Martin Hughes
@cupofhighered.bsky.social
Writer | Podcaster | Researcher - Curiosity in past, present & future: Navigating learning, lifestyle, uncertainty and change. All with a curious outlook. I also like tea!
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is this the right place? (2024)
October 14, 2024 at 4:13 PM
is this the right place? (2024)
Connections and commonalities for the win!
Deb Liu has 10 superb strategies for building relationships and influence through empathy, not arguments.
debliu.substack.com/p/influence-...
Deb Liu has 10 superb strategies for building relationships and influence through empathy, not arguments.
debliu.substack.com/p/influence-...
Influence through Connection
Taking time to build bridges instead of just being right
debliu.substack.com
February 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Connections and commonalities for the win!
Deb Liu has 10 superb strategies for building relationships and influence through empathy, not arguments.
debliu.substack.com/p/influence-...
Deb Liu has 10 superb strategies for building relationships and influence through empathy, not arguments.
debliu.substack.com/p/influence-...
There are people online who say they're uninspired, but turn up and do things we appreciate. We don't always have much to tell them in reply.
At least we can thank them and say they helped make a difference to bring inspiration to someone, even if not themselves. Maybe that's their inspiration!
At least we can thank them and say they helped make a difference to bring inspiration to someone, even if not themselves. Maybe that's their inspiration!
February 15, 2024 at 9:45 AM
There are people online who say they're uninspired, but turn up and do things we appreciate. We don't always have much to tell them in reply.
At least we can thank them and say they helped make a difference to bring inspiration to someone, even if not themselves. Maybe that's their inspiration!
At least we can thank them and say they helped make a difference to bring inspiration to someone, even if not themselves. Maybe that's their inspiration!
Do you own your data? Not if you lack a "freedom to exit": subconscious.substack.com/p/freedom-to...
Freedom to exit
Three ways to guarantee user-owned data
subconscious.substack.com
February 7, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Do you own your data? Not if you lack a "freedom to exit": subconscious.substack.com/p/freedom-to...
Space, time, and an 89-year holdup in the mail...
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/the-stars-...
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/the-stars-...
The Stars, Our Destination?
Why Space might be way too big for all that.
everythingisamazing.substack.com
February 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Space, time, and an 89-year holdup in the mail...
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/the-stars-...
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/the-stars-...
From thorough care to super speed. Finding a balance between DeepMind and deep thought. Excellent piece by @helenbeetham.bsky.social - helenbeetham.substack.com/p/never-mind...
February 5, 2024 at 11:37 AM
From thorough care to super speed. Finding a balance between DeepMind and deep thought. Excellent piece by @helenbeetham.bsky.social - helenbeetham.substack.com/p/never-mind...
With everything a person chooses to do online, there's someone totally against that choice and someone else all for that choice. 👎👍
I'm interested in how that affects the choices that a person makes.
What are your thoughts?
I'm interested in how that affects the choices that a person makes.
What are your thoughts?
January 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM
With everything a person chooses to do online, there's someone totally against that choice and someone else all for that choice. 👎👍
I'm interested in how that affects the choices that a person makes.
What are your thoughts?
I'm interested in how that affects the choices that a person makes.
What are your thoughts?
Well worth a read, sums much of the situation up very well.
The AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using our content without paying for it www.latimes.com/business/tec...
Column: The AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using our content without paying for it
ChatGPT and other generative AI applications rely on copyrighted material to do what they do. But rather than compensate creators, the companies are turning to one of Silicon Valley's most reliable pl...
www.latimes.com
January 21, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Well worth a read, sums much of the situation up very well.
Curious
[Made in Art Set]
[Made in Art Set]
January 16, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Curious
[Made in Art Set]
[Made in Art Set]
Reposted by Martin Hughes
It has to be the inability to pay someone that's the problem. Because I don't have enough fingers to count the number of artists I know looking for that sort of work, myself included.
January 15, 2024 at 8:22 PM
It has to be the inability to pay someone that's the problem. Because I don't have enough fingers to count the number of artists I know looking for that sort of work, myself included.
Reposted by Martin Hughes
"Not sure I could pay an artist to do art for a pitch, so I use Midjourney."
I can guarantee that you'd be able to find an artist to pay to do art for a pitch. I've seen many friends looking for concept art, or any work who keep losing jobs because someone decided to go A.I. image generators instead
I can guarantee that you'd be able to find an artist to pay to do art for a pitch. I've seen many friends looking for concept art, or any work who keep losing jobs because someone decided to go A.I. image generators instead
January 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
"Not sure I could pay an artist to do art for a pitch, so I use Midjourney."
I can guarantee that you'd be able to find an artist to pay to do art for a pitch. I've seen many friends looking for concept art, or any work who keep losing jobs because someone decided to go A.I. image generators instead
I can guarantee that you'd be able to find an artist to pay to do art for a pitch. I've seen many friends looking for concept art, or any work who keep losing jobs because someone decided to go A.I. image generators instead
"No one reads 2,000 words of algorithm-pleasing LLM garbage over an omelette recipe and then subscribes to that site's feed."
Always a good read, but Doctorow's explanation of what's behind the deluge of A.I. generated span as the latest in a long history of schemes that supply the desperate with get rich nostrum is extra good.
pluralistic.net/2024/01/15/p...
pluralistic.net/2024/01/15/p...
Pluralistic: Sympathy for the spammer (15 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
"No one reads 2,000 words of algorithm-pleasing LLM garbage over an omelette recipe and then subscribes to that site's feed."
