#catastrophizing — Public Fediverse posts
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Quanta Magazine writer Amanda Gefter goes into how our tales of AI catastrophe might say more about ourselves, than about large language models.
This resonates with an idea I keep returning to when faced with the daily onslaught of AI doomerism in Mastodon. Many people assume LLMs will act like a human would, for the better, but mostly for the worse.
"Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-tell-ourselves-scary-stories-about-ai-20260410/
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Quanta Magazine writer Amanda Gefter goes into how our tales of AI catastrophe might say more about ourselves, than about large language models.
This resonates with an idea I keep returning to when faced with the daily onslaught of AI doomerism in Mastodon. Many people assume LLMs will act like a human would, for the better, but mostly for the worse.
"Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-tell-ourselves-scary-stories-about-ai-20260410/
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Quanta Magazine writer Amanda Gefter goes into how our tales of AI catastrophe might say more about ourselves, than about large language models.
This resonates with an idea I keep returning to when faced with the daily onslaught of AI doomerism in Mastodon. Many people assume LLMs will act like a human would, for the better, but mostly for the worse.
"Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-tell-ourselves-scary-stories-about-ai-20260410/
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Quanta Magazine writer Amanda Gefter goes into how our tales of AI catastrophe might say more about ourselves, than about large language models.
This resonates with an idea I keep returning to when faced with the daily onslaught of AI doomerism in Mastodon. Many people assume LLMs will act like a human would, for the better, but mostly for the worse.
"Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-tell-ourselves-scary-stories-about-ai-20260410/
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Quanta Magazine writer Amanda Gefter goes into how our tales of AI catastrophe might say more about ourselves, than about large language models.
This resonates with an idea I keep returning to when faced with the daily onslaught of AI doomerism in Mastodon. Many people assume LLMs will act like a human would, for the better, but mostly for the worse.
"Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-we-tell-ourselves-scary-stories-about-ai-20260410/
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My brain loves to turn a molehill into a mountain range. Today, when the spiral starts, I’m asking: "Is this a fact, or is this a fear?" 🛑 #AnxietyRelief #Catastrophizing #BipolarLife
Read today’s Club post: https://open.substack.com/pub/speakingbipolar/p/stop-the-downward-spiral-of-catastrophizing?r=y4fp9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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The fact is, my sweet, every mother spends her time, so soon as her children are out of her sight, in imagining dangers for them. Perhaps it is Armand seizing the razors to play with, or his coat taking fire, or a snake biting him, or he might tumble in running and start and absess on his head, or he might drown himself in a pond. A mother’s life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.
[En effet, mon ange, durant le jour, toutes les mères inventent des dangers. Dès que les enfants ne sont plus sous leurs yeux, c’est des rasoirs volés avec lesquels Armand a voulu jouer, le feu qui prend à sa jaquette, un orvet qui peut le mordre, une chute en courant qui peut faire un dépôt à la tête, ou les bassins où il peut se noyer. Comme tu le vois, la maternité comporte une suite de poésies douces ou terribles. Pas une heure qui n’ait ses joies et ses craintes.]Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) French novelist, playwright
Letters of Two Brides [Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées], Part 1, letter 45 (1840) [tr. Scott (1897)]More about this quote: wist.info/balzac-honore-de/813…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #balzac #anxiety #catastrophizing #children #concern #danger #fear #mother #paranoia #parenting #worry #fretfulness #fretting
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The fact is, my sweet, every mother spends her time, so soon as her children are out of her sight, in imagining dangers for them. Perhaps it is Armand seizing the razors to play with, or his coat taking fire, or a snake biting him, or he might tumble in running and start and absess on his head, or he might drown himself in a pond. A mother’s life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.
