@MissingThePt Old Lick had a better name for it too!

@jbzfn Op-ed asserts #Worldcoin does not instill trust; then mansplains that taking off your shoes at airport security is just for show.

An astute essay on how medical education needs to adapt to generative #AI

"The whole idea of a medical curriculum built by humans is now in doubt"

"AI questions by patients will inevitably lead to an evolution of the patient-doctor relationship"

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2304993

Excellent diagnosis and recommendations by @kissane.
https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

I'm a committed #Mastodon user. But I sympathize with the complaints she has gathered and understand why they drove many users away.

All of us who are here and committed to stay should take them seriously, especially if we want more people from our networks to give Mastodon a try (not deterred by its reputation), like what they find (not deterred by their experience), and decide to join us.

( Schadenfreude?! ) While US economy enjoys #Barbie vibes - #European economy is facing an #Oppenheimer summer …

@Midnight @marcel @mpesce Sometimes, the price of #FineArt is a function also of ownership history and/or origin (aka lineage and provenance), documentation which is compiled by the seller and may be incomplete and/or (partially) counterfeit. A third party could manage these records in a database, but might not be trusted by others, (be blackmailed into) tampering with records, raise prices absurdly, or refuse business. Perhaps #NFTs offer solutions?

@wfryer @techprophet From #CLEAR (and similar companies) successfully operating for years it can be deduced that a private company storing biometric data isn’t new nor necessarily a privacy concern demanding more regulation. Worldcoin is reportedly now being looked at by a number of regulatory authorities in different countries, which I personally think is great.

@Midnight @marcel @mpesce If there are two digital collectibles called “Babe Ruth 12345”, and only one of them can be an official digital collectible, you don’t need forensics to know which one is the official digital collectible.

@mpesce @Midnight @marcel I think it is also a requirement that the “serial number” must be unique. There are probably many NFTs called “Bored Ape #1” for sale, which all have the same edition number, #1, but where there are additional identifiers which render the NFT unique. A nefarious person can easily copy a jpeg, and assign any title and edition number; but as far as I understand, cannot fake all identifiers, e.g the contract identifier.

@marcel @Midnight @mpesce Regrettably, there are a lot of counterfeit (physical) trading cards; even instances when several rare cards having the identical serial number suddenly appear. Telling the real thing apart from fakes is sometimes easy, but increasingly dependent on forensic methods which aren’t readily available to the average collector. I’m not an expert, but surely a serial number cannot reasonably be the sole information associated with an NFT?

@erictopol Thanks for posting on Mastodon, Dr Topol! I wish you a great weekend!

An interferon (IFN) modulator achieved a potent reduction of #SARSCoV2 viral load and protected the lungs in the macaque model, demonstrating both the critical importance of IFNs and potential for an early treatment
https://science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.adg0033

A friend attending #ICML just sent me a photo of this front runner for best poster award.

@jbzfn What if that “loss” is mostly R&D, translating into IP ensuring #Meta stays on top of and ahead of anyone else as far as anything AR is concerned for the next 20 years. If only there was some way to know.

@colorblindcowboy @MadhouseMuse A person can be infectious regardless of whether they have symptoms. Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectious-disease-topics/z-disease-list/covid-19/facts/transmission-covid-19

@MadhouseMuse Rapid tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02254-9

@MadhouseMuse At least one in five; I think Fauci, ECDC estimated 40-45%. Back in the days when China did large scale testing, most positives were asymptomatic.

@design_law @HighlandLawyer Could you argue that the zombie should not qualify as a corpse; Nix v. Hedden?

@wfryer It might be available in the US now. So a bit like #CLEAR, which gets you through airports faster after scanning your eyes. Except this is free, but doesn’t do anything. You do get 25 WLD for signing up though, worth ~$50 right now. I think that will buy you two large pizzas.

@design_law Bad analogy from my part. With the zombie, you might be sentenced for something. With an expired patent, nada.