Very good post, I keep pointing out that there's only one step from using these on inanimate objects and then using them on people.
I should have known that a legal consultancy firm that booked me for a talk wasn’t reliable when I saw the AI slop they were using to advertise their events.
On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. 'Tis a silly place.
a group of people in white robes are standing next to each other in a room .
ALT: a group of people in white robes are standing next to each other in a room .
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I try from time to time, but it feels like the place is hungry for drama and conflict at the moment.
My "Teaching prep" playlist is getting its first outing of the year. open.spotify.com/playlist/3SB...
Teaching prep
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I think that there's an element of cabin fever happening, the place isn't getting many new users, so people who are not using other social media start arguing over the silliest minutiae, often becoming more irascible than warranted.
After having fallen through several Bluesky rabbit holes over the weekend, I have come to the conclusion that this is not a very nice place at the moment.
Clanker, tinskin, and waterback may bring up some of the relevant discussions.
Sure, you can't dehumanise something that is not human, but that was never the complaint and the objection about the ickyness of the practice, it is the humans that are inevitably going to get targetted.
I'm bored by most of the machine slur discourse, but it's baffling that people haven't made the connection between having fun with made-up slurs for machines, and the reality of using those slurs to associate with real people who use machines. I've already seen unironic uses of "clanker-lover".
There's also the element that there's just one step from made-up slurs against machines, and those slurs being used on real people who operate machines. I've already seen several uses of "clanker lover".
I'm spending my Sunday falling down Bluesky rabbit holes instead of writing.
I guess it beats cleaning the flat.
I guess it beats cleaning the flat.
I don't spend a lot of time here, so I am often left feeling entirely baffled by Bluesky-specific discourse that floats past in one of my feeds. I have no idea what most of you are talking about half of the time.
I just read something I wrote over 3 years ago and before AI, and I swear that it reads like AI.
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem, it's me.
Hi, it's me, I'm the problem, it's me.
Sora 2 and the end of copyright as we know it
Something remarkable is happening online, and I don’t quite know how to explain it, but I’ll try. OpenAI has released Sora 2, the latest version of its video-generating tool, and it has landed with a bang. Before launch, Sam Altman made headlines by…
Something remarkable is happening online, and I don’t quite know how to explain it, but I’ll try. OpenAI has released Sora 2, the latest version of its video-generating tool, and it has landed with a bang. Before launch, Sam Altman made headlines by…
Sora 2 and the end of copyright as we know it
Something remarkable is happening online, and I don’t quite know how to explain it, but I’ll try. OpenAI has released Sora 2, the latest version of its video-generating tool, and it has landed with a bang. Before launch, Sam Altman made headlines by suggesting that copyright holders would need to opt out of having their works used for outputs, a statement that understandably set off alarm bells in some circles.
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I tried the Gemini professional headshot prompt. Nailed it.
First lecture since November of last year so my anxiety dreams have been in overdrive. Some of the classics are making an appearance, including the one where I have to go back to secondary school because I missed one class, followed by the one in which I have an exam but I didn't attend class.
The Right hacked our collective attention since 2015, this is a well-documented strategy, and we keep falling for it ever since.
"Gay immigrants are stealing children and giving them autism".
And that's the one thing everyone talks about for days. That's why you feel exhausted.
"Gay immigrants are stealing children and giving them autism".
And that's the one thing everyone talks about for days. That's why you feel exhausted.
In some instances the requests come from people in developing countries, so I tend to be more understanding as there is certainly a lack of resources. But sometimes the requests come from students from more prestigious universities in Europe and the UK, and these ones tend to be a bit more entitled.
I understand why these requests happen, my public persona is affable and often humorous, and some people tend to paint a picture in their heads of what I'm like from my articles, social media, and blog posts; when in reality I'm very shy and introverted.
But I'm increasingly annoyed.
But I'm increasingly annoyed.
I get quite a few requests from PG students from other universities for help with their research, either by asking for interviews, requests for reading recommendations, and even the occasional request to read drafts or even to co-author an article.
I try to politely deny most requests.
I try to politely deny most requests.
I guess any plans to go to the US are out of the window now, huh?
I may have found the best example of parody for this year's fair dealing class. Deckmyn, eat your heart out.
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You sometimes read a document written by an unhinged person and you just can feel the madness wafting through the screen like thick tendrils inviting you in.
That's enough Courtlistener for today.
That's enough Courtlistener for today.
I'm going to be 80 years old and I'll still start headbanging the second Metallica's 'One' kicks in.
It’s that time of year again: anxiety dreams about teaching. Last night I couldn’t find the AV cables, then I had no microphone, and the amphitheatre was massive, it looked like a bullring for some reason. At least the students stayed in their seats, which was reassuring.
Translation falls mostly under adaptation, but can also be a communication to the public.