paezha

parismarx, 3 hours ago to OpenAI

Kevin Roose so desperately wants to live in the futures tech companies are selling that he’ll eagerly do their PR for them and buy into whatever illusions of intelligence they put in front of him so he can trick himself into believing they’ll actually be realized this time.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/technology/ai-chatgpt-her-movie.html

#openai #ai #chatgpt #gpt4o

paezha, 18 hours ago to Haiku

Mixed in with dream-sounds:
the understated chorus
of impending dawn.

#haiku #micropoetry #dawn

Lazarou, 1 day ago to stackoverflow

This just makes me want to delete everything of mine on corporate social media, and I pretty much have tbh

#StackOverflow #AI #LLMs

paezha, 1 day ago to random

Social contact is good for my mood, it's just that I don't like it.

paezha, 1 day ago to random

Harry! He's not your real dad!

paezha, 2 days ago to random

#Loblaws are among the biggest bandits in Canada.

#BoycottLoblaws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loblaw_Companies#May_2024_boycott

yurnidiot, 2 days ago to random

can't tell me this isn't skilled labor 🥑💨

woman packing avocados in a box by tossing them from one hand to the other rapidly without looking at the catching hand

gfarrell, 2 days ago to random

Ummm ……

alshafei, 2 days ago to random

"Within a day of his ousting, Altman said he received 10 to 20 texts from presidents and prime ministers around the world. [...] He responded to the messages and thanked the leaders without feeling fazed."

I'm not sure getting so much support from world leaders is something I'd brag about. I interpret it as being an asset or a pawn to some really shady things they often do at the expense of human rights - things Altman's AI and crypto projects are surely enabling.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-comments-openai-ousting-not-eating-sleeping-2024-5

winter, 2 days ago to random

when I meet normie authors

“oh you’re a writer too? I write period romance about a simpler time”

“that’s nice I write cyberpunk about child soldiers”

“oh you must be into high tech stuff. I keep all my manuscripts on google docs, I love their AI integration”

“I use a text editor from 1978 and I’m prepared to shoot it if it tries anything”

pluralistic, 2 days ago to random

Residents of 21 cities in Utah have access to some of the fastest, most competitively priced broadband in the US, at speeds up to 10gb/s and prices as low as $75/month. It's uncapped, and the connections are symmetrical: perfect for uploading and downloading. And it's all thanks to the government.

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/16/symmetrical-10gb-for-119/#utopia

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Nonilex, 2 days ago to Law

#TrumpTrial 🧵 Thursday 16 May 2024

Cross-examination of #MichaelCohen resumes, an opportunity for the defense to poke holes in his testimony & perhaps trip up or provoke the state’s key witness. The questioning of Cohen, #Trump’s fmr fixer, is the beginning of the end of Trump’s #criminal trial, which began April 15 & might conclude before Memorial Day weekend at this pace.

#law #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #StormyDaniels

MikeImBack, 2 days ago to random

This happened to me once at a Superstore

"Customers are fed up with anti-theft measures at stores.

"It seemed like [it took] forever, with people walking by. It was humiliating."

Dennison has found her own solution: She has switched grocery stores. "

#BoycottLoblaws #Greedflation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/theft-grocers-organized-crime-1.7203990

Daojoan, 2 days ago to random

The vast majority of “business” books can best be categorised as notes on winning a lottery. You’ll get a good deal more value from biographies, history books or a good novel.

paezha, 4 days ago to random

How to kill a conversation.

She: How are you?

Me: I am oppressed by a system that demands blind obedience to a harsh and unforgiving work ethic.

Nonilex, 5 days ago to Law

Apologies for my late start

#TrumpTrial 🧵

Monday May 13

#MichaelCohen is on the stand today

#criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal

jeff, 5 days ago to random

“Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen”
– Heinrich Heine, 1820

“That was only a prelude, where they burn books, they ultimately burn people." – Heinrich Heine, 1820

emptywheel, 6 days ago to random

Another Maggie Haberman NYT Story Covers Up Oleg Deripaska's Role

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/12/another-maggie-haberman-nyt-story-covers-up-oleg-deripaskas-role/

Lazarou, 7 days ago to random

"Massively Corrupt Judge Complains Of Minor Consequences To His Corruption: 'Mother's Little Soldier In Tears' "

Shades of George Santos complaining about how mean Congress was to him.

#USPOL

paezha, 7 days ago to random

#Caturday

Epée, my sister's new kitten.

Nonilex, 7 days ago to Law

Justice Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ & ‘lies’

After facing harsh questions about his judicial decisions & accepting lavish gifts from a billionaire, #SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas forcefully pushed back on
his critics Fri — saying he & his wife, #GinniThomas, have endured “nastiness” & “lies.”

#law #SupremeCourt #JudicialEthics #BoughtAndPaidFor #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/kavanaugh-thomas-alito-supreme-court-speeches/

scy, 10 days ago to generativeAI

I'm old enough to remember how @creativecommons was founded as a way for independent creators to safely share their work and build upon each other.

In 2024, their take is now "billion dollar companies plagiarizing your art is fair use".

https://creativecommons.org/2023/02/17/fair-use-training-generative-ai/

Hats off to the author, you don't see that kind of, uh, skillful rhetoric chicanery every day. Like "generative AI doesn't compete with artists because artists are not in the data market". 😬

#CreativeCommons #GenerativeAI

k8hert, 17 days ago to ai

Are you developing tools for #AI enabled research practices that also promote open research? Consider sharing your work with us at CZI and Sloan via our new RFI. https://bit.ly/49ZUR26