Eric Danforth
@edanforth85.bsky.social
Hot takes and oat chai lattes ☕🌱
I specified a featureless background - no floor or shadows. The light source is inconsistent. There are only a few frames where it is a fully formed chair. Only one axis of rotation... This isn't a 'scale-up' problem. This is an 'our methods are fundamentally flawed' problem.
September 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I specified a featureless background - no floor or shadows. The light source is inconsistent. There are only a few frames where it is a fully formed chair. Only one axis of rotation... This isn't a 'scale-up' problem. This is an 'our methods are fundamentally flawed' problem.
Language != intelligence. We won't have strong AI until it can model the world physically without trivial errors. #chatgpt #openai #aivideo #sora sora.chatgpt.com/g/gen_01k4bk...
September 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Language != intelligence. We won't have strong AI until it can model the world physically without trivial errors. #chatgpt #openai #aivideo #sora sora.chatgpt.com/g/gen_01k4bk...
Why not the Ministry of Peace?
September 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Why not the Ministry of Peace?
✅ watching
✅ waiting
❌ commiserating
✅ waiting
❌ commiserating
August 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
✅ watching
✅ waiting
❌ commiserating
✅ waiting
❌ commiserating
"Everything—even lunacy—is mass produced here. But everything goes out of fashion very quickly." -Albert Einstein #notmypresident
January 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"Everything—even lunacy—is mass produced here. But everything goes out of fashion very quickly." -Albert Einstein #notmypresident
2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. I heartily recommend kicking it off with Quanta and Fields by @seanmcarroll.bsky.social and Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. Two of the most fascinating books I've ever read! #quantum
January 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. I heartily recommend kicking it off with Quanta and Fields by @seanmcarroll.bsky.social and Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. Two of the most fascinating books I've ever read! #quantum
Or this one... www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/0...
You Know What They Say... - Penny Arcade
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
www.penny-arcade.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Or this one... www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/0...
Nailed it! Just have to add the pre- #Wicked cutoff, and the underwhelming support for non-English speaking audiences. I liked the #NotebookLM feature, but it didn't have enough data points to be interesting. #spotifywrapped techcrunch.com/2024/12/04/s...
Spotify users are disappointed by an underwhelming Wrapped this year | TechCrunch
After weeks of anticipation, some Spotify users are left underwhelmed by the streamer's personalized year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped — with many
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Nailed it! Just have to add the pre- #Wicked cutoff, and the underwhelming support for non-English speaking audiences. I liked the #NotebookLM feature, but it didn't have enough data points to be interesting. #spotifywrapped techcrunch.com/2024/12/04/s...
Well, there you have it. It's all Chappell Roan 🪄🐇✨ and Italian 🇮🇹 music 💁♂️ (and #Wicked - quit lying, Spotify! 💖💚) #spotifywrapped #chappellroan #italian
December 4, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Well, there you have it. It's all Chappell Roan 🪄🐇✨ and Italian 🇮🇹 music 💁♂️ (and #Wicked - quit lying, Spotify! 💖💚) #spotifywrapped #chappellroan #italian
Damn you beat me by 700 minutes 😭
December 4, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Damn you beat me by 700 minutes 😭
Oh yes... They'll "burn it down" by using it to death. 🙄 So exactly what do you permit AI to be used for? Saving lives is ok, but evoking emotion is off limits? www.axios.com/2024/11/25/g...
Gen Z are all using AI to get their work done, study finds
With the youngest workers on board, broader adoption feels more inevitable
www.axios.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Oh yes... They'll "burn it down" by using it to death. 🙄 So exactly what do you permit AI to be used for? Saving lives is ok, but evoking emotion is off limits? www.axios.com/2024/11/25/g...
It's not even to feed Brazilians 🤦♂️ www.statista.com/chart/31839/...
Infographic: Who's Driving Brazilian Beef Exports?
