"[T]he target of my criticism is not the models. Rather, I am concerned about the actions of people: the data theft, the exploitative labor practices, the haphazard creation of and failure to document datasets, the complete disregard for environmental impact, and the astonishing willingness of so many to surrender their own power and turn to synthetic text (for which no one is accountable) for all kinds of weighty decisions." by Emily M. #Bender

This great paragraph reminds me of Joe #Weizenbaum once saying that he is not a computer critic as computers don't understand criticism, therefore he's a society critic.

https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11 @emilymbender

#AI

Hermann Baum hat auch für die diesjährige #Fussball-WM wieder einen wunderbaren, voll automatischen Spielplan in #Excel gebaut. Mit allen Teams, allen Austragungsorten und Ankickzeiten. Obendrein funktioniert der Spielplan auch problemlos in #LibreOffice – soweit ich das bisher getestet habe.

https://hermann-baum.de/excel/WorldCup/de/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@p_calleri/116509283617861207

heute in der augsburger allgemeinen

I'm experimenting with the simulation of underwater caustics again. The nature of this light phenomenon has fascinated me for more than thirty years now.

#simulation #ComputerGraphics #physics #art #sketch #underwater #caustics