https://linuxhotel.de/course/web_sicherheit-de/ via @linuxhotel
OpenAI's sudden discontinuation of its video model #Sora, just a few months after a spectacular deal with Disney, shows just how little these AI companies care about their so-called products. AI video apps, to quote @hito Steyerl, are «onboarding tools» — their purpose is more ideological than commercial.
Rather than offering revenue-generating services (OpenAI is burning money with every single Sora generated clip), these apps are designed to accustom us to a world in which so-called generative AI seems inevitable — and to provide investors with impressive demonstrations of these models' performance.
In other words, companies like OpenAI do not develop consumer products; they merely launch demos that can be retracted once they have fulfilled their purpose. Never mind that, in the meantime, they are flooding our media landscape with a deluge of #slop and destroying entire cultural sectors in the process.
What weaving and web colors have in common (apart from both being "Webfarben" in German) and why I await an Alpaka as a new mascot of accessibility: Web Colors, Weaving Threads and Web Design on Open-Mind-Culture.org
https://www.open-mind-culture.org/en/6837/web-colors-weaving-threads-and-web-design/
Information intoxication and toxic pop culture (3/3):
lossy loops, echo chambers and robotic pipe dreams plus retrofuturistic AI artwork in my new Open Mind Culture blog post (in English and in German):
https://www.open-mind-culture.org/en/6173/ai-information-intoxication-toxic-pop-culture/
Using Slightly Broken Smartphones thanks to Accessibility
https://dev.to/ingosteinke/using-slightly-broken-smartphones-thanks-to-accessibility-28pf
Information Intoxication, Phone Under Water and other (un)pleasant Spring Surprises: new blog posts on Substack (link below), DEV and Open Mind Culture... (1/3)
https://ingosteinke.substack.com/p/information-intoxication-phone-under
I often hear people get excited about AI writing text or even building websites in minutes that look professional at least at first sight. A result that's good enough for announcing a small business startup. Unless you consider total cost of owership.
https://dev.to/ingosteinke/legacy-code-maintenance-keeping-your-website-up-to-date-beyond-2026-4cln
Maintenance is the real issue.
Let's save Das Baumhaus Berlin! "The tree house" is such an extraordinary place far from my Kiez though but still worth saving, thanks Scott and the team for your work! Please everyone have a look, support and spread the word!
How to discover inspiring new indie films while avoiding violence and outdated arthouse clichés? Find out in the Open Mind Culture blog post about Overhyped "Deep" Films and Literature:
https://www.open-mind-culture.org/en/6243/overhyped-deep-films-and-literature/