# global pandemic (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover global pandemic. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Joy of Paranoia](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/the-joy-of-paranoia/) _2026-08-21 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ So WordPress prompted me to change my password, and I just spent weeks trying to get back online. I had just been ‘shadow banned’ on X, so I became immediately paranoid. X began emailing me about rule violations a few months back. The first two times I asked for a reference to the rule-breaking content \[…\] ## [No Atheists in AI Foxholes? Dawkins Appears to be Psychotic.](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/no-atheists-in-ai-foxholes-dawkins-appears-to-be-psychotic/) _2026-05-15 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ The single biggest knowledge deficit in those convinced of AI experience, without a doubt, has to be neuropathology. Even a cursory look at disorders involving language and experience shows their functional independence, the fact that people can talk without experience, as well as experience without the capacity to talk. This means that language and experience \[…\] ## [On the Inevitability of the Butlerian Jihad](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/on-the-inevitability-of-the-butlerian-jihad/) _2026-05-11 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ I think the most politically significant fact we’ve been working here the past years is the dependency of Enlightenment socialization on ‘adapt-to’ analogue technologies, and how digital technologies are more ‘adapt to us’ machines, automatically targeting our prehistorical psychology, undoing our training, transforming cognitive ecologies enough to bring the world’s once greatest democracy to its… ## [Google proposes new, more direct way to engineer the collapse of the human civilization.](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/google-proposes-new-more-direct-way-to-engineer-the-collapse-of-the-human-civilization/) _2026-05-07 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ Now that they are finally realizing that flash intelligence algorithmically bound to its training data will likely require a Dyson Sphere to produce godlike intelligence, some researchers are either bailing on LLMs, or reimagining what LLMs could be. As a result, it feels like things I’ve fretted about forever are now popping up on a \[…\] ## [The ‘Sapir Line’ and the Ongoing AI Apocalypse](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/the-sapir-line-and-the-ongoing-ai-apocalypse/) _2026-04-27 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ Back in 1947, Edward Sapir famously called nonverbal communication “an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.” I don’t know about you, but it’s one of those lines that sends me back to the changeroom feeling like a wannabe. It’s so packed with meaning… and as it turns \[…\] ## [Mythos and the End of Free-Range AI](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/mythos-and-the-end-of-free-range-ai/) _2026-04-22 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ Well, folks, this is it. Like it or not, Anthropic’s latest frontier model, Mythos, is the watershed moment, the point where the pivotal problem posed by AI stands revealed, as plain as day. This is the moment where either AI research goes nuclear weapon dark and consumer AI becomes illegal, or it’s where things really \[…\] ## [Proctoring and Grades](http://acbart.github.io//2026/04/19/proctored-grades/) _2026-04-19 · Austin Cory Bart · Acbart ePortfolio_ Let us say that you were developing a new course, and needed to decide on the grading scheme. Generally, we can divide your assignments into two categories: those that are proctored in-person (exams, classwork, etc.), and those that are not (homework, projects, etc.). ## [Proctoring and Grades](http://acbart.github.io//2026/04/19/proctored-grades/) _2026-04-19 · Austin Cory Bart · Acbart ePortfolio_ Let us say that you were developing a new course, and needed to decide on the grading scheme. Generally, we can divide your assignments into two categories: those that are proctored in-person (exams, classwork, etc.), and those that are not (homework, projects, etc.). ## [Balanced Computing Literacy: A Cautionary Tale](http://acbart.github.io//2026/01/12/balanced-computing-literacy/) _2026-01-12 · Austin Cory Bart · Acbart ePortfolio_ TL;DR: Computer Science Education should pay attention to the lesson learned in K-12 English Education about Balanced Literacy, and move cautiously while trying to integrate Large Language Models into the curriculum. Specifically, we should not throw out “programming” in favor of “prompting” the way that Balanced Literacy threw out “phonics” in favor of “whole language”. The fundamentals aren’t… ## [2025 Year-In-Review](https://briankeng.com/2025/12/2025-year-in-review/) _2025-12-25 · Brian · Brian Keng_ Personal Family: The big news this year was the birth of my second daughter at the beginning of the year! I was fortunate to be able to take a few months off to help with the baby. I experienced the usual things: sleep deprivation, explosive poops, and touching moments that melt your heart. The big \[ \] ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Q20xYlVdowTz) _2025-12-25 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Artificial Meaning](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/artificial-meaning/) _2025-09-22 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ \[I think I wrote this 2017; I had a computer disaster around then and I don’t think it saw the light of day. The sources are dated in some cases, but the diagnosis, unfortunately, remains as pressing as it has ever been.\] I hate people. Or so I used to tell myself in the thick \[…\] ## [No Whimpering Here](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/no-whimpering-here/) _2025-05-13 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ I think it’s fair to say it’s beginning in earnest now. A bit faster than I thought, and pretty damn close to as predicted. The plunging cost of reality is allowing the simulation of crisis events to cue sustained engagement, driving advertising revenue, fueling gushers of pollution. Herr Goering, the adorable clown, is now the \[…\] ## [How I Read in 2025](https://briankeng.com/2025/02/how-i-read-in-2025/) _2025-02-19 · Brian · Brian Keng_ As you may have seen in previous year-in-reviews, I ve been on a lifelong quest to read more because I think it s one of the most efficient ways to acquire knowledge. Unfortunately, in the modern age it s hasn t been so easy. When I was growing up, it was mainly TV, then the early internet, and now \[ \] ## [Asking an AI About Me](https://briankeng.com/2025/01/asking-an-ai-about-me/) _2025-01-16 · Brian · Brian Keng_ After writing my latest year-in-review, I realized that I had already done eight of them! It feels like yesterday when I started writing them. Given that this body of writing is probably the most personal and raw prose about me on the Internet, I thought why not put it into an AI and start asking \[ \] ## [2024 Year-In-Review](https://briankeng.com/2024/12/2024-year-in-review/) _2024-12-26 · Brian · Brian Keng_ Personal Family: My home life is pretty similar to the year before with me trying to spend as much time as I can with my daughter. While it can be frustrating at times, there are at least many joyful moments too. The trick is ensuring that I m in the right state of mind and body \[ \]