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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

"I think flexibility is here to stay," she said.

This is the problem with academics. They do a study, find something is logically better, then assume humans will act logically.

Unfortunately, most CEOs don't give a shit if their employees are more happy, productive, and less likely to quit if they work remotely. They just want to feel like they have control over people's lives, which is why we're seeing more return to office initiatives.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 week ago (9 children)

It would also be in stark defiance of Amazon’s stated climate goals, which center on reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

That’s not lost on the tech giant. But as Amazon spokesperson Margaret Callahan told the NYT, the “world looks different now than when we co-founded the climate pledge.”

What the fuck? They looked at the world recently and said "yeah, climate change isn't as much of a problem as it was before"?!?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

I hate how accurate that is

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I think the best system would be not to allow tariffs to be illegally implemented in the first place. But I realize that's asking a lot.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I was saying the cheating being AI usage is what couldn't be proven. They mentioned a few other possibilities like the tests being leaked or people working off camera with them.

But yeah, the cheating is obvious. And the likelihood of it being done by AI is damn near certain.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The headline kind of misses the main point, which is that the students have to retake the exam because cheating was so rampant, likely due to AI usage but that can't be proven.

Between 2021 and 2025, 3.5 percent of test takers scored 100 or more on the 120-question UNAM test. This year, 16.3 percent did so.

The story was even worse at the highest of the high end. Between 2021 and 2025, 0.9 percent of test takers scored 110 or more; this year, 5.5 percent did so.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Keep in mind this teacher is in her early 20s. Most people that age don't really know much about how computers and files work.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, that's the case with a lot of media. But I've had three different people tell me they were good and asked if I was watching. I'm gonna wait until they're over before committing.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

House of the Dragon, I think?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I still can't bring myself to watch any of the spin offs. People keep telling me how good they are, but I was burned before and need time to learn to love again.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We were also pretty naive then. An editor for Wired magazine attended a party with Larry Page, Google's cofounder in 2002. He asked how Google was able to offer their services for free - and Page told him how their long term plan was to gather as much data as possible through their free services in order to build artificial intelligence.

So while we all thought a free GB of storage and searchable email was awesome in 2004, we were just blindly feeding what's happening today with the AI craze.

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