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slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Google to pause Gemini AI image generation after refusing to show White people.

Theres no such thing as too much John Oliver. this guy doesnt know what they are talking about.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp

Its an open standard for communications (like xmpp, but the new hotness) with a focus on federating IRC chat. (lot of cool work on state resolution by them wrt that). So you can communicate with people on different matrix servers as long as they federate with each other. Additionally, they have built in support for bridges that let you connect to other people via matrix giving you a seamless experience on that service via matrix. Lemme know if you need more clarifications.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp

I just used the guides by mautrix for the respective bridges. docs.mau.fi/bridges/go/setup.htmlthere are instructions for a bunch there that work well. What was the issue you faced?

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Reddit has never turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but it just filed to go public anyway

Can we collectively short it?

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Signal and Threema want nothing to do with WhatsApp

Use matrix, setup bridge (defederate from matrix network if you want), meet your friends where theyre at.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Snapchat isn’t liable for connecting 12-year-old to convicted sex offenders

They are too busy looking at titties or cocks

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price

I mean its a midoff. And at that point fuck it crack a beer or tea or something

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: ‘AI violation’

Oh yeah if its just basic homework then coursehero and those kinda sources are the problem and to me the bigger problem is a lot of homework is lazy, its just prove you’ve read the texbook shit. Homework needs to get more analytical.

i believe the oppisite should happen, like take home tests, the professor knows the student is going to open the textbook and copy so make the question such that we are evaluating you to think. if you’ve ever had an open book advanced math course then you’ll have an idea as to what homework should to become with more time window.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: ‘AI violation’

My point is this tool exist and you cant for certain say that someone is using this tool. If you want to give someone a real education find a way to make sure they learn despite that. If you end up using AI for a nuanced essay its not going to answer that properly and a teacher would grade that as sub par work. Good work with the AI would be to act as an editor and determining if whats said is accurate and if it should be in your paper. Bad work with the AI would be to not be an editor. There is still a job the students has to do and learn.

I say this as someone who grades work handed in by students.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: ‘AI violation’

My point is the tool is out there and you cant definitively prove that someone used AI. So we better figure out how to use it and test with the assumption that someone’s using it. chatgpt is a fucking inaccurate mess. If you as a professor cant catch up with that youre using not doing your job. and using these AI detection tools is stupid and doesnt fix the problem. So what do we do now?

slacktoid , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to technology in College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: ‘AI violation’

Thats still a bullshit vague intro. Like you still need to feed it what you are introducing and ideally how you want to get there. Again. This depends if this is an English writing class or anything else. Cause the point of the essay is to convey the point, knowing you need an intro is the key point, writing something to get into your meat is 40% of the boring bullshit you need to write in a report, the other 40% is the conclusion and formatting. Using AI to streamline that is not cheating unless its an English writing class. these are tools you use to convey your point better. You need a point to begin with.

This is like saying calculators are gonna make math homework easier. Make better homework!

and its not like these AI detection tools arent snakeoil either.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to linux in Librem 5: A Practical Review

Phones usually had 4.4 for a very long time as that was a super lts. But also distribute it (looking at you john deere)

slacktoid , 4 months ago to fediverse in Negative experiences like this kneecap people migrating to Lemmy.

And that annoying attitude is why they will forever be fucked over by any tech company or snake oil salesman.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: ‘AI violation’

But you still need to put the content in there. All it does is do the boring formatting stuff. The real crime is not teaching students latex.

slacktoid , 4 months ago to technology in FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers

Defender + common sense usually works as long as youre not using it like a public library.