Gavin Chait;
GavinChait@wandering.shop
<p>I am a data scientist, researcher, engineer, sometime-traveler, and African SFF author. <br />I lead software- and systems development in open data and open science, with a focus on ethics and curation. I am fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty, migration vs stasis. <br />I also drink a great deal of coffee.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/DataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DataScience</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenData</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OpenScience</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>aut
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Post #2700713
RE: https://mastodon.social/@thetransmitter/116595908468227450 It &quot;expresses&quot; emotion because it copies human communication, which expresses emotion. It is not conscious, has no hormonal feedback loops, no nervous system, no senses (or sensors) &amp; no intentionality. There is no functional way it can feel anything. Any &quot;emotion&quot; anyone &quot;senses&quot; while interacting with it is pure anthropomorphic projection. It&#39;s what they hope to...
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Post #1797884
They need to remake TOP GUN. This time they fly a mission to obliterate a school &amp; a hospital, &amp; then go back &amp; land on that boat where they cheer &amp; hug &amp; feel each other up because they just murdered hundreds of kids &amp; pregnant moms &amp; cancer patients &amp; they love it because it fills the emptiness of their lives. Oorah!
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Post #1797883
I came up with a short list, after the genocide and destruction is over: 1. No carve-outs at the trials - this time, no special evacuation from culpability for doctors, physicists, techbros or generally &quot;useful&quot; people that the conquering powers decide might be &quot;helpful&quot;. Everyone burns together.