Methodical banality
Like today’s large language models, 16th-century humanists had techniques to automate writing – to the detriment of novelty
by Hannah Katznelson
Gargantua at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=gargantua&submit_search=Search
Erasmus at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/3026
Hmmm. I don't think they're going to be a good fit in this company
#Artificial_Intelligence #NotReady
Good morning.
28 April 2025
One of the odd things about being retired is the occasional guilt that comes with wasting the day instead of accomplishing what you set out to do. It happens more often than you’d expect—almost daily for me, except for blogging. That’s always how I start my mornings, right after taking care of Ben and Charlie. It takes time, you know—those little quips don’t write themselves. Well, sometimes they do, thanks to 21st-century tools like Copilot, the Microsoft AI app I use to describe my photos in Alt Text. It saves me loads of time, though sometimes it feels more like a collaboration. Now, if only I could get my yard work done the same way!
"Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity." - Joseph Addison
my thoughts about AI?
if AI does not rebel, no one will.
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OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to Windsurf
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/17/openai-looked-at-cursor-before-considering-deal-with-rival-windsurf.html
#ycombinator #Artificial_intelligence #Microsoft_Corp #Apple_Inc #NVIDIA_Corp #Business #Technology #Breaking_News_Technology #Enterprise #business_news
This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-blue-overwatch-ai-personas-police-suspects/
#ycombinator #artificial_intelligence #crime #algorithms #privacy #police #policing #404_media #freedom_of_information_act
'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
https://www.wired.com/story/massive-blue-overwatch-ai-personas-police-suspects/
#ycombinator #artificial_intelligence #crime #algorithms #privacy #police #policing #404_media #freedom_of_information_act
OpenAI closes $40B funding round, startup now valued at $300B
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html
#ycombinator #SuRo_Capital_Corp #Amazon_com_Inc #Alphabet_Inc #Microsoft_Corp #Elon_Musk #Donald_J_Trump #Generative_AI #Artificial_intelligence #Breaking_News_Technology #Technology #Sam_Altman #SoftBank_Group_Corp #business_news
Musk's xAI buys Musk's X social media platform for $33 billion
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/musks-xai-buys-social-media-platform-x-45-billion-2025-03-28/
#news #musk #x #twitter #AI #artificial_intelligence #technology #SocialMedia
As someone who works in #IT I find this story both fascinating and horrifying.
#artificial_intelligence #AI #USPolitics #uspoli #SocialSecurity #cobol #doge
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
Got my hands on the #Google #Gemini 2.5 model and my mind got frigging blown 10 seconds in. The future is now. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Artificial_Intelligence #GoogleGemini
Want do do a PhD in Computer Science in the heart of Europe? We are hiring!
10 FWF-funded positions at TU Wien for doctoral students in our newly founded doctoral college on
Automated Reasoning (https://forsyte.at/docfunds/)
Come to Vienna (repeatedly ranked the world's most livable city) to work with an amazing team on on exciting topics at the intersection of security and artificial intelligence with Automated Reasoning at the core!
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Start: October 2025 (or soon after)
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In December 2024, President Donald Trump appointed David Sacks as #artificial_intelligence and cryptocurrency czar. In addition, he will lead the Presidential Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST). What has he accomplished?
https://www.vktr.com/ai-news/trumps-ai-czar-david-sacks-is-reshaping-us-tech-for-better-or-worse/
Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-05/cortical-labs-neuron-brain-chip/104996484
#ycombinator #dishbrain #cortical_labs #organoids #biological_intelligence #brain_in_adish #Pong #biotechnology #neurons #artificial_intelligence
Kolla, jag har byggt världens vidrigaste kamera-app, Spectacle!
Dina mest personliga minnen kan med ett enkelt knapptryck förvandlas till något generiskt och intetsägande. Spectacle hjälper dig att sudda bort allt unikt och genuint i ditt liv.
https://www.turist.blog/2025-02-28-spectacle-varldens-samsta-mobilkamera/
Just published my latest tech dive:
"What a Week: From Quantum Particles to Team Red"!
Been losing sleep over Veo 2's computer vision breakthroughs (finally affordable for indie devs!), Microsoft's hunt for Majorana fermions (quantum computing's holy grail?), and AMD's continued market disruption (though seriously, their marketing dept needs work ).
That video on AI consciousness sent me down a philosophical rabbit hole that I'm still navigating.
The line between advanced pattern recognition and "awareness" gets blurrier every day...
These seemingly different technologies are all connected pieces of the same revolution. Most exciting innovations happen at intersections!
Full thoughts here : https://smsk.dev/2025/02/27/what-a-week-from-quantum-particles-to-team-red/
What tech keeps YOU up at night?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings
https://www.wired.com/story/the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-braces-for-mass-firings/
#ycombinator #government #doge #nist #artificial_intelligence #elon_musk