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UCC has paid huge sums to a criminal professor
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This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.
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This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!
This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".
According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.
People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.
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I have been evaluating AI Chatbot agents for their epistemic limits over the past two months, and have tested all major AI Agents, ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Perplexity, and DeepSeek, for their epistemic limits and their negative impact as information gate-keepers.... Today I decided to test for how AI could be the boon for humanity in other positive areas, such as in completely abstract realms, such as metaphysical thought. Meaning, I wanted to test the LLMs for Positives beyond what most researchers benchmark these for, or have expressed in the approx. 2500 Turing tests in Humanity?s Last Exam.. And I chose as my first candidate, Google DeepMind's Gemini as I had not evaluated it before on anything.
Israeli Human Rights Group B'Tselem finally Admits It is Genocide releasing Our Genocide report Fri Aug 01, 2025 23:54 | 1 of indy
We have all known it for over 2 years that it is a genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza
Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support
With the release of this report titled: Our Genocide -there is a good chance this will make it okay for more people within Israel itself to speak out and do something about it despite the fact that many there are actually in support of the Gaza
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THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty
A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.
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The New Archbishop of Canterbury Needs to Stamp Out the CofE?s Reliance on Volunteers Wed Oct 15, 2025 09:00 | Joanna Gray
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Jump To Comment: 1 2THE controversial M3 motorway could face lengthy delays after an environmental activist yesterday secured leave from the High Court to bring proceedings aimed at rerouting the road away from the Hill of Tara.
Vincent Salafia, a leading protester against the M50 extension at Carrickmines, Co Dublin, claimed the M3 motorway could be completed on time and within budget without breaching the Tara complex. He said an alternative route between Navan and Dunshaughlin in Co Meath, which was considered by the National Roads Authority and Meath County Council, would be a better choice, being 2.5km shorter and avoiding the complex.
Mr Salafia, a US-trained lawyer, is the public relations officer for the Save Tara campaign. He played a significant part in the 'Carrickminders' and Trim Castle protests, and sought a nomination for last year's presidential election.
The National Roads Authority said it was "anxious to avoid delays" on the project but would respect the legal process.
An NRA spokesman said: "We have to monitor developments. We were not surprised at the application seeking a judicial review as it was lodged today, as it had been spoken about for some time."
Helen Bruce
Alternative motorway location 'would not breach ancient Tara complex'
AN environmental activist has secured leave from the High Court to bring proceedings aimed at securing the rerouting of the M3 motorway away from the Hill of Tara.
Vincent Salafia claims it is not necessary for the M3 motorway, in order to be completed on time and within budget, to breach the Tara complex. An alternative route between Navan and Dunshaughlin which was considered by the National Roads Authority and Meath Co Council offers a suitable alternative, since it is 2.5km shorter and would not breach the complex, he said.
Mr Justice Liam McKechnie yesterday granted leave to Gerard Hogan, counsel for Mr Salafia, of Dodder Vale, Churchtown, Dublin, to bring proceedings challenging directions from Environment Minister Dick Roche over treatment of 38 known archaeological sites along a stretch of the proposed motorway.
Mr Salafia said the directions are in excess of the minister's powers and are issued under the incorrect provisions of the National Monuments Amendment Act 2004. He claimed the relevant provisions are unconstitutional in that they fail to afford adequate protection for national monuments. He also claimed the minister failed to have regard to the State's obligations in regard to national monuments.
Activists had called on Mr Roche to issue directions ordering full preservation of the sites which would require the rerouting of the road away from the Tara site. National Museum director Dr Pat Wallace advised the minister to issue a preservation order for the Tara area.
The action is against the minister, Meath Co Council, Ireland and the Attorney General. The National Roads Authority is entitled, if it wishes, to be joined as a notice party.
In granting leave, the judge said the threshold for so doing in such cases was that an applicant had established an "arguable" case. He found Mr Salafia had reached that threshold but stressed he was not embarking on any substantial assessment or evaluation of the facts. He returned the matter to July 14.
The judge noted that a Supreme Court decision due on July 29 in separate proceedings concerning the controversial routing of the Southern Cross motorway near Carrickmines Castle could have a significant bearing on the case.
In his proceedings, Mr Salafia claimed that, when issuing the 38 directions last May, the minister had incorrectly decided he could not lawfully make directions which would result in the route of the motorway being altered.
He said the directions are unlawful and outside the powers of the minister because they were invoked under the incorrect provision of the National Monuments Amendment Act 2004.
Mr Salafia is challenging constitutionality of sections of the Act which attempt to deal with the finding of a national monument during road projects.
He claims the provisions are flawed in that they fail to provide substantive or adequate protection for national monuments.
Mr Salafia contends that a number of archaeological finds made while Meath Co Council was "test-trenching" for road development should have led to them being declared national monuments. Among the orders and reliefs sought by Mr Salafia is an order quashing the minister's directions and a declaration that the Hill of Tara/Skryne Valley area constitutes a national monument or a series of monuments.
Another relief sought, "if necessary", is an order staying the operation of the minister's decision pending the outcome of the legal proceedings. However, no interim order to that effect was sought or mentioned yesterday.
The minister, following the issuing of initial directions for archaeological investigations along the motorway route, agreed to changes in those directions in response to a lengthy submission from Dr Wallace. Archaeologists are to have more time for digs and development is to halt, pending consideration by Mr Roche, if what may turn out to be a national monument is found.
Mr Salafia's legal representatives have written to the minister, the NRA and Meath Co Council warning against any work taking place at the sites.
Mary Carolan