@unprescribedpod.bsky.social I’m still chuckling to myself thinking about the podcast ad in the last episode, 12/10

maybe you should actually invest in media aimed at them and create IPs that they can relate to instead of giving what their grandparents thought was cool and revolutionary a 2020s haircut and forcing them to go on 96 dates in a row with it

This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community. Yesterday I called for EPA and Congressional investigations into the impact of data center construction on local drinking water supplies. We cannot take water for granted.

*sighs, continuously, forever until I deflate like a balloon*

With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3)

“…the IPO of these AI companies is probably nothing more than a major transfer of investment risk from the current owners to retail investors, pension funds and others who are willing to buy the hype.” This is how these scam artist fuckers will profit. Disaster waiting to happen.

Google unveils an even worse Search aftermath.site/google-search-...

Ah it's that time again when I'm chatting to people in the industry trying to get projects off the ground and they say 'Sorry I'm away in Cannes for a few weeks' and I have to say 'cool cool I have some laundry to catch up on anyway so...'

Therefore, the possible failure mode here isn't just fabricated citations - a model can include a real paper in a real journal by a real author, but be *completely* wrong about what it says. The citation exists. But there's no actual relationship between the claim and the source.

So when you get LLM output with links or citations to scholarly work: those citations aren't there because the model consulted them and they actually represent the source of the information. They were included because they look like what should appear near that kind of text.

“I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see a video on Instagram that's like, 'Hollywood is cooked,' what follows is, like, the most stupid dog shit I've ever seen in my life…”

Someone else made this point already but the He-Man movie bombing seems like an unusually clear example of movie executives thinking that the generation of parents that currently have kids they go to the movies with is 15 years younger than they actually are.

Jake, Cassie, Rachel, Marco, Tobias, Ax

So HOPE not hate is pushing back in real time. Today, we’re running targeted ads on the live streams and YouTube channels where Robinson’s supporters are gathering.

This is an excellent piece.

Don't let fear of cringe stop you from making the thing you want to make. Life is short, make something you love. You'll improve through the process. Someone will probably love and relate to what you made even if what you made isn't as good as you wished it was. Let it exist. <3

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“Tap to wake them up!”

If you're looking for ways to support creatives, writing positive reviews of their work is 1. Free 2. Full of compliments that encourages them 3. Marketing they can reshare to promote their work 4. Just a decent thing to do, thank you!

“Transcripts created by 12 of the 20 programs contained incorrect information like capturing a different drug than was prescribed by the doctor. Seventeen of the 20 systems missed key details about patients’ mental health issues.” Seems bad! But we don’t want to be left behind.

All the developers 404 Media talked to were excited to try using LLMs at work at first, or were at least curious about them. Their feelings about the tools, based on their personal experience, are now overwhelmingly negative. AI is rotting their brains www.404media.co/software-dev...

This is awful to read but also…no screenwriters I know are doing this? Yes we are all desperate for work but at least in my circle, this isn’t happening.

This is really good from @trillingual.bsky.social, who is always worth reading. If we give into despair, we’ve already lost.

I just pissed myself... this is the movie he is mad that people are calling slop... I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...

I would really like to adapt a very action-heavy, comedy-revenge animated pilot of mine into a graphic novel one day but I haven’t the foggiest idea where to start

The left doesn't hate technology, we hate being exploited: aftermath.site/anthropic-clau...

3 actual quotes from this piece: “Can I afford the tax? Yes. Is it going to deter me? No. But I think it’s shameful. I provide a lot of money to people who are blue-collar workers who work for me, servers in restaurants." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

If AI took over all writing and everyone uses it to punch up their wedding toasts ect. Within a couple years everything would be grey mush. Who is going to make new takes and jokes on current events? Where is the "good" data going to come from if no writer/comedian can't develop a voice/POV?

you have to imagine i'm a sim and my "lack of praise" meter is constantly and steadily draining. it has to be refilled with compliments regularly or else it runs out and then i set fires in the kitchen and stop automatically cleaning up my filth

the tech world has genuinely not grappled with how many people despise them and what they make

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@alanahpearce.bsky.social Hey Alanah! Just listened to you on the Aftermath podcast and would love to have a chat about Charred - may I send you a DM?

The actual problem is 1) Democrats have popular policies but the country never hears about them due to right-wing propaganda; 2) Democrats constantly blame themselves and their base for this —a message right-wing media amplifies, making the problem even worse.

I have been playing this on Switch and having a delightful time! Great characters, great music, great vibes. Recommended!

I want to highlight a particular quote from this excellent interview, which resonates with my view on how a good TV writers room should be run. When I first led a room, I’d heard a lot about how hierarchical some writers rooms were; that lower-rung writers and non-writers couldn’t pitch as often.

Need feedback on your first draft? Hit a roadblock with your story? Want to make sure your script’s up to scratch before you send it to a TV exec? If you want professional guidance from an Emmy-nominated writer, script consultation packages are now up on my website 👇

I want to highlight a particular quote from this excellent interview, which resonates with my view on how a good TV writers room should be run. When I first led a room, I’d heard a lot about how hierarchical some writers rooms were; that lower-rung writers and non-writers couldn’t pitch as often.

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

I do wish they’d made a whole new Starfox game but also the N64 original was a big part of my childhood and I am a total sucker so I WILL be buying this, Yes I Am Part of The Problem

Every guy in a videogame:

The GameStop CEO’s big plan to buy eBay.

i think one day we'll wonder why this technology was dangerously rushed into every consumer facing product instead of quietly developed to fruition in academia or industry and the answer will be that the tech CEOs didn't know what to do with it so they asked the chatbot and did whatever it said

Schools should not be teaching students how to use "AI". Even if "AI" were not terrible in so many ways, any idiot can "learn" to use it in an afternoon. Coaching students to abdicate other knowledge and skills in order to do so, however, is fundamentally stupid and destructive.

I can’t wait to play this!