A lip-syncing robot, Leonardo's DNA, and new evidence that humans, not glaciers, moved stones to Stonehenge
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A lip-syncing robot, Leonardo's DNA, and new evidence that humans, not glaciers, moved stones to Stonehenge...Jennifer Ouellette (Ars Technica)
A nod to the past brought Sidney Crosby to tears. The Penguins captain is smiling about the present
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I was told that once you start you don’t stop lol, it’s been fun so far started small and haven’t slowed down. I hand made these two stands and just keepGardener (All For Gardening)
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"PICASSO = MERDE"
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Je repartage cette vidéo déjà ancienne.
Thématique qui m'est chère.
Ces personnes trop bien, trop géniales, trop grandes, pour que les règles communes s'appliquent à elles...
...et qui du coup se permettent de faire n'importe quoi et d'être odieuses avec autrui.
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There's also a grumpy bear who just wants to sleep, a disdainful owl who's had enough nonsense, and a sad little hedgehog who often feels the weight of the world.
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Shylo: "Ah, yes... come in and sit down. Now, I understand that you had this Caturday Saturday off, and yet you failed to provide me with infinite treats. This will not do. Consider yourself on report. Now get my treats."
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Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray area leaves questions about authenticity and authorship
AI is already in much of the music you hear. It can be as mundane as a production tool or as deceptive as a fake recording artist – and a whole lot in between.The Conversation
New ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ records suggest federal funding and involvement in Florida detention camp
Court filings appear to undermine DHS claims that “Alligator Alcatraz” was a state project, potentially reviving a court-ordered shutdownAyi (Prism)
Black soldier fly larvae basically eat all compost a red worm won't, like meat and cheese and oils. And they don't spread disease. It's great.
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Yeah their natural range is huge! Which is also great!! When I first learned about them I was in a state of shock, they're so perfect.
Put together layers of cardboard in little strips/blocks that hang above your compost, with the crevices along the edges exposed. The adults love to lay their eggs there. They don't want to crawl around down in the compost itself, but lay safely above it. Just leave a gap in the lid big enough for them to get in.
My only issue has been queen ants getting in..
@violetmadder fascinating. I do end up with a fly problem, regular house flies, in the chicken yard in the summer. I've had two birds that have come down with flystrike (don't look it up -- it is absolutely disgusting) and perished.
maybe I'll start a new little compost area in their run, priming it with some of my active compost... lots to think about. Thank you!
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‘I’ve found my community’: the woman bringing AI and climate science together
Some of the brightest minds are combining climate science with machine learning to address impacts of the climate crisis. Priya Donti is leading the chargeMartin Wright (Positive News)
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Indeed, but if I'm not mistaken LLMs and most other current AI systems are all "model" systems that use similar artificial "neural" networks, and work in much the same way by training on a set of data then using the trained model to try to see if some novel new data has "matches" in the model. I think that's even true for the systems which take text and generate images or video, though I'm not so familiar with how those ones work.
So that said what it means is current "AI" tech is all power hungry, at least at the training stage. I think almost all GPTs, and especially those generating multimedia output, are still power hungry when they run too, especially if they implement so-called "chain-of-thought" feedback loops (never mind that some of the models are so huge that they require a rack of storage to hold them, never mind replication to feed the needs of large numbers of concurrent GPT sessions).
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Here it's identified as a "a technological tool for advancing & scaling up transformative climate solutions for mitigation and adaptation action in developing countries with a focus on least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS)."
It's worth note that developed nations are most responsible for emissions & planet death but least developed nations are more likely to suffer the effects first & be least likely to have mitigation strategies. Considering AI as a "technological tool" allows for its management and resource expenditure. To my mind an individual with computing expertise & an interest in the phenomena of climate change (a thinker) is a win win considering there still are individuals who are in denial relating to the impact of a warming world. It is possible that the benefits of its use outweigh the cost especially in terms of life (lifestyles) & death.
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in reply to Ars Technica • • •“According to the authors, grasshoppers have two sets of wings: forewings and hindwings.”
Also, according to grasshoppers, grasshoppers have two sets of wings.
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