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4 software utilities that quietly ruin your SSD lifespan
Added: Nov 24, 20254 software utilities that quietly ruin your SSD lifespan
Site: XDA
Watch out for these if you want your SSD to have a long life
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How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world Added: Nov 24, 2025
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
Site: Axios
Zelensky listened on speaker phone as Witkoff and Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan.
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Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults : ScienceAlert
Added: Nov 24, 2025Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults
Site: ScienceAlert
What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain.
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Karp's Quest to Save the Shire
Added: Nov 24, 2025Karp's Quest to Save the Shire
"You're killing my family in Palestine!" a protester screamed at Palantir CEO Alex Karp while he was addressing a Silicon Valley conference last April. "The primary source of death in Palestine," Karp, the Jewish, half-black, progressive, tai chi practitioner shot back, without missing a beat, "is the fact that Hamas has realized there are millions and millions of useful idiots."
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AI in the Crosshairs
Added: Nov 24, 2025
AI in the Crosshairs
Perhaps the best that can be said for Gary Marcus’s new book sounding the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence is that it comes from a good place. A decorated AI developer, a renowned neuroscientist and psychologist, and a highly successful entrepreneur, Marcus notes at the outset of Taming Silicon Valley, his polemic against […]
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Democratic Veterans Urge Troops to Reject Illegal Orders in New Video / X Added: Nov 24, 2025
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff says he's never going to use ChatGPT again: ‘It feels like the world just changed’ - The Times of India Added: Nov 24, 2025
Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff says he's never going to use ChatGPT again: It feels like ... - The Times of India
Site: The Times of India
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has declared a permanent switch from ChatGPT to Google's Gemini 3.0 after a two-hour trial, citing its superior reasoning, speed, and multimedia capabilities. This endorsement signals intense competition for OpenAI, with even its CEO acknowledging rivals' advancements while emphasizing their own pursuit of superintelligence.
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James Carville: Why Don’t Democrats Try Being Revolutionary Lunatics? | National Review Added: Nov 24, 2025
James Carville: Why Don’t Democrats Try Being Revolutionary Lunatics? | National Review
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Opinion | Piggy Gets Polite - The New York Times Added: Nov 24, 2025
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How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with ‘Rush Hour’ | Semafor
Added: Nov 24, 2025Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
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When Myths Become Media ‘Facts’ | National Review
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Elon Musk's Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document
Added: Nov 24, 2025Elon Musk's Autobiography Will Definitely Be a Reliable, Trustworthy Document
Site: Futurism
Elon Musk teased writing an autobiography in response to critical comments made by his biographer Walter Isaacson.
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X feature exposes fake political accounts run from foreign countries | Fox News Added: Nov 24, 2025
X feature exposes fake political accounts run from foreign countries | Fox News
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Maher slams Kimmel's wife for giving conservative family political 'ultimatum' | Fox News Added: Nov 24, 2025
Bill Maher calls out Jimmy Kimmel's wife for giving Trump-voting family members an 'ultimatum' on politics
Site: Fox News
On Friday's episode of "Real Time," host Bill Maher slammed Jimmy Kimmel's wife, Molly McNearney, for giving her Trump voting family members what he called an "ultimatum" on politics.
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Why Meloni is an exceptional politician - YouTube Added: Nov 24, 2025
Why Meloni is an exceptional politician
Site: YouTube
Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, is an exceptional politician. Under her leadership there has been political stability in Italy for the first time in ...
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JAMES COMEY INDICTMENT DISMISSED, Judge Says US Attorney Appointed Unconstitutionally
Site: YouTube
You’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free assessment and find the best option for you at https://PDSDebt.com/TIMCAST.Become A ...
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Sen. Mark Kelly facing military investigation after clashing with Trump
Site: Axios
A statement from the Pentagon said all service members have a "legal obligation" to "obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."
