Studiously ignoring world events. Here’s a cat I met on my way home today.

This is amazing! I read about this in film school, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

It's illegal for individuals to do medical work unqualified, so just how ChatGPT can do this without authorities stopping it is a mystery to me.

I’m sure that more than a few Australian technical specialists are still mad about the time that Australia proposed this. I still am.

Incredible work on this

There's a particular pose that every dog can strike that makes them look like they're running for mayor. Not so much HOPE AND CHANGE, but more PATS AND TREATS.

10/10, no notes

As predicted by every privacy professional in Australia - age verifiers make a tempting target and their data sets are a valuable honeypot.

Obviously a cursed object. We should all go back to bed today.

ICYMI: 6,000 execs struggle to find the AI productivity boom

I have no context for this, but this remains an evergreen tweet.

One of my struggles is making paintings vibrant - I struggle to get this level of contrast in watercolour. Feathers are hard! Compare this kingfisher to Georgina’s stunning work.

Man this was such a gorgeous game I’m going to replay it.

Holy shit. This is a terrible loss for Australia.

Time flies.

Quality bespoke handcrafted local trolling.

Sometimes I feel like a fraud using reference photos, so it's cool to see that real artists do it too. I love seeing other people's processes.

Met a dog last night

Happy long weekend, y’all

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

AI use for progress notes is causing serious privacy and clinical risks in aged care. Professional bodies need to act. AI shouldnt be used for client notes and reports hellocare.com.au/ai-use-for-p...

RAAAAAAGE

15 years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. What a tremendous loser.

Saw this last year in a tiny cinema in Tokyo, well worth your time.

Ah, this is going great I see.

Same. Victory is mine!

Whamageddoned, but it’s Xmas Day already so I WIN

It’s taken me 4 days off work to even relax enough to pick up a pencil. I don’t know Alan but I guess I can taunt him for kicks.

As predicted.

I hate this timeline.

It actually does. This and no bad hair days are the scant benefits of having a chrome dome.

what Literally the one thing LLMs cannot do is come up with a novel idea. They merely extrude an amalgam of what they have been fed.

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

alright, this made me laugh woe-industries.itch.io/you-have-bil...

Bumped into an old friend, Benny the Sydney Opera House seal. Local hero, champion layabout, with the best view in Sydney. What a mad lad.

Ah, yes, whomst could have seen this coming...etc

Australia will not get a permanent advisory body on artificial intelligence as promised, with the federal government abandoning the plan despite growing calls for stronger AI oversight www.innovationaus.com/govt-abandon...

Re the social media ban: Kids in this situation have little choice but to provide an ID doc to some previously unheard of third-party verifier. Will they retain the doc? Will they delete it? Can you trust them? Who knows?

Once you ban kids from talking to each other via social media....this is where they will turn.

Making kids think they need gen ai to do art and tell stories is not helping them, it is disempowering them. Art is liberating because there is no barrier to entry. No skill? Doesn't matter - try and get better. No materials? Doesn't matter - a piece of chalk and a pavement will do.

They're not safe for adults either. And instead of making them safe, we've just cut children off from communicating with each other. It's like instead of requiring cars to have crash standards, seatbelts, airbags, we just banned people from driving.

"are you enjoying duo mobile" does a hamburger enjoy being made of quarks. does a fish enjoy linear time. does the mountain enjoy the first taste of a cup of hot chocolate when you get back to the ski lodge. your question means nothing to me. i couldn't enjoy duo mobile even if i tried

This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.

This is a extremely poor idea: "According to revelations in Guardian Australia this week, there will be no safety net – no scope for either the NDIA delegate or the administrative appeals tribunal to amend the budget. In other words, the computer will have the final say."

📢 The government wants to outlaw drip pricing and subscription traps, targeting manipulative online tactics that cost Australians millions.

The time is upon us once more, godspeed all.

Loving that AI productivity boost! "the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs." www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Do this even if you are old.

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.