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Working to empower the Savannah Community with Responsible AI
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I love academia because it’s full of people who are so, so smart about one specific thing and so, so dumb at all other aspects of life
October 10, 2023 at 9:39 PM
I handled a situation badly as a leader. I didn’t listen. I need to get up tomorrow and be better.
October 10, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Virtual environment development getting easier hy the day youtu.be/mbR-Wj3fG9E?...
Interactive Gaussian Splatting Scenes in Luma AI
Luma AI has now entered the game where you can get a 3D model generated with Gaussian Splatting method out from their "Interactive Scenes" feature! This work...
youtu.be
October 10, 2023 at 12:34 AM
These kinds of things unsettle my day www.creativebloq.com/news/ai-is-t...
AI is replacing artists, and here's the proof
How worried should you really be?
www.creativebloq.com
October 7, 2023 at 7:51 PM
IP Crisis, mental health crisis, inequality crisis or centralization of data crisis?
October 5, 2023 at 9:56 PM
I enjoyed Rick Rubin’s The Creative act. Reveals a much needed refocus on creativity and confidence in teaching. #education #creativity sites.prh.com/thecreativeact
The Creative Act - Penguin Random House
Landing page for The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
sites.prh.com
October 5, 2023 at 9:53 PM
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This year’s Nobel Prize has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, who are the inventors of the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, a discovery that has saved millions of lives. Congrats!
October 2, 2023 at 9:49 AM
Do we even know what generative will do to the minds of our youth? techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/g...
Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers | TechCrunch
Google is opening up its generative AI search experience to teenagers, the company announced on Thursday.
techcrunch.com
October 1, 2023 at 11:56 PM
Using the Unreal Engine’s UI without code, local organizations could run digital twin simulations to enhance their operations. “Smart facility”

I wonder if the data management can be equally as accessible in a UI - this must be available somewhere? #civics #urbansky
September 29, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Our plastic way of life…
Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood.
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
Japanese scientists have found between 6.7 and 13.9 pieces of microplastic in each litre of cloud water tested.
www.aljazeera.com
September 28, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Humans with compute and data sets are predictably too power hungry. Can we outsmart our future selves?
September 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM
I still can’t quite figure this guy out yet. nymag.com/intelligence...
Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age
He insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?
nymag.com
September 28, 2023 at 11:49 AM
Long drive to Atlanta tomorrow and looking forward audio book time.

Avoiding disaster future AI books in lieu of Rick Ruben’s Creative Act.

We’ll see how it goes…
September 28, 2023 at 3:07 AM
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Hot damn, the WGA won. The summary of what's been agreed to is in the link but just, wow. www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign...
September 27, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Pains me to say it … X sucks
September 21, 2023 at 11:34 PM
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welcome to Bluesky, where we eat misogynists, homophobes, TERFs, bigots, sexual predators, pedophiles, white nationalists, rape apologists, Nazis, Trump supporters, incels, and Elon Musk fanboys and fangirls alive without mercy
September 21, 2023 at 12:49 AM
On the precipice on a generative revolution, and universities think upgrading blackboard is the future.
September 21, 2023 at 3:44 PM
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As people are now accustomed to not knowing whether a person on the street is having a phone conversation or just talking to themselves I find myself doing a lot more public ranting.
September 21, 2023 at 3:02 AM
The hits just keep on coming I suppose… openai.com/dall-e-3
DALL·E 3
DALL·E 3 understands significantly more nuance and detail than our previous systems, allowing you to easily translate your ideas into exceptionally accurate images.
openai.com
September 21, 2023 at 3:04 AM
… it’s all in the linear algebra
September 21, 2023 at 3:01 AM
Ok Bluesky. I’ll keep playing.
September 20, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Are there civic technology or smart city streams on Bluesky? Seeing lots of academics (❤️) but still looking for the entrepreneurs.
September 20, 2023 at 11:11 AM
My hope is that Bluesky is representative of a new breed of software - where user data is actually valued in the design process.
September 19, 2023 at 9:51 PM
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i have tried bsky, threads, mastodon, and staying on x. they all have hateable aspects but i think so far this is the one i hate least. so i'm rooting for it.
September 19, 2023 at 9:07 PM