This chart shows the exports of beef and veal from Brazil in 2022, by destination (in million U.S. dollars).
www.statista.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 PM
It's not even to feed Brazilians 🤦♂️ www.statista.com/chart/31839/...
estudado o verbo 'to be' dez mil vezes 😝
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 PM
estudado o verbo 'to be' dez mil vezes 😝
I get where you're coming from. AI is coming for all of our jobs (and in some cases it's already here) and that's distressing. But instead of pretending it's going away, we should be fighting for the kind of world that's going to be built with it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
www.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:55 AM
I get where you're coming from. AI is coming for all of our jobs (and in some cases it's already here) and that's distressing. But instead of pretending it's going away, we should be fighting for the kind of world that's going to be built with it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I would encourage you to learn a bit more about [embeddings](youtu.be/gQddtTdmG_8) and [transformers](youtu.be/wjZofJX0v4M). Or even just put two unrelated concepts that are unlikely to have been paired in the training data. It is quite capable of making imaginative leaps.
Transformers (how LLMs work) explained visually | DL5
YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I would encourage you to learn a bit more about [embeddings](youtu.be/gQddtTdmG_8) and [transformers](youtu.be/wjZofJX0v4M). Or even just put two unrelated concepts that are unlikely to have been paired in the training data. It is quite capable of making imaginative leaps.
This is verbatim from the ChatGPT model behavior guidelines: "Our goal isn’t to train
models that take the correct viewpoint". I'm well aware that this pandering to both sides can be circumvented with prompting. But should it need to be? openai.com/index/how-sh...
models that take the correct viewpoint". I'm well aware that this pandering to both sides can be circumvented with prompting. But should it need to be? openai.com/index/how-sh...
December 3, 2024 at 4:48 AM
This is verbatim from the ChatGPT model behavior guidelines: "Our goal isn’t to train
models that take the correct viewpoint". I'm well aware that this pandering to both sides can be circumvented with prompting. But should it need to be? openai.com/index/how-sh...
models that take the correct viewpoint". I'm well aware that this pandering to both sides can be circumvented with prompting. But should it need to be? openai.com/index/how-sh...
How do you change 'atrocious' to 'uncanny' but then lean hard into 'froggy, ferny cabbage' in the same breath? I love how faithful #Wicked was, but I was definitely ready to bargain this line if necessary. 😅🐸🥬
December 3, 2024 at 2:20 AM
How do you change 'atrocious' to 'uncanny' but then lean hard into 'froggy, ferny cabbage' in the same breath? I love how faithful #Wicked was, but I was definitely ready to bargain this line if necessary. 😅🐸🥬
Here's a nifty search for that other site 'bsky filter:follows'. Also shout-out to the SkyBridge plugin. You're welcome! 🦋
December 3, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Here's a nifty search for that other site 'bsky filter:follows'. Also shout-out to the SkyBridge plugin. You're welcome! 🦋
We need to focus on structural issues - holding regulators and industries accountable, promoting alt-proteins until they’re economically viable, and finding ways to reconcile environmental and animal welfare ideals with religious and cultural values. 💁♂️🌎💚 #vegan #climatecrisis #plantscience #animals
December 3, 2024 at 12:26 AM
We need to focus on structural issues - holding regulators and industries accountable, promoting alt-proteins until they’re economically viable, and finding ways to reconcile environmental and animal welfare ideals with religious and cultural values. 💁♂️🌎💚 #vegan #climatecrisis #plantscience #animals
