'For too long, radical administrators have been allowed to go unchecked'

'Cross that bridge when we get to it'

'unfair'

'If we knew what it took to do it, we would not have done it'

'Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first'

'MS-13 and TdA kill for pleasure'

'The same mentality as Mao'

'A wake-up call'

Los Angeles quartet Jane’s Addiction formed in 1985 when vocalist Perry Farrell and bassist Eric Avery—fresh from the art-punk outfit Psi Com—started writing together in Hollywood rehearsal rooms. Guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins soon joined, completing a line-up whose collision of hard rock, funk, psychedelia, and downtown art culture quickly made them a club draw from the Scream to the Roxy. Their name memorialized Farrell’s housemate Jane Bainter, whose personal battles inspired the group’s raw outlook and lyrics. Sensing that the unpolished energy of their early gigs defined them better than any studio could, the band recorded a The post Complete List Of Jane’s Addiction Songs From A to Z appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Yesterday, Kathy Bond, the Chair of Seattle Worldcon 2025, issued a statement about the organization’s use of ChatGPT, a Large Language Model (LLM), to help volunteers vet and select panelists for the convention. “We understand that members of our community have very reasonable concerns and strong opinions about using LLMs. Please be assured that no data other than a proposed panelist’s name has been put into the LLM script that was used,” Bond’s statement said, adding that “the sole purpose of using the LLM was to streamline the online search process used for program participant vetting, and rather than being accepted uncritically, the outputs were carefully analyzed by multiple members of our team for accuracy.” The statement goes on to explain that Seattle Worldcon created a script in ChatGPT to “to automate and aggregate the usual online searches for participant vetting, which can take up to 10–30 minutes per applicant.” All results were reviewed by a human, and track leads also provided additional review. The statement emphasizes that no participants were chosen solely on the results from ChatGPT. “Using this process saved literally hundreds of hours of volunteer staff time, and we believe it resulted in more accurate vetting after the step of checking any purported negative results,” the statement ends. “We have also not utilized an LLM in any other aspect of our program or convention. If you have any questions, please get in touch with program@seattlein2025.org or chair@seattlein2025.org.” The statement currently has 75 comments on the Seattle Worldcon website, many of them from authors (including April Daniels, Kelly Link, and Steven D. Brewer), decrying the decision. No further comment from Seattle Worldcon staff has been issued. Seattle Worldcon 2025 takes place August 13-17, 2025. It includes the ceremony for the 2025 Hugo Awards.[end-mark] The post Seattle Worldcon Issues Statement on LLM Use to Support Participant Selection appeared first on Reactor.