it's infuriating to watch language collapse at the behest of tech bros. machine learning in medicine has been an incredible boon. it also has very, very little to do with the large language models that Musk et al market as "artificial intelligence". calling everything AI only helps silicon valley.

Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 2d ago

apropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!

The LLM industry convincing people that their theft and plagiarism machine is no different than any other possible use of the technology has been very effective on people who don't pay attention.

Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 2d ago

apropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!

The AI industry itself has worked hard to blur the difference between LLMs and ML. So, no wonder the general public has difficulty distinguishing between the two. ML allows us to do amazing things. LLMs are the things that dumb down writing and make you scream at call centers.

I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")

Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 2d ago

apropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!

Kharkiv parks are getting pretty for the independence day 🇺🇦

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

There is no "war on the motorist". But there is a war, waged one-sidedly by the motoring lobby, against public health, the safety of pedestrians and liveable cities. Against us, in other words.

This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

theguardian.com

Viel besser kann Mensch die #noAfD nicht beschreiben. 🤌🏻👏🏻 Einzig logische Schlußfolgerung: #AfDVerbotsofort

SZ: Wo sind denn die Klimaaktivisten, es ist viel zu warm. Tut doch endlich was... Luisa Neubauer dazu:

everybody clearly wants Al which is why if anybody is able to tell a business used it their customers will leave

Claude users are canceling their subscriptions, citing Anthropic’s new AI watermark

One developer said they feared Anthropic's watermark could lead clients to flag their work as AI-generated and raise questions about authorship.

businessinsider.com

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Four years ago today, I captured one of my all-time best photos, Moonrise over Meradalir: #photography

Hi #PortfolioDay ! Im Oliver, I'm a freelance artist with a passion for painting and creating fantasy characters! I'm always looking for new opportunities and adventures. I'd love to paint a book cover one day!! 🎨 olivedraw.carrd.co/ ✉️ Olivedrawart@gmail.com

Scientists discover things. Engineers design things. Workers build things. Millions of us make all of this possible. Then one bloke owns it all, so apparently he created the wealth, and gets to take a share of EVERYTHING. Amazing system. Tear it down. Seize the stuff.

Schloss Stolzenfels thronend über dem Rheinufer 'Objekte, die mit "S" beginnen oder so aussehen...' #FotoVorschlag #Photography #ECK #ForestFriday #Stunday #Koblenz #Scape #Nature #Landscape

pov: ordering from the cute teashop in our d&d campaign but you aren't aware that herbal infusions are controlled and highly volatile substances

I went and stood on a high up hill to experience this evening’s eclipse ☀️ I meant to take my watercolours but forgot, so here’s a 2 hour sketch from memory and my (not very good) photos

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Twitch's "Allow your channel content to train generative AI models" setting is here and on by default. Go turn that shit off, streamer!! The toggle is under your Settings, then 'Security and Privacy'

also what happens to union voice actors who literally fought to not have their performances used for training data?

Mike Futter | Project Red @ PAX Rising!@futterish.fsquared.biz · last wk.

What happens if a creator streams your game and is opted in? Does Twitch think it has the right to feed a developer's game into its AI slop factory? This has deeper ramifications than it seems on the surface.

AI Guy Asks AI To Help Him Read Difficult Books

Brandon Friedman@brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

People message me that my assets get resold at Fab, itch.io & Roblox. Technically that's legal (sort of debatable), but I still feel it's unfair for people that pay for them while they could've been free. I want my assets to be free, please keep them free.

"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!

— cmm for @lynnlandra.bsky.social The vampire Caroline, and pirate Lina the Red, love and blood on the high seas.

Soutomaior #Castle (12thc), #Galicia, Spain. #castleSaturday #coloraday #GreenSat #architecture #medieval #photography #anzaa #eck #Galiza #blueskyphotography #stone #stonework

Tascha is a friend of mine and she streams on Twitch. If you're interested in gaming and crafting, check her out!

TaschaTales@taschatales.bsky.social · 2w ago

✨ Willkommen bei TaschaTales! ✨ 🎮 Twitch-Streaming 🧶 Handgemachte Tufting-Teppiche 💚 Kreativität, Gaming & ganz viel Chaos Wenn ich nicht gerade auf Twitch unterwegs bin, findet ihr mich mit Tuftingpistole und Garn vor meinem nächsten Teppich-Projekt. 😄

v1.130 is live! Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.

Please stop paying for anything Harry Potter. This is where your money is going. At this point, you're not an ally, you're an abuser and we're your victim.