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[dasmo]

Like dumb vs dumber.

 

Neither are AI, it turns out. 

[dasmo]

Hmm maybe one could make the kids useful around the house! https://x.com/linuse...QrcObpkhVXe97Jg

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it’s not

 

https://youtu.be/hdw...YVYSNx8svaBZmBe

 

 

 

This is a good YouTube review, I like how this guy calmy explains it.

 

I've always said these will never be wildly popular until you do not look like an idiot wearing it, at least in public.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 04 February 2024 - 11:33 AM.

[dasmo]

They will try to advertise it into normalizing the look. Once someone advertises the AI girlfriend POV anction scenes all the nerds will drop the $$$$ on it in a heartbeat.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

Photoshop now has some type of added AI feature.

 

I use the program for fairly simple work processes most days.  To me it's been worth the $35 or so I pay for it each month.

 

We will see if the new feature is cool.     

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 February 2024 - 04:08 PM.

[Matt R.]

Qwustenuxun makes a very interesting point about AI and it's ability to use indigenous content.  

 

"Then the realization hit me. Information about Indigenous cultures, especially Salish culture, isn't available on the internet. Most of our culture is secret, intentionally or forcibly, we haven't shared our teachings, our images, our regalia, in any real way on the Internet. And the internet is the source material that this software utilizes to create. So in a very powerful way our way of living exists in an AI blindspot." Discussion follows on his FB page. https://www.facebook...ared.q.williams
 

I don't know why this never occurred to me, but it checks out. We are in the midst of a development permit application and even the province gatekeeps this information from applicants to the archaeology branch.

 

"Archaeological information is restricted given the sensitive nature of archaeological sites and the cultural privacy associated with Indigenous heritage of the province. Archaeological sites are very delicate areas which can be easily damaged or destroyed through human activity. The Archaeology Branch is mandated to protect these sites within the parameters of the Heritage Conservation Act and restricting knowledge of their location (and consequently access) is one way of doing that."

[dasmo]

A big win for them. 

[Victoria Watcher]

https://twitter.com/...836438739222593

 

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

Watch Neuralink’s First Human Subject Demonstrate His Brain-Computer Interface

 

In a livestream on X, the paralyzed 29-year-old man used his Neuralink brain implant to control a computer.

 

https://www.wired.co...-demonstration/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 21 March 2024 - 01:26 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

They install it in a parapalegic.  Then teach him to play video games.  

[Victoria Watcher]

First Neuralink Patient Leaves Audience Speechless

 

YouTube video:   https://youtu.be/79V...4JQTnh8NaxX5uEm

[Victoria Watcher]

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https://www.realtor....ctoria-downtown

[Mike K.]

We might have run out of adjectives with this listing:

Versatile
Nestled
Boasts
Signifying structural resilience
Thriving
Allure deepens
Seamless transition for aspiring restaurateurs
Enhances operational efficiency
Harmonious blend…

And that’s just halfway through.

$33,000 in annual property taxes, assessed at exactly $2 million, but they’re asking $3.3 million. Does that mean B.C. Assessment will raise the assessed value significantly higher if it sells for anywhere near the asking price?

[Victoria Watcher]

What I'm saying is that he plugged his plain script into ChatGPT for a few more superlatives.

 

Nobody really writes that crazy.

[dasmo]

Yep, the style of AI writing 100% 

[Tony]

Sometimes Chats bots like copilot get in my way. Always a positive conclusion to the question or search at the end.

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Edited by Tony, 02 April 2024 - 09:22 AM.

[Matt R.]

I hear it's a mixed use masterpiece.