Heh Dina - before you start preaching about how asking artificial intelligence competitors to work together and put “humanity” at the centre of their efforts - take a look at your boss. Fix that - and then come back and lecture us.
Another 📚book added to my pile - apparently Karl Weick, argued that when it comes to models, it is more important to be useful than perfect.
Strike me that he’s riffing on George’s quote.
He taught me that no one knows where inspiration comes from — only that it’s fragile, invaluable, and fleeting.
Meanwhile in LA - 🔗 AI-Powered Surveillance in Schools.
I’ll let you click through to the quote that Bruce Schneier has on his site.
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Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ NASA and Shovels
Yes it is an AI Image. Yes it is banal. Yes it meaningless.
But that isnât the point.
The point is Iâm exploring Raycast - again. A single interface to access so much on my computer and beyond ð¤¯. Yes - there needs to be tuning - but - we will get there. This time.
Yes it is an AI Image.
Yes it is banal.
Yes it meaningless.
But that isn’t the point.
The point is I’m exploring Raycast - again. A single interface to access so much on my computer and beyond 🤯. Yes - there needs to be tuning - but - we will get there. This time.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ in 2020 - proud of my ‘Drafts Inbox; having only 6 entries. - compare and contrast to 259 as of this morning.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ Biggest surprise here is that it is still marked 🚧 - so I guess I need to finish it off!
🔗 Wikipedia Turns 25: What Editing Taught Me - is a great read.
The Tyranny of the Town Square
We’re self-censoring into vanilla mediocrity, It’s destroying everything - and I do mean everything.
Another From Seth
But now, particularly with digital output, we’re doing it backwards.
Really great analogy - and IMHO - infinitely superior to the Pluribus analogy - at least my takeaway of same - although that is a different post.
That said - it would be so much easier if Seth not only came checked the story’s author - but maybe added a link?
So you don’t have to dive down the rabbit hole ..
🔗📚 The book (Tunneling To The Center Of The Earth) .. that contains the short story
And when they don't, we judge competence, take it personally, make assumptions, or shut down.
Guilty as charged. Going to try harder.