Eggyhead

Eggyhead , 18 days ago to Technology in Neo-Nazis Are All-In on AI

If neo nazis are deliberately trying to train the AIs that feed into everyone’s workflow, I think it is newsworthy despite what all the other headlines say.

The Neo Nazis are the threat, the AI is being abused.

Eggyhead , 18 days ago to Technology in YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount

True. In fact, anyone using an ad blocker is actually a thief, and anyone with a VPN is probably a criminal. /s

Eggyhead , 20 days ago to Technology in Elon Musk Begs Advertisers to Return as Twitter's Revenue Plunges

In b4 Elon decides he can do advertising better, too.

Eggyhead , 21 days ago to Technology in Adobe Says It Won’t Train AI Using Artists’ Work. Creatives Aren’t Convinced

So if artists are “creatives”, what does that make them? “Exploiters”?

Eggyhead , 21 days ago to Technology in Used VPN for cheaper YouTube Premium? Congrats, your subscription has been canceled

I keep saying it. Privacy invasive, targeted advertising has got to be barely worth the cost of maintaining it. Why else is Google trying to put more ads in places, kill ad blockers on chrome, force expats out of subscriptions, and experiment with unskippable ads if not to try and invent some kind of additional value to advertisers out of nothing.

Eggyhead , 21 days ago to Technology in Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper

Even if Apple cuts the price in half, it'll still be a hard pill to swallow.

Eggyhead , 23 days ago to Fediverse in Kbin.social down again? Are people moving to mbin instances (kbin.run, fedia.io)?

I would venture a guess there are at least 50 kbin users willing to pay $2 a year for a dedicated kbin/mbin app on iOS. I personally gave some money to the developer of Artemis back when she was active, but I have no idea what became of her.

Does interstellar’s developer have a donation link where I might buy him some coffee and drop a request?

Eggyhead , 23 days ago to Fediverse in Kbin.social down again? Are people moving to mbin instances (kbin.run, fedia.io)?

Without a doubt, but it hasn’t stopped a cornucopia of lemmy apps from cropping up on iOS.

Eggyhead , 23 days ago to Fediverse in Kbin.social down again? Are people moving to mbin instances (kbin.run, fedia.io)?

I still keep Social on my Home Screen, but I’ve been using Run for a while now. I’m also starting to use lemmy world a bit more because I’m tired of waiting for a dedicated iOS app. I’ve seen like 3 come and go now and I just don’t think it’s going to happen anymore.

Eggyhead , 23 days ago to Technology in Child Advocates Back Surgeon General's Call for Tobacco-Like Warnings on Social Media

“Just look at what you’re grandparents are into…”

Eggyhead , 24 days ago to Privacy in In the light of Snowden's latest post: What are your FOSS-AIs?

Well, LLMs are quite literally trained on language, so asking it to simulate a conversation between a hotel clerk and a guest who is upset that they can’t find the hair dryer is pretty much what it’s best at doing.

You can even build the dialogs with students. Have them introduce a scenario for the LLM to manufacture, then have the students suggest variables to apply, such as the clerk being hungry and in a bad mood while the guest is actually drunk after returning from a club in order to see how the language changes, then have the students act it out for laughs.

Eggyhead , 25 days ago to Privacy in In the light of Snowden's latest post: What are your FOSS-AIs?

I teach language. I get paid for my time in front of students, not the time it takes to prepare their lessons and the materials. I use AI to quickly reference grammar rules, to fabricate example dialogs in specific scenarios to practice, and to suggest activities to do in class to practice the target grammar. I never do exactly as it says, just take it as kind of a source of suggestions for me to build from.

Eggyhead , 26 days ago to Technology in Meta says European regulators are ruining its AI bot

Mafia: cops are ruining our extortion business!

Poor mafia.

Eggyhead , 26 days ago to Technology in EU to charge Apple under Digital Markets Act, impose a fine of up to $50 million per day - GSMArena.com news

Namely, the fact that Apple charges a "Core Technology Fee" for developers who want to "steer" users to offers outside of its App Store. There's also an additional 3% that goes to Apple if a developer uses its payment processor.

Eggyhead , 27 days ago to Technology in Everything Apple iOS 18 Will Do, Android Already Does

Cool. Good for Android users.