Mastodawn

I had to run to my daughter's house to pick up packages today.
A couple of flowers from her front yard to share.
Today has been trying.
We got some of my husband's test results and he has a kidney infection again.
So far so good managing at home.
Not much time for tooting though.
The three of us are cozied up on the sofa watching the History channel.
Summer says she likes whatever shows her pal likes. I say I can go along with that since he is the one that doesn't feel good.
I work on postcards in-between monitoring vitals.
Two hundred cards are ready to mail to Texas.
I expect tomorrow will be better because I always think tomorrow will be better.

Paul Horn 1d ago

Norcal Gma 2 1d ago

Today Summer and I watched the sky turn color at both sunrise and sunset.
I appreciate every time I am privileged to witness nature at it's most beautiful.
I love the sights and sounds of our early morning walks.
Even the quiet of the thick fog that blankets the shore most mornings.
We are delighted by the flowers in the wild and at home.
Even though bad news dominates everything I won't deny myself these small moments of joy.
It's not normalizing horrible realities but is just us stealing back some of the joy that was ours to begin with. A reminder of what's good and real and worth fighting for.
Sleep tight Mastodon friends.
#Sunset

Paul Horn 5d ago

laen 🌿6d ago

wishing everyone a very happy be yourself, this month and always. happy pride.

Paul Horn 5d ago

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽6d ago

Pride was born as a riot, and has always been an act of defiance. During my life, I survived an internment camp. I came out at 68. I've watched rights get won and now watch them being rolled back. Yet I'm still here, still proud, and still holding Brad's hand. They have never been able to extinguish us or our joy. And they won't start now. Happy Pride, friends. Let's make this the loudest, proudest one yet. 🌈 ✨️

Paul Horn 5d ago

BeyondMachines

May 31

You gave a stranger with no soul and no skin in the game the keys to everything you own.

Paul Horn 6d ago

teledyn 𓂀 May 28

Timnit Gebru was fired from Google in December 2020 for refusing to retract a research paper, and every single warning that paper made about large language models has now happened at a scale the industry spent 4 years trying to make people forget about.

#AIEthics #WeDontNeedNoAIEthics #WeAintGotNoStinkeenAIEthics

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Paul Horn 6d ago

Taggart

May 31

Hot diggity dog.

The briefing concludes that standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, depend on mass invasions of privacy by design, and are fundamentally incompatible with [International Human Rights Law]. As such, Amnesty International is calling for a prohibition of such systems, including where such systems are identified as exacerbating existing inequalities or creating new forms of discrimination.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/

Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International

This briefing examines how standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through their design, development and deployment. While these technologies promise sophisticated automation and efficiency, they rely on data collection and model training practices that abuse privacy rights, enable discrimination, and threaten […]

Amnesty International

Paul Horn May 27

A little mid-week vacation.

Just what the doctor ordered.

#travel #beach #Pelicans