Paul Guinnessy / is on Nostr

Director of Digital Experience, American Institute of Physics. All views are my own and not that of my employer

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2024-07-09 18:54:00

"In a troubling milestone, June marked Earth’s 12th consecutive month of global warming at or above 1.5º Celsius — the internationally accepted threshold for avoiding the worst effects of #ClimateChange." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-08/earth-surpasses-1-5-c-of-warming-for-12-consecutive-months

2024-06-24 22:17:59

More than 60% of those surveyed said they posted fake jobs “to make employees believe their workload would be alleviated by new workers.” 62% of companies said another reason for the shady practice is to “have employees feel replaceable.” #Work #WorkLifebalance #Hiring #Jobs https://qz.com/companies-posting-fake-job-listings-resume-builder-1851556777?utm_content=1851558179&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Quartz_At_Work

2024-06-17 21:12:59

China is reaching the point where it might might now have more expertise in building #highenergyphysics colliders than the rest of Europe combined, says CERN's Frank Zimmermann. It's planning to build the 100-kilometre #CircularElectronPositronCollider (#CEPC). #physics
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02005-4?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=1b1214596f-nature-briefing-daily-20240617&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-1b1214596f-50179668

2024-03-26 21:12:29

If you want to understand #GenerativeAI, this is a pretty good article on the basics of how it works. #MachineLearning #AI #ArtificialIntelligence https://ig.ft.com/generative-ai/

2024-03-20 19:59:53

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I was in a meeting of society leadership earlier today and one of them had surveyed their staff (anonymously as they wanted the truth) and found the majority were already using AI, mostly ChatGPT. Without checking with the IT dept.