Measured AI | Note to Self

The extreme hype surrounding generative AI and technologies like LLMs has been exhausting over the last few years. Coupled with fear-based marketing...

My new hobby: using uBlock's element picker to block and remove from view newly implemented AI features from websites, social media platforms, and email providers. F*ck off right into the Sun for ramming your bullshit down our throat.

#AI #ResistTheHype @emilymbender @alex

Even for creative uses, I dislike this. What is impressive about generating a clip of a beautiful bird in close-up? It’s not real, no photographer sat patiently with their camera to catch that movement.
Or rather: many photographers did, and OpenAI is stealing their work and plagiarizing it. Both notions are sickening to me.

I wish this tool had never been created. /end
#ResistTheHype

This is me, avoiding all the #BlackFriday #shenanigans and saving my money for the important things like more #houseplants and #cheese.

#resistthehype
#thesearenotthegoodsyouarelookingfor.

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J'avais promis, il y a quelques semaines qui sont peut-être passé comme des mois, d'écrire un fil aimable autour des topos et des catégories.

Je vais essayer de donner quelques idées, mais globalement, le slogan sera #ResistTheHype (et vous ne me convaincrez pas du contraire).

On va partir d'un point de vue déjà moderne sur les mathématiques, qu'on doit régulièrement considérer des collections de trucs, qu'on appelle des ensembles. Mon propos ici n'est pas de dire ce que sont les ensembles, il faudrait lire les travaux de gens très bien comme Dedekind, Cantor, Zermelo, Fraenkel, Gödel, Cohen, Woodin, etc. mais plutôt que ce qu'ils nous permettent de dire et de faire. (1/n)