https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/26/1076764/this-new-tool-could-protect-your-pictures-from-ai-manipulation/ Look, we know kids do it. They get up to things. We did when we were their age. Alright we didn’t have all this tech, but we did stuff! Teenagers will be teenagers. Maybe we’re lilly-livered liberals but we don’t want to stop them being kids. We just want to keep them safe. They … [Read more…]
https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-writing-tips/ Her therapist had recommended it. “Think of it a bit like your teenage diary,” he’d said. “A friend to talk to. A confidante.” She’d never kept a diary but she smiled and nodded. She had to admit, after a few weeks, she did see herself reflected back. It did help her see clearly. She … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/openais-trust-and-safety-lead-is-leaving-the-company-190049987.html We need to double down on trust and safety. We clearly have a more nuanced view of the “dangers” of our technology than the catastrophists, but we are in an information war and need to be seen to be ahead of this. And then there are the politicians seeking to make a name. Even … [Read more…]
https://www.engadget.com/google-is-reportedly-testing-an-ai-tool-that-can-generate-news-articles-054602544.html Woodward and Bernstein obviously. The Sunday Times Insight team. Carole Cadwalladr. There are so many. I’m standing on the shoulders of giants. There’s never been a shortage of scandals to investigate but now we’re needed more than ever. Fake news, synthetic media, floods of data that overwhelm and hide. Real, dogged, brave journalists are … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/18/23799459/google-meet-ai-generated-videoconferencing-background-image The Stylist was busy. The election campaign was in full swing and the demands for interviews were flooding in Each candidate needed “dressing” and some were more amenable to help than others. The Stylist was the professional. They might be the experts on words, but The Stylist knew what worked on camera: “gravitas”, “family-focused”, … [Read more…]
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/technology/artificial-intelligence-models-chat-data.html Getting in isn’t easy. It shouldn’t be. With the challenges – enemies really – surrounding us, we have to be careful. There was the Aunty Turing to start with. I was expecting questions about the canon but, no, they were much weirder than that. I can’t tell you more obviously. Finally there was the … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/15/david-ingraham-best-phone-picture-handball-hangout I don’t hold with this generation of AI snappers. No craft. A photographer sees an arrangement of people and light set to appear and gets ready. She’s imag(in)ing in the shadow of Cartier-Bresson’s decisive moment, the perfect coming together. What makes a real photographer? It’s the eye, the ability to see that picture in … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/53212d61-1717-456d-b982-afa0dcab0936 All the research tells you that friendships are important. It’s relationships that keep you mentally and physically healthy. Heh, one of my friends told me it slows aging. You do have to put the effort in though. Friendships need investment. Time, thought, commitment even. It’s worth it though. I make a point of meeting … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights It was graduation day. The chance to meet the students and their families, watching them turn for a moment from the adults who’d been in class to someone’s son or daughter, uncomfortably introducing “my parents”. They recognised their teacher in the crowd. Stopped for a selfie. Maybe he had made a difference, His particular … [Read more…]
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/googles-ai-assisted-note-taking-app-gets-limited-launch-as-notebooklm/ She’d read that Jack Kerouac kept a pocket notebook that shaped the poetry he wrote. He always had it with him. Ready to record a thought, collect an observation he could form into his poetry. Walter Benjamin had been a collector too. His Arcades Project had been written on scraps and cards as he … [Read more…]