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brennansv

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San Francisco, CA

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frozencanuck, to random
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It'd be nice if local Bay Area media outlets would have their own official presence on Mastodon. Wouldn't be hard from them to setup their own account on mastodon.social or on a more local instance like sfba.social

#sfba

brennansv,
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@frozencanuck If locally media companies simply had basic RSS feeds for the various topics they cover it would not be much work for an automated bot to post the headlines and links. Hashtags would be helpful too for following a specific story.

The last time I looked into it the numbers just did not make sense to bother with Mastodon, but this would be such a simple effort which would allow their headlines and links to reach more people. And over time there could be some significant growth as legacy social media continues to fall off.

brennansv, to ai
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Just heard a new track from Eddie Vedder so I was curious about his band Pearl Jam, touring and the conflict with TicketMaster. I asked ChatGPT which was helpful, but what was interesting is there are now links to sources which I often do not get in these responses. Linking to the source material is one key different just using Google. Perhaps this is a change which will help drive traffic to websites and address some of the concerns with OpenAI and ChatGPT.

https://chat.openai.com/share/281be4ef-71c3-4bcc-8cc4-dbf285c609d8

brennansv, to ai
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From Pong on the Atari to Mario Bros on Nintendo there as a massive leap in what appeared to be possible on such limited hardware. The hardware engineers and software developers at Nintendo were able to achieve such an amazing result due to their clever solutions.

Today we have these modern AI systems which clearly have limitations. I am now thinking what would it take for this same leap from Atari to Nintendo. We know there are problems with GenAI, but what could be done with it with these known limitations? The possibilities are still pretty hard to fathom. #AI #GenAI #Nintendo #Atari

dimillian, to random
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Animal Well is a piece of Art. So much creativity, it’s pure joy to play at every moment. It’s been a while since I played a video game just for playing a video game.

video/mp4

brennansv,
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@dimillian Seeing those pixels is pure nostalgia. 🤩

brennansv, to random
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The has continued all weekend after it was prompted by a “let them eat cake” video posted on TikTok as a part of the Met Gala. Top celebrities and influencers have seen their follower counts drop significantly. This hashtag has been making it into the mainstream news as well.

Meanwhile over a million civilians are at risk in Rafah as the Israelis continue to attack with by dropping bombs and shelling with tanks.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/social-media-users-are-blocking-celebrities-silent-on-gaza-rcna151880

Alleman, to animals
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But it is

brennansv,
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@Alleman Initially I read “liking” as “licking” due to the context with a dog.

brennansv, to scifi
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Alien was released in 1979. It is hard to believe that film was made 45 years ago. Some plot details in the movie are still so relevant today. The sci-fi styling, visual aesthetics and music also really hold up.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

brennansv,
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Weird Science was released in 1985. It would be interesting now due to Generative AI and Stable Diffusion as well as modern robotics.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090305/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

nicklockwood, to random
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I briefly considered using this image to illustrate the concept of "progressive disclosure" in my Swift talk but ultimately thought better of it 😅

brennansv,
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@nicklockwood Maybe better for a talk on Stable Diffusion. 😭

brennansv, to random
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“Rafah Once Was a Refuge From the War. Now Gazans Don’t Know Where to Go.”https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/rafah-gaza-evacuations-a81a242c #Gaza #Rafah #WSJ

brennansv, to random
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On TikTok the hashtag is trending. Any major celebrity or influencer or brand which has not spoken up about Gaza is bring blocked. It impacts them significantly. Kim Kardashian is down millions of followers and is angry about it.

annmlipton, to random
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that is not where i expected this sentence to end

brennansv,
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@annmlipton 😦 Just read up on it. She’s alright, but he should be facing real consequences. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/10/man-behind-viral-dress-pleads-guilty-endangering-wifes-life

brennansv, to random
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Hack the Planet! https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/04/18.html

brennansv,
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@pixelscience Do I got there on rollerblades? 🫠

brennansv, to gpt
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Has Generative AI peaked? Computerphile has some thoughts on it. https://youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU?si=DSHD9xDWT6NPL7XG #GenAI #GPT #AI #Computerphile

brennansv, to random
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Why is Netanyahu being interviewed by Dr. Phil and not a reputable journalist at such a serious moment?

drahardja, to ai
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This is anecdotal, but I now personally know two employees of -related companies whose valuations have imploded within the past month, and they are now looking to bail. One company lost 73% of their (publicly traded) value in a month. The other one is a startup whose founder (according to my friend) has “finally snapped”, and the company is now in freefall.

It feels like the bubble is bursting right now.

brennansv,
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@drahardja What do you think is causing it? It looks like some were very speculative prototypes without the ability to deliver. (Devin is a prime example.) I also see a similar situation to Instagram being acquired and the investors behind other photo apps realizing they could not compete and backing out. Right now it looks like the big players have sucked up nearly all of the oxygen and the limits we’ve known about LLM/GenAI have not been overcome as quickly as the overly optimistic people said would happen. I can see why a lot of investors have decided the party is over.

Another aspect is that I think many are finding the tasks they want to use with AI can be done on a computer without the cloud which makes the massive investments in cloud infra terrible waste of money and resources. That calculation must be happening in some startups.

brennansv,
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@drahardja That makes sense. There are definitely many examples of bad outcomes and they get a lot of attention. The NYC chat bot which gives city residents incorrect guidance on laws and policies is just another big one which shows a use case where it is very weak. Trying to force this solution into known bad use cases should stop.

At lunch someone pointed out how there were many accidents and injuries when cars first hit the streets a century ago. Then regulations and road signs were developed to control traffic and create safe walkways for pedestrians. AI needs similar treatment.

Either way I am ready for a shakedown.

brennansv,
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@trochee @drahardja I agree. I live in a city which has had a Vision Zero policy but does not really do enough to meet goals. I expect we are still in the early days with no crosswalks or traffic lights.

brennansv,
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@drahardja This video from Computerphile is well timed. https://youtu.be/dDUC-LqVrPU?si=uEYXzYnsUiy87JT4

brennansv,
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@drahardja I expect more of the same will come from many AI researchers over the next year to explain why GenAI has stalled.

It made me think of how I did not need to see millions of cats to be able recognize any cat as a cat. Humans and other animals just have some innate ability to figure that out. If researchers can work out how to do that I expect that would be even better than GenAI and use far less compute.

brennansv, to random
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Biden finally admits that bombs supplied by the US have been used by Israel to kill civilians. Tanks have already been shelling civilians who are in tents with no way to defend themselves.

“Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah” https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-bombs-us-has-paused-sending-israel-have-killed-civilians-2024-05-08/

brennansv,
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@LALegault @DeliaChristina Biden says one thing for PR and still supplies Israel as quietly as possible. I expect this is just another PR play to buy time and appear to not be as willing to kill civilians as Netanyahu. Turkey and other countries have been putting so much pressure on them to agree to the ceasefire. Netanyahu keeps sabotaging it so he can keep killing.

brennansv, to random
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Tanks are shelling tents in Rafah.

https://mastodon.social/@tawfique/112406514308392751

brennansv, to random
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“Israeli forces say they have operational control of Palestinian side of Rafah crossing in Gaza” https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/israel-idf-control-rafah-crossing-gaza-palestine-side-hamas-war-latest-update

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