It’s useful to distinguish between three different categories of learning: factual information acquisition, problem-solving, and building a process toolkit
It’s useful to distinguish between three different categories of learning: factual information acquisition, problem-solving, and building a process toolkit
Should we add "#SkinJobs" and "#Toasters" and "#GoRustYourself" to this list?
How ‘#Clanker’ Became the Internet’s New Favorite Slur
New derogatory phrases are popping up online, thanks to a cultural pushback against #AI
by CT Jones, August 6, 2025
"Clanker. #Wireback. #Cogsucker. People are feeling the inescapable inevitability of AI developments, the encroaching of the digital into everything from entertainment to work. And their answer? Slurs.
"AI is everywhere — on Google summarizing search results and siphoning web traffic from digital publishers, on social media platforms like Instagram, X, and Facebook, adding misleading context to viral posts, or even powering #NaziChatbots. #GenerativeAI and #LargeLanguageModels — AI trained on huge datasets — are being used as therapists, consulted for medical advice, fueling spiritual psychosis, directing self-driving cars, and churning out everything from college essays to cover letters to breakup messages.
"Alongside this deluge is a growing sense of discontent from people fearful of artificial intelligence stealing their jobs, and worried what effect it may have on future generations — losing important skills like media #literacy, #ProblemSolving, and #CognitiveFunction. This is the world where the popularity of AI and robot slurs has skyrocketed, being thrown at everything from ChatGPT servers to delivery drones to automated customer service representatives. Rolling Stone spoke with two language experts who say the rise in robot and AI slurs does come from a kind of cultural pushback against AI development, but what’s most interesting about the trend is that it uses one of the only tools AI can’t create: slang
" '#Slang is moving so fast now that an #LLM trained on everything that happened before it is not going to have immediate access to how people are using a particular word now,' says Nicole Holliday, associate professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley. 'Humans [on] #UrbanDictionary are always going to win.' "
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Are you a specialist or a generalist? Here are some advantages I've experienced of being a generalist in a world full of specialists.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/consulting-2/2015/12/the-rise-of-the-generalist
Solve Problems Together: Liz Lathan's spin on my core peer conference process: The Three Questions
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2024/05/solve-problems-together
Many engineering deadlocks have been broken by people who are not engineers at all. This is simply because perspective is more important than IQ.
-- Nicholas Negroponte
#Wisdom #Quotes #NicholasNegroponte #Intelligence #ProblemSolving
The way we see the problem IS the problem.
-- Stephen R. Covey
#Wisdom #Quotes #StephenRCovey #ProblemSolving
#Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida
According to the latest Survey of Adult Skills by OECD (2023), over the past decade average literacy and numeracy proficiency declined, especially among the least educated.
"Tra pensiero critico e problem solving, il cuore pulsante dell'IT sono ancora le persone. #TechHuman #ProblemSolving"
https://www.tomshw.it/business/problem-solving-e-pensiero-critico-nel-mondo-it-2025-06-11
So, I have a problem. For the top of the sideboard I used obeche wood but the walnut veneer is too strong for it and has pulled it up (red arrows). The veneer has also split (green arrow). I think the only option is to do this again with plywood or another craft wood which has more structural integrity. If I use plywood I will have to cut a strip of veneer to cover the front edge. (This will need to be a contrasting veneer as there’s not enough spare from my first batch). This is how real veneered sideboards are done, but it is adding another quite tricky thing mid-project. I think I can use the slightly bent top in the construction of the base, so all is not lost. #DollsHouse #ProblemSolving
Are you a specialist or a generalist? Here are some advantages I've experienced of being a generalist in a world full of specialists.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/consulting-2/2015/12/the-rise-of-the-generalist
Tra logiche algoritmiche e creatività, l'innovazione IT abbraccia l'anima umana ancora indispensabile. #TechHumano #ProblemSolving
https://www.tomshw.it/business/problem-solving-e-pensiero-critico-nel-mondo-it-2025-06-11
For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.
-- H. L. Mencken
It’s useful to distinguish between three different categories of learning: factual information acquisition, problem-solving, and building a process toolkit
Don't solve other people's problems when they can solve them perfectly well themselves. or... If it's their problem, make it their problem.
-- Donald Gause & Gerald Weinberg (Are Your Lights On?)
https://www.europesays.com/2044873/ Fancy degrees, qualifications don’t matter. Shark Tank’s Anupam Mittal says you need just 2 skills to be a successful entrepreneur #AnupamMittal #BuildingSkills #business #BusinessAdvice #Entrepreneurship #EntrepreneurshipSkills #LifeSkills #ProblemSolving #SellingSkills #shaadi.com #SharkTankIndia
What makes attending conferences worthwhile? Some of the most useful conferences are those designed to solve participants' problems.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/01/solve-participants-problems
When's the right time to solve small problems? The right answer: "As soon as practically possible!" But our love of heroes gets in the way.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/leadership/2021/02/when-solve-small-problem
Are you a specialist or a generalist? Here are some advantages I've experienced of being a generalist in a world full of specialists.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/consulting-2/2015/12/the-rise-of-the-generalist
The problem, when solved, is simple.
-- Freshman Chemistry Lab
Scopri il metodo in 4 step per affrontare e risolvere i problemi più difficili. Noi ti aiutiamo.
#StrategieVincenti #ProblemSolving
https://www.tomshw.it/business/il-metodo-4s-larte-di-risolvere-problemi-complessi-2025-03-27