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Web/UX/Product Developer/Designer/Manager. Sometimes I'm a tortoise. Sometimes I'm a giraffe.

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Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article. It's unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review. arstechnica.com/science/2024...
Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article
It's unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review.
arstechnica.com
February 16, 2024 at 2:12 PM
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You were told for years that it was on YOU to save the planet. YOU had to recycle. The power is YOURS!

... well turns out they were lying. You can't recycle plastic at scale. You never could.

WE are not the ones destroying the world.
‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals
Companies knew for decades recycling was not viable but promoted it regardless, Center for Climate Integrity study finds
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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If you throw more and faster computing resources at a generative AI algorithm it will… *drumroll* …generate the same incoherent mid crap more and faster.

It will not suddenly become intelligent or creative or stop making grave errors.
February 17, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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2.41K Posts, 410 Following, 142 Followers · #Web / #UX / #Product #Developer / #Designer / Architect / Manager. Sometimes I'm a tortoise. Sometimes I'm a giraffe.
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September 21, 2023 at 3:37 PM
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just finished setting up Beeper, been on the waitlist for a while, and now I get to try it! So far so good!

https://www.beeper.com/
Beeper — All your chats in one app. Yes, really.
A single app to chat on iMessage, WhatsApp, and 13 other chat networks. You can search, snooze, or archive messages. And with a unified inbox, you’ll never miss a message again.
www.beeper.com
June 15, 2023 at 3:17 PM