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I just saw that Avi Loeb did a Q&A stream with science communicator John Michael Godier on June 18th where they discussed the council. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDKUUD9YZS8 The whole thing is over 2 hours long and I have only...

I'm not sure that they are going to appreciate my comparison of the 21st century UAP kerfluffle to the surge in garden fairy sightings in the early 20th century, but at least my opinions are now on record.

I'm not sure that they are going to appreciate my comparison of the 21st century UAP kerfluffle to the surge in garden fairy sightings in the early 20th century, but at least my opinions are now on record.

I think a minority of people will consider this a realistic illustration, or at least an informed artist's impression of something that might be anticipated. Personally, I don't think Avi Loeb's use of it is helpful. Books and magazines about...

As I spot newly created accounts pushing AI copies of older material in my 'suggestions' I've started blocking, flagging, or reporting them depending on context. tl;dr - the best and likely only way to fight AI slop is to help de-monetize it.

Contrary to the characterizations of believers, working scientists do think about these questions and put some effort into planning for the possibility of discovering an NHI. At a Glance: What: The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)...

Or one or more members drop out citing "irreconcilable differences", etc.

Contrary to the characterizations of believers, working scientists do think about these questions and put some effort into planning for the possibility of discovering an NHI. At a Glance: What: The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)...

As I spot newly created accounts pushing AI copies of older material in my 'suggestions' I've started blocking, flagging, or reporting them depending on context. tl;dr - the best and likely only way to fight AI slop is to help de-monetize it.

It sounds good, especially to us, but unfortunately Mick is seen as kryptonite in UFO circles. There's a lot of the UFO world that would cry foul, even if members of Loeb's little group, or their subordinates, were just found to be using SITREC...

Given that many of the classic, and not so classic, UFO stories are themselves amalgamations that coalesced into their more popular canonical versions, will AI slop of those stories that in turn prompt more AI slop about those stories end up...

I think a minority of people will consider this a realistic illustration, or at least an informed artist's impression of something that might be anticipated. Personally, I don't think Avi Loeb's use of it is helpful. Books and magazines about...

The image Avi chose to illustrate the article : Why not use an image from the PURSUE files to illustrate a survey about the PURSUE files? This is a free setup for an expectation vs reality meme.

I just saw that Avi Loeb did a Q&A stream with science communicator John Michael Godier on June 18th where they discussed the council. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDKUUD9YZS8 The whole thing is over 2 hours long and I have only...

I just saw that Avi Loeb did a Q&A stream with science communicator John Michael Godier on June 18th where they discussed the council. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDKUUD9YZS8 The whole thing is over 2 hours long and I have only...