Data scientist-ish with a creative writing degree and 20 years in tech startups. Hiding out near Canadian border in case this whole thing goes ‘tits up’ and reconnecting with my inner hippie. Like, have you ever *really* looked at your hand?
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The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an…
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that our coverage will influence not only how people think, but also how they act. This responsibility is at the core of an…
A new filing in Dominion's defamation case against Fox News reveals more comments by hosts and executives privately showing disbelief in stolen election claims (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/business/media/fox-dominion-lawsuit.html
http://mediagazer.com/230216/p16#a230216p16
I guess it's time for an #introduction
I'm a #conceptual #selfportrait #artist. I play with mixed media and other creative forms. I believe we're made in the image of our Creator and are therefore created to create. It's my aim to encourage #creativity and #inspiration in others as much as live in line with my own. #Community is important for artists, especially when many often feel alone, and I'm hoping this space can help foster those connections.
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The speed with which these guys converge on the idea that LLM ~misbehavior—which is about as intelligent as the flailing end of a garden hose with too much water coming out—means that they're really highly intelligent female (of course, of course) entities whose "personality" can be "revealed" is both hilarious and so dispiriting
https://stratechery.com/2023/from-bing-to-sydney-search-as-distraction-sentient-ai/
"All Hail the Chicken"--my chosen valentine for sure.
(Though "Mouthy Hamster" is pretty good.)
When artificial intelligence writes candy hearts....
https://www.aiweirdness.com/this-time-i-didnt-train-a-neural-20-02-14/
I’ve trained neural networks to generate candy hearts before, and the process goes something like this: collect as many existing candy heart messages as I can (which was 366) give them to a clueless neural net that tries to imitate them allow the neural net to generate its 100% humanlike imitations
So I looked at the latest monthly user data for #mastodon and the #fediverse - the "slump" tech reporters breathlessly claimed was occurring is stubbornly not slumping so far. Users per server and posts all up.
Looking more and more like this is the new normal before the next wave, but we'll see.
https://the-federation.info/platform/21
cc: @mmasnick @pluralistic and @atomicpoet
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