Interesting article about the difficulties that governments are having - from a data perspective - when 'collaborating' with newer transportation companies like Uber and Lyft. move-forward.com/inside-the-tra…

I think I would waste at least 1/3 of what I buy from the supermarket: theage.com.au/national/we-ar…

I found it useful to re-read this critique on AI (machine learning) by Michael Jordan rise.cs.berkeley.edu/blog/michael-i…

Fascinating: wired.com/2015/07/secret…

What happens when you give an interesting #secretsanta #maths problem to a group of mathematicians? Here's how it played out at a recent ACEMS #MathsCraft workshop - thanks Dr Rheanna Mainzer (University of Melbourne ) for writing this wonderful The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand story: theconversation.com/merry-christma…

The CDC recommends “social distancing” to mitigate the coronavirus. But what does that mean for everyday life? Can you go to the gym? Can you see small groups of friends at home? Kaitlyn Tiffany brought these and more questions to public-health experts. theatlantic.com/family/archive…

From a ride down to Black Rock recently.

No snacks. Are they considered essential?

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Failing to control misinformation is one thing. Profiting from it at the expense of cancer patients' lives is another entirely. technologyreview.com/2022/06/27/105…

From a company that is claiming they will build AGI: labs.openai.com/s/lzLhwpOOUUBz…

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European bicycle groups put brakes on reshoring as energy prices bite ft.com/content/06ac33…

I support the UK #JuniorDoctorsStrikes. Thank you to all the junior doctors for everything you do and sacrifice to keep the NHS going. Read this article which explains why. theguardian.com/society/2023/m… #NHS #SaveOurNHS

The current standard PhD scholarship stipend is just under $30k/year and the minimum wage is $39k/year. There is a petition to the Australian Government to raise the stipend to match the minimum wage. Sign here: aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe…

One reason AI research has been progressing so fast is not just because of frequent and early publication of preprint on ArXiv and the exchange of open source code, but also because the ML/AI community has largely freed itself from the stranglehold of for-profit & paywalled

The U.S. spy hub in the heart of Australia interc.pt/2vOkpzg by Ryan Gallagher

Asylum seeker dies on Manus Island #auspol canberratimes.com.au/federal-politi… via Canberra Times