Link. 700 million vaporized — along with many academic careers wasted.
Daily Archives: April 19, 2023
“Before ChatGPT, Michelle used Google for many hours each week. But after, her use of Google has plummeted more than 50 percent.”
Link. Google spent much of the past 10 years as a parasite on the web as their search tools got worse and worse. Now comes the price.
“The world is at an AI “inflection point,” one expert said, and it’s time to step on the gas to “terrify our adversaries.”
Link. This was an easy prediction.
“if a thief watches you enter your passcode, then steals your phone, they can flick the Recovery Key option on (Settings > Your name > Password & Security > Account Recovery > Recovery Key), and you are then stuffed.”
Link. If a guy pulls a wrench on me, much less a gun, he gets my passcode. And I’m screwed.
Some good workarounds mentioned.
“Three prominent First Amendment lawyers uniformly agreed that Fox’s settlement was record-setting, massive, and would be too painful for the network to ignore.”
Link. I get why Fox and the MAGA want to spin this.
US Fall 23 Covid Boosters for 65+ (if healthy)
Link. Other nations use 75 or 80. Apparently under 65 are doing quite well.
See the websites that make AI bots like ChatGPT training sites: “… b-ok.org No. 190, a notorious market for pirated e-books that has since been seized by the U.S. Justice Department. At least 27 other sites identified by the U.S. government as markets
Link. Straight out theft is one way to get quality material. OTOH publishers are kind of satanic.