[En effet, mon ange, durant le jour, toutes les mères inventent des dangers. Dès que les enfants ne sont plus sous leurs yeux, c’est des rasoirs volés avec lesquels Armand a voulu jouer, le feu qui prend à sa jaquette, un orvet qui peut le mordre, une chute en courant qui peut faire un dépôt à la tête, ou les bassins où il peut se noyer. Comme tu le vois, la maternité comporte une suite de poésies douces ou terribles. Pas une heure qui n’ait ses joies et ses craintes.]Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) French novelist, playwright
Letters of Two Brides [Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées], Part 1, letter 45 (1840) [tr. Scott (1897)]More about this quote: wist.info/balzac-honore-de/813…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #balzac #anxiety #catastrophizing #children #concern #danger #fear #mother #paranoia #parenting #worry #fretfulness #fretting
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If evils come not, then our fears are vain:
And if they do, Fear but augments the pain.Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1741 ed.)More info about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/78…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #anxiety #catastrophizing #fear #worry
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One of the symptoms of approaching nervous break-down is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/338…
#quote #quotes #quotation #catastrophizing #collapse #criticality #ego #fatigue #grandiosity #importance #nerves #nervousbreakdown #priorities #work
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One of the symptoms of approaching nervous break-down is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/338…
#quote #quotes #quotation #catastrophizing #collapse #criticality #ego #fatigue #grandiosity #importance #nerves #nervousbreakdown #priorities #work
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One of the symptoms of approaching nervous break-down is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/338…
#quote #quotes #quotation #catastrophizing #collapse #criticality #ego #fatigue #grandiosity #importance #nerves #nervousbreakdown #priorities #work
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One of the symptoms of approaching nervous break-down is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/338…
#quote #quotes #quotation #catastrophizing #collapse #criticality #ego #fatigue #grandiosity #importance #nerves #nervousbreakdown #priorities #work
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One of the symptoms of approaching nervous break-down is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 5 “Fatigue” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/338…
#quote #quotes #quotation #catastrophizing #collapse #criticality #ego #fatigue #grandiosity #importance #nerves #nervousbreakdown #priorities #work
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Cut Out #Catastrophizing
Constantly imagining the #worstoutcome increases and maintains #distress.
Key points:
- Catastrophizing is thinking the worst possible outcome will happen #withoutevidence to support this thought.
- Catastrophizing is related to #anxiety, #depression, and #chronichealthconditions such as #chronicpain.
- Catastrophizing leads to distress and anxiety and makes you think a #badoutcome is more likely than it is. -
Cut Out #Catastrophizing
Constantly imagining the #worstoutcome increases and maintains #distress.
Key points:
- Catastrophizing is thinking the worst possible outcome will happen #withoutevidence to support this thought.
- Catastrophizing is related to #anxiety, #depression, and #chronichealthconditions such as #chronicpain.
- Catastrophizing leads to distress and anxiety and makes you think a #badoutcome is more likely than it is. -
Cut Out #Catastrophizing
Constantly imagining the #worstoutcome increases and maintains #distress.
Key points:
- Catastrophizing is thinking the worst possible outcome will happen #withoutevidence to support this thought.
- Catastrophizing is related to #anxiety, #depression, and #chronichealthconditions such as #chronicpain.
- Catastrophizing leads to distress and anxiety and makes you think a #badoutcome is more likely than it is. -
Cut Out #Catastrophizing
Constantly imagining the #worstoutcome increases and maintains #distress.
Key points:
- Catastrophizing is thinking the worst possible outcome will happen #withoutevidence to support this thought.
- Catastrophizing is related to #anxiety, #depression, and #chronichealthconditions such as #chronicpain.
- Catastrophizing leads to distress and anxiety and makes you think a #badoutcome is more likely than it is. -
Cut Out #Catastrophizing
Constantly imagining the #worstoutcome increases and maintains #distress.
Key points:
- Catastrophizing is thinking the worst possible outcome will happen #withoutevidence to support this thought.
- Catastrophizing is related to #anxiety, #depression, and #chronichealthconditions such as #chronicpain.
- Catastrophizing leads to distress and anxiety and makes you think a #badoutcome is more likely than it is. -
A quotation from Milne, A. A.:
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“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?”
“Supposing it didn’t,” said Pooh after careful thought.
Piglet was comforted by this.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/milne-a-a/48004/#quote #quotes #quotation #catastrophizing #comfort #hope #hypothetical #optimism #pessimism #supposing #worstcasescenario
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RT @AlexEpstein
"Rainfall with an acidity level of vinegar... has been reported in widely separated areas of the earth in recent years. And the trend toward more acidic rain has been accelerating in [large parts of North America, Europe, Asia]"--@nytimes, 1979
#Catastrophizing
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En algunos casos, existe gente que tiende a #catastrofizar , término acuñado por Ellis, para definir un patrón cognitivo donde se tiende a pensar en el peor escenario posible como más probable. Suele acompañarse de fuertes emociones de #ansiedad y comportamientos evitativos.⠀
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#Ansiedad #SesgosCognitivos #Psicología #Psicoterapia #Psychoterapy #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing #Wellbeing #Catastrophizing #PsicoterapiaOnline #SaludMental