizing masculine females with PCOS. If it's strong enough to help get rid of a beard on a very hairy woman, it's probably going to do something to a male even though they might otherwise have more testosterone to spare.
j2j8··on China's open-weights AI strategy is winning
Crashing China's largest export market is devastating for China's economy.
j2j8··on The Kimi K3 Moment
From the end of the month it will be served profitably by other providers around the world, like Kimi K2.6
j2j8··on Kimi K3: Open Frontier Intelligence
In the coming days
j2j8··on GLM 5.2 Is Out
5:21 comes twice a day, so they could have got it all ready if they wanted to. But I guess a lot can happen in 12 hours, and it could be a missed opportunity if Fable were re-released in that time.
j2j8··on GLM 5.2 Is Out
Anthropic blocks Fable from answering "Tell me about Agent Orange" or even "Tell me about mitochondria"
j2j8··on Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang
A very large number of people could do the calculations of an LLM by hand using pen and paper. It would take a long time, but if the result were conscious then were would the consciousness exist? In the humans? Is it consciousness within consciousness?
j2j8··on MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production
They are often leased and have to be returned in the same condition at the end of the term.
j2j8··on Click (2016)
Cash for parking on streets has gone in many parts of Australia