In his latest newsletter, the venerable Steven Levy unpacked the background for the kerfuffle surrounding Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book. While there…
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Under the rug The darkside of technology, particularly regarding social media and the AI stampede, continues to unfold, with whistle-blower testimonies and books. Even a movie now & then, like The Social Dilemma. We’re in a political climate where hypocrisy is no longer a disqualification. Yet again money muddies moral missteps. Ancient wisdom butts heads…
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I’ve tried some Apple Intelligence features built into Mac apps like Pages, but not any image generators yet (although I’ve read some articles with examples). And I’ve noticed the importance of prompt engineering tools; support for long, complex queries; and privacy policies re training AI on your content. T&C. This Cnet article highlights some popular AI Image Generators. • Cnet > “Best AI Image Generators of 2025” by Katelyn Chedraoui…
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Taking time out from scrolling … Perspectives it was a time of hope, it was a time of fear,it was an age of science, it was an age of ignorance,it was an epoch of climate change, it was an epoch of disbelief,it was a period of dreams, it was a period of politics,it was a spring of recovery, it was a season of collapse
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My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. What another year … how to handle relaying relief?so, Santa’s upgraded, beyond beliefamidst all the muddle & trouble,broadcasting to every bubble the latest AI may help betterbut sometimes Claus will pen a letterto artfully craft a crisp replyand clarify what’s wise in his eye the firm challenge of cheerforever remains dearon an enduring questand the hope for the best
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yeah, what’s fair use about, about for the news?what’s fair use but an old-fashioned notion?what’s fair got to say, got to say about it?who needs copyright when hoovering up is so easy? there’s a case that fitsit’s legalitya court room awaits …criminality? it may seem i’m overreactingwhen you copy out my words …if i’m sounding pissed, you’ve posted itwhere it’s not legit oh, what’s fair use about, about for these…
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Regarding the timeframe for achieving and qualifying Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), recently (December 4, 2024) on CNBC, Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewed Sam Altman, co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI, at the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Altman said that quite capable AI agents (able to choreograph complex processes) will become available for businesses in a few years. I wonder how this…