Your Virtual Fireplace Will Now Power Off
Spotted in October 2022, in a restaurant that was done up to be "rustic" but not very well. TV log fires are... something, but this
Roman Kudryashov
Say "Bad Internet Connection!"
A selfie booth in JFK Airport, promoting an opportunity to win tickets to a Broadway show. Just as well that it wasn't working – people who
The Glitch Aesthetic
Spotted December 15th, New York City, East Village.
A follow-up to the glitch aesthetic spotted in Colorado, under "Old Televisions".
"The Street Finds Its Own Uses For Things"
Spotted in New York City, December 14th. Lower East Side.
It reminds me of a quote by William Gibson: "the street finds its own uses
Microservices Failures
Much has already been said and bally-hoo'd about what's going on with Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition and extremely quick loss of almost 75% of the
Why Meta’s Giant Science-focused AI Model Only Survived 3 Days
Illuminating about the limitations of language-based AI models:
Galactica is a large language model for science, trained on 48 million examples of scientific articles, websites,
Why the Milwaukee Bucks Can't Wear Cream Uniforms (Hint: It's because it interferes with courtside digital ad placements)
This is a fascinating one:
“I’m not sure I want to deal with the can of worms it will open, so I’ll tell
The Diverging Future of AI Images in Stock Image Businesses
There's an interesting divide happening between Getty and Shutterstock, two massive stock image businesses, with regards to AI-generated media.
Getty:
“We took a step around
The Last Remaining Manufacturers
As technology wanes, business based on it will decline until you’re left with only a handful of companies. Then there’s usually a period
Students are acing their homework by turning in machine-generated essays.
Consider the threat once posed by the calculator to homework that involved arithmetic. In some cases, the point of such exercises is to learn arithmetic
Laundering Code with Github Copilot
As the article concludes, "is this AI that generates code, or AI that searches the web for open source code that might be suitable?" Not
Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
To many folks, Excel is their operating system. It's not just spreadsheet software, but data collection, analysis, visualization, reporting, and processing. But the software – designed