Andrew Scott Waugh

@aswaugh.bsky.social

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Political Science PhD (UCSD ‘13), Data Science Bureaucrat (Oregon DHS), Union Member (SEIU), Mediocre Golfer (16 Handicap), Dad (‘25)

A girl giving a skeptical look with the caption “¿porque no los dos?”
A screenshot of a blog that reads “Homer imagined the mythical Ethiopian king Memnon as a cousin to the hero Hector and also the most beautiful man Odysseus had ever seen, a stark contrast to racialized claims that actress Lupita Nyong'o could not possibly play the famously beautiful Helen.”
In a scene from the movie Starship Troopers, a man uses a sci-fi rifle to kill a space bug that is trapped in a cell. “Would you like to know more” is displayed in text on the bottom of the screen.
Cyrus from the movie The Warriors holding out his arms and saying “Can you dig it?!?”
Meme from 30 Rock with Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy saying “Into the Crevasse.”
J. Walter Weatherman, a one-armed man from the show Arrested Development, pointing accusingly to the left.
A low angle shot of the Corvallis courthouse on a beautiful blue fall day. A banner in front of the courthouse reads “NO KINGS OCT 18!”
Sergeant Slaughter from WWF, dressed in his Iraqi General uniform from his first gulf war gimmick. He kinda looks like Alex Jones now.
A colander filled with freshly picked pears, with three pears leaning against the outside of it, sitting on a wood grain tabletop.
A screen capture from a Wall Street Journal article that reads: “'Calibrated literacy' While the researchers' findings suggest that encouraging a sense of awe around AI could be useful for companies deploying AI systems to the general public, the goal shouldn't be to leave consumers in the dark about how AI works, the researchers say. "With the increase in Al around us, consumers should have a basic level of literacy to be able to understand when Al might have important limitations," says Tully. Perhaps the best approach is to try to educate consumers about Al in a way that doesn't completely eliminate their sense of awe or curiosity, the researchers say. Tully calls this "calibrated literacy" —equipping users with enough understanding to make safe, informed decisions without dampening their delight.”
A tuxedo cat and a gray cat cuddled up together. The gray cat is on his back giving a derpy look.
A sign in front of zoo lion enclosure that says “Caution: Spray Range 7-10,” and features a picture of a lion in profile with spray lines expanding in a vector from its rear end.