Chatbots are designed to give conversational answers and keep people engaged. Names and links to sources for answers range from nonexistent to hidden, though some companies are starting to make them more visible. Even when AI does include a source, it adds it after the fact, said Jevin West, a professor and co-founder of the…
I’ll be seeing the final performance tomorrow. @bigstormpc
Academia / Cyberculture / Ethics / Social_Software / Technology / UsabilityI worked on LLMs, and now I got opinions. Today, let’s talk about when LLMs make mistakes. On AI Slop You’ve already heard of LLM mistakes, because you’ve seen them in the news. […] LLMs could be used to summarize sources. Something that’s fairly obvious in my journal club is that many researchers are…
How can you tell if a space alien is a friend or an enemy? One spaceman has that decision to make in Tom Godwin’s “Cry from a Far Planet.” Listen to Dennis Jerz read the science fiction classic to discover the answer.
Today’s #blender3d modeling, inspired by a satellite photo courtesy of Google Maps. (I’m not aiming for architectural perfection, but with each try I’m definitely leveling up.) #medievalyork #mysteryplay
I have a daughter who does things. Here’s what she’ll be starting on next week. @frontporchtheatricals
Basic details for #medievalyork city walls for a forthcoming scholarly theatrical project. #mysteryplay #blender3d Not aiming for architectural accuracy, just background details.
The cast of comical, quirky characters are most enjoyable. Marigold (Carolyn Jerz) is hilarious as the new age, love child who always sees the best in everybody and everything. Jerz floats, whirls, and glides across the stage. She’s delightful and believable in her role. Her presence on stage brings lightness and spreads joy. —Burgh Vivant
Carolyn Jerz lights up the stage from her first entrance, almost literally. Dressed in bright colors and elaborately coiffed, with her face made up so pale white that it glows (think Björk meets Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice), Jerz imbues the role of spiritualist and yoga enthusiast Marigold with an outsider energy that is otherworldly, larger than life,…
Moments after Donald Trump was rushed to safety following a failed assassination attempt at a Saturday night rally, some of his supporters turned toward the press pen with obscenities as they fingered reporters for blame. “This is your fault!” one attendee emphatically yelled, pointing at individual journalists as he approached the fence line separating them from attendees.…
Your first attempt at a medieval gate and city walls will be your worst. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay
Sold out opening night of Mamet’s Oleanna. Chilling. Gasps from the audience. Office furniture may be a bit too fancy for an untenured prof, but multiple copies of the prof’s book on the shelves was a realistic touch.
These buildings are so much better than my first try about a month ago, and good enough for me to move on to the next step. #blender3d #blender3dart #medievalyork #mysteryplay
Chilling on Forbes Avenue with a small friend.
#blender3d is teaching me more than I ever thought I’d need to know about roof geometry. Enjoying free WiFi in a shady courtyard downtown.
The daughter is in “Very Berry Dead,” a new play which opens this Friday and runs for two weekends in Pittsburgh.
The writer, director, and one of the cast members talk about the play that my daughter Carolyn is getting ready to open Friday. Tickets: https://veryberrydead.bpt.me/
So important to be teaching research skills and critical thinking at a time when powerful people manipulate the public with their lies.
I used to spend time in class teaching students about how your act of choosing to link from your blog to someone else’s blog was part of the formula Google used to rank its search results. The words you picked when you crafted your hyperlink was a way of conveying or withholding value. Tagging is…
Replica of George Washington’s field camp. @fortligonier
The daughter is performing now Twin Lakes Park.
I’m not making a serious attempt at recreating specific architecture, just trying to convey a sense of what the streets might have looked like. #blender3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay #simulation
Lintels and chimneys for low-poly buildings in a #medievaltheater simulation project. #mysteryplay #blender3d #unity3d
Glenda Morgan does not sound that impressed with Google’s latest promises about AI and education. [T]hus far I am unconvinced that the kinds of tutoring currently offered via AI matches the concept of watching a student’s thought processes and identifying the core issues they aren’t understanding. Instead, AI tutoring today seems to consist of breaking…
