Zoe Schlanger

I think when an LLM tells you something that appears to be sentient, it's just mimicking human data.

I think when an LLM tells you something that appears to be sentient, it's just mimicking human data.

I think when an LLM tells you something that appears to be sentient, it's just mimicking human data.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

Everyone was texting me. Someone texted me that the entire town of Burlington, Vermont was throwing their spatulas out the window at the same time.

Everyone was texting me. Someone texted me that the entire town of Burlington, Vermont was throwing their spatulas out the window at the same time.

Everyone was texting me. Someone texted me that the entire town of Burlington, Vermont was throwing their spatulas out the window at the same time.

Absolutely. There's a lot of discussion about how to tell silicone apart from plastic, whether different color plastic was okay, which, like, spoiler alert, probably not, but black is worse. Mm-hmm.

Absolutely. There's a lot of discussion about how to tell silicone apart from plastic, whether different color plastic was okay, which, like, spoiler alert, probably not, but black is worse. Mm-hmm.

Absolutely. There's a lot of discussion about how to tell silicone apart from plastic, whether different color plastic was okay, which, like, spoiler alert, probably not, but black is worse. Mm-hmm.

Just in case.

Just in case.

Just in case.

So the reason black plastic spatulas are particularly concerning, and I will caveat this by saying you should really throw out any plastic spatula you have of any color, but black plastic has this particularly noxious place in our product stream because it can't be fully recycled. Recycling plants just ignore black plastic.

So the reason black plastic spatulas are particularly concerning, and I will caveat this by saying you should really throw out any plastic spatula you have of any color, but black plastic has this particularly noxious place in our product stream because it can't be fully recycled. Recycling plants just ignore black plastic.

So the reason black plastic spatulas are particularly concerning, and I will caveat this by saying you should really throw out any plastic spatula you have of any color, but black plastic has this particularly noxious place in our product stream because it can't be fully recycled. Recycling plants just ignore black plastic.

They can't really see the plastic that's black because they use optical sensors. So that means instead of coming from a clean recycling stream, some black plastic products seem to be made out of dubious recycled products, particularly e-waste, electronic waste, often abroad with very little oversight. And electronics are imbued often with flame retardants.

They can't really see the plastic that's black because they use optical sensors. So that means instead of coming from a clean recycling stream, some black plastic products seem to be made out of dubious recycled products, particularly e-waste, electronic waste, often abroad with very little oversight. And electronics are imbued often with flame retardants.