ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
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If folks post in public environments (e.g. Reddit), is it ethical to treat that as a data set for research?
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The New York Times: F.D.A. Ends Ban on Blood Donations From Gay and Bisexual Men
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/health/fda-blood-donations-gay-bisexual-men.html
#ChatGPT (4) insists on the importance of "external reality":
"Absolutely, it's often more straightforward to consider our own immediate perceptions and experiences than to account for the vast complexity of the external world. This is partly because our perceptions and experiences are directly accessible to us, while the external world is not. We can only access the external world indirectly, through our senses, and our understanding of it is mediated by a complex set of cognitive processes.
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However, it's important to note that our personal, subjective experiences don't give us a complete or necessarily accurate picture of reality. We are prone to a variety of cognitive biases and perceptual illusions, and our senses can be deceived in numerous ways. Additionally, our experiences are shaped by our past experiences, our cultural background, our beliefs, and many other factors, all of which can distort our perception of reality.
So while it's simpler to consider only our own experiences, if we want to achieve a more accurate understanding of the world, we need to go beyond them. We need to critically examine our assumptions, question our perceptions, and consider perspectives that differ from our own. We need to engage with the external world, despite its complexity and despite the challenges involved."
Spoil-sport.
Posted! Brief and cranky. :)
OpenAI: Where by "can" we mean "can't"
https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2023/05/11/openai-where-by-can-we-mean-cant/
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QAnon Conspiracist Mike Flynn Is Suing Another Conspiracist Who Claims He Invented QAnon
Disgraced former national security advisor Michael Flynn loves a conspiracy theory—except when it’s about him.
#news #uspol #usa #politics #lawsuit #Qanon #conspiracynut #GOPcult
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3pmv/michael-flynn-qanon-conspiracy-lawsuit
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Read about punch cards, plotters, light pens, kinetic machines and a lot more in my new article about Early Computer Art in the 50's & 60's!
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There's a stark difference between how careful AI tech companies are being around copyright in music versus how they're treating it in visual art.
I wonder why?
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Did you know you don't have to have a strong opinion on every little thing?
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Today marks a year since the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, West Bank. Last year, the Bellingcat team unpacked the circumstances around her death using open source techniques. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2022/05/14/unravelling-the-killing-of-shireen-abu-akleh/
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rage against
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It has been proven repeatedly that platforms prioritizing growth over safety are toxic to everyone else who doesn't present as white, straight, and a man.
No, I'm not going to debate it anymore. No, I don't care if people think I'm wrong to center safety in my dev efforts because I can live with it going sideways if that happens.
But in my experience as a dev and a citizen of the web for more than two decades, the missing link to rehumanizing social media spaces is safety for the most marginalized people that have historically been ignored.
And I'm going to create around that ethos.
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#Housingemergency #Signalboost #blackmastodon #Minneapolis
Boosting again for @flaminghohners, who is $100 short on rent for this month and $630 short on next month’s rent. Please boost/chip in if you can. https://givebutter.com/y2GfZV
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#introduction radio free fedi is a small web, consent driven, artist populated, non-commercial, attribution promoting, community radio
we are now ready to accept more submissions, and are here to promote sound and music artists, their support links, desired license and fedi presence if they wish in an eclectic and fun radio format
24/7 music from the fedi with "theNews" at the top of each hour
keep fedi weird
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BREAKING: Starbucks to shut down *all* Ithaca locations as a part of its union busting efforts.
This means that over 30 people will lose their jobs, as a result of Starbucks' illegal anti-union efforts.
Ithaca was the first city that had 100% of its Starbucks stores unionized & now it will the first city to have all of its Starbucks stores shuttered.
The story hasn't broken locally yet (SB did a news dump last night); message me if you want to cover this
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A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.
Joined Nov 2022
