Joshua Silva
@silvascientist.bsky.social
Software developer and math educator
| M.S. Mathematics from
Cal Poly Pomona
| ADHD | Math, science, programming & origami | JW
| M.S. Mathematics from
Cal Poly Pomona
| ADHD | Math, science, programming & origami | JW
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Trying to regulate AI is going to end up like trying to regulate encryption. The genie is alreasy out of the bottle and so preventing regular people from using it won’t stop bad actors from using.
The knowledge is already out there. The research papers have been online for years.
The knowledge is already out there. The research papers have been online for years.
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May 29, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Trying to regulate AI is going to end up like trying to regulate encryption. The genie is alreasy out of the bottle and so preventing regular people from using it won’t stop bad actors from using.
The knowledge is already out there. The research papers have been online for years.
The knowledge is already out there. The research papers have been online for years.
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there's a particular style of grievanceposting where absolutely no interaction that isn't utterly submissive agreement is acceptable; even when i agree in principle with the grievance, it's immensely offputting because i know participation is neither expected nor welcome.
May 27, 2023 at 10:38 PM
there's a particular style of grievanceposting where absolutely no interaction that isn't utterly submissive agreement is acceptable; even when i agree in principle with the grievance, it's immensely offputting because i know participation is neither expected nor welcome.
Some nice paragraphs on motivating exterior algebra from the master's thesis I never finished:
May 7, 2023 at 3:51 AM
Some nice paragraphs on motivating exterior algebra from the master's thesis I never finished:
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One thing I’ve long argued is that privacy advocates talk about the harm of targeted ads but can’t actually prove any harm outside of saying it gives them the ick.
Now a court of law has said the same to the FTC. 😬
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/ftc-kochava-location-data.html
Now a court of law has said the same to the FTC. 😬
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/ftc-kochava-location-data.html
Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against a Location Data Broker
The ruling was a blow to the commission’s intensifying efforts to crack down on the sale and use of sensitive personal information.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2023 at 4:25 AM
One thing I’ve long argued is that privacy advocates talk about the harm of targeted ads but can’t actually prove any harm outside of saying it gives them the ick.
Now a court of law has said the same to the FTC. 😬
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/ftc-kochava-location-data.html
Now a court of law has said the same to the FTC. 😬
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/ftc-kochava-location-data.html
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many people don't want this though. they want another alternative to elon, because having an authority figure means they can short-circuit grappling with the complexity of reality into "why didn't the ceo fix this already"
i don’t want to just be the nicer alternative to elon — i want this to be a paradigm shift where i was influential in kicking it off, but overall it is about the town square of public social becoming more self-organizing and open to innovation
May 5, 2023 at 6:37 PM
many people don't want this though. they want another alternative to elon, because having an authority figure means they can short-circuit grappling with the complexity of reality into "why didn't the ceo fix this already"
Staring at my reflection, shouting, increasingly agitated, "No, YOU'RE the mirror image!"
May 5, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Staring at my reflection, shouting, increasingly agitated, "No, YOU'RE the mirror image!"
@pfrazee.com idk i think you guys are probably alread aware of this one but i'm getting a lot of newlines deleted
please forgive the repeated posts and deletes in your mentions, I'm getting some weird behavior around newlines
May 5, 2023 at 6:01 AM
@pfrazee.com idk i think you guys are probably alread aware of this one but i'm getting a lot of newlines deleted
I nominate "bleets"
Guys, please don't let "skeets" stick
The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term
How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots?
The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term
How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots?
May 4, 2023 at 6:01 AM
I nominate "bleets"
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Lina Khan’s obsession with big tech continues to be an embarrassing blind spot.
Weird to write an editorial framing AI regulation as a big tech problem when what happened is a scrappy startup, OpenAI, disrupted the industry while Google self regulated itself into being a has been.
Weird to write an editorial framing AI regulation as a big tech problem when what happened is a scrappy startup, OpenAI, disrupted the industry while Google self regulated itself into being a has been.
Opinion | Lina Khan: We Must Regulate A.I. Here’s How.
Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, on the agency’s oversight of the A.I. revolution.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2023 at 1:08 AM
Lina Khan’s obsession with big tech continues to be an embarrassing blind spot.
Weird to write an editorial framing AI regulation as a big tech problem when what happened is a scrappy startup, OpenAI, disrupted the industry while Google self regulated itself into being a has been.
Weird to write an editorial framing AI regulation as a big tech problem when what happened is a scrappy startup, OpenAI, disrupted the industry while Google self regulated itself into being a has been.
seriously complex analysis would be so much easier if i could just... visualize 4 dimensions
May 3, 2023 at 10:49 PM
seriously complex analysis would be so much easier if i could just... visualize 4 dimensions
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Let's do a sheesh chain. That's a single reply chain where each reply has a sheesh with exactly one more e than the sheesh above it, all the way to the fabled 300-character sheesh. The timeline couldn't do it, can the skyline?
I'll start: sheesh
I'll start: sheesh
May 1, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Let's do a sheesh chain. That's a single reply chain where each reply has a sheesh with exactly one more e than the sheesh above it, all the way to the fabled 300-character sheesh. The timeline couldn't do it, can the skyline?
I'll start: sheesh
I'll start: sheesh
Definitely going to try to onboard more math people onto here #mathsky
May 3, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Definitely going to try to onboard more math people onto here #mathsky
So much of the difficulty of complex analysis would be ameliorated by an ability to visualize 4 spatial dimensions...
May 3, 2023 at 6:18 AM
So much of the difficulty of complex analysis would be ameliorated by an ability to visualize 4 spatial dimensions...
An excellent post from the bird site
May 3, 2023 at 4:14 AM
An excellent post from the bird site
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April 28, 2023 at 1:53 AM
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"Hello everyone, and welcome to CS121 Intro to Programming in C. I'm your professor and this is my TA, or as I like to call him, the preprofessor"
May 2, 2023 at 10:47 PM
"Hello everyone, and welcome to CS121 Intro to Programming in C. I'm your professor and this is my TA, or as I like to call him, the preprofessor"
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BLEET MAXIMALISTS RISE UP, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BLEET HISTORY
For people asking what posts are called, here’s the official and definitive answer:
We dunno lol may the best idea win
We dunno lol may the best idea win
April 12, 2023 at 1:31 AM
BLEET MAXIMALISTS RISE UP, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BLEET HISTORY
I have an idea. Let's call them "bleets"
May 2, 2023 at 7:41 PM
I have an idea. Let's call them "bleets"
need to start posting more math content on this app
May 1, 2023 at 9:38 PM
need to start posting more math content on this app
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i bet you're not actually going to become the joker anon
May 1, 2023 at 7:26 PM
i bet you're not actually going to become the joker anon
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you wouldn't poast from Julia
May 1, 2023 at 1:25 PM
you wouldn't poast from Julia
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@scott.hanselman.com did exactly that. Now to see if I actually use it...
May 1, 2023 at 6:51 AM
@scott.hanselman.com did exactly that. Now to see if I actually use it...
so what exactly does bluesky do that's different from mastodon?
May 1, 2023 at 5:39 AM
so what exactly does bluesky do that's different from mastodon?
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yes. there’s other ways to deal with even the worst actors. ignore, shun, humorously dismiss, refute. but “bullying” escalates cycles of confrontation that bring out the worst in people. i think bad actors sometimes thrive off the negativity too.
May 1, 2023 at 12:15 AM
yes. there’s other ways to deal with even the worst actors. ignore, shun, humorously dismiss, refute. but “bullying” escalates cycles of confrontation that bring out the worst in people. i think bad actors sometimes thrive off the negativity too.