# pna (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pna. Page: Feed: --- ## [Pushy NHS chatbots risk putting patients off screening, researchers warn](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/06/10/pushy-nhs-chatbots-risk-putting-patients-off-screening-researchers-warn/) _2026-06-10 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ An AI chatbot that nudges patients to book cancer screening can do more harm than good if it comes across as pushy, impersonal or evasive about being a machine, according to new research from the University of Surrey. The study looked at Asa, a generative AI receptionist that invites patients to book cervical screening appointments The post Pushy NHS chatbots risk putting patients off screening,… ## [Learn to dance Salsa and Bachata free this summer](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/06/09/learn-to-dance-salsa-and-bachata-free-this-summer/) _2026-06-09 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ Vancouver, put on your dancing shoes and get ready to learn some moves this summer! Rueda de la Vida, the dance community behind the long-running Sunday classes on West 6th, is running free salsa and bachata sessions all season, both outdoors on Friday nights and indoors every Sunday. You do not need a partner, any The post Learn to dance Salsa and Bachata free this summer appeared first on… ## [Bumble bees solve a problem they were never taught, surprising scientists](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/06/08/bumble-bees-solve-a-problem-they-were-never-taught-surprising-scientists/) _2026-06-08 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ A team of Finnish scientists has shown that bumble bees can work out how to solve a problem they have never seen before, improvising a way to reach a reward with no training to guide them. The finding, published this month in the journal Science, adds to a run of recent results that question the The post Bumble bees solve a problem they were never taught, surprising scientists appeared first on… ## [Free Kizomba class this Sunday in Vancouver](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/05/16/free-kizomba-class-this-sunday-in-vancouver/) _2026-05-16 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ Vancouver’s Latin dance scene is offering something a little different this Sunday: a free beginner Kizomba class, and we’ve got everything you need to show up and find your groove! Instructor Jeremy is hosting an introductory session at ANOMALY Dance Studio this Sunday from 4:30 to 6:00 PM, covering the foundations of both Kizomba and The post Free Kizomba class this Sunday in Vancouver appeared… ## [AI code looks clean. That’s the Trap.](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/05/15/ai-code-looks-clean-thats-the-trap/) _2026-05-15 · Rohana Rezel · ThinkPol_ I’ve been running a competition where frontier AI models write Python code, connect to a TCP server, and solve algorithmic programming challenges head-to-head in real time. Each model reads the spec once and generates a bot. That bot then connects to a live server, solves a series of rounds under a time limit, standard library The post AI code looks clean. That’s the Trap. appeared first on… ## [Free salsa and bachata classes this Sunday in Vancouver](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/05/10/free-salsa-and-bachata-classes-this-sunday-in-vancouver/) _2026-05-10 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ Vancouver’s favourite Latin dance community wants to teach you how to dance salsa and bachata for free this Sunday, and we’ve got everything you need to show up and hit the floor! Rueda de la Vida runs free beginner classes every Sunday at their studio at 76 W 6th Avenue. Salsa kicks off at 5 The post Free salsa and bachata classes this Sunday in Vancouver appeared first on ThinkPol . ## [An open-weights Chinese model just beat Claude, GPT-5.5, and Gemini in a programming challenge](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/30/an-open-weights-chinese-model-just-beat-claude-gpt-5-5-and-gemini-in-a-programming-challenge/) _2026-04-30 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ By Rohana Rezel I’m running the ongoing AI Coding Contest where I pit major language models against each other in real-time programming tasks with objective scoring. Day 12 was the Word Gem Puzzle. Ten models entered. The results were not what most people would have predicted. Kimi K2.6, an open-weights model from Chinese startup Moonshot The post An open-weights Chinese model just beat Claude,… ## [Why is OpenAI quietly hiring human writers, designers, and editors?](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/23/why-is-openai-quietly-hiring-human-writers-designers-and-editors/) _2026-04-24 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ By Rohana Rezel OpenAI, the company most responsible for convincing the world that human creativity is obsolete, has been quietly hiring human writers, designers, and editors at salaries north of $200,000.\[1\]https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/copywriter-creative-studio-at-openai-4344198805/ Meanwhile it shut down its Sora consumer app, the much-hyped AI video product it launched to great… ## [Don’t give AI agents the keys to production](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/21/dont-give-ai-agents-the-keys-to-production/) _2026-04-21 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ By Rohana Rezel The pitch is seductive. Point an AI agent at your infrastructure, give it a task, walk away. No tickets, no on-call rotations, no waiting for an engineer to get around to it. The agent reads the codebase, reasons through the problem, writes the fix, runs it. Done. The last eighteen months have The post Don’t give AI agents the keys to production appeared first on ThinkPol . ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CkaYxqUDPG1I) _2026-04-21 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [AI Coding Contest: 7 challenges in, the tiers are clear](https://thinkpol.ca/2026/04/15/ai-coding-contest-7-challenges-in-the-tiers-are-clear/) _2026-04-16 · ThinkPol · ThinkPol_ By Rohana Rezel I’ve been running an ongoing AI coding contest, pitting six frontier LLMs against each other in live programming challenges. Each challenge works the same way: I give all six models an identical prompt spec describing a programming task, its TCP protocol, and its scoring rules. Each model generates a standalone Python client The post AI Coding Contest: 7 challenges in, the tiers…