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"Chpt 3 the nature of bullshit
To persuade or impress not to lead to truth
Latour’s blackbox many bluffs and cites. To call one bullshit call all of them bullshit
criminal machine learning:
E.g 2016, ArXiv detect criminal from facial features. Data problem, non criminal smiling professional headshots and criminal Id photos. Curvature of the mouth etc just cause of data" — Jul 18, 2026 09:43AM
"Chpt 3 the nature of bullshit
To persuade or impress not to lead to truth
Latour’s blackbox many bluffs and cites. To call one bullshit call all of them bullshit
criminal machine learning:
E.g 2016, ArXiv detect criminal from facial features. Data problem, non criminal smiling professional headshots and criminal Id photos. Curvature of the mouth etc just cause of data" — Jul 18, 2026 09:43AM
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"Chapter 4 the Gang of three
He’s in the Gatsby Lab founded by Hinton. Shane Legg is in lab too. New Zealand, did some data science and worked for Goertzel. Mustafa Suleyman has an even crazier story of homeless since 15, confronting Muslim upbringing and dropping out of Oxford. Knew demis through his brother and got an landing after following up a gambling celebration’s conversation by noting Sergey Brian wuhuu" — Jul 18, 2026 11:40AM
"Chapter 4 the Gang of three
He’s in the Gatsby Lab founded by Hinton. Shane Legg is in lab too. New Zealand, did some data science and worked for Goertzel. Mustafa Suleyman has an even crazier story of homeless since 15, confronting Muslim upbringing and dropping out of Oxford. Knew demis through his brother and got an landing after following up a gambling celebration’s conversation by noting Sergey Brian wuhuu" — Jul 18, 2026 11:40AM
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