@fasterandworse for some reason i want to tag @aeva
Uncategorized
16
Posts
2
Posters
0
Views
-
@fasterandworse for some reason i want to tag @aeva
-
@fasterandworse for some reason i want to tag @aeva
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse honestly, as both an artist and a professional programmer, I don't feel particularly threatened by "ai". In my (i think measured, researched, carefully thought out) opinion we are already in the time of maximum danger as people-who-make-things, because the people-with-money-and-outsized-power-over-industry don't understand what "ai" can and can't do and are making bad decisions that can hurt us in the near term.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse honestly, as both an artist and a professional programmer, I don't feel particularly threatened by "ai". In my (i think measured, researched, carefully thought out) opinion we are already in the time of maximum danger as people-who-make-things, because the people-with-money-and-outsized-power-over-industry don't understand what "ai" can and can't do and are making bad decisions that can hurt us in the near term.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse in the long term, "ai" can't and will not be able to do my job, and no amount of hype or magical thinking on the part of the leisure class will ever change that, because we don't live in a consensus reality and magical thinking can't magick away the limitations of the technology. Meanwhile, there's been a steady stream of research showing that there's a rather large gap between the actual reality of the situation and what the "ai" peddlers are saying.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse in the long term, "ai" can't and will not be able to do my job, and no amount of hype or magical thinking on the part of the leisure class will ever change that, because we don't live in a consensus reality and magical thinking can't magick away the limitations of the technology. Meanwhile, there's been a steady stream of research showing that there's a rather large gap between the actual reality of the situation and what the "ai" peddlers are saying.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse and when I say it can't do my job, I know this to be true because I evaluated it myself. I have a neck injury, and I have side projects, and I was cautiously hopeful that if these tools worked the way they're marketed to, then I could maybe use them to make working on my side projects safer by reducing the time I spend on them. What I found instead is that these tools are complete garbage.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse and when I say it can't do my job, I know this to be true because I evaluated it myself. I have a neck injury, and I have side projects, and I was cautiously hopeful that if these tools worked the way they're marketed to, then I could maybe use them to make working on my side projects safer by reducing the time I spend on them. What I found instead is that these tools are complete garbage.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse my conclusion was that experiment was that it would be faster for me to simply prioritize my recovery and work slower on my projects here and there without the use of "ai" tools at all than it would have been to use them.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse my conclusion was that experiment was that it would be faster for me to simply prioritize my recovery and work slower on my projects here and there without the use of "ai" tools at all than it would have been to use them.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse in contrast, I ran a similar experiment the last two months where I hired a friend to help me with one of my side projects, and it was worth every penny. Working with a skilled human collaborator for two months shot the project ahead way faster it would have gone alone, and it helped him raise funds to keep his small business going for a little longer, which means my friends are happier and healthier.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse in contrast, I ran a similar experiment the last two months where I hired a friend to help me with one of my side projects, and it was worth every penny. Working with a skilled human collaborator for two months shot the project ahead way faster it would have gone alone, and it helped him raise funds to keep his small business going for a little longer, which means my friends are happier and healthier.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse what is really great about human collaborators is you can explain things to them, which they can understand, when they don't understand they ask you for clarifications, and the experience is cumulative over time, so they get better at the thing the more you work together.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse what is really great about human collaborators is you can explain things to them, which they can understand, when they don't understand they ask you for clarifications, and the experience is cumulative over time, so they get better at the thing the more you work together.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse so, speaking purely from the perspective of let's rub together two moneys and see if we can make a third money, you could 1) use a tool that tries to makes your code more similar to code in its dragnet training corpus based on prompts, learns nothing, makes a mess of everything, and mostly creates messes for the bored human technician to clean up, or
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse so, speaking purely from the perspective of let's rub together two moneys and see if we can make a third money, you could 1) use a tool that tries to makes your code more similar to code in its dragnet training corpus based on prompts, learns nothing, makes a mess of everything, and mostly creates messes for the bored human technician to clean up, or
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse 2) put together a small group of human collaborators, lay down the foundation for the thing you want to build, get a basic product out the door, and gradually build up your team by hiring more people and training them, and so on. Personally, I'm trying as hard as I can to think about this with only greedy intentions, and option 1 still does not look attractive.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse 2) put together a small group of human collaborators, lay down the foundation for the thing you want to build, get a basic product out the door, and gradually build up your team by hiring more people and training them, and so on. Personally, I'm trying as hard as I can to think about this with only greedy intentions, and option 1 still does not look attractive.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse so, again, trying to just apply cruel libertarian thinking here and not prosocial values or anything, I just don't see how long term "ai" businesses wont get out competed by teams of people who are willing to do the work and willing to learn