5/5 I genuinely wish I could have connected with that user who blocked me. I hear them, their point was reasonable, and I'd like to hear more from them. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
January 15, 2024 at 8:11 PM
5/5 I genuinely wish I could have connected with that user who blocked me. I hear them, their point was reasonable, and I'd like to hear more from them. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
4/5 This ongoing situation matters to all of us, whether for, against, or otherwise. The very fact that many people still don't care either way about AI developments is noteworthy in and of itself. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
January 15, 2024 at 8:11 PM
4/5 This ongoing situation matters to all of us, whether for, against, or otherwise. The very fact that many people still don't care either way about AI developments is noteworthy in and of itself. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
3/5 One working artist blocked me earlier, even though I totally agreed with their point. I'd been hoping to engage with them further, to hear more on their thoughts and their work. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
January 15, 2024 at 8:10 PM
3/5 One working artist blocked me earlier, even though I totally agreed with their point. I'd been hoping to engage with them further, to hear more on their thoughts and their work. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
2/5 This includes working artists, who are already affected & have reason to be concerned. I understand that my active engagement with AI imagery at all is enough to frustrate some. But I genuinely feel they have a point worth hearing more about. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
January 15, 2024 at 8:10 PM
2/5 This includes working artists, who are already affected & have reason to be concerned. I understand that my active engagement with AI imagery at all is enough to frustrate some. But I genuinely feel they have a point worth hearing more about. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
1/5 I'm trying to hear many voices about the current art & AI situation as a microcosm of what's going to play out in a broader sense in many fields, affecting everyone. Some connecting is hard, because I'm exploring all angles extensively. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
January 15, 2024 at 8:10 PM
1/5 I'm trying to hear many voices about the current art & AI situation as a microcosm of what's going to play out in a broader sense in many fields, affecting everyone. Some connecting is hard, because I'm exploring all angles extensively. #TechDialogue #CreativeCuration #CreativeExploration
This is an entirely reasonable point. Much appreciated!
Made me think...Now I've got some questions to consider:
- What is the person's interest/need?
- What is the context?
- How long-term/long-lived will the value be?
- Will the book bring new cultural enrichment of some sort?
Any others?
Made me think...Now I've got some questions to consider:
- What is the person's interest/need?
- What is the context?
- How long-term/long-lived will the value be?
- Will the book bring new cultural enrichment of some sort?
Any others?
Recommending a book needs to be taken seriously, from a moral point of view. Few people will read more than about 1000, books in their adult lives. Are you sure it’s worth one of those slots?
January 14, 2024 at 8:27 PM
This is an entirely reasonable point. Much appreciated!
Made me think...Now I've got some questions to consider:
- What is the person's interest/need?
- What is the context?
- How long-term/long-lived will the value be?
- Will the book bring new cultural enrichment of some sort?
Any others?
Made me think...Now I've got some questions to consider:
- What is the person's interest/need?
- What is the context?
- How long-term/long-lived will the value be?
- Will the book bring new cultural enrichment of some sort?
Any others?
Reposted by Martin Hughes
Finally some good mainstream coverage of the impact on users of the British Library disaster. Going back to paper records can’t be the answer, though. www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/br...
'Utterly bereft' — the devastating repercussions of the British Library cyber attack
One of the UK's most vital cultural institutions has been paralysed by a ransomware hack, but what does it mean for the Londoners who rely on it — and are more government organisations at risk? Robb...
www.standard.co.uk
January 14, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Finally some good mainstream coverage of the impact on users of the British Library disaster. Going back to paper records can’t be the answer, though. www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/br...
My 11yo was using Midjourney for character design concepts and storyboard designs on an art/game project he explores from time to time. He got close to what he wanted.
Then I got involved and messed things up...But I did get these fun characters in the process, so that's a win!
Then I got involved and messed things up...But I did get these fun characters in the process, so that's a win!
January 14, 2024 at 3:56 PM
My 11yo was using Midjourney for character design concepts and storyboard designs on an art/game project he explores from time to time. He got close to what he wanted.
Then I got involved and messed things up...But I did get these fun characters in the process, so that's a win!
Then I got involved and messed things up...But I did get these fun characters in the process, so that's a win!
"Video games are more capable of expanding the human experience than any other medium. They can deliver perspectives and sensations achievable only within a game’s virtual environment."
every.to/p/a-short-hi...
every.to/p/a-short-hi...
A Short History of Video Games
How the gaming industry paved the way for tech
every.to
January 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
"Video games are more capable of expanding the human experience than any other medium. They can deliver perspectives and sensations achievable only within a game’s virtual environment."
every.to/p/a-short-hi...
every.to/p/a-short-hi...
"82% of Tolkien’s characters are male. Hobbits come closest to parity, with 30% women, followed by Men (which is what Tolkien called the human race in his books), where the imbalance is 87% versus 13%."
Tolkien demographics:
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
Tolkien demographics:
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
Mapping Middle-earth: The lopsided demographics of Tolkien's universe
Fantasy, meet statistics: The census comes to Middle-earth!
bigthink.com
January 14, 2024 at 1:15 PM
"82% of Tolkien’s characters are male. Hobbits come closest to parity, with 30% women, followed by Men (which is what Tolkien called the human race in his books), where the imbalance is 87% versus 13%."
Tolkien demographics:
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
Tolkien demographics:
bigthink.com/strange-maps...
Purple Monsters made in Midjourney, turned into comic panels. They're just trying to do their job...
January 14, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Purple Monsters made in Midjourney, turned into comic panels. They're just trying to do their job...