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News, annoucements

  • Breaking bottom of career ladder – AI transformation

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    So, the CEO of Anthropic (“one of the world’s most powerful creators of artificial intelligence”) says we need to “get real” about entry-level white-collar jobs in the next few years. Pay attention! “Eyes open” to the coming job displacement. This Axios article (much in the news cycle this past week) heralds the challenge which AI poses to the workforce. The need to build awareness, generally…

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  • AI image generators – sufficiently good?

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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…

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  • What’s fair use got to do with it – limits on AI’s hoover up?

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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…

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  • Rabbit holes of misinfo – keeping critical thinking in play

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    Who likes being fooled by a con? Scams are one thing, and there’re tips to avoid those, whether via USPS (paper) mail, phone, email, text, etc. Whether obvious or not, the business model typically is about money – monetizing your personal data, either directly or indirectly. But what’s the business model for misinfo, disinfo, and all the varieties of outright falsehoods / fabrication / propaganda?…

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  • Spending for AI’s pot of gold – powering profit?

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    High hype … trippy chips … gooey guardrails … pending legislation … the electric grid … pay, pay, pay, payday … cloudy cloud forecasts … • Washington Post > “Big Tech keeps spending billions on AI. There’s no end in sight.” by Gerrit De Vynck and Naomi Nix (April 25, 2024) – Much of the money is going to new data centers, which are predicted…

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