at first I thought it was because his students were using AI, but fortunately:
Constanze Scheib/ C. N. Stance
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Autorin, Schauspielerin, Wienerin ✍️ Krimi, SF, Fantasy, Horror Die gnä' Frau ermittelt - Cosy Crime Ein Fall für Quin Angel - queere Urban Fantasy she/her https://www.constanzescheib.at/ Porträt im Header: https://bsky.app/profile/neophobica.bsky.social
Faszinierender Blick nach Tokyo mit interessanten Figuren und einer coolen finalen Zuspitzung. (Aufgrund des eher ruhigen Erzähltempos für mich aber eher Krimi als Thriller) #ausgelesen #GermanBookSky #lesen
Generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants
And we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue
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Just a reminder: at #Ebooks Direct, our #Summer #Reading #Sale (with all our ebooks hilariously discounted) is still on! Drop by and take advantage of us. 😃 ebooks.direct/pages/our-su...
Damit Österreicher umdenken: So müsste Hitze-Berichterstattung aussehen dietagespresse.com/damit-oester...
Damit Österreicher umdenken: So müsste Hitze-Berichterstattung aussehen
Illegale 40,1 Grad in Wien: Hitzemassen aus Nordafrika verweigern Rückreise! Der Hitze-Ansturm auf Österreich gerät völlig außer Kontrolle.
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Just as I don't want to read a book by someone who couldn't be bothered to write it, I *definitely* don't want to eat food by someone who doesn't want me to see that food in actual photo form. You're advertising a product that does not and cannot exist in corporeal reality. WTF.
🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪@murderxbryan.bsky.social · yesterdayHey man, maybe just make the sandwiches and take a pic of them.
The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
That said, let us take a moment to thank our Bluesky Trans and Furry Elders for freaking out Jack Dorsey so much he bolted and left us this nice social media playground, taking most of his crypto chuds with him. We thank you for your service.
Every now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
Lynne Freeman got a write up in the fucking New Yorker to turn people against Tracy Wolff and it absolutely fucking sucks that all the people who read that salacious piece will never know that Lynne Freeman lied to the court, conducted this litigation in bad faith, and had absolutely zero case.
Habe meinen neuen Newsletter verschickt „Move fast and flood everything with AI“ Über die problematische Tendenz von Tech-Konzernen, überall Kl einzubauen – selbst dort, wo sie keine gute Idee ist Den aktuellen Anlass liefert Google Earth, das erlaubte, Fake-Satellitenbilder per KI zu erstellen
Move fast and flood everything with AI
Der Google-Earth-Eklat zeigt eine problematische Tendenz: Den Wunsch von Tech-Konzernen, überall KI einzubauen – selbst dort, wo sie keine gute Idee ist.
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I have just been sent the transcript of a deposition my grandmother gave in 1977 while she was serving as an expert witness in a series of tribal rights cases and let me tell you, if nothing else this is proof that I come by it honest for every conceivable value of “it”
Bin mit "Der lange Weg zu einem kleinen zornigen Planeten" von Becky Chambers (übersetzt v. Karin Will) fertig und habs sehr genossen. So ein wunderbares, rundes, tiefgehendes, lustiges, warmherziges, kluges Buch. 🥰 #ScienceFiction #lesen #GermanBookSky
This is how easy it is to poison Google's AI search with Reddit comments Watch here and subscribe for more of this every single week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uG8...
I am so honored The Calculating Stars found its way onto this @bookriot.bsky.social list. Thank you for the kind words, @chrismarnone.bsky.social. bookriot.com/best-science...
Wait, it’s August???????????? WHO APPROVED THIS, omg??????
Aus unserer losen Reihe zum Thema #Sonnenfinsternis: Auch auf anderen Planeten kann es dazu kommen. Wie hier auf dem Mars. Da hat der Perseverance-Rover vor längerer Zeit diesen Schnappschuss mit dem Mars-Mond Phobos vor der Sonne gemacht.
This is exactly how people talk about gambling and drinking.
!["I need to come to terms with the fact that the level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs-with doing more and more and more and more-is not healthy for me or good for the world," said Green. "It is careless, and has disconnected me from where people are on this. I was talking about this with [my wife] last night, and she did not pull any punches. Frankly, neither did [my brother]. Neither of them think I've been being healthy. I need to readjust."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pytxycyhu6ql3flqs2qmkuub/bafkreicmxurcds4n55kttsu4q7lglli5tmelaerxppn4gc5ruutlkdqrvq)
This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
Happy #LetterboxdFriday ! 🥳 Wanted to like "Masters of the Universe" so bad, but it simply wasn't for me, "Project Hail Mary" was everything everyone said it was, "Ready or not 2" was more fun than expected and "Svaha" was some nice Korean Horror. #LastFourWatched #movies
Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 5d agoHappy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 🤳
Die Bereitschaft, gefährlichen Scharlatanen aus aufmerksamkeitsökonomischen Gründen den Adelstitel des Experten zu verleihen, hat sich als wahnsinnig zerstörerisch erwiesen. Winterhoff wäre ein anderes Beispiel. Der Schaden ist riesig. uebermedien.de/105428/aufst...
Fall Winterhoff: Wie Medien auf falsche Experten setzen | Kolumne
Der Psychiater Michael Winterhoff galt in Medien lange als Erziehungsexperte. Jetzt steht er wegen gefährlicher Körperverletzung vor Gericht.
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"Die Konzerne behalten ihr süchtig machendes Geschäftsmodell, dafür müssen sich neun Millionen Menschen ausweisen."
DER STANDARD@derstandard.at · 6d agoDer Vorstoß der Bundesregierung zur flächendeckenden Altersverifikation gleicht einem technischen Blindflug: https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000333541/mit-drei-klicks-umgangen-wieso-oesterreichs-geplante-porno-sperre-zahnlos-aber-trotzdem-gefaehrlich-ist
the thing that scares the middle and right so much about DSA is that they don't believe in oligarchy. the idea that the richest have not earned the right to govern the rest of us is the thing that makes them furious.
Rav@rvbdrm.com · 6d agoRemember Chris Cillizza? He’s sweating.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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And then this World Cup happened. and FIFA did the Balogun thing. And the target was Belgium. and if European history teaches us anyrhing its that no European power gives a shit about Belgium until suddenly EVERYONE does. Because if you can fuck with Belgium, you might do it to any Euro power.
I remain so incredibly fascinated by Alexander Skarsgård's career choices as of late, which apparently also include [checks notes] playing a WICKER HUSBAND
WICKER | Official Trailer | Only In Theaters October
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Remember when people were sincerely discussing “the Best Supporting Actress“ curse and then it turned out that it was all Weinstein? Remember when people thought Brendan Fraser disappeared because he laughed weird on camera and it turned out he had been sexually assaulted by the Golden Globes head?
Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · last wk.On a side note, with Anne Hathaway having a banner year, some people are revisiting Hathahate, when it was trendy to hate her for (checks notes) being too polished and enthusiastic and “acting like a theater kid.” It apparently affected her career and the roles she was able to get for a while.
For those in UK, hourlong BBC investigation into Leto now available. in US/elsewhere, 15 min version of the film on YT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XW5... The hope is that the full documentary will be available internationally some time soon, will post if that happens. I worked with this film's team +
Hollywood’s darkest open secret
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Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...