It’s a source of constant amusement to me that there are two open, federated microblog protocols that are completely incompatible with each other.
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It’s a source of constant amusement to me that there are two open, federated microblog protocols that are completely incompatible with each other.
I'm in a supermarket in Czechia buying some beers, and I'm chatting with Gemini Live + camera input to identify the different types and tell me all about them, and the objectors who refuse these tools are missing out on tiny miracles like this.
Google’s Nano Banana Pro was a breakthrough in image models because of its world knowledge. What will be the next breakthrough? I think it has to do with the “falling wine glass” problem…
Google just launched #NanoBanana 2, a faster version of its image generation / editing model. N🍌2 replaces N🍌 Pro in the Gemini app, although paid users will be able to regenerate images using Pro. #AI
blog.google/innovation-a...
In the absence of strong evidence, teen social media bans seem to be an example of the politician’s syllogism: something must be done; this is something; therefore we must do this.
Close-up photo of a Jackdaw looking directly at the camera
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) — a lucky pic at just the right moment. #birds
this essay has been going around and lemme just say it's an amazing piece of hard science fiction -- like, it almost redefines the genre into something that includes financial projection -- but that's all it is
we are in an era when AI panic porn is widespread and less than helpful
… which I found via this very interesting BBC piece on the history of fakes in #photography.
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
That’s from The Photographic News, published in 1861 but still strangely relevant today ( #AI ). Quoted in the article Composite Imagery and the Origins of Photomontage, Part I, in ArtForum…
www.artforum.com/features/com...
“A photographer, like all artists, is at liberty to employ what means he thinks necessary to carry out his ideas… but let it be clearly understood, these are only means to the end, and that the picture when finished must stand or fall entirely by the effects produced, and not by the means employed.”
SeeDance and the new media landscape
A few months ago we were pondering a few things about the future of media here at Llama Towers. I speculated about a world where you could generate your own Star Wars trilogy based on the Timothy Zahn's novels, fix the ending of Game of Thrones, or finish…
I could listen to a track or two out of morbid curiosity but a whole album would be too much.
A new version of the play ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’, but the character of Cyrano is replaced by #ChatGPT.
Every few months, I write an updated, idiosyncratic guide on which AIs to use right now.
My new version has the most changes ever, since AI is no longer just about chatbots. To use AI you need to understand how to think about models, apps, and harnesses. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
The new ByteDance SeeDance 2.0 video model is VERY good. Each video is the very first output of the prompt. There are four, worth seeing them all to get a sense of the range (and potential issues)
"A nature documentary about an otter flying an airplane"
I should add that this stuff was basically science fiction five years ago so even getting something this good should be viewed as a minor miracle.
#Kling3 has excellent prompt adherence, visual detail, and consistency across shots, but its motion and physics are off. There’s something wrong in every generation I’ve made so far, and it’s too slow and expensive to just run multiples until I get a good one. #AI
A demonstration of where you can find the drafts feature in the top right corner of the post composer on Bluesky.
v1.116 is rolling out now!
For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.
Genuinely can't believe how much he's blaming missing players, considering the size of their squad. FFS
The commentators thrive on upsets, I get that. But tonight was beyond the pale.
Did he really say that? Because that's not what he said at half time, the fucking prick.
Gary Neville! Jamie Redknapp! Wonder kid Estevão! Ice cold Cole Palmer! Liam Rosenior’s tactical masterclass! Your boys took a hell of a beating!
UP YOUR HOLE GARY NEVILLE
I just had to switch to ITV, couldn't stand it anymore.
The researchers evaluated several major large language models, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others, and compared their results with data from 100,000 human participants. The outcome marks a clear turning point. Some AI systems, including GPT-4, scored higher than the average human on tasks designed to measure divergent linguistic creativity. “Our study shows that some AI systems based on large language models can now outperform average human creativity on well-defined tasks,” explains Professor Karim Jerbi. “This result may be surprising — even unsettling — but our study also highlights an equally important observation: even the best AI systems still fall short of the levels reached by the most creative humans.”
A new study finds that #AI can outperform average human creativity in test conditions — but not above-average human creativity.
scitechdaily.com/ai-is-now-mo...
ChatGPT is still the most-used #AI platform, but it's plateauing / in decline. Gemini is growing.
(Data is based on desktop Web use; apps may tell a different story).
Name the film.
think this might be one of the first good instances of AI visual art I've seen. the making of is great too cannoneyed.com/projects/iso...
Contrary to social-media lore, it is one of the safest cities in the world
In the unlikely event anyone wants to read some words on a topic adjacent to the below, here are some (by me, sorry) www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-do...
