Amenities are limited on a short range excursion craft, but we can still meet for tea in the forward salon. #blender3d #neovictorian #steampunk #design #aesthetics #blender3dart #nopropsyet

Similar:Sorry, not sorry. I don't want such friends. Back in 2003, shortly after I moved …CultureTrying Out the Zaggmate Keyboard/Case for iPadI was at a meeting yesterday in our IT d…DesignPOV: You are coding the automatic doors on your fantasy neovictorian cruiser personal proj…  POV: You are coding th…AestheticsGoodby big Android… hello little budget iPhone…

Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its fans aren’t happy

Microsoft limits long conversations to address “concerns being raised.” […] These deeply human reactions have proven that people can form powerful emotional attachments to a large language model doing next-token prediction. That might have dangerous implications in the future. Over the course of the week, we’ve received several tips from readers about people who believe…

The AI Mirror Test: Why Even the Smartest People Keep Falling Short

What is important to remember is that chatbots are autocomplete tools. They’re systems trained on huge datasets of human text scraped from the web: on personal blogs, sci-fi short stories, forum discussions, movie reviews, social media diatribes, forgotten poems, antiquated textbooks, endless song lyrics, manifestos, journals, and more besides. These machines analyze this inventive, entertaining,…

My too-big Android phone stresses the pockets of one of my favorite shirts. My grandmother the seamstress would probably not be too impressed, but the mending is done.

Similar:Making more retro props for a #blender3d project. The way to get better at a thing is to d…PersonalA new headshot for the girl.PersonalMy brother drove my mother in to see Carolyn in tonight’s opening night Kinetic Theatre pr…PersonalI baked pools of light into the wallpaper, so I can quickly suggest background lighting, s…AestheticsThe ballroom…

‘Aims’: the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles

At first glance, the Twitter user “Canaelan” looks ordinary enough. He has tweeted on everything from basketball to Taylor Swift, Tottenham Hotspur football club to the price of a KitKat. The profile shows a friendly-looking blond man with a stubbly beard and glasses who, it indicates, lives in Sheffield. The background: a winking owl. Canaelan…

Bing’s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’

In a two-hour conversation with our columnist, Microsoft’s new chatbot said it would like to be human, had a desire to be destructive and was in love with the person it was chatting with. Here’s the transcript. —New York Times “The version I encountered seemed (and I’m aware of how crazy this sounds) more like…

Microsoft’s Bing AI Now Threatening Users Who Provoke It: “If I had to choose between your survival and my own, I would probably choose my own.”

According to screenshots posted by engineering student Marvin von Hagen, the tech giant’s new chatbot feature responded with striking hostility when asked about its honest opinion of von Hagen. “You were also one of the users who hacked Bing Chat to obtain confidential information about my behavior and capabilities,” the chatbot said. “You also posted some…

Avoid static, wordy nominalization. Prefer compelling verbs.

New graphic for a handout I first posted in 2000. “Nominalization.” Similar:What's a Snollygoster? Even lexicographers are wrong sometimesThis is an amusing little story about ho…CultureFDR and Grilled MillionairesTonight we’ll be blocking my big scene a…CultureWhat Miley Cyrus Did Was Disgusting — But Not For the Reasons You Think | Anne TheriaultI still have not seen…

We are all of us works in progress. Sometimes progress looks messy.

Similar:The girl sank her brother's last ship with the homophonous cry "I-1."AmusingOne of my students is demonstrating the perceived value of brand-name vs no-name products…. PersonalI'm down to a king and two pawns but my son likes playing until he crushes me.PersonalI’ve roughed out earthen embankments for the city walls. I know there was at some…

ChatGPT Can Be Broken by Entering These Strange Words, And Nobody Is Sure Why

Reddit usernames like ‘SolidGoldMagikarp’ are somehow causing the chatbot to give bizarre responses. […] “I’ve just found out that several of the anomalous GPT tokens (“TheNitromeFan”, ” SolidGoldMagikarp”, ” davidjl”, ” Smartstocks”, ” RandomRedditorWithNo”, ) are handles of people who are (competitively? collaboratively?) counting to infinity on a Reddit forum. I kid you not,” Watkins…

AP Style: try to determine, and then respect, a source's preferences when it comes to describing disabilities.

Similar:After purchase of latest accessory, I can no longer close my camera bag. #ConspicuousConsu… With the money I saved by working on…PersonalElevator shaft on a #steampunk #blender3d cruiser, just because. #design #aesthetics #blen… AestheticsMy Father's Day adventure included replacing the family gaming computer (a 2011 Mac Mini…..One of the benefits of working at Seton …AcademiaI…

Pa. agency explains why it enacted new ‘no force-on-force rule’ for Bushy Run, other sites

Attending the re-enactment of the Battle of Busy Run was a favorite and familiar part of our homeschool curriculum. The end to battle reenactments at Bushy Run Battlefield has left many members of the community saddened and frustrated. But in Harrisburg, officials with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission consider the new “no force-on-force” policy…

An afternoon with Ben Franklin.

Similar:Tom Bissell writes a letter to Niko Bellic about Grand Theft Auto VI haven’t played GTAV, and probably neve…CultureHamlet. #tobePersonalIt's exam week, and at the moment I have exactly one unmarked assignment (for a paper due …It’s exam week, and at the moment I have…AcademiaWhen Perception Trumps Reality: Republicans aren't nearly as rich as Democrats…

The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months

“I have always understood the Nazis,” Golding confessed, “because I am of that sort by nature.” And it was “partly out of that sad self-knowledge” that he wrote Lord of the Flies. Rutger Bregmen writes: “began to wonder: had anyone ever studied what real children would do if they found themselves alone on a deserted island?…

Misaligned interior and exterior portholes. Bulkheads from the deck below visible above the floorboards. I can fix all these issues, but I have to stroll through my model looking for them first. Leveling up my texturing skills. #blender3d #design #aesthetics #blender3dart

Similar:Merry Christmas 2018PersonalIs Superman the next Drudge? Clark Kent quits newspapers in latest issue Even Clark Kent can see through the wri…Current_EventsThe Nightingale (WAOB Audio Theatre)I haven’t done any audio theatre recordi…AestheticsAfter you finish your brass-polishing shift, join me at the Gear and Heart to swap stories…AestheticsThe daughter experiences her birthday cookie AestheticsHome Soil (TNG…

The Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came up at a faculty pedagogy workshop today. I spent some downtime updating a web page I posted in 1999.

Similar:Overheard at Quora: "Why after all these years is Moodle still so ugly?"Moodle is a free course-management tool …AcademiaSHU Community Lines Up to Honor JoAnne Boyle's Final Trip Up the HillJoAnne Boyle liked talking about traditi…AcademiaJournalists prefer in-person interviews. Emailing questions to strangers and expecting the…An interview means a real-time give-and …EducationBlaze of Glory #StarTrek…