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Department of War opens misconduct probe into Sen. Mark Kelly after Trump accused him of sedition | New York Post Added: Nov 24, 2025
Pentagon probing ‘serious allegations of misconduct’ into Sen. Mark Kelly after Trump accused him of sedition
Site: New York Post
The Pentagon has opened a probe into “serious allegations of misconduct” against Sen. Mark Kelly that could result in court-martial proceedings, just days after President Trump accused …
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Melania Trump caught rushing away from woman who's still talking to her as horse goes crazy | Irish Star Added: Nov 24, 2025
**Melania Trump caught rushing away from woman who's still talking to her **
Site: Irish Star
Melania Trump was greeted by a giant tree strapped to a horse and carriage as it was delivered to the White House today, with some chaos gripping the event
First Lady Melania Trump welcomed the White House Christmas tree this afternoon in a big show, but ended up walking out on the woman holding the reins of a holiday-decorated showhorse. Melania Trump was caught walking away from the woman guiding the horse and carriage while the woman was speaking to her. The First Lady greeted a Michigan couple whose farm was responsible for producing this year’s official tree of the White House. The massive 35-foot Concolor Fir was cut down last week at Korson’s Tree Farm in Sidney Township, about 45 minutes northeast of Grand Rapids. Earlier this year, the family-owned farm won the National Christmas Tree Association's contest to supply the tree that will stand tall in the White House through the holiday season. Today, the Korson’s presented the tree to Melania. The tree will be displayed in the Blue Room of the White House. It will be decorated along with other official White House Christmas decorations. This year, the First Lady led an initiative to have volunteers come and decorate the White House for Christmas. Performers and musical groups, including school bands, choirs, and holiday-themed entertainers, were also encouraged to apply for the opportunity to perform. This Christmas marks seven years since a leaked audio clip surfaced in 2018, in which Melania complained about having to decorate the White House. “I’m working … my ass off on the Christmas stuff, that you know, who gives a f--- about the Christmas stuff and decorations?” Melania said in the leaked clip. “But I need to do it, right?” “OK, and then I do it and I say that I’m working on Christmas and planning for the Christmas and they said, ‘Oh, what about the children that they were separated?’ Give me a f------ break." That same year, Melania opted for a less traditional selection of bright red, conical Christmas trees, lined throughout the White House, which she called "American Treasures." Though the White House explained in a statement that the color red was an ode to the "pales, or stripes, found in the presidential seal designed by our Founding Fathers," the internet trolled the choice relentlessly. “I think they look fantastic. I hope everybody will come over and visit it. In real life, they look even more beautiful," Melania said in response to the backlash. "You are all welcome to visit the White House, the people’s house." For the latest local news and features on Irish America, visit our homepage here .
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This Strange Chameleon Fooled Scientists for 150 Years Added: Nov 24, 2025
This Strange Chameleon Fooled Scientists for 150 Years
Site: SciTechDaily
Scientists identified two new chameleon species through genetic analysis. Museum DNA helped clarify long-standing taxonomic confusion. Madagascar is widely recognized as the home of chameleons. Over 40% of all documented chameleon species are found on this island off the East African coast, inclu
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Dreams and Mycelium: Mapping the Endless Network of Existence | The MIT Press Reader
Added: Nov 24, 2025Dreams and Mycelium: Mapping the Endless Network of Existence
Site: The MIT Press Reader
How fungus and Freud converge to illuminate a deep ecology of mind, nature, and human ancestry.
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Literary Hub » What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Championship Round* Added: Nov 24, 2025
What Was Literary Twitter? The Bracket *Championship Round*
Site: Literary Hub
We’ve reached the finals, after a week of nostalgia and a weekend of quarterfinal voting. The final two are a fitting last pairing, though we were sad to see Should writers read? and @GuyInYourMFA …
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Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn - POLITICO Added: Nov 24, 2025
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
Site: POLITICO
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
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Nick Fuentes Says GOP & Free Market Must Be DESTROYED In Viral Video
Site: YouTube
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3I/ATLAS Update: New Image from Chile and Brightness Stats | by Liena Dreams | Nov, 2025 | Medium Added: Nov 24, 2025
3I/ATLAS Update: New Image from Chile and Brightness Stats
Site: Medium
3I/ATLAS news on November 24, 2025
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Letters of Gratitude About 3I/ATLAS
Site: Medium
In anticipation of Thanksgiving, I have received over the past day the following letters of gratitude concerning the interstellar object…
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Erika Kirk on Continuing Charlie's Mission, Marriage, and Prayer, Plus Walter Kirn on UFOs and TDS
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly delivers her final message on the last "Megyn Kelly Live" tour stop, about infighting on the right and fighting the left, why those who celebrate...
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How large language models view our world - Big Think
Added: Nov 24, 2025How large language models view our world
Site: Big Think
“What's really interesting about neural networks is the way that they think or the way that they operate is a lot like human intuition”
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Global Study Exposes Massive Fraud in Mathematics Publishing Added: Nov 24, 2025
Global Study Exposes Massive Fraud in Mathematics Publishing
Site: SciTechDaily
An international team has uncovered widespread, long-running fraud in mathematical publishing, driven by the global obsession with impact factors, rankings, and citation counts.
