Eric Mortensen

@ericmortensen
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Podcast producer. Modular synth nerd. Video artist. Formerly @Blip and @Thingiverse and some forgettable stuff. Currently @fatedmates. Part enlightened. Part ignorant.
Don't believe me? Take a look at Facebook. It's already happening there.

Tech analysts don't value content.

So they will not notice or care when AI content is polluting general purpose, algorithm-driven social networks.

They question whether anyone should buy TikTok if it doesn't come with the algorithm, even though it won't matter because TikTok will soon be overrun by AI dreck, and you can't recommend good content when there isn't any. It may be early days for AI video, but mediocre quality certainly hasn't hampered endless image/text generation.

i am so over the web design trend where every piece of text on the page has to animate in

@atpfm
@siracusa

Here you go.

This isn't as interesting a graph, but the MacBook Air base SKU RAM line really helps give context.

For every hour the IRS audits those making more than $10 million, the agency is finding $13,000 of unpaid taxes, according to data in the fine print of a new government report.

There — now you know the real reason the GOP is trying to defund the IRS. https://www.levernews.com/sirotas-signals-yes-13-000-per-hour/

Sirota’s Signals: Yes, $13,000 Per Hour

Plus, the truth about your credit cards, the scourge of our distraction economy, Honest Abe’s dying wish, banning your right to cold beer, and much more.

The Lever
ah well your honor, i know he's committed one of the most massive financial crimes in history, but you see, he is a VEGAN
#crypto #cryptocurrency #SBF #FTX
I’m curious to try both but scared to select either.

I'm sure a future where "workers push the buttons we give them, and only we know how they work" is good for incumbents and "button making companies."

But it's not something we should celebrate as progress!

Also v rich given Nvidia's success is in part attributable to having tons of low-level programmers mid-2000s--ppl who understand the mechanisms abstracted away for most--and were thus able to focus on creating the CUDA ecosystem way ahead of competitors. ANYWAY...

https://vulcanpost.com/853029/dont-learn-to-code-jensen-huang-on-career/

Don't learn to code: Nvidia's founder Jensen Huang advises a different career path

Don't learn to code advises Jensen Huang of Nvidia. Thanks to AI everybody will soon become a capable programmer simply using human language.

Vulcan Post
I suppose it's lucky for them that they're not answering emails, because I have a very strong case to make about refunding me my money.
Please choose from the two contemporary design styles for your wifi hardware: “rounded soft box with white light” or “satanic death cult blood sacrifice altar”