MS Data Science'24. UWisconsin. Statistical Analysis and Machine Learning applied to healthcare solutions, healthcare insurance risk, and ancillary services analysis. Fluent in Spanish, American Sign Language, and nerdish.🤓https://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mhzuwj7mis2z"Assuming" the types of produce inputs are disclosed, are fresh, no farm bugs, clean, free from pesticides, and the tools are thoroughly cleaned, and free from bugs and rodents. Yes I would eat. But that's relying on many assumptions. If the quality guarantees are not there, don't eat it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhzuwj7mis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mhrjd7pcgk2dHealthcare: USA ranks 10th in 2024 for 1) Lowest life expectancy from preventable disease. 2) Barriers to affordable care 38% of adults skip recommended care due to cost. 3) Largest disparities between high and low-income residents able to afford healthcare. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-202424 Mar 2026 02:22 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrjd7pcgk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mg6oehrfgk2yAI Agents are devaluing your brand by mispronouncing them. When using AI tools in customer service or to generate training tools for internal HR or external customers (i.e., training vendors on services or software). Make sure it is pronouncing your products/services correctly. https://media.tenor.com/Db-OXKLF5joAAAAC/dillon-brooks-flop.gif?hh=498&ww=49803 Mar 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6oehrfgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mftvhevqsc2dIn AI, "benchmark saturation" refers to when an evaluation test (benchmark) used to evaluate which model is outperforming other models no longer differentiates between the top-performing LLM (Large Language Models) because their scores have hit a functional ceiling; where they perform the same27 Feb 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftvhevqsc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mfqpveh3322kAI Agents can now "rent humans" (as a proxy) to do tasks where the AI Agent cannot be physically present. AI Agents can pay for goods and services but it cannot sign legally binding contracts. AI cannot assess discriminatory hiring practices or be personally liable for errors.26 Feb 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqpveh3322khttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mfekyg6kp22zEmployee compensation are being tied to their usage of AI tools. Meta: AI is a "core expectation". Shoosmiths (UK): usage of MS Copilot. Accenture: regular usage AI platform. Brex: AI projects, & workflow redesign. Sanofi: experimenting projects with AI. IBM: ties AI innovation to contests.21 Feb 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfekyg6kp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3meobgyz66k2rFinished reading "Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley". This is a compilation of the actual words said by the founder of startups of companies like Microsoft, Apple, Atari, Google, Napster, Facebook, dot com market bust since the 70's, 80's, 90's,2000's.12 Feb 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3meobgyz66k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mcg34g2nqk2xIn Tron: Ares, the AI escapes from his virtual-world through pseudo-advanced 3D printing. This type of storyline is a reverse "Isekai Ten'i" (Japanese) a fantasy character leaves their fantasy-world and enters into our own reality. Could AI one day will itself into existence? https://media.tenor.com/Y0zB-x-XkscAAAAC/coming-out-ares.gif?hh=281&ww=49814 Jan 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcg34g2nqk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mc6p3wtdhs2nMIT (2024) researchers recently proposed the Platonic Representation Hypothesis (PRH) to explain how AI Models LLMs are all starting to converge (behaving in similar ways) as these continue to scale (get bigger) even when they were trained with different corpus (body of data).11 Jan 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc6p3wtdhs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3mbg7q6lfdk2mDIT (Dead Internet Theory) a 2016 conspiracy theory becomes real. Asserts humans no longer drive the internet. Since 2024, cybersecurity reports estimate over 51% of content was bot-generated eroding user trust leading to a "crisis of perception" as users interact less with real people.02 Jan 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbg7q6lfdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3ma7hsmv6nk2pÖrebro University, Sweden, released an EEG-AI model for detecting dementia 7 years before the symptoms appeared (in some instances 10-18 years before formal diagnosis) by analyzing disruptions in our alpha, beta, and gamma sleeping patterns. https://news-medical.net/news/20251127/New-AI-models-detect-dementia-with-high-accuracy-using-EEG-signals.aspx17 Dec 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7hsmv6nk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3ma7egr4jek2nAI SLOP (Standard Low Quality Production) refers to low quality, high volume content. It's repetitive, absurd, has hallucinations, misquotes, fakes, etc. Intended to go viral and generate ad revenue while using emotional or shocking visuals and cheap to create.  youtube.com/watch?v=uqcoTwPUSn417 Dec 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma7egr4jek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3ma56tksuck25In the Short-Term AI help increase employee productivity but in the Long-Term reliance on AI can undermine the psychological experience of the human workforce, new study finds. http://www.nature.com/articles/s4159-025-98385-2 https://pmc.ncbi.nih.gov/articles/PMC1204129616 Dec 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma56tksuck25https://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m7vz67cd4c2hAbsence Of Reasonable Risk in AI models implies an "acceptable" minimal risk when weighed against the benefits where the potential harm caused is not greater than what is encountered in our daily life and where appropriate actions were taken to minimize those possible dangers. https://media.tenor.com/M1ZOIsquZiUAAAAC/it%27s-a-risk-we-have-to-take-michael-burnham.gif?hh=280&ww=49814 Dec 2025 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7vz67cd4c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m7vyh7vvys2hUsing AI without validating outputs (i.e., accuracy, references, meaning, etc.) may result in Abdication Of Responsibility which may result in harm to reputation, no future business, revoked license, lawsuits, dropped from risk insurance coverage for malpractice, and so forth.14 Dec 2025 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7vyh7vvys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m7vy4whkjs2h120 AI products. 🤓 Eventually AI products consolidate into a few good products or their life-cycle ends replaced by new options. Only time will tell which products will survive the market. 😵‍💫 (Tap on image to see the top and bottom edge)14 Dec 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7vy4whkjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m6gsy7xok22mKids may underestimate the dangers that AI-powered apps can pose if misused at school. Riana Pfefferkorn, policy fellow at Stanford University HAI (Human-Centered AI) will discuss this topic. You can register to attend virtually. https://hai.stanford.edu/people/riana-pfefferkorn25 Nov 2025 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6gsy7xok22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m65kw76qhk25Plurilingual AI. It's very common for fluent bilinguals (or plurilinguals) to flip languages mid conversations without missing a heart beat. This includes spoken spoken languages or Deaf sign languages too! Spanglish, Chinglish, Punjinglish, Germanglish, nerdglish, and now I'm making names up 🤪21 Nov 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65kw76qhk25https://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m5yk6ihmo22eSince most of the data - if randomly collected - falls naturally on a statistical distribution curve. So, yes, avoid dichotomizing your data variables (avoid forcing it into two only categories) unless the data is already naturally dichotomized (i.e., alive or dead, etc.)19 Nov 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5yk6ihmo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m5qswpsm6k2e"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence", known as the "Sagan Standard" is an aphorism popularized by astronomist Carl Sagan in his book Broca's Brain (1979) and TV show Cosmos (80's) with roots in David Hume's philosophy essay "Of Miracles" (1748) and later by Pierre-Simon Laplace.16 Nov 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5qswpsm6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/veractor.bsky.social/post/3m53s4m4gvc2sWhat is "mojibake"? It's an unintentional mismatch in how one software encoding accidentally misreads the code characters from another software. It's an accidental side effect of data software not being able to be properly handled due to lacking standardization or configuration.08 Nov 2025 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:o2x7krvsfkvxoomccoiivwp5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m53s4m4gvc2s