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Just a reminder that there is no good data to support these uses in K12, we are just testing it live all on kids who won’t ever be these ages again and can’t get them back if we fuck it up.

"These tools, which can only do what they do because of the work of others, are already there, so, you know, obviously you have to use them instead of paying those others to actually do the work they do."

If we had thought for one second that our dystopian metal death machines would be used for evil we never would’ve made them and then released videos showing how terrifying they are

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Guillermo Del Toro dropping another one liner that’s exactly how I feel about AI slop, the “punishment” is built in

Turns out you can, in fact, start to look elsewhere when a company or supplier or partner proves itself to be unreliable or untrustworthy. In fact we all can and should be doing this, all the time.

Screenwriting software

Finally shut off LinkedIn emails because it was ALL looking for “AI Filmmakers.” Let me make this clear: there are none.

"AI" is not a tool of empowerment. It is a tool of control.

Pretty tired of dumb-as-shit super-rich guys

This is a 28 Days Later-ass headline if I've ever read one

New SEC filings show that Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to pay California’s billionaire tax without losing control of Meta. So billionaires can afford to pay the tax? And they won't lose control of their companies or flee the state? Don’t fall for billionaires’ propaganda. Vote YES on Prop 40.

Technically, a dictionary is a book of spells.

It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary. That man's name? Hans Cameraman.

We're all going to be dealing a lot more of this in the future. Chances are you've already had some version of this conversation with someone. "You just have to know how to ask the right questions." Our own brains fill in all of the "I" part of "AI": given free rein, the sky is the delusional limit.

Would watch.

What they're truly selling here is the nudge-and-a-wink promise that you are the only incapable dumbass who's going to use this to make yourself look good — yes this, their pervasive, perpetually overpromising technology they are trying desperately to shove in front of every last living human being.

Holy shit

It's survey time! What would you change/fix/improve about Fade In?

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Don't let billionaires convince you slop is the future. They're used to managing & directing, not making things themselves. Of course they can't see the difference. They don't understand your love for the craft. Keep making personal, beautiful games. You've got my support 💖

no kings includes billionaires who think they’re kings

It’s taking a long time for people to wake up to the fact that these platforms are not public forums but privately owned companies with terrible agendas and total control. If you lay down with these dogs…

Apparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta.

Bleecker Street, the film distributor overseeing the theatrical release of Alex Gibney's documentary Musk, was informed on Friday that the film's TikTok account was subject to "permanent suspension." tinyurl.com/4yd9997x

Making robots to do things — vacuum floors, assemble cars, etc. — is not a bad idea. Being hell-bent on making them looking human while doing it is pretty fucking weird though.

Do you hate computers too

Merriam Webster out here fighting for its life

"Jetpacks are real!" 🚀 Bell Aerosystems showcases the new Rocket Belt (June 7, 1961)

And yet assholes go to work every day trying to make it even "better".

People should not underestimate what an important role curation will play in the future of media and information. Companies, in their relentless quest to squeeze out profit, have destroyed the useful free internet. "AI" makes text and images suspect in their origin. There is only one solution.

Today Fade In is unveiling the next generation of Fade In, which will fix your second-act problems, come up with better character names, and give you a happy ending. All without AI. Production is scheduled to begin in 2037. Tech/fin press and eager investors, please form an orderly line.

Well, one thing to know I guess is that his *last* generation Roadster EV was "introduced" in 2017, when Tesla began taking deposits at $50K per. It still hasn't begun production. But little quibbles like that are of no concern to the tech/fin press.

Piracy is wrong and you should never do it. If you want to steal other people’s art you should do the legal way and start an AI tech company.

I used to go to a dentist, and she always remembered different parts of my life I had mentioned, and it made me feel very good about the dentist, and then I realized she kept notes on all her patients on stickies on their files, and she was just reading from the notes. Neat trick. Good marketing.

That’s an inciting incident if I ever saw one… #screenwriting

"AI" is a technology of the now. Does it pollute the creation of new creative work? Absolutely. Does it hamper current neophytes from becoming future experts? Without any doubt. Do any of these "AI" hucksters care one thing about any of that beyond their IPO date? They very much fucking do not.

jabba the hut: I want my money han solo: bear with me jabba the hut: yeah I can see

If you want to accurately value an otherwise highly opaque industry, see what one of its companies is worth in bankruptcy.