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse so, again, trying to just apply cruel libertarian thinking here and not prosocial values or anything, I just don't see how long term "ai" businesses wont get out competed by teams of people who are willing to do the work and willing to learn
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse now, let's talk about art. I work directly with professional artists, and most of my friends are professional artists, and I went to art school, but I am not a professional artist, I'm more of a "prosumer" artist. I cannot emphasize enough how unappealing "ai" image generators are to me, because not only do they remove the fun part of art, they also make the end result look like dog shit 99% of the time.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse now, let's talk about art. I work directly with professional artists, and most of my friends are professional artists, and I went to art school, but I am not a professional artist, I'm more of a "prosumer" artist. I cannot emphasize enough how unappealing "ai" image generators are to me, because not only do they remove the fun part of art, they also make the end result look like dog shit 99% of the time.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse I've noticed "ai" generated images being used a lot in advertising these days, and I think most of what they're getting out of it right now is that it is something ordinary people can recognize as being "high tech" and that can give it a cool factor, but only up until the point where it peaks and the shit starts sliding down the hill. The "ai" image generation artifacts will inevitably look dated to ordinary people.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse I've noticed "ai" generated images being used a lot in advertising these days, and I think most of what they're getting out of it right now is that it is something ordinary people can recognize as being "high tech" and that can give it a cool factor, but only up until the point where it peaks and the shit starts sliding down the hill. The "ai" image generation artifacts will inevitably look dated to ordinary people.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse the real reason why making art is never going to be obsolete is because it's a deep human impulse to try to make things that feel alive, to play with our senses, and to try to communicate the things we can't with words. For the most part children have to be trained to stop making art, we have a whole industry set up for that.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse the real reason why making art is never going to be obsolete is because it's a deep human impulse to try to make things that feel alive, to play with our senses, and to try to communicate the things we can't with words. For the most part children have to be trained to stop making art, we have a whole industry set up for that.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse artists despite having been shat on for literally thousands of years nevertheless continue to bring beautiful art into our world. No technology magnate is going to succeed at stopping artists from making their arts where so many teachers and parents who would have preferred a lawyer or perhaps a doctor instead had failed.
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse artists despite having been shat on for literally thousands of years nevertheless continue to bring beautiful art into our world. No technology magnate is going to succeed at stopping artists from making their arts where so many teachers and parents who would have preferred a lawyer or perhaps a doctor instead had failed.
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse I'm literally in pain all the time and I'm in worse pain when I paint, or draw, or write, or type, and not even that can stop me from wanting to make things
-
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse I'm literally in pain all the time and I'm in worse pain when I paint, or draw, or write, or type, and not even that can stop me from wanting to make things
@hipsterelectron @fasterandworse anyways sorry for the text wall, I meant to just share a few encouraging words and got swept up in a fit of passion 😅
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
-
Ma perché sti stronzi daa Corte dei Conti attaccano er Ponte ma nun an detto gniente sur 110%? Eh? Spiegateme questo!!!
...ah, è che er 110% nun era de conpetenza loro e nun potevano fermarlo, ma l'anno criticato uguale e an detto che er probblema era che tutti i partiti se sò buttati naa mangiatoia... inclusi noi?
Ah vabbé, ops... 😳
https://pagellapolitica.it/articoli/corte-conti-ponte-stretto-superbonus
-
@be @hipsterelectron i hate signal because it forces text based conversation onto my phone that would otherwise have been on my laptop, and typing on my phone is slow and hurts my hands, and I miss people's messages all the time
-
carpool tunnel surgery
-
Hacking Together an Expensive-Sounding Microphone At Home
When it comes to microphones, [Roan] has expensive tastes. He fancies the famous Telefunken U-47, but doesn’t quite have the five-figure budget to afford a real one. Thus, he set about getting as close as he possibly could with a build of his own.
[Roan] was inspired by [Jim Lill], who is notable for demonstrating that the capsule used in a mic has probably the greatest effect on its sound overall compared to trivialities like the housing or the grille. Thus, [Roan’s] build is based around a 3U Audio M7 capsule. It’s a large diaphragm condenser capsule that is well regarded for its beautiful sound, and can be had for just a few hundred dollars. [Roan] then purchased a big metal lookalike mic housing that would hold the capsule and all the necessary electronics to make it work. The electronics itself would be harvested from an old ADK microphone, with some challenges faced due to its sturdy construction. When the tube-based amplifier circuit was zip-tied into its new housing along with the fancy mic capsule, everything worked! Things worked even better when [Roan] realized an error in wiring and got the backplate voltage going where it was supposed to go. Some further tweaks to the tube and capacitors further helped dial in the sound.
If you’ve got an old mic you can scrap for parts and a new capsule you’re dying to use, you might pursue a build like [Roan’s]. Or, you could go wilder and try building your own ribbon mic with a gum wrapper. Video after the break.
youtube.com/embed/hFXfJk1FC9E?…
[Thanks to Keith Olson for the tip!]
-
-
@hipsterelectron Out-of-touch nerds love to hate Signal and suggest "alternatives" that don't even come close because they've missed the point of why people use Signal.
-
this is kinda my entire reason for whining about signal hate i wanna see someone actually building the alternative lol
-
web browsers should be redone from the ground upcloud services shouldn't be required to existemail should be redoneencrypted messaging should be pluggable like emailencrypted messaging should compete on terms of metadata resistance as well