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Cynthia Erivo - Wikipedia Added: Nov 24, 2025
Cynthia Erivo - Wikipedia
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"Racism vs. Astrology" 🎤: Zavior Phillips | Full Video on our Channel!
Site: YouTube
Watch Zavior's full DTC set: https://youtu.be/VB33d_TaYPA?si=PPnNJ-sn2-6j853wYour soap is a joke! Upgrade your personal care with Dr. SquatchGet on our secre...
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Bill O'Reilly Takes on the Social Media Influencers
Site: YouTube
Bill O'Reilly takes on some of the latest controversies involving social media influencers.Home Title Lock: Go to https://hometitlelock.com/billoreilly and u...
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3I/ATLAS: Canadian Astrophotographer Clicks Clearest-Ever Picture Of Interstellar Visitor - Science
Added: Nov 24, 20253I/ATLAS: Canadian Astrophotographer Clicks Clearest-Ever Picture Of Interstellar Visitor
Site: Mashable India
Paul Craggs’ 3I/ATLAS pictures reveal a structured and illuminated shape?
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Victor Davis Hanson: Epstein’s Ghost Comes Back to Haunt the Democrats
Site: YouTube
Jeffrey Epstein died over six years ago, yet his shadow still looms large. The Left spent years insisting incriminating evidence on President Donald Trump wa...
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All of Nature Needs only One Constant, Physicists Prove
Site: YouTube
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A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
Added: Nov 24, 2025A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
Site: PsyPost - Psychology News
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-level work rather than expert innovation.
A new theoretical analysis published in the <em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.70077" target="_blank">Journal of Creative Behaviour</a></em> challenges the prevailing narrative that artificial intelligence is on the verge of surpassing human artistic and intellectual capabilities. The study provides evidence that large language models, such as ChatGPT, are mathematically constrained to a level of creativity comparable to an amateur human.
The study was conducted by David H. Cropley, a professor of engineering innovation at the University of South Australia. Cropley initiated this research to bring objective measurement to the polarized debate surrounding generative AI. While some proponents argue that AI can already outperform humans in creative tasks, others maintain that these systems merely mimic existing data without genuine understanding.
Cropley sought to move beyond subjective opinions by applying the standard definition of creativity to the probabilistic mechanics of large language models. His goal was to determine if the way these models operate places an inherent limit on the quality of their output.
To evaluate the creative potential of artificial intelligence, the researcher first established a clear definition of what constitutes a creative product. He utilized the standard definition of creativity, which posits that for an output to be considered creative, it must satisfy two specific criteria: effectiveness and originality.
Effectiveness refers to the product being useful, appropriate, or fit for its intended purpose. Originality refers to the product being novel, unusual, or surprising. In high-level human creativity, these two traits exist simultaneously; a masterpiece is both highly unique and perfectly executed.
Cropley focused his analysis on the "product" aspect of creativity rather than the psychological processes or environmental factors that influence humans, as AI does not possess personality traits or experience workplace culture. He examined the "next-token prediction" mechanism used by large language models.
These systems function by breaking text into smaller units called tokens and calculating the probability of which token should logically follow the previous ones based on their training data. This process is transparent and deterministic, allowing for a mathematical calculation of creativity that is not possible when studying the opaque cognitive processes of the human brain.
The investigation revealed a fundamental trade-off embedded in the architecture of large language models. For an AI response to be effective, the model must select words that have a high probability of fitting the context. For instance, if the prompt is "The cat sat on the…", the word "mat" is a highly effective completion because it makes sense and is grammatically correct. However, because "mat" is the most statistically probable ending, it is also the least novel. It is entirely expected.
Conversely, if the model were to select a word with a very low probability to increase novelty, the effectiveness would drop. Completing the sentence with "red wrench" or "growling cloud" would be highly unexpected and therefore novel, but it would likely be nonsensical and ineffective. Cropley determined that within the closed system of a large language model, novelty and effectiveness function as inversely related variables. As the system strives to be more effective by choosing probable words, it automatically becomes less novel.
By expressing this relationship through a mathematical formula, the study identified a specific upper limit for AI creativity. Cropley modeled creativity as the product of effectiveness and novelty. Because these two factors work against each other in a probabilistic system, the maximum possible creativity score is mathematically capped at 0.25 on a scale of zero to one.
