dgerard

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago

this guy actually lost a bundle in NFTs a few years ago

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago

I've tested Gemini on this stuff. Sometimes it spots the syntax error and even suggests a more elegant rewrite. Sometimes it just completely shits itself.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Kai Lentit: Senior Engineer Uses vim Via Voice Control

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Augmented reality for the Google Glass. Not, it turns out, for the Meta Raybans, cos they don't even have screens or projectors!

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

just found out these glasses are not even Augmented Reality. They have neither screens nor projectors. Just cameras, a mic, and bone conduction earphones. The interface is voice control. They are literally only for taking creepshots. So Zuckerberg is staying on-brand.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the interesting thing is i looked and that isn't actually a big enough market to sustain itself

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nikolai Durov has two Ph.Ds in maths, and is convinced he is the smartest man in the world, and Telegram's cryptography follows directly

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

a lot of companies are chasing the humanoid form because they’ll be able to immediately adapt to existing infrastructure (to replace human workers).

that's the story, but this doesn't work, like, at all, with just a moment's thought.

if humanoid was a good shape we'd have humanoid robots already.

the reason is they're selling sci fi dreams of robot servants even though these dreams are lies.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

That's Yudkowsky and Piper's "glowfic"

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 20 points 1 month ago

they're a Thiel op

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago

UPDATE: Seraphinne Vallora have admitted the Vogue ad image was a photo from an ordinary modeling shoot with a bit of AI afterwards. They phrased it as bragging about their hard work, of course. https://www.instagram.com/p/DMm4KkfoYCj/

 

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‘an expensive slot machine that outputs slop 98% of the time’

podcast and blog post tomorrow, i am ill

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