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Economic Update: The Resurgence of White Supremacy

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This week on Economic Update, Professor Wolff delivers updates on U.S. businesses receiving refunds for Trump's illegal tariffs without lowering prices raised to cover them, a 24% decline in foreign students coming to the U.S., and an emerging labor shortage in the U.S. economy. The second half of the show features an interview with Prof. Lucas Wilson, Mt Holyoke College, on the resurgence of white supremacy in the US today.

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Redneck Gone Green with Clara Mattei

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Capitalism is not “just the way things are.”
It’s a system that has to be protected - constantly. In today's episode of Redneck Gone Green, David and Shane are in conversation with Clara Mattei, a professor of economics at The University of Tulsa and the founding president of the Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE), where she hosts the weekly FREE podcast. The conversation focuses on her recent book "Escape from Capitalism" and the organization she co-founded: The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation (FREE). The conversation reveals that the goal is to make people aware of the idea that real freedom is collective power over the decisions shaping our lives. If you can’t choose how you work, where you live, or what you need to survive without money - that’s not freedom—that’s economic coercion. And once you see that, a lot of modern politics starts making a lot more sense. Don't miss the entirety of the conversation right here on Redneck Gone Green.

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the camera that only remembers your last shot

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Enough of you were PMing me the reframe camera project that I had to build one myself and try it out. Pretty fun, mostly if you like building little projects and already have most of the stuff like I did.

#117 PROF ARLINDO OLIVEIRA - Inteligência Artificial, Desemprego, Perigo Existencial, Alinhamento

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💭 DESCRIÇÃO 💭
Recebemos o professor Arlindo Oliveira!

Nascido em 1963, é professor catedrático do Instituto Superior Técnico e um dos nomes mais respeitados da investigação portuguesa em Inteligência Artificial, Machine Learning e Bioinformática. Doutorou-se em Berkeley com uma bolsa Fulbright, foi presidente do IST entre 2012 e 2019, dirigiu o INESC ID e é atualmente presidente do INESC. É autor de mais de cento e cinquenta artigos científicos e de livros como The Digital Mind, da MIT Press, e Inteligência Artificial, da Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Como é que saltámos de uma inteligência artificial feita de regras, para máquinas estatísticas que dominam a linguagem? Se os modelos são máquinas estatísticas, então o teu cérebro também é? O que é que muda quando um computador resolve um problema por analogia — e ninguém sabe bem como? E se o verdadeiro perigo não for uma IA maligna, mas um mundo onde o ser humano deixa de ter valor económico? Quem redistribui a riqueza quando meia dúzia de empresas dominam 90% do PIB mundial? Consegues nomear um único emprego novo em que um humano seja melhor do que a IA? E se o desalinhamento já aconteceu e está escondido no próximo modelo? Passem um olho na cronologia.

Obrigado, Arlindo!

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⏰ CRONOLOGIA ⏰
00:00:00 - Introdução (Torna-te Mecenas!)
00:02:35 - Lotaria genética e social
00:07:05 - Da IA lógica à estatística: a revolução das redes neuronais
00:14:50 - "O cérebro humano também é uma máquina estatística"
00:16:11 - Porque é que só o ser humano tem linguagem?
00:21:52 - Robôs treinados no mundo real e as mulheres na Índia
00:27:56 - Ninguém previu isto: o GPT-3 e o transformador
00:31:18 - Os modelos ainda não sabem o que não sabem
00:37:39 - Como raciocina um modelo estatístico? Camelos e bananas
00:47:39 - A maldição da inteligência: o ser humano vai sobrar?
00:51:41 - O grande problema da redistribuição
00:55:46 - Portugal, o turismo e um mundo cada vez mais fechado
01:00:57 - Estamos a treinar a nossa própria substituição
01:09:54 - O problema do alinhamento e a chantagem da IA
01:12:47 - "Exterminar a humanidade resolve o aquecimento global"
01:21:34 - E se o desalinhamento já está escondido no próximo modelo?
01:24:16 - A IA está a destruir o diálogo democrático

