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While both THC and CBD are anti-inflammatory and antioxidant painkillers that quell nausea, there are major differences between the two. THC can make you a bit fuzzy or make it hard to stop eating. (So just don’t start. Munchies solved.) CBD tends to cut appetite and promote focus. THC, especially in large doses, can make one anxious or self-conscious, but CBD can effectively decrease anxiety.
Good Chemistry
Julie Holland
Nearly every major AI company has some kind of safety team that’s responsible for mitigating direct, obvious harms like AI systems being used for scams or bioweapons. The goal of the societal impacts team — which does not have a direct analog at OpenAI, Meta, or Anthropic’s other big competitors — is broader. Ganguli sees his job as finding “inconvenient truths” about AI that tech companies have incentives not to publicize, then sharing them with not only Anthropic leadership, but the rest of the world.
Meet the Anthropic team reckoning with AI’s effect on humans and the world
Hayden Field
Hashtags like #CancelRoseanne operate like a virtual public square in which response to racial insults are offered and debated. Memes, too, are an effective tool for dragging racism.
Race After Technology
Ruha Benjamin
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