Grant McWilliams

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The stages of playing with GPT-3:

- OMG this can do anything
- There goes my job
- I should start a business around this
- Some of the responses aren’t too good
- Actually, some of these responses are just awful
- This isn’t really intelligence
- This is just spicy autocomplete

(as was forwarded to me w/no attribution)

"A handful of companies own the #patents on virtually every #seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing #biodiversity back to #farming."
https://worldsensorium.com/open-source-seeds-loosen-big-ags-grip-on-farmers/

#agriculture #food #monopoly #ossi (Open Source Seed Initiative)

FYI, I link to two earlier reports on this problem (2017 and 2019) in a tweet from 2020.
https://twitter.com/petersuber/status/1317831041055399936

“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers – World Sensorium / Conservancy

🇪🇪 Estonia plans to close the Gulf of Finland to the #RussianFederation. (United24Media)
According to Foreign Minister Reinsalu, the government is going to introduce a coastal "adjacent" zone where the country can inspect ships within the territorial sea, in this case 24 nautical miles from the baseline.
By closing the #GulfofFinland, #Estonia will can conduct inspections of ships and vessels leaving the #Leningrad region and prohibit passage through the Gulf in case of refusal of inspection.
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Hashtags that are hot for me right now. What prompted that?

George Santos, who stole from a small businessman, will be on Small Business Committee.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, who incited Jan 6, will be on Homeland Security Committee.

Scott Perry, who's being investigated by the FBI, might investigate the investigators investigating him.

The insidious thing about “unlimited vacation” is that there’s never a good time to take it because you’re always busy. With minimum vacation balances, you can always play the “I’ll lose it if I don’t take it” card.

No surprise data shows unlimited vacation is used less.

Given that we are rapidly trying to build community here…

Can I ask you to do two key things:

1) Reshare other people’s posts - so your timeline is rich with other people’s posts for anyone browsing your content to discover.

2) Follow, follow, follow. That goes for following those posting good stuff - and also following those that follow you (as much as practically possible/sensible).

If you do these things, you’ll help us all network up at fast pace - and we all grow our voices & reach. ✌️

Actual conversation I had…

Me: Billionaire philanthropy is nothing more than PR. Tax billionaires.
Troll: Lol you trust the Govt to spend our money?
Me: Yes, the Govt is elected by We the People, and therefore is accountable to us and can be voted out.
Troll: Govt is bought.
Me: Bought by who?
Troll: By billionai—...😳
Me: ...🤔
Troll: Ok, Tax billionaires.