Interesting Links for 07-10-2023

[andrewducker]

1. 4chan users manipulate AI tools to unleash torrent of racist images

(tags:ai racism 4chan )

2. The man who tried to kill the queen was egged on by an overly-supportive AI chatbot

(tags:ai murder queen )

3. A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant

(tags:middle_east agriculture prehistory )

4. What does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" mean, and how healthy is it?

(tags:health obesity )

5. 'Long colds' just as common as long COVID and can leave prolonged symptoms (We clearly need a diagnostic test for "Your body is still processing an attack")

(tags:disease pandemic colds )

6. It's time for the SNP to smell the coffee

(tags:Scotland politics snp labour )

7. This is the best write-up I've seen of how current AIs work.

(tags:technology AI words language viaLProven )

8. A brief list of things in the universe surprisingly younger than sharks

(tags:sharks age viaPatrickHadfield )

Comments

[adrian_turtle]

Oh, "long flu" is incredibly common. Back when I was in grad school I had a bad case that took 5 or 6 weeks to really get over. At the time, I thought it was unusual but not very unusual? This study seems to be lumping together all viral respiratory infections that cause symptoms lasting longer than a month, and I'm not sure if it's shoddy or just preliminary. I don't think I know anyone who really recovered from pneumonia in less than a month.

[cmcmck]

ME is the real mystery as no one seems to be able to explain where it comes from and it can vanish equally mysteriously.

The friend I mention had years of it, then it just stopped.

[channelpenguin]

A lot of autoimmune conditions behave like this. Long remissions are common. But I do believe so is just vanishing.

[marymac]

When my aunt (admittedly 80 at the time) had it, she was sternly warned that she wouldn't be feeling herself for at least six months. They weren't wrong.