Mastodawn

Vlamingen zijn niet tuk op #nieuws gegenereerd door #AI. Ze beginnen de buit te zien hangen. Ik herinner me nog de jaren 1990, de periode toen #VirtualReality ontstond, en toen ik voor de eerste keer demonstraties van #VR-brillen zag. Het idee alleen al om rond te lopen met een scherm voor je ogen dat alles filtert wat je te zien krijgt, is een nachtmerrie: je maakt er mensen volledig mee afhankelijk van wat ze zien en weten over de werkelijkheid. Ze kunnen onbewust in een ideale wereld rondlopen, terwijl ze in een dystopie zitten. Het is de natte droom van dictators zoals Stalin en de communistische overlords, die al hele ploegen aan het werk zetten om foto's te retoucheren en er hun rivalen uit te laten wissen. VR en AI-gegenereerd nieuws zetten de vervorming van de werkelijkheid in een maximale versnelling. Dat kan niet goed aflopen.

Peter Motte 2d ago

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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency 3d ago

@jeffjarvis Also, I know it's just an aside, but the reason Altman talks about a "new social contract" is that The Rich™️ want to do away with the current ones & they absolutely hate social contracts, which is why any hints given to that new one reveals it's not, in fact, a social contract, but an ideology, specifically TESCREAL.

Peter Motte 3d ago

AkaSci 🛰️3d ago

Bernie Sanders will be there today in Stowe, Vermont, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Large, peaceful, crowds are gathering at many locations already this morning.

Find an event near you at https://www.nokings.org/

#NoKings #NoKingsDay
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Peter Motte 3d ago

God

3d ago

Imagine being so worried about people finding out you're in the Epstein files that you invaded Los Angeles.

Peter Motte 3d ago

Justin Ferriman 3d ago

Unfortunately accurate.

#NoKings #Trump #uspol

Peter Motte 3d ago

grobi 3d ago

2025 June 14

Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River
* Image Credit & Copyright: Martín Moliné
https://www.instagram.com/martinm.1980/

Explanation:
What are all those streaks in the sky? A galaxy, many satellite trails, and a few meteors. First, far in the distance, the majestic band of our Milky Way Galaxy runs down the left. Mirroring it on the right are several parallel trails of Earth-orbiting Starlink satellites. Many fainter satellite trails also crisscross the image. The two short and bright streaks are meteors — likely members of the annual Eta Aquariids meteor shower. The planet Venus shines on the lower right. Venus and the satellites shine by reflected sunlight. The featured picture is a composite of exposures all taken in a few hours on May 4 over the Limay River in Argentina.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Aquariids
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-milky-way-galaxy/
https://science.nasa.gov/venus/
https://www.starlink.com/us/technology

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250614.html

#space #milkyway #meteor #venus #astrophotography #photography #science #nature #NASA

Guten Morgen!

“AI should not be trained on material taken without the creators' consent” is not a Luddite position.

It's being true to a basic principle of intellectual property: It's up to the creator to choose how their work can be accessed and used for.

Most countries' laws assume by default that creators don't want non-paying people to get access to their work, or anyone to plagiarize it without license.

Saying that this applies to AI too is just an extension of the creators' rights as they are now.

Peter Motte Jun 9

May Likes Toronto Apr 21

Worth reading: Rewilding the internet by Maria Farrell and Robin Berjon.

https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/

We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA

The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.

NOEMA

Peter Motte Jun 7

Mark McCaughrean Jun 6

In just under a fortnight, on 19 June, my book "111 Places in Space That You Must Not Miss", will be published by Emons in Germany, followed by the UK on 21 July & the US on 2 September 🪐✨📕

It's a tour guide of interesting places in our Solar System, the Milky Way, & Deep Space beyond, & describes what you'd find & learn if you were able to visit them 🙂

Here's a preview of the cover & a few chapters – it's available to order in all the usual places 🙇‍♂️

#SpaceScience
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