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Spiritual Bypass, but with GPUs
The "Machinal Bypass," when AI becomes a shortcut around the work that makes us human, and why some tasks should feel a little hard.
Dec 21
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (December 19, 2025)
Writing better code without AI, AI in peer review, local LLMs, Biothreat Benchmark Generation, R updates (R Data Scientist, RWeekly, R Works…
Dec 19
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Biotech policy is getting attention on the Hill
Biotech policy: Recent policy discussions echo NSCEB recommendations across investment, defense, and data.
Dec 18
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Stephen Turner
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Scikit-bio: Python for Omics
The "missing middle" for omics data analysis in Python
Dec 16
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Stephen Turner
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How do you design AI-resistant assignments?
The Anthropic Education Report showed 50% of Claude conversations about grading delegated assessment to the AI. How does one actually design…
Dec 15
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Stephen Turner
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GPT-5.2 Lies About Reading your Documents
"I did not sufficiently counterbalance that with skepticism and verification at the moment it mattered... I did not enforce the standard you expect…
Dec 12
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (December 12, 2025)
GPT-5.2, DARPA Generative Optogenetics, don't use local models for coding agents, red teaming, sandbagging, AI in science & education, MCP, R updates (R…
Dec 12
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Stephen Turner
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Quoting the Resonant Computing Manifesto
Five principles for the future of computing: private, dedicated, plural, adaptable, and prosocial.
Dec 10
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Stephen Turner
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The False Choice Between Meaning and Accountability in Higher Education
Thoughts on Ronald Purser's December 2025 essay in Current Affairs, "AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself"
Dec 8
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Stephen Turner
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The "If-Then" Approach to AI Biosecurity
A Measured Approach to AI+Biosecurity: The "If-Then" Framework from the 2025 NASEM report, The Age of AI in the Life Sciences: Benefits and Biosecurity…
Dec 6
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Stephen Turner
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Quoting Kevin Roose (NYT / Hard Fork)
I'm not going to listen to opinions about AI from people who don't use AI.
Dec 5
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Stephen Turner
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Weekly Recap (December 4, 2025)
R updates (R Data Scientist, R+AI conference, RWeekly, rOpenSci), Posit open source investments, AI in academia, science, biology, and labor, science…
Dec 4
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Stephen Turner
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