This is exactly what NOT to use generative #AI for. Here they are avoiding giving PoC jobs - and there are models to be hired, to be sure - and instead accomplishing “power rangers diversity” w/ pie charts measures and algorithms rather than just humanity. Shameful and lazy Levi’s.

“Levi's will start using AI-generated people in order to increase the diversity among its models.”

https://petapixel.com/2023/03/24/levis-to-use-ai-generated-models-to-increase-diversity/

It's been a while since I've done a #ConnectionList #Introduction #FollowFriday post, where I use my large follower count to more richly connect us, so here's some folx you might like to follow on the #Fediverse  

@Rushkoff writes books about #media, #technology and #society and is #Professor of Media Theory and #digital #economics at #CUNY #Queens, and works with the #IFTF

@FAccT is the @ACM conference on #fairness, #accountability and #transparency primarily in #MachineLearning and #ArtificalIntelligence.

@drclaireh is a #corpus #linguist specialising in deception, manipulation and agression online.

@mucephie is June Parsons and they are into #astrophysics at @yorkuniversity - author of dorado.py for observatory #data 🐍

@eirliani is a Doctoral #PhD student at #Harvard and is into #DataScience and #HumanRights

@pyconau is the official #PyconAU conference account #pycon #python 🐍

@jadedarko is passionate about the #environment and #SocialJustice and she is a full-time #Python and #Django #dev

That's all for today, don't forget to share your own #ConnectionList so we can connect the  more richly ❤️

A man named Bruno Schröder was a mining engineer for most of his life. When passed away in his 80s in June 2022, he had around 60,000 or so books spread out on the 4 floors of his house in Mettingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The books likely weigh about the same as 15 modern cars. 📚
#books #library #BookCollection #collection #Germany

h/t @BrianJopek

Other people have seen this, but I'm adding more alt text.

Taylor Lorenz demonstrates that no one can trust Twitter's metrics.

She posted from a private account with no followers. Nevertheless, she got "views".

Twitter isn't the only social media company that fakes views. Meta does the same with videos.

The truth is that view counts exist not to give you truthful data, but to incentivize your continued posting.

Don't be fooled by these so-called "view counts"!

18 corrections in a 659-word AI-written Men's Journal article about low testosterone. AI language tools generate cogent word patterns, not facts - an obvious issue that so many companies are going to embarrass themselves learning in the coming years

https://futurism.com/neoscope/magazine-mens-journal-errors-ai-health-article

If you want to transfer your account from one Mastodon server to another, here's a step-by-step guide all about how to do it:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

It's a bit longer than some guides as it includes transferring followers, follows and mutes/blocks/bookmarks.

#Mastodon

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Wired's review of the Antisemitic wizarding game replaces the "buy now" link with a donation link for Trans Lifeline. Spectacular.

(Great review, too)
https://www.wired.com/review/hogwarts-legacy-review/