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pavnilschanda , 6 days ago

When people misinterpret The Boys and form a fandom based on their false assumptions, I'm not surprised anymore

pavnilschanda , 7 days ago

TechCrunch: this is nightmare fuel

engadget: it's so cute :)

pavnilschanda , 8 days ago

This was mentioned in the Discussion part of their paper:

The activity of facial muscles involved in forming expressions such as smiles is closely linked to the development of wrinkles. One significant next step in this research is to leverage this model to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying wrinkle formation. Moreover, applying this knowledge to recreate such expressions on a chip could find applications in the cosmetics industry and the orthopedic surgery industry. Additionally, this study performed actuation on a dermis equivalent by controlling mechanical actuators positioned beneath the dermis equivalent. Substituting this mechanical actuator with cultured muscle tissue presents an intriguing prospect in the realization of a higher degree of biomimetics. Examining the correlation between facial muscle contractions and resulting facial expression can offer insights into the physiological aspects of emotion, leading to new exploration in the treatment of diseases, such as facial paralysis surgery.

pavnilschanda , 9 days ago

This is true in the art industry as well. Many outsourced artists from third world countries are exploited with unreasonable wages and long hours

pavnilschanda , 11 days ago

Is this just some media manipulation to give a bad name on AI by connecting them with Nazis despite that it's not just them benefiting from AI?

pavnilschanda , 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago)

You are right. But I'm mostly observing how much of the newsfeed headlines talk about how AI is dangerous and dystopian (which can be especially done by bad actors e.g. the Neo-Nazis mentioned in the article, but the fear-mongering headlines outnumber more neutral or sometimes positive ones. Then again many news outlets benefit from such headlines anyway regardless of topic), and this one puts the cherry on top.

pavnilschanda , 10 days ago

I think that would be online spaces in general where anything that goes against the grain gets shooed away by the zeitgeist of the specific space. I wish there were more places where we can all put criticism into account, generative AI included. Even r/aiwars, where it's supposed to be a place for discussion about both the good and bad of AI, can come across as incredibly one-sided at times.

pavnilschanda , 13 days ago

Is there an open-source version of this? I already have a mechanical keyboard

pavnilschanda , 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago)

Based on the discussion that I've seen, it looks like the "Anti-AI" motive was an excuse since all the hack was doing was to steal API keys and potentially sell them. Here's a discussion thread on reddit that goes into this more.

pavnilschanda , 25 days ago

On the iPhone you can use Assistive Access which makes your phone display very simple and limiting the use of a few selected apps. But Brick is pretty cool if you want a physical manifestation of that

pavnilschanda , 27 days ago

And now they're asking for donations. I don't know how that'll work out, though

pavnilschanda , 1 month ago

A problem that I see getting brought up is that generated AI images makes it harder to notice photos of actual victims, making it harder to locate and save them

pavnilschanda , 1 month ago

True, but by their very nature their generations tend to create anonymous identities, and the sheer amount of them would make it harder for investigators to detect pictures of real, human victims (which can also include indicators of crime location.

pavnilschanda , 1 month ago

Not to mention that it's hard to intuitively watch longterm videos on TikTok. Once you swipe a video, it's gone, unless you save it on favorites, and it's not easy to get back to the video, either. At least on YouTube, it's easier to go back to the paused video from the homepage.

pavnilschanda OP , 3 months ago

Non-paywalled version: https://archive.is/U3X6F

pavnilschanda , 3 months ago

This really sucks for many disabled people who rely on 'low skill, repetitive' jobs to survive. I hope Mercedes addresses this (I doubt, given how capitalists hate disabled people).

pavnilschanda , 4 months ago

India's government has been authoritarian lately, given their alleged request to remove tweets that are critical of them from Twitter, so this is worrying.

pavnilschanda , 4 months ago

There's AI Town if you want to explore worlds where LLMs interact with each other. If you want it in a social media style, there's Chirper AI.

pavnilschanda , 4 months ago

Dead internet theory in action

pavnilschanda , 5 months ago

Interesting concept for sure. And the collective report system may even tell the morality of the overall userbase. For example, a right-leaning comment may get mass-reported, but the same can apply with left-leaning comments, depending on the demographic of the platform's users.

pavnilschanda , 5 months ago

True. As a kid I'd fall for scams all the time, constantly downloading malware that would crash the family computer.

pavnilschanda , 5 months ago

Apparently people who specialize in AI/ML have a very hard time trying to replicate the desired results when training models with 'poisoned' data. Is that true?

pavnilschanda , 5 months ago

Same here. At this point I've effectively become an internet 'hermit' and avoid social media. Sometimes I'd even avoid Youtube because of how overstimulating the content are. I don't know how useful this will be for my wellbeing though, since I don't even 'touch grass' either. And yes, I'm autistic so the current state of the web is borderline intolerable for me.

pavnilschanda , 5 months ago

This is the most realistic outcome imo. Even before AI there's already a pattern where employees jump through companies before they gather enough experience to make their own.