Blaise

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Engineer, Dad, Maker, Artist, Ballroom Dancer, Entrepreneur, Axe-flinger...

I make chainmaille and wire sculpture, 3d print toys my kids love to lose, profile my own throwing axes, rebuild bits of my moldering Victorian home, and generally tinker with everything from computers to woodworking to gmrs radio(WRON559).

I owned an industrial automation consulting firm for 20 years, and helped found the amazing Tech Valley Center of Gravity, makerspace and home away from home to my tribe...

#fedi22

Bloghttps://blaisehartley.com
Makerspacehttps://tvcog.net
Gravatarhttps://gravatar.com/blaisesblog
'Normal' Mastodon Account (searchable)https://mastodon.cloud/@Blaise
BlaiseMar 5
BlaiseFeb 26

Say it with me:
Age-verification is universal surveillance.
Age-verification is universal surveillance.
Age-verification is universal surveillance.
Age-verification is universal surveillance...

No one's listening, are they?

BlaiseFeb 26

Say it with me:
Age-verification is universal surveillance.
Age-verification is universal surveillance.
Age-verification is universal surveillance.
Age-verification is universal surveillance...

No one's listening, are they?

BlaiseFeb 24
đź’€ đť“•airchild đź’€Feb 24
Someone shared at work (it's a public account so not blurring name, he deserves credit)
#GAI #AI
BlaiseFeb 23

Has anyone explored using one of these stupidly-large language models to compare/contrast between languages, and see if there's any hope of Chomsky's Universal Grammar living at a deep level?

It seems like they would be ideally suited...

BlaiseFeb 12
BlaiseFeb 12
Tech Support: Now log into your google account.
Me: I don't have a google account.
TS: Yes, OK, so you need to log in to Google.
Me: No, I don't have a Google account to log in to.
TS: Please follow this link and sign in.
Me: OK, I followed the link. What do you want me to enter for username and password?
Ts: Please use your Google account.
Me: I DO NOT HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT! I did not have one before. I do not have one now. No logging in to Google has ever occurred, BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
TS: I don't understand.
Me: I know...
BlaiseJan 23

Some days, something really new happens!

https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/new-form-of-life-has-been-discovered-in-scotland

'New Form of Life' Has Been Discovered in Scotland | OGN Daily

A 370 million-year-old fossil is an entirely new form of life which towered up to 26ft tall, scientists have confirmed.

Only Good News Daily
BlaiseJan 16

Your phone spies on you. Your computer spies on you. Your TV spies on you. Your "assistant" spies on you. Your fucking vacuum robot and refrigerator spy on you! Sure there are technical solutions for many, but are *you* sure you caught them all? I'm sure as hell not!

Maybe encrypted mesh networks will work, I dunno... But if we don't stop this soon, we'll all exist in a dynamic hellscape designed to forcibly squeeze every last bit of money, attention, information, and life out of you!

BlaiseJan 8
BlaiseJan 7

Well fuck. Microsoft decided I need a new OS, so now I can't log in to my account!

Motherfuckers...

BlaiseJan 5
BlaiseJan 5

“We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication,” Nadella wrote in a rambling post flagged by Windows Central, arguing, "Humanity needs to learn to accept AI as the new equilibrium of human nature."

If "the new equilibrium of human nature" is code for worthless, mind-numbing garbage that is clogging up any and all human interaction, then I guess we agree!

futurism.com/artificial-intell…

Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It “Slop”

In a year-end writeup on the state of AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made it clear he'd really like us to stop saying "slop."

Futurism
BlaiseDec 23
BlaiseDec 23