Both the control of information (and religious dogma) and the protection of scribes.
CULTURE
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AI and Books Enable Knowledge Access, Reject Doom Scenarios
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Printed books and AI systems both serve to enable better access to knowledge. They both make people smarter, more creative, & more productive.
That's intrinsically good.
That's the reality. Scenarios of AI-fueled doom are imaginary bullshit.
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We Must Embrace AI’s Uncertain Future with Optimism
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Le journal @LaTribune résume ma pensée sur l’IA : « Nous sommes montés dans un véhicule qui va de plus en plus vite et dont on ne sait pas où il va, s'exclame Rafik Smati […]. Mais il se veut optimiste.» Optimiste ? À vrai dire, nous n’avons pas le choix. Soit nous embrassons
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Why Are AI Models Named After Animals?
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I still think my favorite non-industry question so far is “why are they all named after animals”
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Unofficial AI music of the 2024 Olympics entirely AI-generated
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Voici la musique #IA pas du tout officiel des JO 2024 avec la musique qui reste en tête !!
— Defend Intelligence (Anis Ayari) (@DFintelligence) 28 novembre 2023
Tout a été généré par #IA (Texte, Musique, Voix, Vidéo…). (sauf le montage lààààà).
J'ai trouvé un nouveau kiff !!
C'est ouf !! pic.twitter.com/cNzQ79BibGHere is the #AI music, not official at all for the 2024 Olympics, with a catchy tune!! Everything was generated by #AI (Text, Music, Voice, Video…). (except the editing hereeeeee). I found a new thrill!! It's crazy!!
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AI’s Role in 2024 U.S. Elections: Synthetic Media Concerns
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Less than one year until 2024 U.S. elections, how is AI shaping political campaign ads? @stanfordhai deputy director @russellwald discusses the real concerns around synthetic media. https://
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Security Researcher Critiques Insecure Cloud Upload Design Choices
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While convenient the residual security researcher in me thinks “Come on guys, would it have killed you to make a no-login SSL secured page to upload these instead” but they are clearly optimizing for lowest common denominator mobile usage, which means “Eh, you can do email.”
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Government Service Inefficiency: DMV Appointment Availability Crisis
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Me: Today is going to be a productive day writing about… *appointment opens up at Chicago DMV for first time in 3 months* Me: … comparative experience in retail government services!
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Mockery: ChatGPT Taken for a Genius When It Was Just Funny
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Lol. I feel like I'm reading text analysts in 4th grade when they try to guess what the author meant. ChatGPT took me for a genius when I just found it funny.
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Understanding Generative AI capabilities gap among creative professionals
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Even the type of people who read my writing and enjoy art enough to want to pay for it in their own / their business’ spaces are apparently quite behind understanding of where the frontier of generative AI was several months ago. A data point for y’all.