Instead of allowing AI to uncover objective truths to improve society, we’re teaching it to produce "balanced" opinions to ensure widespread adoption. This compromise weakens its transformative potential. #tech #generative #ai #chatgpt
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Instead of allowing AI to uncover objective truths to improve society, we’re teaching it to produce "balanced" opinions to ensure widespread adoption. This compromise weakens its transformative potential. #tech #generative #ai #chatgpt
---no thank you 🙅♂️
* spiders 🕷️
* earthquakes & wildfires 🔥
* opiates for the masses🍺📺🏈🎰⛪
* pseudoscience ♍
* internet trolls 🤡
* climate change ⛽
* president elect 🟠
#promosky
* spiders 🕷️
* earthquakes & wildfires 🔥
* opiates for the masses🍺📺🏈🎰⛪
* pseudoscience ♍
* internet trolls 🤡
* climate change ⛽
* president elect 🟠
#promosky
November 27, 2024 at 7:35 AM
---no thank you 🙅♂️
* spiders 🕷️
* earthquakes & wildfires 🔥
* opiates for the masses🍺📺🏈🎰⛪
* pseudoscience ♍
* internet trolls 🤡
* climate change ⛽
* president elect 🟠
#promosky
* spiders 🕷️
* earthquakes & wildfires 🔥
* opiates for the masses🍺📺🏈🎰⛪
* pseudoscience ♍
* internet trolls 🤡
* climate change ⛽
* president elect 🟠
#promosky
---yes please ✅
* road trips 🗺️
* rollercoasters 🎢
* museums 🎨
* peace & love ☮️
* sound meditation ⛲
* mind expansion 🍄✨
* baby hippos 🦛
* diversity, equity, & inclusion 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#promosky
* road trips 🗺️
* rollercoasters 🎢
* museums 🎨
* peace & love ☮️
* sound meditation ⛲
* mind expansion 🍄✨
* baby hippos 🦛
* diversity, equity, & inclusion 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#promosky
November 27, 2024 at 7:34 AM
---yes please ✅
* road trips 🗺️
* rollercoasters 🎢
* museums 🎨
* peace & love ☮️
* sound meditation ⛲
* mind expansion 🍄✨
* baby hippos 🦛
* diversity, equity, & inclusion 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#promosky
* road trips 🗺️
* rollercoasters 🎢
* museums 🎨
* peace & love ☮️
* sound meditation ⛲
* mind expansion 🍄✨
* baby hippos 🦛
* diversity, equity, & inclusion 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#promosky
---media 💿
* retro gaming/virtual reality/PC games 🎮
* musicals 🎭
* documentaries/foreign films/indie/art house 🎞️
* opera/ballet/symphony 🎻
* EDM, jam bands, funk brasileiro, Italian trap 🎵
* comics & graphic novels 💥
* poetry & epics, classics ✏️
* non-fiction 📚
#promosky
* retro gaming/virtual reality/PC games 🎮
* musicals 🎭
* documentaries/foreign films/indie/art house 🎞️
* opera/ballet/symphony 🎻
* EDM, jam bands, funk brasileiro, Italian trap 🎵
* comics & graphic novels 💥
* poetry & epics, classics ✏️
* non-fiction 📚
#promosky
November 27, 2024 at 7:30 AM
---media 💿
* retro gaming/virtual reality/PC games 🎮
* musicals 🎭
* documentaries/foreign films/indie/art house 🎞️
* opera/ballet/symphony 🎻
* EDM, jam bands, funk brasileiro, Italian trap 🎵
* comics & graphic novels 💥
* poetry & epics, classics ✏️
* non-fiction 📚
#promosky
* retro gaming/virtual reality/PC games 🎮
* musicals 🎭
* documentaries/foreign films/indie/art house 🎞️
* opera/ballet/symphony 🎻
* EDM, jam bands, funk brasileiro, Italian trap 🎵
* comics & graphic novels 💥
* poetry & epics, classics ✏️
* non-fiction 📚
#promosky
---hobbies/lifestyle 👟
* motorcycles 🏍️
* scuba diving 🤿
* learning languages 🇧🇷🇮🇹
* photography & travel 📸🏖️
* chess ♟️
* vegan/plant based 🌱
* tea 🍵
* yoga & meditation 🧘♂️
#promosky
* motorcycles 🏍️
* scuba diving 🤿
* learning languages 🇧🇷🇮🇹
* photography & travel 📸🏖️
* chess ♟️
* vegan/plant based 🌱
* tea 🍵
* yoga & meditation 🧘♂️
#promosky
November 27, 2024 at 7:29 AM
---hobbies/lifestyle 👟
* motorcycles 🏍️
* scuba diving 🤿
* learning languages 🇧🇷🇮🇹
* photography & travel 📸🏖️
* chess ♟️
* vegan/plant based 🌱
* tea 🍵
* yoga & meditation 🧘♂️
#promosky
* motorcycles 🏍️
* scuba diving 🤿
* learning languages 🇧🇷🇮🇹
* photography & travel 📸🏖️
* chess ♟️
* vegan/plant based 🌱
* tea 🍵
* yoga & meditation 🧘♂️
#promosky