This peak occurs only when both effectiveness and novelty are balanced at moderate levels. This finding indicates that large language models are structurally incapable of maximizing both variables simultaneously, preventing them from achieving the high scores possible for human creators who can combine extreme novelty with extreme effectiveness.
To contextualize this finding, the researcher compared the 0.25 limit against established data regarding human creative performance. He aligned this score with the "Four C" model of creativity, which categorizes creative expression into levels ranging from "mini-c" (interpretive) to "Big-C" (legendary).
The study found that the AI limit of 0.25 corresponds to the boundary between "little-c" creativity, which represents everyday amateur efforts, and "Pro-c" creativity, which represents professional-level expertise.
This comparison suggests that while generative AI can convincingly replicate the work of an average person, it is unable to reach the levels of expert writers, artists, or innovators. The study cites empirical evidence from other researchers showing that AI-generated stories and solutions consistently rank in the 40th to 50th percentile compared to human outputs. These real-world tests support the theoretical conclusion that AI cannot currently bridge the gap to elite performance.
“While AI can mimic creative behaviour – quite convincingly at times – its actual creative capacity is capped at the level of an average human and can never reach professional or expert standards under current design principles,” Cropley explained in a press release. “Many people think that because ChatGPT can generate stories, poems or images, that it must be creative. But generating something is not the same as being creative. LLMs are trained on a vast amount of existing content. They respond to prompts based on what they have learned, producing outputs that are expected and unsurprising.”
The study highlights that human creativity is not symmetrically distributed; most people perform at an average level, which explains why AI output often feels impressive to the general public. Since a large portion of the population produces "little-c" level work, an AI that matches this level appears competent.
However, highly creative professionals quickly recognize the formulaic nature of AI content. The mathematical ceiling ensures that while the software can be a helpful tool for routine tasks, it cannot autonomously generate the kind of transformative ideas that define professional creative work.
“A skilled writer, artist or designer can occasionally produce something truly original and effective,” Cropley noted. “An LLM never will. It will always produce something average, and if industries rely too heavily on it, they will end up with formulaic, repetitive work.”
There are limitations to the theory presented in the paper. The model uses a linear approximation to define novelty as the inverse of effectiveness, which is a simplification of more complex concepts from information theory.
The study also assumes a standard mode of operation for these models, known as greedy decoding or simple sampling, and does not account for every possible variation in prompting strategies or human-in-the-loop editing that might artificially enhance the final product. The analysis focuses on the autonomous output of the system rather than its potential as a collaborative tool.
Future research is likely to investigate how different temperature settings—parameters that control the randomness of AI responses—might allow for slight fluctuations in this creativity ceiling. Additionally, researchers may explore whether reinforcement learning techniques could be adjusted to weigh novelty more heavily without sacrificing coherence. Cross-lingual studies could also determine if this mathematical limit holds true across different languages and cultural contexts.
“For AI to reach expert-level creativity, it would require new architecture capable of generating ideas not tied to past statistical patterns,” Cropley concluded. Until such a paradigm shift occurs in computer science, the evidence indicates that human beings remain the sole source of high-level creativity.
The study, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.70077" target="_blank">“The Cat Sat on the …?” Why Generative AI Has Limited Creativity</a>,” was authored by David H. Cropley.
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How the Lack of Russiagate Evidence and TDS Among Colleagues Turned Walter Kirn Away From the Left
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly is joined by Walter Kirn to talk about his political evolution away from elite media leftism, why the lack of Russiagate evidence and Trump Deran...
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Thread by @AskPerplexity on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
Added: Nov 24, 2025
Thread by @AskPerplexity on Thread Reader App
@AskPerplexity: 🚨The White House just launched the Genesis Mission — a Manhattan Project for AI The Department of Energy will build a national AI platform on top of U.S. supercomputers and federal science data, trai...…
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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The X-37B Space Plane Is Breaking All the Rules and Makes Chinese Generals Sweat - National Security Journal
Added: Nov 24, 2025The X-37B Space Plane Is Breaking All the Rules and Makes Chinese Generals Sweat
Site: National Security Journal
Article Summary: The Tiny “Mini Shuttle” China Fears Most: What the X-37B Really Does -America’s X-37B space plane looks like a scaled-down shuttle, but it has become one of the most consequential military programs of the post-Cold War era. -Born as a NASA technology demonstrator and reborn as a classified testbed, the unmanned vehicle has […]
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Examining why some species developed consciousness while others remained non-conscious Added: Nov 24, 2025
Examining why some species developed consciousness while others remained non-conscious
What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic.
