The problem, once again, is that "AI" is whatever the fuck the author wants it to be, and is essentially, "the computer does cool stuff!" The first example in this article is basically a supercharged database, which is not generative AI. So it confuses the reader right from the start/ 1/3

Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education reported by @mmughees.bsky.social

‘We’re not being heard’: Mount Uniacke residents wait on quarry expansion decision reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social

OpenAI's Sora 2 is flooding social media with videos of women being strangled. Yet another example of generative AI companies failing to prevent users from creating media that violates their own policies against violent content. www.404media.co/openais-sora...

Teresa Heffernan on how AI is shaped by fiction Morning File by me

As usual, @suzannerent.bsky.social's reporting is detailed and revealing. But those details aside, can we acknowledge just how cowardly Fillmore is? He's afraid of speaking with a reporter? Coward. That word defines Fillmore's entire political career. Coward.

Nova Scotia Liberals urge government to prevent HRM infant feeding clinic closure reported by @mmughees.bsky.social

NDP names ‘Government Accountability’ critic reported by Jennifer Henderson, @dartjenhen.bsky.social

Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore’s first year as Halifax’s mayor by @suzannerent.bsky.social

New pilot clinic expected to improve outcomes for Nova Scotians with respiratory health challenges reported by @dentremy.bsky.social

The rain is white.

I’m with Emma Thompson. I don’t want AI to ‘fucking rewrite what I’ve just written’ either Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social

And I would like the U.S. government to buy me the next beer.

Gonna spend the money I save on the private jet tax to buy an untaxed superyacht. #trickledown

Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.

Woah great catch by our local news place! Proud to be a paying supporter.

In which I interview @edzitron.com

I interviewed Ed Zitron for today's Morning File. Ed Zitron calls bullshit on AI hype

Resisting the AI push into education Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

New report ‘unearths’ environmental impact assessment trends of Canadian mine and quarry projects reported by @dentremy.bsky.social

I kinda doubt the crew @bencollins.bsky.social put together to buy @theonion.com has enough dough left over, but if they do, they should buy @teenvogue.com and re-hire all that crew

They're even trying to steal the small joy of Teen Vogue from us.

What is ‘artificial intelligence,’ anyway? The confusion is the point Morning File by me

This is so pathetic. I know actual tough guys. Actual tough guys are comfortable in their own being. They don't do performative shit like this, because they don't have to convince anyone of shit.

Besides checking the smoke alarms, I also use the time change as the prod to check the expiration dates on all my cards, passports, etc. I have two coming up.

This opinion piece is typical of the AI hype genre. First, it makes huge assertions: AI increases productivity, that it "fosters innovation," and so forth, without citing any sources for those assertions. Second, it ignore the enormous social and environmental costs of LLM and such. 1/2

er, what? www.thestar.com/business/opi...

In protest, I'm going to sleep an extra hour tonight.

9 more innings

Just 13 more innings left to play.

The sportsball is fun tonight

I'm starting to fill out the AI survey. I don't think this is going to go well.

Readers keep asking me questions Morning File by me

I’m still flabbergasted at how filthy Argyle Street is and how nobody will clean it up

I could probably answer a few more questions tomorrow morning.

Export Development Canada gives $10 million credit to Maritime Launch Services, will the public wind up on the hook? by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Tim Houston can’t see the forest for the trees, just for the money Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social

snort (In DeBlasio’s view, “low-class Italians use a little d.“)

Seniors’ advocacy group condemns push to cut Old Age Security benefits reported by @dentremy.bsky.social

In this moment of stress and anxiety, are you enjoying our app? Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Halifax council approves regional strategy for Dartmouth museums reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social

This works! Thanks!

I subscribed to Sportsnet just to watch the world series and then they do this? Damn right I’m demanding a refund

If the federal Liberals use generative AI in anything having to do with serious governing, this automatically becomes the stupidest government of my lifetime

I got great questions! But not enough and I was rushed this morning. So more questions and I’ll answer them Friday

Houston’s Conservative majority just showed its hand today, refusing to approve a motion from Liberal Iain Rankin to protect protected land in Nova Scotia. One wonders if Houston’s govt wouldn’t sell off their own kids and parents if they thought that would bring “jobs” and have “economic” value.

The plan is to make us trust nothing, to not know how to know what's real and what's not, and ultimately, for us to give up our own agency. It's fascism.

Nova Scotia breaches conditions of $28.5 million nature agreement with Ottawa reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

I’m briefly quoted in this article, referring to my thoughts on AI