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📚 REFERÊNCIAS 📚
VÍDEO: 3Blue1Brown – But What is a Neural Network?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk
CONCEITO: ImageNet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageNet
NOTÍCIA: The Guardian — as operárias indianas obrigadas a filmar-se para treinar a IA (jun. 2026)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/24/indian-factory-workers-told-film-themselves-for-ai-robots
CONCEITO: Transformer (arquitetura de deep learning)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_(deep_learning_architecture)
CONCEITO: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation
APRESENTAÇÃO: "Ships and Camels" — slide do Arlindo Oliveira (o problema do navio resolvido por analogia com os camelos e as bananas)
https://files.catbox.moe/svyfh4.pdf
CONCEITO: Rendimento básico incondicional
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendimento_básico_incondicional
PESSOA: Yann LeCun
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_LeCun
PESSOA: Geoffrey Hinton
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hinton
PESSOA: Yoshua Bengio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshua_Bengio
PROGRAMA: Babylon 5
https://www.imdb.com/pt/title/tt0105946/
LIVRO: The Digital Mind — Arlindo Oliveira (MIT Press)
https://www.wook.pt/livro/the-digital-mind-arlindo-oliveira/18780313?a_aid=644ebe7982823
LIVRO: Inteligência Artificial — Arlindo Oliveira (Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos)
https://www.wook.pt/livro/inteligencia-artificial-arlindo-oliveira/22773679?a_aid=644ebe7982823
ESTUDO: Agentic Misalignment — Anthropic (jun. 2025)
https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment

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Episódio gravado a 06/07/2026

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Two Dimensions of Time Explain Quantum Physics, Physicist Argues

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02:00 Why there are more total solar eclipses in the Northern Hemisphere
03:30 How we get 5 solar eclipses a year
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Nome 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

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“Nome é o refúgio dos piratas modernos” disse @kim__kirch, a guia de ursos polares que conheci no barco vizinho, antes dela me ensinar estratégias de respiração. Os velejadores italianos quebraram a cabeça pra criar um espaguete carbonara especial de aspargos, o caçador de ouro me levou pra lavar roupa, fiz sauna com 3 senhoras que não paravam de rir enquanto eu estava em estado de sobrevivência, brinquei com duas meninas de 1 e 3 anos e fui com a família delas ao campo catar pelo de Muskox pra fazer lã, chorei ao me despedir dos espanhóis que estão dando a volta ao mundo vertical @allende.losmares. O melhor dos lugares são os encontros. Algum encontro inesperado te marcou?

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« Nome est le repaire des pirates modernes », m’a dit @kim__kirch, la guide spécialiste des ours polaires que j’ai rencontrée sur le bateau voisin, avant de m’enseigner des techniques de respiration. Les marins italiens se sont creusé la tête pour créer une recette spéciale de spaghettis à la carbonara aux asperges, le chercheur d’or m’a emmenée faire la lessive, j’ai pris un sauna avec trois dames qui n’arrêtaient pas de rire alors que j’étais en mode survie, j’ai joué avec deux petites filles de 1 et 3 ans et je suis allée avec leur famille dans la campagne à la recherche de poils de bœuf musqué pour fabriquer de la laine, j’ai pleuré en disant au revoir aux Espagnols qui font le tour du monde à la verticale @allende.losmares. Le meilleur dans ces lieux, ce sont les rencontres. Une rencontre inattendue t’a-t-elle marquée ?

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“Nome is a haven for modern pirates,” said @kim__kirch, the polar bear guide I met on the neighboring boat, before she taught me some breathing techniques. The Italian sailors racked their brains to come up with a special asparagus spaghetti carbonara; the gold prospector took me to do laundry; I went to the sauna with three ladies who couldn’t stop laughing while I was in survival mode, I played with two girls aged 1 and 3 and went with their family to the fields to gather muskox hair for wool, and I cried when saying goodbye to the Spaniards who are sailing around the world vertically @allende.losmares.

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🇧🇷 Inimigos + 🇫🇷 Ennemis + 🇱🇷 Enemies

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Fico toda coberta e fechada dentro do barco em cativeiro enquanto meus inimigos estão sentadinhos ao vento por todo o convés, apenas esperando um momento oportuno para me atacar. Inevitalmente, tenho que ajustar as velas durante a noite. Não acendo a lanterna para não atraí-los, e salto o mais rapido que posso para os cabos e faço os ajustes. Em tudo que toco, sinto a textura característica de esmagamento mosquital. Eles vem como uma nuvem sobre mim, e dou pulinhos ágeis para não se grudarem nos casacos. Apesar da chuva, na manhã seguinte, eles continuam aqui, com novos amigos mais numerosos. As pessoas me acisaram pra trazer bear spray e nada de mosquito spray. Tenho apenas vinagre. Tento reconquistar meu territorio com essa arma química eco-resposavel do cotidiano.

