Larry O'Brien

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A writer who programs. Formerly, a programmer who wrote. ML for Earth. Formerly: Azure ML, Xamarin, Gemini Observatory, magazines (AI Expert, Game Developer, Computer Language), etc.

#ML #Hawaii #MLOps #Pytorch #MetricLearning #FastAI #MarineBio #TTRPG #Blackwater #UnderwaterPhotography Searchable on #tfr

Bloghttps://knowing.net
Can we agree that a system that allows a handful of corrupt people-Trump, SCOTUS cons, Aileen Cannon, the GOP's hack judge in TX, etc-to take away the rights of millions of people while destroying our govt is the OPPOSITE of "checks & balances"? This isn't sustainable. #maddow #politics #uspol
RIP Cormac McCarthy. “Blood Meridian,” while hard to label my “favorite“ novel, is for me pretty much unsurpassed in technique. There are many more showy authors and God knows there are more optimistic authors but McCarthy in his prime wove a spell like no other. #CormacMcCarthy
I know a bunch of subreddits have gone dark and I support the effort. Is there an agreed-upon timeframe for returning or is it a general strike until something is widely announced?

It's a common theme of questions now, whether it makes sense to start building #LLM #chatbot features now, or wait, because the fast progress makes people fear they are committing to a soon obsolete platform.

The progress isn't going to slow down. If you have problems with the speed now, the problems will only get worse in 6 months.

Don't wait. That's not how races work

Welp. This has crossed my social timelines again today. And the ONE RULE I want to carry over from that bird place is this one: if the Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle Umbrella video arrives in your timeline, you must share the Tom Holland Lip Sync Battle Umbrella video.

Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk

Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland

YouTube

“In the end, they’re not coming after me. They’re coming after you — and I’m just standing in their way,” Donald Trump told Georgia Republicans to make his predicament personal.

Right. And I’m still waiting for Barack Obama’s jack-booted thugs to kick in my door and confiscate my guns.
https://digbysblog.net/2023/06/11/cry-god-for-donald-maga-and-mar-a-lago/

“Cry ‘God for Donald, MAGA, and Mar-a-Lago!’” - Digby's Hullabaloo

Remember January 6th!

Digby's Hullabaloo
@mdx Programming queries are really bad now. I used to be able to google for a couple of keywords and mostly get top results from official language reference documentation and StackExchangeLand, and now it's all CheapOnlineProgrammingCourses.com and CoolTutorials.net. Copypasta grifters everywhere.

The mask is beginning to slip. Sam Altman asking the Chinese government to help with “AI Safety” makes clear this is all about regulatory capture, in a similar play as SBF tried to do, versus any legitimate belief that AI is a threat to humanity.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-10/openai-s-ceo-altman-calls-on-china-to-help-shape-ai-safety-guidelines

OpenAI’s CEO Calls on China to Help Shape AI Safety Guidelines

China should play a key role in shaping the artificial intelligence guardrails needed to ensure the safety of transformative new systems, OpenAI Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said.

Bloomberg
You'd think anyone serious about taking the Republican nomination away from Trump would say "Actually, using war plans as drink coasters is bad."

first in-person conference talk in a long time... had a lot of fun at #dcsf23

AI for Android on- and off-device (basically ONNX and OpenAI 😉)

slides and samples are at https://github.com/conceptdev/droidcon-sf-23/

GitHub - conceptdev/droidcon-sf-23: Demo for droidcon talk in San Francisco, 9th June 2023

Demo for droidcon talk in San Francisco, 9th June 2023 - GitHub - conceptdev/droidcon-sf-23: Demo for droidcon talk in San Francisco, 9th June 2023

GitHub