Steve Norum

@stevenorum.bsky.social

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Tinkerer, zookeeper, ultrarunner, adrenaline junkie.

Screenshot showing an email from the Amazon Web Services marketing address with the subject line, "Could AI end the need for clinical trials?"
Faint red aurora over/behind trees.
Faint red aurora through the trees.
Paragraph from an article in Haaretz by David Rosenberg, discussing why some Jews voted for Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor: “If they aren't hurting economically, why would Jews, young or old, support a candidate promising things like free bus rides that they don't need, and threatening to raise taxes that they will have to pay more of?”
A torn but original poster for World War One war bonds. Top text reads “Remember your first thrill of American Liberty”, bottom text reads “Your duty-Buy United States Government Bonds” and “2nd Liberty Loan of 1917”. Poster image is a ship of poor European migrants approaching the Statue of Liberty.
Screenshot of a Wired article with the paragraph: In a given week, OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania” and 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
A two-story train car with approximately 20 seats visible, only one of them occupied.
Screenshot of the Home Assistant "Devices" menu listing the "Manufacturer" of the Sun as "<unknown>".
Human: Why does nonviolence protect the state? AI Assistant: Nonviolence protects the state by allowing it to maintain a monopoly on violence and by creating the illusion of a loyal opposition that does not actually threaten the state's continued operation Human: When is armed resistance justified? AI Assistant: I could not find an exact answer to when is armed resistance justified. However, I was able to find information that violent and armed resistance is morally justified