Techni-Calli

Saying "AI" was "trained" on the work of artists and writers is the wrong metaphor. Their work was made into a database to be copied from and reproduced in small chunks.

There is no mind learning or being trained. There is no "intelligence" in that reproduction There's plenty of artificial, tho.

I really admire people that are able to work on things at a consistent pace, marathon-like level rather than a series of eternal sprints and rests.

I mean, I don’t understand it, but I admire it.

Whelp, seems like you can’t make them then, anyway-

I made a joke about a kid falling back in time and becoming his own grandfather and this show is so ridiculous TB is now considering whether that might be a spoiler, I hate this.

We’ve limited ourselves to only two streaming services per year which means we tend to try out a lot of shows we would normally ignore. Sometimes you find gems.

Sometimes you find La Brea (I hate this show so much but TB is into it now, save me).

My desk currently has three separate beverages on it, it’s definitely a writing day.

Thank you so much for asking, I will be ringing in the new year getting zonked on NyQuil and passing out on my couch, as our forefathers intended.

If your development process doesn’t include “how could this be misused” and coming up with ways to mitigate the harms, you’re doing it wrong.

Being a House of Disease during holiday break means TB is now way too familiar with the YouTube channels I like as I rewatch videos in an illness stupor.

Look, I come from the Midwest, any chance I have try something new, I’m going to take.

Sounds fancy.

So far my visits to DC have included Indian, Salvadoran, Greek, Georgian, Afghan, Palestinian, Ethiopian, Italian, Peruvian, Japanese, and French foods (plus a Korean bakery).

What new things should I eat? Recs within easy walking or metroing from DuPont would be ideal.

(This is not at all to say all my thoughts and takes are correct, just that I wish to fully tune this stuff out instead of diving into my memories of the 14th amendment or whatnot.)

It’s amazing how often politics talk makes me wish I weren’t a lawyer. I want the blessed gift of understanding less.

But what if we’re basically a very confused raccoon in a lawyer suit.

Even if no one in the development process predicted this (how), tech experts, privacy experts, ethicists, etc. have been waving this red flag like we’re in a damn parade, you have an obligation to build in some damn safeguards or own that your product is dangerous.

This response is such an infuriating cop-out.

Sure, you didn’t create this for the purpose of creating realistic violent, sexual, or otherwise compromising and harmful images, but was that use EXTREMELY OBVIOUS and ANTICIPATED??

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AI expert warns against telling your secrets to chatbots such as ChatGPT Prof Mike Wooldridge will address looming questions around AI in this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures

“‘you should assume that anything you type into ChatGPT is just going to be fed directly into future versions of ChatGPT’. And if on reflection you decide you have revealed too much to ChatGPT, retractions are not really an option.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Bedroom camera footage hacked, sold online - VnExpress International Untold hours of private camera footage from bedrooms, changing rooms, toilets and massage parlors in Vietnam have been hacked and put on sale online.

Don't fill your house with cheap internet-connected cameras.
Set strong passwords.
Apply your security updates.

Why the fuck are we a butterfly now.

Ruining Christmas by admitting to my in-laws that I hate Polar Express and Prancer.

(There are SO MANY great Christmas movies! Those two aren’t included!)

George Costanza saying "My tokens Jerry! They're getting fingers!!"

Putting the “fun” in “fungible” over here.

Tweet reading: a massive theft appears to be happening right now - all these NFTs have been stolen from wallets, some of the absolute top tier apes. After the text, there is a long list of of hideous and useless NFT images.

Hello, hackers, my old friends
They got my top tier apes again.

You would think that sometime BEFORE we hand over the world’s future to a bunch of billionaires we would check to confirm they’re not building a nightmare, but apparently no.

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