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Je reste toute recouverte et enfermée à l’intérieur du bateau, comme une captivite, tandis que mes ennemis sont confortablement assis au vent sur tout le pont, attendant le moment propice pour m’attaquer. Inévitablement, je dois ajuster les voiles pendant la nuit. Je n’allume pas la lanterne pour ne pas les attirer, et je saute aussi vite que possible vers les bouts pour faire les réglages. Tout ce que je touche, je sens cette texture caractéristique des moustiques écrasés. Ils fondent sur moi comme un nuage, et je fais de petits sauts agiles pour éviter qu’ils ne se collent à mes habits. Malgré la pluie, le lendemain matin, ils sont toujours là,. On m’a dit d’apporter du spray anti-ours, pas de spray anti-moustiques. Je n’ai que du vinaigre. J’essaie de reconquérir mon territoire avec cette arme chimique écologique du quotidien.

🇱🇷 I’m all bundled up and cooped up inside the boat, held captive, while my enemies sit out all over the deck, just waiting for the right moment to attack me. Inevitably, I have to adjust the sails during the night. I don’t turn on the lantern so as not to attract them, and I leap as fast as I can to the ropes and make the adjustments. Everything I touch has that distinctive squishy mosquito texture. They swarm over me like a cloud, and I hop nimbly to keep them from sticking to my clothes. The next morning they’re still here, joined by even more of their friends. People warned me to bring bear spray, not mosquito spray. All I have is vinegar. I try to reclaim my territory with this eco-friendly, everyday chemical weapon.

🇧🇷 Contradição + 🇫🇷 Contradiction + 🇱🇷 Contradiction

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🇧🇷 Quanto aprendo, mais mudo e mais vivo em contradição. Amo os peixes, sei que os estoques pesqueiros estão acabando, e faço amizade com pescadores; detesto as redes sociais e publico nelas; como quase todos os veleiros, o meu também tem um motor à diesel para manobras no porto que me enche de dor de cabeça. Fujo do plástico com todas as forças e não passo uma hora da vida sem tocar em plástico, vestir plástico, até o o maldito sachê de chá vira “chá de microplástico” na água quente. Essa dissonância cognitiva é por falta de esforço pessoal ou é só sintoma de que microgestos individuais tem limite? Que enquanto não nos unirmos como profissionais e líderes responsáveis para evoluir as leis, as indústrias e os governos, vamos estar só desviando a atenção do problema? Alguma coisa hoje te fez sentir assim?

🇫🇷 Plus j’apprends, plus je change et plus je vis dans la contradiction. J’aime les poissons et je me lie d’amitié avec des pêcheurs, je déteste les réseaux sociaux et j’y publie ; comme presque tous les voiliers, le mien est équipé d’un petit moteur diesel qui me donne des maux de tête. Je fuis le plastique de toutes mes forces et je ne passe pas une heure de ma vie sans toucher du plastique, sans porter du plastique ; même ce maudit sachet de thé se transforme en « thé aux microplastiques » dans l’eau chaude. Cette dissonance cognitive est-elle due à un manque d’effort personnel ou est-ce simplement le signe que nos micro-gestes individuels ont leurs limites ? Quelque chose t’a-t-il fait ressentir cela aujourd’hui ?

🇱🇷 The more I learn, the more I change and the more I live in contradiction. I love fish, I know that fish stocks are running out, and I befriend fishermen; I hate social media and yet I post on it; like almost all sailboats, mine also has a diesel engine for maneuvering in the harbor, which is a constant headache for me. I avoid plastic with all my might, yet I can’t go an hour without touching plastic or wearing plastic—even that damned tea bag turns into “microplastic tea” in hot water. Is this cognitive dissonance due to a lack of personal effort, or is it just a symptom of the fact that individual micro-actions have their limits? That until we come together as responsible professionals and leaders to push for changes in laws, industries, and governments, we’ll just be diverting attention from the problem? Did anything today make you feel this way?
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