Cory DoctorowMay 14, 2023

#Google's #AIHype Circle: We have to do #Bard because everyone else is doing #AI; everyone else is doing AI because we're doing Bard.

https://doctorow.medium.com/googles-ai-hype-circle-6158804d1299

Google’s AI Hype Circle - Cory Doctorow - Medium

Next Saturday (May 20), I’ll be at the GAITHERSBURG Book Festival with my novel Red Team Blues; then on May 22, I’m keynoting Public Knowledge’s Emerging Tech conference in DC.

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Show threadBill Tribble

I learnt a thing about cooking thanks to @pluralistic and a massive Google #ai fail.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/05/how-to-cook-onions-why-recipe-writers-lie-and-lie-about-how-long-they-take-to-caramelize.html

Why Do Recipe Writers Lie About How Long It Takes To Caramelize Onions?

Browning onions is a matter of patience. My own patience ran out earlier this year while leafing through the New York Times food section. There, in the...

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Show threadPeter SullivanMay 14, 2023
@bill_tribble @pluralistic According to @xkcdbot, it's not just caramelising onions that recipe writers lie about: https://xkcd.com/2767/
Recipe Relativity

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