Who reads this anyway? Nobody, that’s who. I could write just about anything here, and it wouldn’t make a difference. As a matter of fact, I’m kinda curious to find out how much text can you dump in here. If you’re like really verbose, you could go on and on about any pointless…[no more than this]
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Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?
Here’s some context for the question. When image generating AIs became available, I tried them out and found that the results were often quite uncanny or even straight up horrible. I ended up seeing my fair share of twisted fingers, scary faces and mutated abominations of all kinds....
YouTube cracking on ad blockers. (lemmy.world)
What's your houses equivalent of a poop knife.
I don’t mean what you use to chop down your feces, but an object that you realized only your family has and people would raise their eyebrows at. Best if said object has a sole purpose.
HRW Confirms: Israel is Using White Phosphorus in Gaza (www.palestinechronicle.com)
Human Rights Watch confirmed that Israel is using white phosphorus in its military aggression on Gaza and Lebanon....
Which LLMs is everyone using for r/writingprompts?
Hi, I’m sure there’s a fair number of us who would like to see fantastic stories for the WPs that we find go unanswered....
Google Just Made a Bittersweet Announcement. It's the End of an Era (www.inc.com)
I deleted WhatsApp only for privacy! Am i stupid? Why ?
How ChatGPT and other AI tools could disrupt scientific publishing (www.nature.com)
A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper.
AI scam calls imitating familiar voices are a growing problem – here's how they work (theconversation.com)
Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
AI Industry Struggles to Curb Misuse as Users Exploit Generative AI for Chaos (techcrunch.com)
AI Industry Struggles to Curb Misuse as Users Exploit Generative AI for Chaos::Artificial intelligence just can’t keep up with the human desire to see boobs and 9/11 memes, no matter how strong the guardrails are.
World EV Sales Now Equal 18% Of World Auto Sales (cleantechnica.com)
X users report unlabeled clickbait ads that you can’t block or report (www.theverge.com)
Will the world ever stop being anti-intellectual?
One of the most aggravating things to me in this world has to be the absolutely rampant anti-intellectualism that dominates so many conversations and debates, and its influence just seems to be expanding. Do you think there will ever actually be a time when this ends? I'd hope so once people become more educated and cultural...
Results of the "Can you tell which images are AI generated?" survey (i.vgy.me)
Previous posts: programming.dev/post/3974121 and programming.dev/post/3974080...
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
Microsoft causes learned helplessness (lemmy.sdf.org)
What UI design trend do you hate the most?
I personally hate rounded corners and shadows added everywhere. Makes most things look crappy and smudged.
is there a useful way for tech workers to express interest in a union? In USA.
At my work just all me and my fellow techs in a meeting we basically expressed shared frustration at wages not increasing at all in last couple years despite the company making billions....
What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue (www.nbcnews.com)
The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”
Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. (lemmy.world)
We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video....
Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don't agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta wants to charge EU users $14 a month if they don’t agree to personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram::Meta is considering offering ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram for $14 a month – but only in Europe.
Netflix is planning to raise prices… again (www.theverge.com)
Phones should have FM radio again (www.spacebar.news)
Anyone have a better solution? :P (beehaw.org)
These Prisoners Are Training AI : In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners. (www.wired.com)
Tom Hanks Warns Fans About ‘AI Version of Me’ Promoting Dental Plan: ‘I Have Nothing to Do With It’ (variety.com)
Tom Hanks Warns Fans About ‘AI Version of Me’ Promoting Dental Plan: ‘I Have Nothing to Do With It’::Tom Hanks shared a computer-generated image of himself on Instagram, warning his followers about an ‘AI version of me’ promoting a dental plan.
Kids and teens are inundated with phone prompts day and night (www.nbcnews.com)
A Common Sense Media report finds about half of 11- to 17-year-olds get at least 237 notifications a day. Some get nearly 5,000 in 24 hours. What does that do to their brains?
What if you are not the “highest” level of consciousness in your own body?
I see the human organism as a layering of different levels of consciousness. Each layer supports mostly automated processes that sustain the layers beneath it....
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water::A new solar desalination system takes in saltwater and heats it with natural sunlight. The system flushes out accumulated salt, so replacement parts aren’t needed often, meaning the system could potentially produce drinking water that is cheaper than...
Ireland: Wind generation exceeds demand for electricity for the first time ever (www.euronews.com)
[Lemmy active users] 28th of September was the only day with more monthly active Lemmy users than the previous one, probably thanks to the release of Boost for Lemmy (lemmy.fediverse.observer)
Link to the daily stats: lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats...
Magnetism only feels like magic, because we don't have biological sensors for it
Think about it. Isn’t light+eyes and ears+sound just the same in terms of their “influence at a distance”? We don’t feel that as abnormal or magic - simply because we’ve sensors for them and are used to it. But physically speaking light and magnetism are based on electromagnetic forces.
We should rename Solar to Patriot Power to make it palatable to the right
The Left is doing it wrong....