Interesting Links for 20-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. News on the search for the solar system's ninth planet

(tags:space solarsystem viaJamesNicoll )

2. AI Chatbots Are Becoming Even Worse At Summarizing Data (5 times worse results than human-written summaries)

(tags:ai writing epicfail )

3. Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.

(tags:usa canada academia conferences )

4. UK, France, Canada speak out on Israel's actions in Gaza. (Not actually doing anything about it, mind you)

(tags:UK France Israel Canada gaza )

5. What's the state of using AI for science?

(tags:ai research physics )

6. It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System

(tags:ai Education school doom )

7. Sex worker 'terrified' by plans for new Scottish prostitution law

(tags:sexwork scotland OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[kerk_hiraeth]

There are those who know that Pluto & Charon are our tiny twin; twinned planets.

And there are those that are wrong.

They just re-defined me as not existing; made me illegal, twice over.

They are just as wrong.

Can't remember ever seeing the quote attributed, but it goes something like this...

"It is a supreme irony that while many planets have Moons, the Moon itself is not itself a Moon, but a planet twinned with a much bigger sibling."

I exist, and Pluto is a planet.

kerk (Queer, Trans and Non-binary)

[andrewducker]

I really don't see what the legality of trans people and the IAU definition of a planet have to do with each other.

Science changes. We take on new information. We adjust our definitions to fit the universe better. That's led both to better support and understanding of trans people, and to a better understanding of the different kinds of objects in space. Linking the two together doesn't make any sense to me at all.

[bens_dad]

It is a supreme irony that while many planets have Moons, the Moon itself is not itself a Moon, but a planet twinned with a much bigger sibling.

I like this.