Mastodawn

A great interview with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne* on AI, the war on Iran which was NOT voted for etc.

"AI is sucking up human knowledge ... throwing it back ... and they are charging you for it. "

I'd add that dodgy billionaires are also tweaking the output to suit their agendas and exploit populations more. It begs belief that governments or civil services incorporate it at all into their departments. It is such a window to interference.

Youtube link (cleaned up for privacy):
https://youtu.be/nMrXYNBhRW0

* Byrne is also author of an authoritative and entertaining book which reveals that music is ultimately shaped by the venues it gets played in and the media form it is played on. For instance, the number of beats per minute can rule out playing a song at certain live venues because the venue's reverberation will make it muddy.

#music #ai #davidbyrne #history #historyofsound #book #recommendedread #Iran #USA #siliconvalley #theft #nz #UK #aus

David Byrne on the future of AI, global conflict and US politics

YouTube

Lisi Hocke Dec 6

This is such a good read on how secrets end up in logs and neat advice on how to prevent this by @ar: https://allan.reyes.sh/posts/keeping-secrets-out-of-logs/ #RecommendedRead #AppSec #SecureCoding

Keeping Secrets Out of Logs

There's no silver bullet, but if we put some "lead" bullets in the right places, we have a good shot at keeping sensitive data out of logs.

allan.reyes.sh

Devina Sarwatay Oct 4

❓📣
I'm teaching UG Year 1 students 'Researching Media & Communication' & it's their 1st brush with academic research
What are YOUR top 3️⃣ foundational texts to absolutely include in this module to make them fall in love with research?
#RecommendedRead
#CityStGSCC

Annette C. Boehm Aug 23, 2024

Hi there @bookstodon , I just finished "Klara and the Sun" this morning and wow, this book will be living in my head for a while. So good. Elegantly plain language, a memorable narrator, and so much emotional complexity - #recommendedread #booklove #leseratte #bücherwurm #librophile

What are you reading?

Shirley Enticott Mar 24, 2024

Finished #Reading this brilliant #HistoricalFiction #Book very late last night ❤️📚

“Under A Gilded Sky”
by Imogen Martin

Attached is my 5⭐️ #BookReview which can be read in full in the ALT text.

#Storyline #romance
#RecommendedRead
📚🐴👩‍🌾🌾❤️🎼🛤🏔

Kevin Severud Oct 29, 2023

Why Fish Don’t Exist

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Lulu Miller

Why Fish Don't Exist

A Best Book of 2020: The Washington Post * NPR * Chicago Tribune * Smithsonian A “remarkable” (Los Angeles Times), “seductive” (The Wall Street Jou...

Heidi Betts Oct 26, 2023

You must read this adorable book!😄

And if you have little ones who enjoy being read to, they'll enjoy it, too!🐿💕

#HeidiRecommends #RecommendedRead #ScaredySquirrel

Madame Pres commandasaurus 🦖Sep 14, 2023

My alarm goes off when it's still dark, so that my brain can wake up a bit before the morning family routines. Sometimes I open Mastodon, just to glance through for any big news to start the day.

This morning, I was immediately riveted in place by @vicki's keynote on "Build and keep your context window."

Vicki expertly weaves together multiple concepts across literature, social science, history, engineering, and familiar concepts for "data people".

#RecommendedRead

https://jawns.club/@vicki/111062827076966684

Vicki Boykis (@[email protected])

Enormous thank you to PyData Amsterdam for inviting me to keynote. Slides and notes from my talk, "Build and keep your context window" are all here, and if you're in Amsterdam say hi. :) https://vickiboykis.com/2023/09/13/build-and-keep-your-context-window/ #data #machinelearning #stroopwafel

jawns.club 🐘

Shirley Enticott Sep 3, 2023

This is a really lovely #Storyline by #HazelPrior it’s a #NewBook recently published with the paperback available this month 📚

“Life and Otter Miracles”
by Hazel Prior
📚🦦🌼❤️🦦🌼📚

The #EBook is currently 99p 📚

Attached is my 5⭐️ #BookReview 📚

#bookstodon
#Books
#reading
#Nature #otters
#RecommendedRead