Devan Marr

It’s spooky season!

A screenshot from a youtube channel titled "AI Slop is killing our channel", and below it, an "AI-generated video summary" provided by Youtube.

A tale in two parts:

Only for special occasions and they just changed them to different robes.

Honestly, I kind of like the red line on black. Pretty slick. But I will miss the Santa suits too.

So I gather things are going well for our Jays @clareblackwood.bsky.social ?

Apparently I am now a literal poster child for CycleTo. Fun! (That’s me in the Evil Bicycling Lobby shirt and cargo bik)

A powerpoint slide titled "Artificial Intelligence and the law, maybe the Luddites were on to something"

I think the title page of my presentation for young lawyers in 2 weeks probably sets the tone for what the next 45 minutes will be like:

Some might say, the most powerful public interest group:

Meanwhile, in Canada, GG speaks about hope for the future on National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

What a bananas thing to see on CNN:

Another one to save for my presentation on AI and the Law in two weeks…

Camping is great, but boy is it nice to be home.

Fuck yes, science!

Sure, Killbear is nice @clareblackwood.bsky.social but have you SEEN Killarney?!

Oh no, I didn’t know I was the 1%!

I realized I should have add @ausmalik.bsky.social as this impacts her ward. I would love some clarity on what “modifying” the cycle-tracks south of Dundas will entail.

Clarification would be nice because “bikeway” can still just mean “shared facility” which the TO Infrastructure guide says is inappropriate in “high volume areas”.

It’s all bad. But this would be particularly bad because you lose the connection to Richmond and Adelaide and have further conflict with turning vehicles.

They make a point to distinguish “bikeways” from College to Dundas and “cycle tracks” from Dundas to Adelaide. The “cycle tracks” are being “modified” to add the turn lanes/vehicle lane. So we will have to see what “modified” means but I suspect it’s a painted slip lane…Hope I’m wrong.

University Avenue & Queen’s Park Upgrades Sections of University Avenue and Queens Park Crescent East are scheduled for watermain replacement and road resurfacing/restoration between 2023 and 2026, including: University Avenue (west side) fro...

Well you might not love this update. See “lane reinstatement“. www.toronto.ca/services-pay...

My interpretation of this is that the lanes south of Dundas are being removed (or downgraded from cycle tracks) to accommodate the turn lanes and vehicle lane.

I would love to be corrected.

…https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/cycling-in-toronto/torontos-cycling-infrastructure/university-avenue-queens-park-upgrades/

So this sounds like #Toronto is removing the bike lanes south of Dundas on University and making the intersections more dangerous? LOVE that, @mayoroliviachow.ca and @diannesaxe.bsky.social

I would love an explanation. I’m sure @cycletoronto.bsky.social and @bikewaysto.bsky.social aould too.

Judging by the title, I suspect I'll be presenting something very similar. And when I say "2/10 it will try to destroy your career", I'm talking less about "stealing your job" and more "You're the next Ko v. Li."

...my current thesis is two parts:
1. 8/10 times, it produces B- work. The other 2 times, it tries to end your career.

2. Our professional "problem" is providing consistently accurate, precise, and reliable advice. "AI" is unlikely to "solve" this because it's (currently) none of those things.

I'm giving a presentation on "AI" for young lawyers in a few weeks, and I am struggling to not just spend 45 minutes screaming, "The Luddites were right, and over reliance is depriving yourself of personal and professional growth." I know you've got more authority than me on this subject but...

I'll admit that when it comes to the em-dash, I've just always gone with whatever my word processing application (usually Word) auto prompts for years.

Now, is it because it was trained on blog posts, press releases, and LinkedIn comments and is emulating that? Or are people using it to write blog posts, press releases, and LinkedIn comments, which it then absorbs to spit out more of the same.

I'm giving a presentation at a young lawyer bootcamp on "AI and the law" in a few weeks. My opening slide is probably just going to be the line, "8 out of 10 times, it produces B- work. The other 2 times it tries to destroy your career."