The Evening Blues - 4-4-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 04/04/2024 - 3:35pm
Open Thread - Thurs 04 April 2024 - AI? I'm not Impressed
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 04/04/2024 - 5:00am
AI? I'm Not Impressed
Matt Taibbi has recently written a couple of articles about AI which made me pay attention. The first started with talking about how Google's AI tool, Gemini, made images which were wrong, but racially diverse! Like everyone, Taibbi thought something like, 'Yea this is bad, but it won't affect me...' Until it did. Right away. He stopped examining the issues with Gemini's images and asked Gemini a question about himself. And it gave him a list of a few things he supposedly did which he actually never did. It mixed up true statements and writings with things it had, apparently, made up. It credited him with articles he never wrote; articles which no-one ever wrote because they didn't exist. And that is both maddening and scary for everyone.
This make me laugh in a rueful way: from https://chappatte.com/en/images/ai-and-future-work
Taibbi's second article, about AI and the website Naked Capitalism hit me even harder. I realized that I had recently experienced some of the same AI mistakes, although I hadn't understood at the time that those mistakes were the result of AI.
The Evening Blues - 4-3-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 3:11pm
OT WED 3 APR 24 ~ cruising for a bruising
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 6:00am~
The US/CIA warmongers are treading a dangerous path at the blessing of congress
and the executive branches of government. And monied interests.
The Evening Blues - 4-2-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 04/02/2024 - 3:42pm
Status of MV Dali
Submitted by QMS on Tue, 04/02/2024 - 8:12am-
There appears to be one tug alongside the container ship at the moment.
A fire boat is just below the stranded vessel. There are 3 crane barges
working in the debris area to the north. They have opened a small channel
under the bridge in that area. Several CG boats scattered around upstream
and downstream. The crew is still onboard running ship systems and helping
assist vessels. This is a graphic of current activity.
It's dizzying
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 04/02/2024 - 12:13am
Have a doctor appointment this morning at 8:25 so will be a little late in hosting.
Had a bout of vertigo two weeks qgo that would not go away. Lasted for three days while working at the farm. On the fourth day I went to the ER per my doctor's instruction and got checked out.
EKG, two MRIs, and a blood panel later.
The Evening Blues - 4-1-24
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 4:31pm
About that woman who quit at the State Department
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 11:06amThey covered her story at Due Dissidence:
04/01 Open Thread: April Fools' Day and Edible Book Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 04/01/2024 - 5:00am
~~ AprilFools
