My 11yo is learning coding as a hobby. One friend told him it is pointless because it won't get him a job in ten years. His other friend told him to just have AI code whatever he wants. He is standing his ground and still learning to do it himself. My gosh, the parental pride coursing through me!

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here are things the people in my household are doing this weekend: - learning to play blackbird on the baritone ukulele - drawing cyclops - making an obstacle course involving the entire house - attempting to read a novel

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Why do I struggle even reading papers that are clearly AI? Writing is a window into another person’s brain, their thinking, values, and outlook. When I read AI text, I mostly feel they shortchanged themselves and me by not offering that.

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Sorry to hear that Jeffrey Goldstone has died. He was a giant of quantum field theory- pioneering our modern understanding of symmetry breaking- and later did great things in quantum information. I knew him at MIT as a gruff but friendly wise man. physics.mit.edu/news/jeffrey...

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Mercator Rubik’s

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