Zephyr
@zephyrofryha.bsky.social
Single Cell Technician by day, aspiring writer/artist by night!
Building out my little worldbuilding project bit by bit, book by book, while learning to draw (properly) and conlanging on the side (once I can wrap my head around it)
Banner picture my own!
Building out my little worldbuilding project bit by bit, book by book, while learning to draw (properly) and conlanging on the side (once I can wrap my head around it)
Banner picture my own!
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studies literally just came out about how dependence on LLMs atrophies critical thinking abilities
If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
Just takes a smartphone, curiosity to experiment and a mindset to learn.
February 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
studies literally just came out about how dependence on LLMs atrophies critical thinking abilities
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We've been busy in 2025 working on research deadlines and funding proposals. But I did a lengthy interview with Freakonomics radio, just released as audio and text transcript. It covers Bracelets of Silence, Fawkes, Glaze & Nightshade, thoughts on present & future.
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
How to Poison the A.I. Machine - Freakonomics
How to Poison the A.I. Machine - Freakonomics
freakonomics.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We've been busy in 2025 working on research deadlines and funding proposals. But I did a lengthy interview with Freakonomics radio, just released as audio and text transcript. It covers Bracelets of Silence, Fawkes, Glaze & Nightshade, thoughts on present & future.
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
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Conservatives Claim Hitler’s Nazi Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated
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January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Conservatives Claim Hitler’s Nazi Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated
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Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.
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As I sit in Google support trying to get them to disable Gemini, I angrily search up how the similarly forced Office365 AI rollout is going, and
lol, lmao, eat shit you mealy mouthed marketing motherfuckers, you Just learned that, huh?
lol, lmao, eat shit you mealy mouthed marketing motherfuckers, you Just learned that, huh?
January 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As I sit in Google support trying to get them to disable Gemini, I angrily search up how the similarly forced Office365 AI rollout is going, and
lol, lmao, eat shit you mealy mouthed marketing motherfuckers, you Just learned that, huh?
lol, lmao, eat shit you mealy mouthed marketing motherfuckers, you Just learned that, huh?
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Any artist (and writing is art) who uses AI is a class traitor. And a fool of the highest degree, feeding the beast that intends to devour them next.
Writers i love you but please stop using AI art on your book covers.
Draw it yourself use public domain images barter with a friend ANYTHING ELSE.
It feels like you hate us visual artists when you use AI art
Draw it yourself use public domain images barter with a friend ANYTHING ELSE.
It feels like you hate us visual artists when you use AI art
December 20, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Any artist (and writing is art) who uses AI is a class traitor. And a fool of the highest degree, feeding the beast that intends to devour them next.
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Seeing bad faith folks yet again pretend Glaze is environmentally impactful (it’s not), and claim style mimicry isnt a problem, when so many artists have been screwed over by LORAs.
Like hey, if a free university program isnt for you, cool! No problem! But can we stop spreading lies on it? Thnx!
Like hey, if a free university program isnt for you, cool! No problem! But can we stop spreading lies on it? Thnx!
Just to be clear, webglaze runs on a server that is more than 3 years old, on NVidia Titan RTX GPUs, which you can buy on some bigger laptops. It consumes about 1/2 the power of an A100, which is the previous generation of server GPUs. Webglaze runs on < 0.5 modern datacenter GPU.
December 19, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Seeing bad faith folks yet again pretend Glaze is environmentally impactful (it’s not), and claim style mimicry isnt a problem, when so many artists have been screwed over by LORAs.
Like hey, if a free university program isnt for you, cool! No problem! But can we stop spreading lies on it? Thnx!
Like hey, if a free university program isnt for you, cool! No problem! But can we stop spreading lies on it? Thnx!
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Just filled this in.
by which I mean I wrote the same answer in each box.
"Total copyright protection. It's not hard."
Please join me if you're not a thief.
by which I mean I wrote the same answer in each box.
"Total copyright protection. It's not hard."
Please join me if you're not a thief.
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Just filled this in.
by which I mean I wrote the same answer in each box.
"Total copyright protection. It's not hard."
Please join me if you're not a thief.
by which I mean I wrote the same answer in each box.
"Total copyright protection. It's not hard."
Please join me if you're not a thief.
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It's been two days and I can't stop thinking about this
December 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
It's been two days and I can't stop thinking about this
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HEY CAN WE NOT??? Some guy got caught feeding everyone’s Bluesky data into AI just a few weeks ago and now y’all are just throwing it into the machine anyway? You don’t need AI to roast yourselves, some of you do it on your own.
December 3, 2024 at 1:19 PM
HEY CAN WE NOT??? Some guy got caught feeding everyone’s Bluesky data into AI just a few weeks ago and now y’all are just throwing it into the machine anyway? You don’t need AI to roast yourselves, some of you do it on your own.
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I have zero moral qualms tbh. An intense obligation to morals and ethics is propaganda fed to the working class so they don't hold the ruling class (who commit innumerable atrocities) accountable imo.
At the very least, I think it's bizarre to care about this man being murdered.
At the very least, I think it's bizarre to care about this man being murdered.
No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about
December 5, 2024 at 9:15 AM
I have zero moral qualms tbh. An intense obligation to morals and ethics is propaganda fed to the working class so they don't hold the ruling class (who commit innumerable atrocities) accountable imo.
At the very least, I think it's bizarre to care about this man being murdered.
At the very least, I think it's bizarre to care about this man being murdered.
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I've been wanting to learn how to draw (more like dreaming about...) for a while now, and honestly, setting myself at it with the right book to learn really makes me lament not doing it earlier. But hey, never a better moment than the present, right?
December 5, 2024 at 5:48 PM
I've been wanting to learn how to draw (more like dreaming about...) for a while now, and honestly, setting myself at it with the right book to learn really makes me lament not doing it earlier. But hey, never a better moment than the present, right?
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There are countless nuances about how to get good at drawing, but most people struggle with the number one step:
Showing up to draw.
A thread. 🧵
Showing up to draw.
A thread. 🧵
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 PM
There are countless nuances about how to get good at drawing, but most people struggle with the number one step:
Showing up to draw.
A thread. 🧵
Showing up to draw.
A thread. 🧵
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Poem by Joseph Fasano
November 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Poem by Joseph Fasano
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Every time there's a post about how writers shouldn't use AI art, some chucklefuck in the comments says it's not fair because "some people just don't have art skills."
So, from a former "person without art skills," here's a 🧵 about the cool shit that's happened since I decided to make art anyway.
So, from a former "person without art skills," here's a 🧵 about the cool shit that's happened since I decided to make art anyway.
November 27, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Every time there's a post about how writers shouldn't use AI art, some chucklefuck in the comments says it's not fair because "some people just don't have art skills."
So, from a former "person without art skills," here's a 🧵 about the cool shit that's happened since I decided to make art anyway.
So, from a former "person without art skills," here's a 🧵 about the cool shit that's happened since I decided to make art anyway.