Avisha |🧬Scientist Mythbuster

PMID: 36594224 I can get into a ton of cool science around the health effects- benefits and drawbacks - of cannabis in various situations, but IF consumption is going to happen, it should be done safely! #health #science #safety #nutrition #edutok

I filmed this 2 weeks ago and forgot to post it, but it's unfortunately still more relevant than i would have hoped :( SOURCES: DOI: 10.3390/FOODS10020481 DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00026-09 DOl: 10.1645/GE-630R.1 DOL: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.12.2410 DOI: 10.1093/INFDIS/JIAB495 DOl: 10.1017/S003118202200172X CDC

There ARE significant environmental concerns with the beef industry, just as there are with AI and data centers. There are also ways to mitigate both, with regenerative agriculture, closed-loop cooling systems, and systems that can use recycled or non-potable water. And there are all sorts of dirty tactics being used by both industries to cut corners and obfuscate the real numbers. This is why it is SO IMPORTANT to be ACCURATE when having these conversations. To give them the NUANCE they deserv

AI Data centers have their own set of problems, but they’re just one facet of a very complicated issue. Nuance that didn't fit in the video: * The blackmail (96%) and test-awareness (65%) results come from deliberately contrived test scenarios with fictional companies- researchers stress-testing worst cases, not real deployments. Anthropic explicitly states it has NOT seen this in the wild. The scary part isn't that it happened; it's that the self-preservation logic showed up exactly where the t

AI Data centers have their own set of problems, but they’re just one facet of a very complicated issue. Nuance that didn't fit in the video: * The blackmail (96%) and test-awareness (65%) results come from deliberately contrived test scenarios with fictional companies- researchers stress-testing worst cases, not real deployments. Anthropic explicitly states it has NOT seen this in the wild. The scary part isn't that it happened; it's that the self-preservation logic showed up exactly where the t

AI Water use is weirdly polarizing: The people who hate AI like to talk about how it's destroying the environment, often quoting the one bottle per prompt statistic, and the AI supporters tend to write the whole thing off as nothing compared to real water sucks, like beef or corn. Or golf. But, as per usual, the issue NEEDS NUANCE! A normal text prompt can have a tiny direct cooling footprint while billions of requests, expanding infrastructure and electricity generation create a much larger agg

Over 23 million combined views…... with the second vid clearly ripping off the first one, and both VERY misguided There ARE legitimate environmental claims pertaining to AI usage, especially when it comes to the impact on local communities where data centers are being built, and there’s a lot of obfuscation going on by the AI companies. I’ve been spending the last few weeks trying to untangle all the threads, so I’ll be putting out a series of short vidoes + a longer vid & article (going out to

This stuff is getting exhausting. To be clear, I love A.I., and I spend a large percentage of my day using it in all sorts of different contexts. But this can be completely true while I simultaneously also think that there needs to be proper oversight, regulation, and international cooperation to ensure that we don’t go off into scary directions with it. #ai #science #edutok #technology #tiktoktechcontest

What’s your favorite science fact (fun or scary)? Comment it and I’ll include the best ones in the next video in this series! 📚References Fact 1: DOI: 10.1016/0307-4412(81)90212-0 @hankgreen Fact 2: DOI: 10.3758/s13415-016-0412-9 Fact 3: DOI: 0.48550/arXiv.2503.14499 Nuanced Caveat for #1: Complete oxidation of camel-hump fat produces approximately 1.1 g of metabolic water per gram of fat, BUT respiratory water losses mean the camel RETAINS substantially less—and may gain little or no net water—

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What causes migraines? Other than people making wild claims on the Internet without any evidence to back them up….🤯 Ever had a migraine? Then you know it’s WAY more than just a headache. It’s this pounding, debilitating pain that can make you want to crawl into a dark hole and never come out. And scientists have been trying to figure out why they hurt SO much for, like, forever! Well, researchers at University of North Carolina may have cracked *part* of the code! The culprit is this little prot

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