liz(ard) gilleran
@lizzeran.bsky.social
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(ux, product, data) * design
(ux, product, data) * design
*Sigh* I'm sad to see my happy routine thing go out this way. Recovering from an operation, and learning to walk again, but learning just that bit of language? Everyday? gave me immense meaning.
I ponder: apps were meant to be disruptors, how monopolised the area that there's no clear competitor?
I ponder: apps were meant to be disruptors, how monopolised the area that there's no clear competitor?
I was going to post this article this weekend but Duolingo's recent doubling down on replacing humans with generative AI pushed me to get it out sooner.
Here's a list of amazing apps for learning Japanese that DON'T use generative AI!
#cancelDuolingo
jtalkonline.com/japanese-stu...
Here's a list of amazing apps for learning Japanese that DON'T use generative AI!
#cancelDuolingo
jtalkonline.com/japanese-stu...
Japanese Study Apps That DON'T Use AI - Japanese Talk
The plagiarism machine seems to be worming its way into everything. Here's a list of Japanese Study apps That DON'T Use AI!
jtalkonline.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
*Sigh* I'm sad to see my happy routine thing go out this way. Recovering from an operation, and learning to walk again, but learning just that bit of language? Everyday? gave me immense meaning.
I ponder: apps were meant to be disruptors, how monopolised the area that there's no clear competitor?
I ponder: apps were meant to be disruptors, how monopolised the area that there's no clear competitor?
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It's genuinely so funny to me that there's a Kidz bop version of Good Luck Babe. you cowards. I explained the original to my five year old while merging onto new Jersey 22
![Bridge]
When you wake up in your bed in the middle of the night
With your head in your hands, with nothing more in this life
And when you think about me all of those years ago
You're standing face to face with "I told you so"
You know I hate to say it, I told you so
You know I hate to say, but I told you so
[Chorus]
You can show a hundred boys you're smart
Travel 'round the world, try to stop the feeling
You can say it's just the way you are
Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
Good luck, babe (Well, good luck)
Well, good luck, babe (Well, good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling
Good luck, babe (Well, good luck)
Well, good luck, babe (Well, good luck)
You'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c23ebk76cyagxpocpr3zfvpe/bafkreidh6fa6e52eisa6s5ae6m4xgt4bmdoz55er5sycznk5il6qhkxrwu@jpeg)
May 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It's genuinely so funny to me that there's a Kidz bop version of Good Luck Babe. you cowards. I explained the original to my five year old while merging onto new Jersey 22
This thread is a thing of beauty, not cringe 💃
I took this video of the Taylor Swift Reputation Tour. See next post.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This thread is a thing of beauty, not cringe 💃
Honestly kind of beautiful:
April 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Honestly kind of beautiful:
The whole em-dash = AI really throws me. After using ChatGPT a lot for almost a year, I use the em-dash — a lot. It's dramatic and perfect for the internet. Look at it just taking up space in glorious abandon.
But now – I guess it's back to the en-dash. The diet coke of grammar symbols.
But now – I guess it's back to the en-dash. The diet coke of grammar symbols.
April 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The whole em-dash = AI really throws me. After using ChatGPT a lot for almost a year, I use the em-dash — a lot. It's dramatic and perfect for the internet. Look at it just taking up space in glorious abandon.
But now – I guess it's back to the en-dash. The diet coke of grammar symbols.
But now – I guess it's back to the en-dash. The diet coke of grammar symbols.
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This guy says in the replies that this was 7-10 years ago but it makes you wonder how many companies are still doing it like this with 100% human labor. We already know every AI company is doing this with some degree of human intervention, they just call it “training the model.”
June 5, 2024 at 5:03 PM
This guy says in the replies that this was 7-10 years ago but it makes you wonder how many companies are still doing it like this with 100% human labor. We already know every AI company is doing this with some degree of human intervention, they just call it “training the model.”
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this will not work lol
May 30, 2024 at 6:56 PM
this will not work lol
Astonishing low adoption considering how much of the tech industry dedicates itself to establishing more immediate ROI.
AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New AI tools much hyped but not much used, study says
Latest generation of products not becoming part of people’s
www.bbc.co.uk
May 28, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Astonishing low adoption considering how much of the tech industry dedicates itself to establishing more immediate ROI.
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AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New AI tools much hyped but not much used, study says
Latest generation of products not becoming part of people’s
www.bbc.co.uk
May 28, 2024 at 8:37 PM
AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MSFT CTO Kevin Scott’s on AI’s humanist potential, he delves into how AI at about 40 mins in— what to do with an excess of cognition once simple tasks have been automated, if we're all reliant on gpt4 there's no differentiation in approaches, and no agreed definition on AGI. youtu.be/SU5k4TpDYfM?...
Kevin Scott on AI and humanism
What if artificial intelligence becomes so ubiquitous that, in the future, we won’t be able to imagine what life was like without it? Kevin Scott is Executiv...
youtu.be
May 28, 2024 at 2:06 PM
MSFT CTO Kevin Scott’s on AI’s humanist potential, he delves into how AI at about 40 mins in— what to do with an excess of cognition once simple tasks have been automated, if we're all reliant on gpt4 there's no differentiation in approaches, and no agreed definition on AGI. youtu.be/SU5k4TpDYfM?...
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“I doubt [AI] would address loneliness, and I would question whether connections via AI can ever be meaningful, as our social connections are often framed by reciprocity and give older adults an opportunity to contribute as well as receive…”
Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?
One computer scientist says we should embrace human-machine relationships, but other experts are more cautious
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2024 at 3:33 PM
“I doubt [AI] would address loneliness, and I would question whether connections via AI can ever be meaningful, as our social connections are often framed by reciprocity and give older adults an opportunity to contribute as well as receive…”
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Yeah there's no way that generative AI gets us to approaching AGI. They are not building it and it is not what's coming out of ChatGPT or anything related to ChatGPT
LLMs aren't sentient; they lack the physiological states required for sensations like hunger and pain, and thus can't have subjective experiences of such states (TIME)
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May 26, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Yeah there's no way that generative AI gets us to approaching AGI. They are not building it and it is not what's coming out of ChatGPT or anything related to ChatGPT
Once upon a time in a internet galaxy far far away, I used to get great links from a fantastic community on design/tech/culture on a birdsite.
So today I'm contributing one. LOVED this from @annehelen.bsky.social on the habits of online shopping in digital hellscapes!
pca.st/episode/75f1...
So today I'm contributing one. LOVED this from @annehelen.bsky.social on the habits of online shopping in digital hellscapes!
pca.st/episode/75f1...
There Has To Be a Better Way To Shop Online - Culture Study Podcast
A podcast about the culture that surrounds you — with Anne Helen Petersen and a bunch of very smart co-hosts culturestudypod.substack.com
pca.st
May 26, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Once upon a time in a internet galaxy far far away, I used to get great links from a fantastic community on design/tech/culture on a birdsite.
So today I'm contributing one. LOVED this from @annehelen.bsky.social on the habits of online shopping in digital hellscapes!
pca.st/episode/75f1...
So today I'm contributing one. LOVED this from @annehelen.bsky.social on the habits of online shopping in digital hellscapes!
pca.st/episode/75f1...
Haven't given much attention to this, but it looks like old school bird site. This makes me happy enough :)
May 25, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Haven't given much attention to this, but it looks like old school bird site. This makes me happy enough :)
Hoping this is going to be better than the time I went all in on msn spaces 20 years ago.
November 3, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Hoping this is going to be better than the time I went all in on msn spaces 20 years ago.